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I. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives best completes the statement and blacken your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(20%)

1. Language is vocal. This statement means that the primary medium of language is _____.

 A. writing                                                    B. speech

 C. body language                                          D. native language

2. A person who cannot read or write is only an “illiterate”. However, a person who cannot speak is normally regarded as “disabled”. This fact shows _____.

 A. speech existed long before the writing system came into being

 B. normal children always learn to speak first

 C. speech is more important than writing for people’s daily life

 D. written symbols are designed to represent speech

3. “Statesman” and “politician” can both be used to refer to a high government official. “Politician” conveys a derogative meaning while “statesman” does not. In this sense, the two words are mainly distinguished by their _____ meaning.

 A. conceptual                                               B. connotative

C. social                                                        D. affective

4. Which of the following pairs of English expressions and their Chinese equivalents is NOT correct?

 A. house-warming—房屋供暖                        B. wall clock—挂钟

 C. stop watch—跑表                                    D. contact lenses—隐形眼镜

 5. In which sentence does “it” function only as a grammatical subject and not refer to anything?

 Sentence 1: It is raining.

 Sentence 2: It is 9:00 o ’clock.

 Sentence 3: It is very cold.

 Sentence 4: It is my book.

 A. Sentence 1,2                                            B. Sentence 3,4

 C. Sentence 1,2,3                                         D. Sentence 2,3,4

 6. How many morphemes are there in the word “international”?

 A.0                                                              B.l

C.2                                                              D.3

 7. You invite your English speaking friend to have dinner in your house. When he compliments that the food is very tasty, your response might be “_____”.

 A. No, it’s not good at all.                              B. Thank you. I’m glad you like it.

 C. You are so nice to say so.                          D. My cooking is poor.

 8. “Excuse me” can be used in the following occasions EXCEPT _____.

 A. when people want to pass in front of others

 B. when people want to leave a party

 C. when people are a few minutes late for an appointment

 D. when people want to excuse themselves from company

 9. “Red tape” means _____.

 A. a red cassette

 B. the rigid unnecessary official rules and regulations

 C. the necessary official rules and regulations

 D. a red string

10. The English equivalent for “前车之覆，后车之鉴” can be“ _____”.

 A. rats desert a sinking ship

 B. a small leak will sink a great ship

 C. he that would sail without danger must never come on the main sea

 D. let another’s shipwreck be your seamark