21. The well-known semanticist Ullmann notes, “language is more______ than civilization, material as well as moral.” ( )
A. creative B. conservative
C. radical D. constructive
22. Which of the following is NOT one of the types of context? ( )
A. Linguistic context. B. Non-linguistic context.
C. Extra-linguistic context. D. Intra-linguistic context.
23. Which of the following may NOT lead to ambiguity? ( )
A. Grammatical structure. B. Polysemy.
C. Antonymy. D. Hyponymy.
24. Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic context? ( )
A. It can be subdivided into grammatical context and lexical context.
B. It embraces the people, time and place.
C. It refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears.
D. It may cover a paragraph, a whole chapter and even the entire book.
25. The idiom “live by one’s pen” is a ______as far as figures of speech are concerned.( )
A. simile B. metaphor
C. metonymy D. personification
26. “Cut and driect” is an idiom ______in nature. ( )
A. verbal B. nominal
C. adjectival D. adverbial
27. The change of idiom “A round peg in the squarest of holes” from the original form is ______.( )
A. dismembering B. position-shifting
C. addition D. shortening
28. According to the textbook, the best-known unabridged dictionary is______. ( )
A. The Word Book Dictionary
B. The Encyclopedia Americana
C. Webster’s New World Dictionary
D. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
29. Which of the following dictionaries is NOT a bilingual dictionary? ( )
A. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation.
B. A New English-Chinese Dictionary.
C. Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
D. A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995).
30. Which of the following is true about an American Dictionary? ( )
A. It is always better than a British dictionary.
B. It contains more encyclopedic information in the main body.
C. One can never expect to find British usages in it.
D. It includes more grammatical information.
