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标准化工作室编码[XX968T-XX89628-XJ668-XT689N]全国高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码全国2004年10月高等教育自学考试语言与文化试题课程代码：00838Ⅰ.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsiffollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichofthefouralternativesbestcompletesthestatement.(20%)expression“physicallyhandicapped”istheeuphemisticequivalentof“（　　　）”.A.uglyB.skinnyC.deafD.crippled（　　　）isasmallopenspacesymbolicallyenclosedwithverylowwallsandadjoiningabuilding.A.semihouseB.balconyC.plotD.yardgrammarisoftensaidtobe（　　　）becauseEnglishusesfrequentlyinflectionalmorphemestoindicatethegrammaticalrelationsbetweenlinguisticelements.A.paratacticB.hypotacticC.explicitD.implicitword“（　　　）”isAmericanspelling.A.colourB.travellerC.metreD.defensewhencriticizedwouldbeconsidered（　　　）inAmericanculture.A.improperB.politeC.friendlyD.frivolousmeddlesomepersonwhopriesintoothers’affairsisa（　　　）.A.busmanB.busybodyC.ladies’manD.do-gooderisthelanguagewhich（　　　）.A.demonstratesmorehypotacticrelationsthanChinesedoes.B.demonstratesmoreparatacticrelationsthanChinesedoes.C.demonstratesonlyhypotacticrelations.D.onlyreliesonconjunctionsforsentenceconstruction.idiomaticexpression“betweenScyllaandCharybdis”canbetranslatedinto（　　　）.A.费了九牛二虎之力B.进退两难C.坐失良机D.昙花一现isthenameof（　　　）inGreekmythology.A.aheroineB.thegoddessofvictoryC.thegoddessoffortuneD.awealthyladyspeakersusuallygivesmallgiftsto（　　　）onhisorherbirthday.A.acasualfriendB.anewacquaintanceC.apublicservantD.agoodfriend11.（　　　）canfunctionasanappropriatereplytoaninvitation.A.“Thankyouverymuch.I’llcomeifI’mfreethen”B.“Thankyouverymuch.ButIcan’tacceptyourinvitation”C.“Thatwouldbenice.Thankyou”D.“Thankyou,I’lltrytocome”youwanttocomplimentthenewcoatMarywears,youcansay（　　　）.A.“Ilikeyournewcoat.”B.“That’sverynicecoatyou’rewearing.Itmustbeveryexpensive.”C.“Youlookmuchyoungerinthiscoat.”D.“Howmuchdidyoupayforthiscoat”proverbialexpression“lifeisbutawalkingshadow”isderivedfromtheworksof（　　　）.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.JohnMiltonC.FrancisBaconD.WilliamShakespeareEnglishculture“green”isoftenassociatedwith（　　　）.A.experienceB.anoldageC.jealousyD.failure15.“Apedantoreruditefemaleintellectual”canbereferredtoas（　　　）.A.ablueribbonB.abluestockingC.agreymareD.agreengrocerefforttorescueAmericancaptivesinIranin1980failedanditwascalleda(n)“（　　　）”ratherthana“failure”.A.incompletesuccessB.partialsuccessC.intangiblesuccessD.mentalsuccessspeakersexpecttobeimmediatelyinformedof（　　　）thelettertheyhavereceivediswritten.A.thepurposeforwhichB.thereasonsforwhichC.thedateonwhichD.theplaceinwhich18.“Tickets,please!”saidtheguard,puttinghisheadinatthewindow.（　　　）everybodywasholdingoutaticket.A.UntilthenB.TothisendC.AtlastD.Inamomentthatareusedtohelpexplainthespokenwordsare（　　　）.A.regulatorsB.illustratorsC.adaptersD.emblems20.“Apersonorthingsuddenlyliftedfromobscuritytohonourorsignificance”canbereferredtoas（　　　）.A.aCleopatraB.aPandoraC.aCinderellaD.aDavidⅡ.Eachofthefollowingincompletestatementsisfollowedbyfouralternatives.Readeachstatementandthefouralternativescarefullyanddecidewhichofthefouralternativescancompletethestatement.Theremightbemorethanonecorrectanswer.