高英试卷整理

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31. （B 卷）11 Which of the following is not a sub-branch of linguistics? A. Morphology B. Phonology C. Acoustics D. Semantics

32. （B 卷）12 Which of the following is part of Chomsky’s theory? A. Sense relationships B. Transformational rules C. Immediate constituent analysis D. Componential analysis

33. （B 卷）13 Like structural linguistics, transformational-generative grammar also takes ( ) A. a synchronic approach B. a diachronic approach C. a cognitive approach D. a generative approach

34. （B 卷）14 Unlike structural linguistics, transformational-generative grammar examines ( ) A. the deep structure of a language only B. both the surface and the deep structures C. the surface structure of a language only D. neither deep nor surface structures

35. （B 卷）15 English belongs to ( ) A. the Germanic language family B. the Italic language family C. the Slavic language family D. the Iranian language family

36. （B 卷）16 Which of the following task is not undertaken by the phonologist? A. Studying the sound structure of one language. B. Discovering the phonemes of one language. C. Setting up rules governing the distribution of phonemes. D. Examining the phrase structure of a language

37. （B 卷）17 [h] is a ( ). A. voiceless labiodental fricative B. voiced labiodental fricative C. voiceless glottal fricative D. voiced interdental

fricative

38. （B 卷）18 [u] is ( ). A. a high front unrounded oral vowel B. a mid front unrounded oral vowel C. a high back rounded oral vowel D. a mid front rounded nasal vowel

39. （B 卷）19 The word ―tip‖ is pronounced ( ) A. [thip] B. [thiph] C. [tip] D. [ti]

40. （B 卷）20 Phonetically speaking, ―n‖ in tenth and ―n‖ in ten are ( ) A. pronounced in the same way B. not pronounced in the same way C. in fact different phonemes D. realized by the same phone

Part II: Multiple Choices (10 points)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A]. [B]. [C]. [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the AYSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)西安交通

1. （A卷）Carbon monoxide formed by the incomplete combustion of some carbonaceous material, has been a _______ to humans since the domestication of fire.

A. hazard B. dispute C. docile D. boost

2. （A卷）I couldn’t help but _____ when I heard his story. A. buckle B. dilute C. chuckle D. bruise

3. （A卷）Early space ______ showed that radiation varies in different parts of space around the Earth.

A. meteors B. probes C. rams D. drenches

4. （A卷） A wink can be a way of ______ or indicating that the party is only joking.

A. flushing B. cracking C. sleeting D. flirting

5. （A卷）Gulf officials say an affluent lifestyle is bleeding the region’s heavily _____ water supplies.

A. subsided B. campaigned C. salinated D. unwarranted 6. （A卷）He was so ____ in the TV program that he forgot to turn the oven off.

A. tarnished B. revamped C. engrossed D. bequeathed

7. （A卷）The _____ of color and action which fills the world is taken for granted.

A. pageant B. panorama C. convolution D. epicurean

8. （A卷）I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly _____. A. delimited B. loomed C. fostered D. accumulated

9. （A卷）The universe is organized in ______ with, in many cases, pretty wide gaps between them.

A. uniformities B. enunciation C. promulgation D. aggregates

10. （A卷）I will try to explain to you what has given rise to these ______ and given me a bad name.

A. flickers B. tentacles C. slanders D. galaxies

11. （A卷）The house by the sea had a mysterious air of ____ about it. A. melancholy B. serenity C. serioso D. retroject

12. （A卷）A middle-aged woman of tremendous ______ sat down beside the other patients in the waiting room.

A. retrogress B. tabac C. girth D. saber

13. （A卷） ________ terror filled their brains as they witnessed the explosions.

A. Numbing B. Tantalous C. Paralysis D. Sentient

14. （A卷）Penny’s _______ speech given at the state competition won her the first prize.

A. promptitude B. impromptu C. prorate D. natant 15. （A卷）The slender boy _______ the wall like a lizard. A. allayed B. fluked C. plastered D. scaled

16. （A卷）The salon was the most elegant room Madeline had ever seen despite its ____.

A. annotation B. parlance C. relegance D. austerity

17. （A卷）The Royal Museum contains a ______ of the king's famous declaration.

A. facsimile B. humbug C. wager D. congeal