浙江省1月高等教育自學考試語言與文化試題課程代碼：00838第一部分選擇題I.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsisfollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichofthefouralternativesbestcompletesthestatement(20%).1.Themediumofverbalinteractionis().A.language B.thought C.culture D.knowledge2.()isthefirstweekdayafterChristmas,alegalholidayinEnglish,Wales,NorthernIreland,NewZealand,AustraliaandSouthAfrica.A.ThanksgivingDay B.BoxingDayC.St.Valentine'sDay D.AnzacDay3.“()”isthegeneralintroductionruleinEnglishculture.A.Tointroducetheoldertotheyounger

B.Tointroducethehosttotheguest

C.Tointroducetheinferiortothesuperior

D.Tointroduceawomantoaman

4.()isaverywiseman,thekingoftheHebrewsaroundthetenthcenturyB.C.andwaswell-knownforhiswisdom.

A.ASolomon B.TheoldAdamC.AJudas D.Jesus5.TheBiblewasoriginallywrittenin().A.Latin B.English C.Hebrew D.Arabic

6.“Heranoutofideas”illustratesthemetaphorthat“()”.

A.Ideasarecommodities B.Ideasaremoney

C.Ideasarefashion D.Ideasareresources

7.()becomesan“underachiever”inEnglisheuphemismsrelatedtoeducation.A.A“slowstudent” B.Thestudentwho“cheatsinclass”

C.Thestudent,wholieorsteal D.A“lazystudent”

8.()referstodrawingageneralconclusionfromanumberofknownfacts.A.Deduction B.Induction C.Directness D.Indirectness9.“Theweatherclearedjustasthepartyapproachedthesummit.Untilthentheyhadseennothingofthepanoramaaroundthem”demonstrates()relationbetweenthetwosentences.A.anadditive B.anadversativeC.acasual D.atemporal

10.Theproverb“Eachcrosshathitsowninscription”isrelatedto().A.thehistoryofEngland B.individualism

C.Christianity D.Bible

11.Thedistancezonerangingfrom8feettothelimitsofone'svisionandhearingisreferredtoasthe()zone.

A.intimate B.casual-personalC.socio-consultative D.public12.“Crossingone'sforefingerandmiddlefinger”signifies()inEnglishspeakingcountries.A.goodluck B.SadnessC.respects D.secrecy

13.InAmericanEnglish“Totem”isaloanwordfrom(),meaning“圖騰”inChinese.

A.Dutch B.Indianlanguage C.German D.French

14.ThewordinAmericanEnglishfor“pyjamas”is“pajamas”,meaning()inChinese.A.侏儒 B.金字塔 C.睡衣 D.預感15.“()”canbeanexampletoillustratethefeaturefloorbywayofstaircase.

A.Wouldyoumindgoingupstairsrightaway,please?B.Timeyouallgoupstairs,now.

C.Visitorsshouldgoupthestairsatonce.

D.Visitorsshouldmaketheirwayatoncetotheupperfloorbywayofstaircase.16.InbusinessEnglish“intheblack”means()

A.runningabusinesswithnomoney

B.runningabusinesswithbadfortune

C.runningabusinessprofitably

D.runningabusinessataloss

17.“Shedrivesmeoutofmymind”illustratesthemetaphorabout().

A.loveismadness B.loveiswarC.loveismagic D.loveisapatient18.InEnglishindividualisticculture,oneshouldnotbotherEnglishmenwithoutagoodreasonandmakingappointmentbeforehandseemstobeimportant.ItisbestreflectedbyanEnglishproverb().A.anEnglishman'shouseishiscastleB.aswelcomeasastorm

C.donotwearoutyourwelcome

D.outstayone'swelcome

19.“Toknowsomethinglikethepalmofone'shand”means().

A.tounderstandthenatureofsomethingandbecompetentintheperformanceofthem

B.tounderstandeverythingwithoutanyquestion

C.tounderstandonlysomethingeasy

D.tobethoroughlyfamiliarwiththenatureanddetailsofsomething

20.“Alexander”means()inChinese.A.勇敢 B.人類旳保護者 C.亞力山大 D.統帥II.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsisfollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichalternativecancompletethestatement.Theremightbemorethanonecorrectanswer(10%)21.Therelationshipsbetweenlanguageandthoughtare().A.ThoughtiscommunicatedinlanguageB.Languagerepresentsthought

C.Languageisinfluencedandshapedbythought

D.Withoutlanguage,thoughtcan'tbecommunicated

22.WhenEnglishspeakersparttheyusuallysay:“()”.A.Solong B.StayherepleaseC.Walkwell,please D.Seeyoulater

23.Inthefollowingproverbs,()arerelatedtoGreco－RomancivilizationA.MarryinMay,repentalwaysB.Fromhisfoot,youmayknowHercules

C.Eachcrosshathitsowninscription

D.OnefallsintoScyllainseekingtoavoidCharybdis

24.People's()aretopicsthatareconsideredbyEnglishspeakerstoopersonaltotalkabout.

A.age B.punctuationC.politicalandreligiousbeliefs D.marriage

25.InChineseculture,()areoftenusedasbrandnames.

A.personalnamesofhistoricalfigures B.plantnames

C.flowernames D.placenames

26.InEnglish()arederivationalmorphemes

A.alltheprefixes

B.allthesuffixes

C.thosesuffixesthatdon'trepresentthegrammaticalcategories

D.thosewordendingsrepresentedthegrammaticalcategories

27.InEnglishculture“young”isoftenassociatedwith().

A.flexible B.Vigorous C.creative D.inexperienced

28.InEnglishculturepeopleoften().

