I. Choose the best answer. 1. From which of the following property of language that language users can solve the problems caused by time and place and speakers of a language can talk about anything in any given situation? A. Transferability B. Duality C. Displacement D. Arbitrariness 2. According to the functions of language, what kind of conversation can you find in the following conversation? — A nice day, isn’t it? — Right! I really enjoy the sunlight. A. Emotive B. Phatic C. Performative D. Interpersonal 3. Which of the following word actually realize the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in respect of utterances? A. Performance B. Competence C. Langue D. Parole 4. You assume a dog barking for something or at someone that exists at the present, instead of mourning for some that are close to them. This indicates the design feature of __________. A. cultural transmission B. productivity C. displacement D. duality 5. __________ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language. A. Psycholinguistics B.Anthropological linguistics C. Sociolinguistics D. Applied linguistics 6. __________ does the research about language application to other study, particularly education. A. Linguistic theory B. Practical linguistics C. Applied linguistics D. Comparative linguistics 7. As a system of arbitrary vocal symbols, language has the purpose for human __________ A. to communicate B. to contact C. to relate D. to unite 8. Which word is completely arbitrary? A. tree B. typewriter C. crash D. bang 9. The sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is used for __________? A. interrogative B. directive C. informative D. performative 10. In China, if bowl or a plate is shattered , the people present always say“ 碎碎(岁岁)平安 ”as a way of removing the bad effects in respect of superstition. Which functions does it play? A. Interpersonal B. Emotive C. Performative D. Recreational 11. If a linguistic study researches the language people actually use, we think they are _______. A. prescriptive B. ytic C. descriptive D. linguistic 12. Which of the following is not a design feature of human language? A. Arbitrariness B. Displacement C. Duality D. Meaningfulness 13. Modern linguistics thinks of the written language as _______. A. primary B. correct C. secondary D. stable 14. Speech is thought more basically than writing according to modern linguistics, because _______. A. in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing B. speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed C. speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue D. All of the above 15. The study of language in respect of history is a _______ study of language. A. synchronic B. diachronic C. prescriptive D. comparative 16. Saussure has a(n) _______ thought of language, while Chomsky sees language from a ________ point of view. A. sociological...psychological B. psychological...sociological C. applied...pragmatic D.semantic...linguistic 17. According to F. de Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the mem- bers of a speech community. A. parole B. performance C. langue D. Language 18. People always think that language is arbitrary because _______ and meanings are not logically connected. A. sense B. sounds C. objects D. ideas 19. When contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker, the feature that the language carries is called _______, A. displacement B. duality C. flexibility D. cultural transmission 20. From one generation to the next, the details of any language system is passed on through _______, not by instinct. A. learning B. teaching C. books D. both A and B