1.Which of the following means that “Language is everywhere.”?
A.the ubiquity of language
B.the superiority of language
C.power of language
D.origin of language
正确答案：A
解析：“Ubiquity” means existing or being everywhere, so “the ubiquity of language” directly expresses “Language is everywhere.” Other options refer to different concepts: superiority (hierarchical value), power (influence/function), origin (historical emergence).
2.Which branch of phonetics studies “how vocal organs produce the sounds of a language”?
A.acoustic phonetics
B.forensic phonetics
C.articulatory phonetics
D.perceptual phonetics
正确答案：C
解析：Articulatory phonetics focuses on the physical production of speech sounds by vocal organs (e.g., tongue, lips, glottis). Acoustic phonetics deals with sound wave properties; perceptual phonetics concerns how listeners perceive sounds; forensic phonetics applies phonetic analysis to legal contexts.
3.Which of the following is an inflectional morpheme?
A.-ed
B.sub-
C.dis-
D.-ist
正确答案：A
解析：Inflectional morphemes modify a word’s grammatical function without changing its part of speech or core meaning (e.g., -ed for past tense). -ed marks past tense verb inflection. sub- and dis- are derivational prefixes (change meaning/word class); -ist is a derivational suffix (forms nouns, e.g., artist, activist).
4.Which of the following phrases falls into the syntactic category of AP?
A.the flower
B.highly intelligent
C.find a book
D.on the table
正确答案：B
解析：AP (Adjective Phrase) is headed by an adjective and may include modifiers (e.g., ‘highly’ modifying ‘intelligent’). ‘the flower’ is NP; ‘find a book’ is VP; ‘on the table’ is PP.
6.Which of the following words is a hyponym of the word insect?
A.horse
B.animal
C.snake
D.ant
正确答案：D
解析：A hyponym is a more specific term under a broader superordinate term. ‘Ant’ is a type of insect → hyponym of ‘insect’. ‘Horse’ and ‘snake’ are animals but not insects; ‘animal’ is a hypernym of ‘insect’.
7.What function of language is involved in the statement “The car was badly damaged in the accident.”?
A.expressive function
B.metalinguistic function
C.informative function
D.poetic function
正确答案：C
解析：The informative (or referential) function conveys factual information about the world — here, reporting objective event details (car damage in accident). Expressive reflects speaker’s emotion; metalinguistic comments on language itself; poetic emphasizes aesthetic form.
8.Which of the following topics is NOT addressed in pragmatics?
A.speech acts
B.sentence structures
C.conversational implicatures
D.speech politeness
正确答案：B
解析：Pragmatics studies meaning in context: speech acts, implicatures, politeness, presupposition, deixis, etc. Sentence structures (constituency, phrase types, hierarchical syntax) belong to syntax — a core area of formal linguistics, not pragmatics.
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