1、【题目】The syntactic rules of any language are ______ in number.
选项:
A.large
B.small
C.finite
D.infinite
答案:
C
解析:
对于任何一种自然语言,一套句法规则可以产生出无穷多的句子,也就是说,任何语言的句法规则都是有限的,而说话人能够说出和理解的句子的数量是无限的。
1、【题目】A linguistic theory is constructed about what ______ is and how it works.
选项:
A.langue
B.linguist
C.language
D.learning
答案:
C
解析:
语言的研究过程可以总结为:首先,要观察某些语言材料,从而发现一些共性并对其加以总结;其次,根据这些总结提出一些假设来解释这些语言材料,然后再通过进一步的观察来验证这些假设的正确性;最后建立一套语言学理论来说明语言的本质内容以及这些语言是如何发挥作用的。
1、【题目】_______ is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language.
选项:
A.There
B.This
C.That
D.It
答案:
D
解析:
为了保持句子的平衡,往往用先行词it作形式主语或形式宾语,而把真正的主语或宾语放到后面,尤其是that引导的主语从句往往用先行词it作形式主语。此句也可以改写为:ThatEnglishisbeingacceptedasaninternationallanguageisafact.
1、【题目】Hesaidthatthegroup________himaletterandaskedhimtogothereforaninterview.
选项:
A.havewritten
B.hadwritten
C.wrote
D.wouldwrite
答案:
B
解析:
“写信给他”应该发生在他说话之前,也就是过去的过去,用过去完成时。
1、【题目】I was writing a report last night; ________ I would not have stayed up late.
选项:
A.however
B.otherwise
C.therefore
D.furthermore
答案:
B
解析:
我昨天晚上写一个报告,否则我就不会熬夜了。考查副词词义选择题。A然而,不过B否则,要不然C因此,所以D再者,而且
1、【题目】By "language acquisition is primarily the acquistion of the grammatical system of language", linguists mean that ______.
选项:
A.everyspecificruleallowedbythegrammaticalsystemofalanguagemustbeacquired
B.thephonologicalrulesmustbeacquired
C.thesyntacticrulesmustbeacquired
D.thegeneralprinciplesthatarefundamentaltothegrammaticalityofspeechmustbeacquired
答案:
D
解析:
当我们说语言的习得基本上是语言的语法系统习得的时候,我们并不是说语言的语法系统内的每一个具体的规则都需要习得。实际上,儿童习得的是使言语合乎语法规范所必需的一些具有普遍意义的规则。我们注意到,在生成话语时,儿童倾向使用普遍的语法规则,而排斥个别的不规则的情况。
1、【题目】Theoldcouplehavebeenmarriedfor40yearsandneveronce_______witheachother.
选项:
A.theyhadquarreled
B.theyhavequarreled
C.havetheyquarreled
D.hadtheyquarreled
答案:
C
解析:
本题考查的是倒装结构的用法。第二分句中因有否定副词 never 提前,故应用倒装结构;第一分句中的 have been married 已限定了时态,据此可排除 D 项。
1、【题目】There is a deadlock(僵局) in the discussion when neither side gives ________ to the other.
选项:
A.away
B.way
C.theway
D.itsway
答案:
B
解析:
译文:由于双方都不让步,讨论陷人了僵局。本题考查短语搭配,givewayto意思为“让路、让步”。
1、【题目】Iaskedhimto________meafewminutessothatwecouldgooveralltheproblems.
选项:
A.spend
B.save
C.spare
D.share
答案:
C
解析:
译文:我让他腾出几分钟时间以便我们能一起仔细察看所有的问题。本题考查词汇区分。 A .花费; B.节省; C.抽出 (时间 );D.分享。
1、【题目】Bloomfield drew on ______ psychology when trying to define the meaning of linguistic forms.
选项:
A.contextual
B.conceptualist
C.behaviorist
D.naming
答案:
C
解析:
布龙菲尔德在试图定义词汇意义时采用了行为主义心理学观点。
1、【题目】The engineer ______ my father works is about 50 years old.
选项:
A.towhom
B.onwhom
C.withwhich
D.withwhom
答案:
D
解析:
withwhom引导定语从句.withwhom放在从句中即为:myfatherworkswiththeengineer
1、【题目】Theothertimingsystembelongsinourinternalclocks,which,left________,wouldtiethebodytoa25-hourrhythm.
选项:
A.behind
B.alone
C.out
D.aside
答案:
B
解析:
译文:更不用说,另一个定时系统在我们的人体时钟内,它会使人保持在一个 25 小时的生理节奏上。此题考查关于 leave 的短语。 leave behind意为“留下, 放弃”,leave alone 意为“更不用说” 。 leave out 意为“遗漏,忽视”。
1、【题目】We ________ go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home.
选项:
A.occasionally
B.relatively
C.continually
D.absolutely
答案:
A
解析:
A偶尔地、偶然地、不经常B相对地、比较地C持续地、不间断地D完全地
1、【题目】Thereply,whenitfinallycame,was________thenegative.
选项:
A.for
B.into
C.in
D.with
答案:
C
解析:
in the negative:否定的,否决。
1、【题目】_______forthefreeticket,Iwouldnothavegonetoseefilmsooften.
选项:
A.Ifitisnot
B.Wereitnot
C.Haditnotbeen
D.Iftheywerenot
答案:
C
解析:
从本题后半句可以看出这是一个与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句, 从句中的动词要用 “had +过去分词”,如果将 if 省略,had 要位于主语之前,构成倒装句, 故本题的答案是 C。Had it not been for the free ticket =If it had not been for the free ticket 。