[填空题]The characteristic of idioms —_________ unity can be reflected by the understanding of such idiom as "rain cats and dogs".

[简答题]What is semantic unity of idioms

[名词解释]English idioms

[名词解释]variations of idioms

[填空题]Apart from the stylistic features, idioms manifest apparent rhetorical coloring in such aspects as of phonetic manipulation, lexical manipulation and ______.

[单项选择]A The most important point about idioms is to understand that, their meaning is always different to the dictionary meaning of the words. They cannot be literally (字面地) translated and understood. Idioms are as difficult for the Chinese as for any other language learners. What is an idiom An idiom is an expression whose meaning cant be derived simply by hearing it. It is an expression with the following features: 1. It is fixed and is recognized by native speakers. You cannot make up your own! 2. It uses language in a nonliteral—metaphorical way. The followings are examples: 1. Im up to my eyes in work at the moment. 2. I was over the moon when I heard shed had twins! 3. It broke my mothers heart to see her home burnt to the ground. f you are up to your eyes, you are very busy. If you are over the moon, you are extremely happy about something. If something breaks your heart, you are very sad about it. Why are idioms so importa
A. The context can help us to understand an idiom better.
B. It is fixed and used by native speakers frequently.
C. By following uptodate dictionaries, we can determine whether an idiom is still in fashion.
D. The best way to learn to use idioms is reciting one by one and translating them word by word.

[单项选择]Idioms adjectival in nature function as （　）.
A. adjectives
B. attributes
C. modifiers
D. words

[单项选择]By "structural stability" of idioms, which of the following is right（）
A. Many idioms are grammatically analyzable.
B. The constituents of idioms can not be replaced at random.
C. The constituents of idioms can be deleted.
D. More constituents can be added to idioms without changing their meanings.

[单项选择]What is characteristic of Gorillaz
A. A four-man band, wearing cartoon characters’ costume.
B. A virtual band, represented by four cartoon characters.
C. A cyber band, winning the Guinness Music Reward.
D. A teenager band, publishing their music on their website.

[填空题]With optimism characteristic of all industrialized countries, ______ (我们逐渐接受了每个人都适合接受教育的观点).

[单项选择]Idioms like "black sheep", "new broom", "a wet blanket" and "sit on the fence" are examples of （）
A. transfer
B. metonymy
C. metaphor
D. simile

[填空题]The most important characteristic of Healthcare facilities lies in its function to______.

[填空题]What is the characteristic of the book

[填空题]Laughter was distributed as a characteristic common to mankind because of its ______.

[单项选择]What is the characteristic of current account
A. Its interest rate is higher.
B. Its interest rate is very low.
C. It’s convenient.
D. It’s inconvenient.