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II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternatives can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer. (10%)
21. In its narrow sense, culture is called ______. ( )
A. anthropological culture B. academic culture
C. small c culture D. large C culture
22. The social circumstance of language use includes at least ______. ( )
A. language users B. settings
C. weather conditions D. topics
23. Morphemes can be classified into ______ morphemes. ( )
A. reflective B. inflectional
C. derivational D. derogative
24. If you want to gain the attention of a stranger, you may say “______”. ( )
A. I’m sorry B. Excuse me
C. Hello D. I beg your pardon
25. Which of the following expressions are examples of allusions from history? ( )
A. Woodwooz. B. A Trojan horse.
C. Waterloo. D. A Tridom rat.
26. In the sentence “She’d taken a blue fit if she’d known her son was out in a boat alone.”, the meaning of “a blue fit” is ______.( )
A. extreme annoyance B. irritation
C. alarm D. disappointment
27. To sound modest and humble was vital to the ancient Chinese people, one might call his son as ______. ( )
A.犬子 B.令郎
C.令爱 D.小儿
28. If the sentences in a text exhibit cohesion, they are connected by ______ means. ( )
A. grammatical B. systematic
C. lexical D. meaningful
29. The differences between American English and British English are mainly ______ in nature.( )
A. grammatical B. lexical
C. phonological D. stylistic
30. What is the meaning of the gesture “touching or pointing to one’s own nose by raised thumb” in western culture? ( )
A. It’s me. B. I’m great.
C. I’m right. D. I’m the one.
Ⅲ. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.（20%）
31. When we say that language is systematic, we mean that language is ______ governed.
32. The English equivalent of “副” is “vice”, “deputy” and “associate”, Among them,______ is often used together with president, chairman, governor, etc.
33. Morphemes are smallest units of ______.
34. In informal situations, English speakers tend to address others by using their ______ names, such as “Tom”, “George” etc.
35. “An Englishman’s ______ is his castle” is a well cited proverb in literature on cross-cultural communication.
36. “As brown as a ______” is used by English speakers to describe skin which is very brown, especially from the sun and weather.
37. Pleasant, polite or harmless sounding words or expressions that are used to mask harsh, rude or infamous truths are ______.
38. Hypotactic relations at the sentential level refer to constructions whose components are linked through the use of ______.
39. The word in American English for “教职员” is ______.
40. Cultures that allow people to interact at a great distance are referred to as ______ cultures.
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