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汕头大学2021年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题第4页共4页考生须知答案一律写在答题纸上，答在 试题纸上的不得分！请用黑色字迹 签字笔作答，答题要写清题号，不 必抄原题。科目代码：804科目名称：英语综合适用专业：英语语言文学PART ONE LINGUISTICS (50 POINTS)I. Direction: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the answer sheet. (20 points, each for 2 points)1. Modem linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.2. According to Chomsky, a speaker can produce and understand an unlimited number of sentences because he possesses an internalized set of rules about his language.3. A grammatically wcll-fbrmed sentence is always semantically well-formed and mcaningfiil.4. The illocutionary acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same illocutionary point.5. The standard variety of language is always taken as the only correct form of language.6. Human linguistic ability largely depends on the structure of their vocal cords.7. According to Behaviorist learning theory, children arc believed to gradually assume correct forms of the language of their community because their bad” speech always gets corrected and reinforced.8. A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist intuitively thinks because linguists can make numerous correct sentences.9. Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences or clauses.1(). Human beings arc the only organisms in which one particular part of the left halfof the brain is larger than the corresponding part of the right half so as to possess linguistic competence.II. Direction: Choose FIVE of the following terms and explain them according to what you have learnt from the linguistic course. (20 points, each for 4 points)1. linguistic competence2. Corpus linguistics3. the Critical period hypothesis 4. Psycholinguistics5. Sociolinguistics6. Applied linguistics7. linguistic lateralization8. interlanguagc9. Illocutionary act10. displacementHL Direction: Answer the following question, illustrating your views and ideas with your linguistics knowledge. (10 points)Why should language teachers acquire some knowledge of linguistics?PART TWO: BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE (50 POINTS)I. Please explain the following literary terms (15 points, 3 points for each):1. ballad2. setting3. monologue4. deconstruction5. Victorian AgeII. Please write a 200-word critical essay on one of your favorite British or American poets or writers. Your discussion might cover the themes and writing techniques of his or her works, plus your understanding of the work in relation to its historical context. (20 points)III. Please write a short essay on the following poem, explaining your understanding of it. (15 points)If Hands Could Free Youby Philip LarkinIf hands could free you, heart, Where would you fly?Far, beyond every partOf earth this running skyMakes desolate? Would you crossCity and hill and sea, If hands could set you free?1 would not lift the latch;For I could runThrough fields, pit-valleys, catchAll beauty under the sun Still end in loss:I should find no bent arm, no bed To rest my head.PART THREE: CULTURE (50 POINTS)I. DIRECTION: Choose the one which best completes the following statement from A. B. C, or I). (12 points; 2 points for each)1. Which of the following is NOT involved in making UKs foreign policy?A. The QueenB. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfBccC. The Prime Minister and the CabinetD. The Ministry of Defence2. Which of the following is NOT true about London?A. a cultural centerB. a financial centerC. a center of sportsD. an international hub of immigrants3. Which of the following country docs NOrF have indigenous people?A. USAB. UKC. CanadaD. Australia4. During World War II, Canada fought as an ally of with nearly one million people serving in the armed forces.A. GermanyB. SwissC. ItalyD Britain5. The conference that decided to set up the United Nations was held in .A. TeheranB. CairoC. YaltaD. Washington6. is the only organization which has the power to interpret the U.S. Constitution.A. The Supreme CourtB The Department of StateC. The House of RepresentativesD. The SenateII. DIRECTION: Choose THREE of the four the following terms and explain them in your own words (15 points; 5 points for each)1. Electoral College2. The First World War3. The National Health Service in the UK4. The Westminster AbbeyIII. Choose ONE of the following two questions and give your answer to it. (7 points)1. Americans, overall, enjoy sports. What do you know about American life in respect of sports?2. What do you know about the open university in the UK?IV. Write a passage: Choose ONE of the following two to write a passage of no less than 200 words according to the requirement given below. You should refer to what you have learned from the course 刀 Survey of English-Speaking Countries as much as you can. (16 points)1. Write a short passage to analyze and/or comment on the Black Life Matters movement, which was ignited by the violent policing that killed George Floyd, in 2020 US from historical, social, political, legal and/or any other perspectives. You are required to adopt at least two perspectives to make your analysis and comments.2. If a friend and her family want to immigrant to an English-speaking country, which one do you suggest them to go for? Please write a passage to state your choice and the reasons you suggest that country from at least TWO of the following points of view: geographical, social, political, economic, educational or any other.
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