1. Open class words can consist of the following categories EXCEPT ______.

       A. nouns                                               B. verbs

       C. adjectives                                          D. articles

2. The utterances as “Good morning!” and “Hi！” embody languages’ social function that language ______.

       A. is principally used to communicate meaning

       B. is used to establish and maintain social relationships

       C. is chosen according to the speaker’s social background

D. betrays its speaker’s social background

3. The interacting three factors determining language transfer that recent studies have discovered are the followings EXCEPT ______.

       A. a learner’s psychology

       B. perception of native-target language distance

       C. actual knowledge of the target language

D. the instructions of language teachers

4. The most recognizable difference between American English and British English are in ______ and vocabulary.

       A. structure                                  B. grammar

       C. usage                                D. pronunciation

5. The differences between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics are all of the following EXCEPT ______.

       A. prescriptive vs. descriptive

B. performance vs. competence

       C. written vs. spoken

D. Latin-based framework vs. non-Latin-based framework

PART III      GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PART III      GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. D) 开放性词类不包括以下那种词类？本题考查形态学知识。在英语里，名词、动词、形容词和副词构成了英语词汇的最大部分，这些就是一种语言的实词（content words），也称为开放性词类（open class words），因为我们可以不断的给这些词类添加新词。而那些语法或功能词汇（grammatical or functional words）则属于句法范畴（syntactic category），包括连词、介词、 冠词和代词等。由于我们一般不能随意添加新词到这一类别中，所以这些词类又叫做封闭词类（closed class words）。

2. B) 话语“Good morning!”和“Hi！”体现了语言的社会功能，语言是用来______。本题考查语言与社会方面的知识。语言是用来交流意义的，也是用来建立和保持社会关系的。语言的这种社会功能体现在比如：“Good morning!”“Hi！”“How’s your family?”“Nice day today, isn’t it?”。

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