考研专业课备考：2012英语专业语言学模拟试题

　　I. choose the best answer to the question: (10%)
　　1.Which of the following sounds is a voiced affricate?
　　a)[j]          b)[tſ]            c)[z]        d)[d3]
　　2. The pair of words "lend" and ''borrow" are _____.
　　a) gradable opposites              b) relational opposites
　　c) synony                     d) co-hyponyms
　　3.The study of language development over a period of time is termed as __________linguistics.
　　a) comparative                        b) applied
　　c) synchronic                   d) diachronic
　　4.The function of the sentence "Water boils at 100 degree Centigrade" is ____.
　　a) interrogative                   b) directive
　　c) informative                 d) performative
　　5. _____ refers to a construction where one clause is coordinated with another.
　　a) embedding                   b) recursiveness
　　c) conjoining                  c) cohesion
　　6.    The word beginning with a bilabial consonant is 
　　a)reach            b)pun              c)chair              d)link
　　7.    The word beginning with a paloalveolar sound is
　　a)pencil           b)welfare        c) Saturday         d) should
　　8.    The word beginning with a lateral is    
　　a)vary             b)question       c)luck              d)rash
　　9.    The word beginning with an afiricative is _____.
　　a)fission         b)science        c)cheer             d)jumble
　　10.  The word containing a front vowel is  
　　a)dead             b)book            c)hot                  d)class
　　
　　II. Fill in the blank with the correct word:(10%)
　　1. Sorry, I didn't turn up . I __________forget. (clear/clearly)
　　2.I'm afraid I'm __________out of food.(clean/cleanly)
　　3. The prisoner got __________away (clear/clearly)
　　4.Come __________!I want to tell you something.(close/closely)
　　5.Let's meet __________after lunch; then I'll take you to your room, (direct/directly)
　　6. You can eat __________in my restaurant whenever you like, (free/freely)
　　7. He can jump really    (high/highly)
　　8. My friends are __________teachers.(most/mostly)
　　9.I haven't been to the theatre much __________.(late/lately)
　　10.Isn't the little girl dressed __________.(pretty/prettily)
　　
　　III. Distinguish the following terms: (15%)
　　competence            language          linguistic potential

　　IV. What is the sense relation between the following two sentences?
　　What is the defining characteristics of this relationship?(15%)
　　a) The girl he married was a Chinese.
　　b) He married a girl.
　　
　　V. Proofread the following paragraph:
　　You may have to add a word, cross out a word, change a word or tick a sentence in case it is error-free.(20%)
　　1. George Bush grew a tall, slim, __________
　　2. handsome teenager. He is a fine athlete, __________
　　3. and popular alongside both boys and girls. __________
　　4. But people remembered most about him __________
　　5. was how unselfish he was.__________
　　6.The Bushes were a close, happy family__________
　　7.For Bush children, Maine in the__________
　　8. summer was the best of possible ad__________            
　　9.ventures. They spent long hours look__________           
　　10.for fish ,sea rechins and crabs.__________           
　　11.They picked berry, climbed trees.and__________         
　　12.hiked in tire wood.Nature's bounty __________
　　13.was all around them——the wonder of__________
　　14.tidal pools, the smell of salt airs,__________
　　15.the sounds of waves crashing the____________    
　　16.rocks at night, summer storms __________
　　17.sweep along the rocky coastline .__________
　　18.Sailing became one of George Bush's__________         
　　19. great love.Handling boats of all__________
　　20.kinds became secondly nature to him.__________ 
　　
　　VI.Discuss the influence of language and culture on each other by comparing the kinship vocabulary in English and Chinese. (15%)
　　
　　VII. Explain the difference between a derivative word and a compound word (15%)