全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码Company number：【0089WT-8898YT-W8CCB-BUUT-202108】全国2001年10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码：00838Ⅰ.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%)is ________.( )product of the human brain governedof culture result of social institutionsis a loan word from ________.South Africa, Australia and New Zealand the first week day after Christmas is ________.( )Day Day's Daybun or bread roll containing fried or grilled steak is called .( )dogthe following words,________ contains a derivational morpheme.the following statements,________ is not true.( )A.“English is a language with explicit grammar and Chinese is a language withimplicit grammar.”B.“Compared with Chinese, English has more grammatical morphemes that are usedmore frequently in either speech or writing.”C.“Chinese has no grammatical morphemes.”D.“Grammatical explicitness and consistency are required in English.”can often find personal names in English that are related to .( )events phenomenafigures place of birthis a ________.( )name namename of authorityChinese personal letters generally sound more ________ in tone than their corresponding English ones.10.“To have the tendency to stretch the truth”can be used as the euphemism for“________”.( )provide true information tell others’ fortunelie stealexpression that can be used as the euphemism for “garbage collector”is “________”.engineer engineerengineer engineer.12.寒舍 is equivalent to ________ in English.home humble home cold house shabby hutChinese expression“给我一座金山，我也不干”corresponds to the English idiom ________.( )keep one's nose clean for all the tea in Chinato bat an eyelid make one's flesh creep14.“Not to mince one's words”means ________.frankly,bluntly or coarsely indirectlythoughtfully mindlesslyexpression “that young man is a bear at mathematics”has a similar meaning to ________.( )young man is bad at mathematics young man is good at mathematicsyoung man is clumsy at mathematics young man is a mathematicianEnglish culture “white” connotes ________.( )English is spoken in ________.( )Britain Zealand ,B,and C.one's thumb against one's forefinger and middle finger means in English body language system.that can fully take the place of spoken words are .( )________ is the most difficult among the following in the learning of foreign nonverbal communication.( )Ⅱ.EAch of the following incomplete statements is followed by four each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which of the four alternatives can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer.(10%) English culture “blue” is often associated with ________.( )feelings social positionand envy experienceidiomatic expression“to put one's foot in one's mouth” means .( )say something embarrassingjust make ithave an angry attitudesay something wrong or unsuitablean outright offensive racist world.first we thought we would go for a learned we were needed at home.thenBritish English,to gain the attention of a stranger, speakers often rely on “______”.( )meMa'am/Mister/sir beg your pardonnamed after their designers or manufacturers.often draw a cross by touching the forehead,breast and shoulders to invoke the blessing of Christ,when they are ________.( )is ________.( )instrument used in the communication of thought.function of the human brain.from the very beginningrelated to thinking.the following cultural interpretations for the differences in word order between English and Chinese,________ is reasonable.people are inclined to think inductively, while Chinese people tend to think deductively. people are inclined to think deductively, while Chinese people tend to think inductively.people are direct and Chinese people are indirect.is a hypotactic language and Chinese is a paratactic language.can get ________ in a drugstore or chemist's shop..Ⅲ.Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.(12%)is the carrier and ___________ of culture.English words are distinguished by their ___________ meanings,which are normally attached to conceptual meanings.English all the prefixes are ___________ morphemes.names used as vocatives suggest ___________ between the addresser and the addressee.___________ argumentation the supporting facts or details are located before the conclusion.36.“Son of a bitch”, as a swear word, is more ___________ than “damn it”.describing a place English speakers prefer ___________ language representing fresh ideas.English proverbial expression ___________ corresponds to “明珠暗投” in Chinese.I finally secured a small part in a television play my mother was as proud as a ___ andtold all the neighbours about it.and metaphors must have two components:___________ and ___________.English is often used metaphorically to refer to a formidably fierce, cruel person, especially a woman.communication is often used with ___________ behaviours to convey meaning.Ⅳ.Answer the following questions briefly：(12%)is the American equivalent for the British word “maize”does the gesture “touching or pointing to one's own nose by raised thumb ”signify in western culturedoes “ a shylock" allude towould you explain in relation to culture the metaphorical statement “his skin was white as leprosy”has it been claimed that English texts develop in a linear fashionwill you explain the contrast of explicit grammar in English and implicit grammar in ChineseⅤ.Translation:(16%)you see anything green in my eyecan't thank you enough.——Don't mention it.young man sitting between Mary and John is the editor-in-chief of our campus newspaper.calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.54.敬请光临55.作了婆婆忘了作媳妇时的苦。