第十五套

1. Modern linguistics give priority to speech because _____________.

A. speech sounds are derived from writing systems

B. The spoken form is more basic than the written form

C. Writing precedes speech in English language

D. All the languages today have both spoken and written forms.

2.In the following sounds， _________ is a glottal sound.

A： [h] B. [k] C. [g] D.[n]

3.Of the words listed below， ________ is not an English word.

A. [blik]　 B [bilk] C. [kilb] D. [skw]

4.In English， the root “tele” means _________.

A. seeing， sight B. a branch of learning

C. distant， farD. small in size

5. The situation in which two or more languages are used side by side is referred to as __________.

A. blending　 B. Bilingualism 　C. clipping D. pidginization

6.The function of the sentence “ A sunny day， isn’t it?” is __________.

A. informative B. interrogativeC. expressiveD. phatic

7. ___________ are language varieties related to the use in particular speech situation.

A. Education varietiesB. Age varieties

C. Gender varieties　 D. Register varieties

8. There are _________ morphemes in the word “ disabled”.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

9.Which of the following two-term sets is relational opposite?

A. old/young B. alive/dead

C. teacher/pupil D. hot/cold

10.The words such as “smog”， and “motel” are __________.

A. compound words B. abbreviated words

C. formed by blendingD. coined by backformation.

1.B.　2. A　3. D　4. C　5. B　6. D　7. D　8. C　9. C　10.C