2005年1月广东自考语言与文化真題00838

全国2005年1月高等教育自学考试

语言与文化试题

课程代码：00838

第一部分 选择题

Ⅰ.Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives and choose the one that best completes the statement (20%).

1.When signifying “come here”,English speakers would (     ).

A. extend their closed hands, palms up, with only their forefingers moving back and forth

B. extend their open hands, palms down, toward the person with all fingers crooked in a beckoning motion

C. extend their closed hands, palms up, toward the person with all fingers crooked in a beckoning motion

D. extend their open hands, palm down, with only their forefingers moving back and forth

2.In English speaking countries smell of (     ) is thought to be undesirable.

A. lotions                  B. creams

C. powders                 D. perspiration

3.The American English equivalent for “私立学校” is (     ).

A. public school                B. council school

C. private school                D. grade school

4.Many technical terms in English such as botany, mathematics, electron, pharynx, atom, geometry and lithium can all find their origins in (     ).

A. Latin                B. Greek

C. French               D. Roman

5.“I could tell you something about beautiful women now, I could. And it was not all made up either” demonstrates (     ) relation between the two sentences.

A. an additive                B. an adversative

C. a causal                   D. a temporal

6.In most English letters of request,(     ).

A. the request precedes the supporting information

B. the request follows the supporting fact

C. the initial request has to be made paving the way for the final request

D. the request is placed at the end of letters

7.“It’s important how you package your ideas” illustrates the metaphor (    ).

A. ideas are food                B. ideas are commodities