[简答题]A discussion on Saussure as the father of modem linguistics

[简答题]Outline: 1. Relation between science and modem life 2. Influence of science on life 3. Science and our future

[简答题]Why is Saussure hailed as the father of modern linguistics

[多项选择]Suppose you are Li Hua, your father called you and said your mother is now in hospital. Write a short note to your English teacher Professor Zhang in about 100 words and tell him you have to ask for two days’ leave and can’t attend his class this afternoon and you’ll make up the missed class right after you come back.
Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter; use Li Hua instead. You do not need to write the address.

[填空题]Father

[填空题]Saussure distinguished the linguistic competence of the speaker and the actual phenomena or data of linguistics (utterances) as LANGUE and PAROLE.（）

[单项选择]—Tom, did Mr. Li join you in your discussion
—No, he （）, but he happened to have fallen ill.
A. would like to
B. will
C. was to have
D. was going to join

[单项选择]Saussure is closely connected with （）.
A. Langue
B. Competence
C. Etic

[填空题]According to Saussure, the relation between the Signified and the signifier is arbitrary.（）

[单项选择]The publication of Saussure’s work Course in General Linguistics marked the beginning of
A. the modern grammar.
B. the pragmatics.
C. the modern linguistics.
D. the semantics.

[填空题]Cable MODEM是近两年开始使用的一种超高速MODEM，通过Cable MODEM．可以 将PC机接入______，利用有线电视网进行数据传输，从而达到高速访问因特网的目的。

[填空题]Cable MODEM是近两年开始使用的一种超高速MODEM，通过Cable MODEM可以将PC机接入______，利用有线电视网进行数据传输，从而达到高速访问因特网的目的。

[填空题]Her father bought him a new bike.Her father bought a new bike ______ him.

[单项选择] Happy Father’s Day
The idea for Father’s Day started in 1901. A woman named Sonora Dodd thought about starting a Father’s Day holiday while she was listening to a Mother’s Day speech at church. She wanted a special day to give her father, William Smart. Mr Smart’s wife died while she was giving birth to their sixth child. He raised the baby and his other five children on a farm.
When she became an adult, Sonora Dodd understood how kind and loving her father had been while he was raising his six children alone. She believed her father had worked very hard to make sure his children grew up healthy and strong. Sonora’s father was born in June So she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration(庆祝) on June 19th, 1910.
Since 1966 the third Sunday in June has become a national Father’s Day in America. In early times, people wore red roses to show respect for fathers who were still living and white flowers for fathers who had died. Today, Americans cele