21. The well-known semanticist Ullmann notes, “language is more______ than civilization, material as well as moral.” (　　　)

A. creative                                                       B. conservative

C. radical                                                         D. constructive

22. Which of the following is NOT one of the types of context? (　　　)

A. Linguistic context.                                        B. Non-linguistic context.

C. Extra-linguistic context.                                D. Intra-linguistic context.

23. Which of the following may NOT lead to ambiguity? (　　　)

A. Grammatical structure.                                 B. Polysemy.

C. Antonymy.                                                   D. Hyponymy.

24. Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic context? (　　　)

A. It can be subdivided into grammatical context and lexical context.

B. It embraces the people, time and place.

C. It refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears.

D. It may cover a paragraph, a whole chapter and even the entire book.

25. The idiom “live by one’s pen” is a ______as far as figures of speech are concerned.(　　　)

A. simile                                                          B. metaphor

C. metonymy                                                   D. personification

26. “Cut and driect” is an idiom ______in nature. (　　　)

A. verbal                                                          B. nominal

C. adjectival                                                     D. adverbial

27. The change of idiom “A round peg in the squarest of holes” from the original form is ______.(　　　)

A. dismembering                                              B. position-shifting

C. addition                                                       D. shortening

28. According to the textbook, the best-known unabridged dictionary is______. (　　　)

A. The Word Book Dictionary

B. The Encyclopedia Americana

C. Webster’s New World Dictionary

D. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary

29. Which of the following dictionaries is NOT a bilingual dictionary? (　　　)

A. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation.

B. A New English-Chinese Dictionary.

C. Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

D. A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995).

30. Which of the following is true about an American Dictionary? (　　　)

A. It is always better than a British dictionary.

B. It contains more encyclopedic information in the main body.

C. One can never expect to find British usages in it.

D. It includes more grammatical information.