2022年自考《语言与文化》试题6

26. Which of the following examples show that the same qualities may be associated with different things in English and Chinese?____

A. He's as strong as a horse.

B. It can take years of careful cuting and rllig to get a lawn as smooth as a billiard-table.

C. The child picked up the spectacles and put them on.“Now you look as wise as an owl,' said his father affectionately.

D. General discipline and academic achievement improved greatly under the headmastership of Mr. Gray, a man as hard as steel, but very just.

27. The Chinese equivalent of the English euphemism for death“to be with God”is“______”

A.辞世

B.登仙

C.断气

D.圆寂

28. Which of the following sentences indicate causal relations between the adjoining sentences?____

A. I'd love to join in. Only I don't know how to play.

B. I was not informed. Otherwise I should have taken some action.

C. If they see that you're blue, they'll look down on you. So why should I bother to care.

D. The weather cleared just as the party approached the summit. Until then they had seen nothing of the panorama around them.

29. The phonetic differences between American and British English are the pronunciation of“____”in words.

A. er (at the end of a word)

B. i (before“Ie')

C. r (after a vowel or between vowels)

D. a (before [ns])

30. Nonverbal communication includes the study of____.

A. touch

B. smell

C. gestures

D. phonetics