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2013吉林大学英语语言文学考研模拟试题（二）

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　　2013年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试模拟试题（二）

　　试题编号：415

　　试题名称：英语专业基础及综合

　　（所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效）

　　PartI.English Linguistics（40 points）

　　1.Define the following terms briefly （10 points）。

　　（1）linguistic determinism （2）sociolinguistics

　　（3）blending （4）registers

　　（5）pragmatics （6）entailment

　　（7） presupposition （8）context

　　（9）commisives （10）semantic features

　　2.Distinguish the following terms given in each pair （10 points）。

　　（1）sense and reference

　　（2）hymonymy and homonymy

　　（3）deep structure and surface structure

　　（4）category and syntactic category

　　（5）presequence and presupposition

　　3.Multiple choice （5 points）。

　　（1）The relationship between “furniture ” and “desk” is-------

　　A. superordinate B.relational opposites

　　C.hymonymy D.hyponymy

　　（2）“Can I borrow your bike?” ___ “You have a bike.”

　　A、 is synonymous with

　　B、 is inconsistent with

　　C、 entails

　　D、 presupposes

　　（3）___ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.

　　A、 Lingua franca

　　B、 Creole

　　C、 Pidgin

　　D、 Standard language

　　（4）Of all the speech organs, the ___ is/are the most flexible.

　　A、 mouth

　　B、 lips

　　C、 tongue

　　D、 vocal cords

　　（5） Lexical changes cannot be identified in-------.

　　A.lexical change proper B.syntactical change

　　C.mopho-syntactical change D. phonological change

　　4.Answer the following questions（15 points）。

　　（1）、Briefly discuss the individual factors which affect the acquisition of a second language.

　　（2） Explain how the inventory of sounds can change, giving some examples in English for illustration.

　　PartII English and American Literature（40 points）

　　1.Multiple choice（10points）

　　（1 ）In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _________.

　　A. Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

　　B. Dreiser's Sister Carrie

　　C. Copper's Leather-Stocking Tales

　　D. Thoreau's Walden

　　（ 2）American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were（a）

　　“_______,” devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.

　　A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation

　　C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men

　　（3 ）Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?

　　A. Religion. B. Life and death.

　　C. Love and marriage. D. War and peace.

　　（ 4）Which of the following statements can be said about the works of Scott Fitzgerald, a spokesman of the “Roaring 20s”？

　　A. Many of them portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of fulfillment.

　　B. They are symbolic of the psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern world.

　　C. They show the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forces.

　　D. They penetrate into the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.

　　（5）Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?

　　A. The Sun Also Rises. B. The Old Man and the Sea.

　　C. Mosses From the Old Manse. D. The Green Hills of Africa.

　　（6） About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is NOT right?

　　A. It's very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin

　　B. It's a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.

　　C. It's mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the people in general.

　　D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.

　　（7）As an autobiographical play, O'Neill's ___________（1956） has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.

　　A. The Iceman Cometh B. Long Day's Journey Into Night

　　C. The Hairy Ape D. Desire Under the Elms

　　（8）he great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered____________.

　　A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.

　　B. an adventurous exploration into man's relationship with nature

　　C. a simple whaling tale or sea adventure

　　D. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty

　　（9）Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.

　　A. Southern B. Western

　　C. New Hampshire D. New England

　　（10）。 The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is__________.

　　A. Sister Carrie B. An American Tragedy

　　C. The Financier D. The Titan

　　2.Explain the following terms.（15 points）

　　（1）Hemingway Code Hero

　　（2）Harlem Renaissance

　　（3） American Realism

　　3. Short questions.（10 points）

　　Make a comment on the Romantic Period of British Literature

　　PartIII Survey of English-speaking Countries （40 points）

　　1. Multiple choice（15 points）

　　（1）。 The largest university in Canada is ____

　　A Laval University B The University of Toronto

　　C McGill University D Simon Fraser University

　　（2）。 In the following rivers, _____ has been called the American Ruhr.

　　A. the Mississippi B. the Missouri C. the Hudson D. the Ohio

　　（3）Among the following rivers, _____ forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the U.S.

　　A. the Potomac B. the Columbia C. the Rio Grande River D. the Colorado

　　（4） All the following universities and colleges are located in New England, except _____.

　　A. Yale B. Harvard C. Oxford D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

　　（5）The nation's capital city Washington D.C. and New York are located in _____.

　　A. the American West B. the Great Plains C. the Midwest D. the Middle Atlantic States

　　（6）。 The Midwest in America's most important _____ area.

　　A. agricultural B. industrial C. manufacturing D. mining in dustry

　　（7）The House of Lords is presided over by _____.

　　A. the Lord Chancellor B. the Queen C. the Archbishop of Canterbury D. the Prime Minister

　　（8）。 A General Election is held every _____ years and there are _____ members of Parliaments are elected.

　　A. five, 600 B. five, 650 C. five, 651 D. four, 651

　　（9）。 The Prime Minister is appointed by _____ and he or she always sits in _____.

　　A. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Commons

　　B. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Lords

　　C. the Queen, the House of Commons

　　D. the Queen, the House of Lords

　　（10）。 The ultimate authority for law-making resides in _____.

　　A. the Queen B. the Cabinet C. the House of Lords D. the House of Commons

　　2.Fill in the blanks in each of the following incomplete statements with appropriate words.（10 points）

　　（1）。 The Prime Minister is appointed by ______, and his/her official residence is _____.

　　（2）。 The jury usually consists of _______ persons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and _____ persons in Scotland.

　　（3）。 In the Great Lakes, only _____ belongs to U.S. completely while the other four are shared with Ganada.

　　（4）。 _______ is separated from the main land by Canada.

　　（5）_____ is the largest continental state in area in the U.S.

　　（6）。 The two parties originated with the Glorious Revolution were _____ and _______. The former were the forerunners of the ______ Party, the latter were of the ______ party.

　　（7）The U.S. is bounded by _____ on the north and by _____ and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.

　　（8）。 The western part of the central plain is also called the “_____ _____”。

　　.（9） The Mississippi River flows from the _____ lakes to the Gulf of _____.

　　（10）。 The lowest point in the whole of North America is _____ _____.

　　3.Short questions.（15 points）

　　（1）What do you know about the Chartist Movement and the People's Charter? What's your comment on them?

　　（2）What are the main functions of Parliament?

　　汉语部分（3O分）

　　一。给划有底线的字注音并标音调；找出错别字，并把注音和正确的字写在答题纸上。（5分）

　　1.绿枝摇曳 2.莞尔而笑 3.差肩而坐 jian

　　4.遇人仳离 pi li 5.泪下如绠 6.蹒跚颤颤 chan

　　二。回答下列文学常识（10分，每空1分）