[单项选择]The fact that magic is a frequent source of words of phrase suggests that people ______.


A. lack linguistic originality
B. have always been interested in magic
C. are becoming more superstitious
D. are interested in magic when young

[单项选择]Which types of words belong to functional words
A. Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions.
B. Adjectives, nouns, articles.
C. Articles, prepositions, conjunctions.
D. Verbs, pronouns, prepositions.

[单项选择]Art, like words, is a form of communication. Words, spoken and written, render accessible to humans of the latest generations all the knowledge discovered by the experience and reflection, both of preceding generations and of the best and foremost minds of their own times. Art renders accessible to people of the latest generations all the feelings experienced by their predecessors, and those already felt by their best and foremost contemporaries. Just as the evolution of knowledge proceeds by dislodging and replacing that which is mistaken, so to the evolution of feeling proceeds through art. Feelings less kind and less necessary for the well-being of humankind are replaced by others kinder and more essential to that end. This is the purpose of art, and the more art fulfills that purpose the better the art; the less it fulfills it, the worse the art.The author develops the passage primarily by______.
A. theory and refutation
B. example and generalization
C. comparison and contrast
D. inference and deduction

[单项选择]As a result of their frequent litters, rabbits have the reputation of being ______.
A. ruthless
B. prolific
C. practical
D. rational

[单项选择]　　Most words are "lexical words", i.e. nouns signifying "things", the majority of which are abstract concepts rather than physical objects in the world; only "proper nouns" have specific and unique referents in the everyday world. The communicative function of a fully-functioning language requires the scope of reference beyond the particularity of the individual instance. While each leaf, cloud or smile is different from all others, effective communication requires general categories or "universals". Anyone who has attempetd to communicate with people who do not share their language will be familiar with the limitations of simply pointing to things, given that the vast majority of lexical words in a language exist on a high level of abstraction and refer to classes of things such as "buildings" or to concepts like "construction". 　　We lose any one-to-one correspondence of word and thing the moment we group instances into classes. Other than lexical words, language consists of "functio
A. refuting a belief held by one school of linguistics
B. reviewing an interesting feature of language
C. illustrating the confusion that can result from the improper use of language
D. suggesting a way in which languages can be made more nearly perfect
E. surveying new interesting areas of research in the field of linguistics

[单项选择]The words "minibus" and "endless" are ______ words.
A. onomatopoeically motivated
B. morphologically motivated
C. semantically motivated
D. etymologically motivated

[填空题]This word is ______ (little) frequent in British English than in American English.

[单项选择]Many important scientific discoveries are in fact _________ones as they were made by chance.


A. relative
B. temporary
C. subordinate
D. accidental

[单项选择]Which two words are NOT antonyms


A. Father and son.
B. Male and female.
C. Doctor and patient.
D. Wolf and fox.

[单项选择]The book concentrates on the fact that the twenty executives who are interviewed ______.


A. work in a number of different in dustries.
B. strated their companies.
C. have worked for different lengths of tim

[单项选择]The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs （） it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.
A. renders
B. reckons
C. regards
D. relates