课程代码：00838
第一部分  选择题（共30分）
 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.(20%)
 1.A cold dish of raw vegetables with a dressing is called _____.
   A. hamburger        B. sandwich
   C. salad        D. pudding
 2.All languages have _____ terms and distinguish at least three characteristics in relatives.
   A. generation      B. subtle
   C. complicated      D. kinship
 3.English speakers are direct people who tend to _____.
A. locate peripheral meaning before central meaning
B. locate central meaning before central meaning
C. locate the modified after the modifier
D. think holistically
 4.In English all the prefixes are _____ morphemes.
   A. inflectional      B. grammatical
   C. derivational      D. implicit
 5.Which of the following statements is not true?
 A. English speakers have a relatively small range of possibilities to select from when naming their newly born babies.
 B. English surnames are more distinctive than given names.
 C. English given names are more distinctive than surnames.
 D. Names include given names, surnames, full names and nicknames or pet names.
 6.If an English speaker refuses the compliment which merely comes out of politeness, he may say _____.
   A.“Do you really think so?”     B.“Oh, I wish it could be true.”
   C.“Oh, you are too polite.”      D.“No, I don’t think so.”
 7.“To make a cat laugh” means _____.
   A. to be comic      B. to be tragic
   C. to be proud      D. to be serious
 8.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
 9.“Green” connotes _____ in English culture.
  A. Prosperity       B. immaturity
  C. longevity       D. sincerity
10.“Brown paper”corresponds to _____.
  A.棕色纸       B.秘密文件
  C.揭露社会黑暗的报纸    D.牛皮纸
11.The English equivalent for “空袭紧急警报” is _____.
  A. blue alert       B. white alert
  C. red alert        D. black alert
12.“Sanitary engineer” is the euphemistic expression for “_____”.
  A. garbage collector      B. cleaner
  C. plumber       D. gardener
13.“敬请指正” can be treated as the Chinese equivalent of “_____” in English.
  A. I’d like to have your comments.   B. Will you please point out my errors?
  C. I’d like to have errors corrected    D. I’ll gratefully expect your comments.
 14.When the speaker or writer discusses many things indirectly related to the central idea of the text and /or to each other he or she develops the text in a(n) _____ fashion.
  A .linear      B. spiral
  C. inductive      D. deductive

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