(10%)receivingagift,theEnglishspeakersnormallysay（　　　）.A.“It’sverynice”B.“ThisisreallywhatIwant”C.“Itmusthavecostyoualot.Thankyouverymuch”D.“HowmuchisitThankyouverymuch”Englishequivalentsto“副”inChineseare（　　　）.A.lieutenantB.underC.deputyD.viceEnglishculture,“white”connotes（　　　）.A.reactionB.deathC.innocenceD.purityargumentationhasbeenrelatedto（　　　）.A.ThelinearthinkingpatternB.ThebranchingthinkingpatternC.InductivereasoningD.Indirectpersonalityindividualisticculture,（　　　）.A.anunexpectedvisitormayberefusedfranklyB.whenyouvisitsomebody,youcouldstayathisorherhomeforlongC.itisquitecommonforseveralfriendstopayrespectivelyforwhattheyhavehadinarestaurantD.it’snotcommonforparentstopaytheirchildrenforwhattheyhavedoneforthefamily26.“APandora’sbox”referstoapresentorsomething（　　　）.A.whichthegodssendtoPandoraB.whichbringshappinessbutlooksuglyC.whichabridetraditionallygivestoabridegroomD.whichseemsvaluablebutbringsmisfortuneofthe（　　　）informationisconveyedbyeyebehaviours.A.factualB.attitudinalC.emotionalD.culturalgeneral,American’sposturesaremore（　　　）thantheChinesespeakers’.A.casualB.aggressiveC.reservedD.appropriateEnglishspeakerswhoexpectatexttobedevelopedlinearlymayfindit（　　　）.A.interestingtoreadaspirallydevelopedtextB.difficulttofollowaspirallydevelopedtextC.illogictodevelopatextspirallyD.reasonabletodevelopatextspirally30.“哪里”asareplytoapolitecommentsuchas“You’reoneofthetopscholarsinthisfield.”canbetranslatedinto“（　　　）”.A.No.That’snottrueB.NotreallyC.It’ssuchasmallfieldD.You’rejokingⅢ.Fillineachunderlinedspacewithaproperexpression.(12%)aformalEnglishletterofinvitation,theinviter’snamenormallycomes___________theinvitee’sname.Englishequivalentof内人is___________.Englishfunctionalequivalentto您过奖了is___________.humanbeingspossesswhatcanbecalled___________inthetruesenseoftheterm.castyour___________beforeswine.proposes,God___________.plantandplacenamessuchas“poker”and“Mississippi”inAmericanEnglishcomefrom___________.languagerepresentsauniquesystemofmeaningin___________ways.speakersaredirectpeoplewhotendtolocate___________meaningbeforeperipheralmeaning.littleoldwomanwithawrinklefaceasbrownasa___________toldusourfortunefortenpence.inwordorderbetweenChineseandEnglisharerelatedto___________.timeorientationreferstohowpeoplefeel,think,orperceivetimeandhowitinfluencestheirdailycommunicationandlives.Ⅳ.Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly:(12%)isartisticthinkingistheBritishequivalentfortheAmericanword“raincoat”’sthegeneralruleinEnglishculturewhenintroductionsareconductedwhichlanguageistheword“cookie”borroweddoes“awhitehope”refertotherehonourificsinEnglishIfthereare,whataretheyⅤ.Translation:(16%)’salongtimesincehewentwest.startedpatterontheroof.can’tjudgeapersonaccordingtohisorherappearance.52.53.人不犯我，我不犯人。54.中国的设计者和厂商常常用能给人留下美好印象的品牌名称。55.蝼蚁之穴能溃千里之堤。56.赌博、女人和酒使男人在笑声中毁灭。（intoanEnglishproverb）Ⅵ.Definethefollowingterms:(10%)languagerelationszoneccultureⅦ.Discussthefollowingtopics:(20%)arethetopicsthatareconsideredtaboobyEnglishspeakersHowshouldsuchtopicsbetreatedinconversationswithEnglishspeakersthecross-culturalcontrastbetweenEnglishandChinesecomplimentsandresponses.