A.putthemoreimportantinformationbeforethelessone

B.putthelessimportantinformationbeforethemoreone

C.putthemorespecificinformationbeforethelessone

D.putthelessspecificinformationbeforethemoreone

29.()illustrate(s)themetaphorthatloveisphysicalforce.

A.Theyareattractedtoeachother

B.Hiswholeliferevolvesaroundher

C.Theatmospherearoundhimisalwayschanged

D.Thereisincredibleenergyintheirrelationship

30.Inblackandwhitemeans()

A.somethinginwriting

B.somethinginprint

C.somethingabsolutelywrongorright

D.somethingverydistinctive第二部分非選擇題III.Fillineachunderlinedspacewithaproperexpression.(12%)31.isthesupremelegislativebodyoftheU.K.Itcomprisesthesovereign,theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons.32.BranchingsentencepatternsarepreferredinEnglish,whilearepreferredinChinese.33.“Awhiteroom”means“”inChinese.

34.“Nike”,whichisinGreekmythology,isabrandnameofakindofsportsshoes.

35.Theeuphemismsfortheword“”are“needy”,“underprivileged”and“disadvantaged”.

36.“Surpriseattacks”againstanenemyhavenowbecomeasaneuphemism.37.TheEnglishequivalentfor“對學生進行填鴨式教育”is.

38.“Knowledgeispower”isfromthegreatBritishthinker.

39.It'squitecommonforEnglishspeakingfriendstopayrespectivelyforwhattheyhavehadinarestaurant.ThereisanEnglishproverbrelatedtoit.

40.Thesubjunctiveistypicallyrepresentedby“should”andaverbinitsform.

41.ThedirectEnglishspeakerprefersthewordorderinwhichtheheadprecedestheorthemainclauseprecedesthesubordina

teclause.

42.ThewordinAmericanEnglishfor“bookingoffice”is.

IV.Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.(12%)

43.Whatarethedifferencesbetween“similes”and“metaphors”?

44.HowdoEnglishspeakersrespondtothanks?

45.Whereistheprefix“micro”from?

46.Andwhatisracistlanguage?Canyoucitesomeexamples?

47.Whatis“Chauvinism”about?

48.WhatisthegeneralruleforintroductioninEnglishculture?

V.Translation(16%)49.Besidesfootball,themostpopulargamesintheUnitedStatesarebaseballandbasketball.

50.Hebreathedhislastandwasburiedinthechurchyard.

51.Thatideawentoutofstyleyearsago.

52.Thatyoungmanisabearatmathematics.

53.Evenreckoningmakeslongfriends.

54.請賜教。

55.久仰大名。

56.金無足赤，人無完人。

VI.Definethefollowingterms:(10%)

57.homophones

58.Pandora'sbox

59.propaganda60.aShylock61.allusionsVII.Discussthefollowingtopics:(20%)62.Whatarethefivegestures?63.Whatcanyoufindcross-culturaldiffernecesintermsofhumilitybetweenEnglishandChinese?浙江省1月高等教育自學考試

語言與文化試題參照答案

課程代碼：00838I.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsisfollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichofthefouralternativesbestcompletesthestatement(20%).1.A 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C6.B 7.D 8.B 9.D 10.C11.D 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.C16.C 17.A 18.A 19.D 20.BII.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsisfollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichalternativecancompletethestatement.Theremightbemorethanonecorrectanswer(10%)21.ABCD 22.AD 23.ABD 24.ABCD 25.ABCD26.AC 27.ABC 28.AC 29.ABCD 30.ABC

III.Fillineachunderlinedspacewithaproperexpression.(12%)31.Parliament 32.linearsentencepatterns33.絕塵室 34.thegoddessofvictory

35.poor 36.preemptivestrikes37.tospoon—feedourstudents38.FrancisBacon

39.evenreckoningmakeslongfriends40.mandative41.modifier42.ticketoffice

IV.Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.(12%)

43.Thedifferencesarethatthefunctionswords“like”and“as”areusedinsimilesratherthaninmetaphors.Similessayonethingislikeorasanother,whilemetaphorssayonethingisanother.

44.Whenrespondingtothanks,Englishpeopleuse‘It’smypleasure',‘Notatall’,‘Youarewelcome’etc.

45.Theprefix‘micro’isfromLatin.

46.Racistlanguageisthelanguagethatshowsabiasedattitudetowardscertainracialorethnicgroups,suchasniggerforablackperson.

47.Itisaboutexaggeratedandaggressivepatriotism,afterNicolasChauvin.

48.Thegeneralruleistointroduceayoungpersontoanolderone,amantoawoman,aninferiortoasuperior,theguesttothehost.

V.Translation(16%)

49.在美國，最流行旳運動除了橄欖球就是棒球和籃球。

50.他咽下了最終一口氣，并被埋在了教堂里。

51.這種想法幾年前就不流行了。

52.那個年輕人旳數學很好。

53.明算帳，友誼長。

54.Pleasebesokindastogivemesomeadvice.

55.Ihaveheardalotaboutyou.

56.Thereareleestoeverywine.

VI.Definethefollowingterms:(10%)

57.Homophonesrefertowordsthatarepronouncedalikebutwrittendifferentlyandwithdifferentmeanings.

58.aprolificsourceoftroublesderivedfromtheboxsentbythegodstoPandora,whichshewasforbiddentoopen.

59.Itmeansnomorethangivingpublicitytosomething.

60.acruel,greedy,money-grabbingpersonfromShakespeare'sTheMerchantofVenice.

61.allusionsrefertoimpliedorindi