1.判断题： We were all born with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted.
正确 错误 参考答案： 错误
2.单选题： __________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education.
A. Linguistic theory
B. Practical linguistics
C. Comparative linguistics
D. Applied linguistics
参考答案： D
3.单选题： Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________
A. contact
B. communication
C. relation
D. community
参考答案： B
4.判断题： Only human beings are able to communicate.
正确 错误
参考答案： 错误
5.填空题： Saussure put forward two important concepts. _____refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community.
参考答案： langue
6.判断题： The conventional nature of language is illustrated by a famous quotation from Shakespear’s play Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”.
正确 错误
学生枕参考答案： 正确
7.填空题： Linguistic potential is similar to Saussure’s langue and Chomsky’s_______
参考答案： competence
8.判断题： Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history.
正确 错误
参考答案： 错误
9.填空题： The description of a language as it changes through time is a _______ study.
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参考答案： diachronic
10.填空题： Linguistics is the______ study of language.
参考答案： scientific
11.填空题： One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of _______ over writing.
参考答案： speech
12.填空题： Modern linguistics is _______ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe.
参考答案： descriptive
13.单选题： Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary?
A. tree
B. typewriter
C. crash
D. bang
参考答案： A
14.判断题： F. de Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist.
正确 错误
参考答案： 错误
15.单选题： __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.
A. Performance
B. Competence 95215248
C. Langue
D. Parole
参考答案： A
16.判断题： Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages.
正确 错误
参考答案： 错误
17.单选题： Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation?
A. Transferability
B. Duality
C. Displacement
D. Arbitrariness
参考答案： C
【quiz2 phonology】
【jenny1027】的测试概况：(得分： 18 分)
1.填空题： In phonological analysis the words fail / veil are distinguishable simply because of the two phonemes /f/ - /v/. This is an example for illustrating _______
参考答案： minimal pairs
2.填空题： Speech takes place when the organs of speech move to produce patterns of sound. These movements have an effect on the coming ______from the lungs.
参考答案： air stream
3.判断题： According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation, vowels can be divided into long vs. short or tense vs. lax.
正确 错误
参考答案： 正确
4.判断题： In English, all the back vowels are rounded.
正确 错误
参考答案： 错误
5.填空题： In English there are a number of_________, which are produced by moving from one vowel position to another through intervening positions.
参考答案： 卫生裤头diphthongs
6.填空题： According to the feature of voicing, consonant sounds can be either ____ or ____ , while all vowel sounds are ____ .
参考答案： voiced泊车系统 voiceless voiced 7.单选题： Pitch variation is known as __________ when its patterns are imposed on sentences.
B. tone
C. pronunciation
D. voice
参考答案： A
8.单选题： Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation?
A. [n]
B. [m]
C. [b]
D. [p]
参考答案： A
9.判断题： In English, all the front vowels and the central vowels are unrounded.
正确 错误
参考答案： 正确
10.单选题： Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?
A. Acoustic phonetics
B. Articulatory phonetics
C. Auditory phonetics
D. None of the above
参考答案： B
11.单选题： What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating?
A. Voiceless
B. Voiced
C. Glottal stop
D. Consonant
参考答案： B
12.填空题： Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without ______ .
参考答案： obstruction
13.判断题： Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence.
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