11. “Sanitary engineers” is an euphemism, referring to ______. ( )
A. dustmen B. medical workers
C. plumber D. electricians working in a hospital
12. Which of the following names is associated with plant or flower? ( )
A. Camellia B. Angela
C. Brenda D. Benjamin
13. The medium of nonverbal interaction is mainly what is commonly called ______. ( )
A. language B. facial expressions
C. nonverbal communication systems D. distance held between interlocutors
14. Which of the following statements is NOT correct? ( )
A. Honourifics are language forms used in speeches to show respect to a superior.
B. There are less honourifics in Chinese than in English.
C. Chinese learners of English need to deliberately forget honourifics when speaking English.
D. Chinese honourifics often do not have equivalents in English.
15. Punctuality means ______ to Americans and Englishmen. ( )
A. to be on time if not a little before
B. that being a couple of minutes late is desirable
C. to be half an hour earlier
D. to be half an hour late
16. “It’s important how you package your ideas” illustrates the metaphor that ______. ( )
A. ideas are food B. ideas are plants
C. ideas are products D. ideas are commodities
17. “他住在美国马萨诸塞州剑桥神德街2号”can be translated into______. ( )
A. He lives at Divinity Avenue 2, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
B. He lives at Divinity Avenue 2 in Cambridge of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
C. He lives at 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
D. He lives in U.S.A., Massachusetts, Cambridge, 2 Divinity Avenue.
18. Chinese news reports are usually presented in a(n) ______. ( )
A. light tone B. serious tone
C. humorous way D. informal way
19. Connotative meaning, social meaning, affective meaning, reflected meaning and collocative meaning can be brought together under the heading ______ meaning. ( )
A. thematic B. associative
C. peripheral D. conceptual
20. Which is the correct order of the five features of oral English according to their formality? ( )
A. Frozen, Formal, Consultative, Casual, Intimate
B. Frozen, Consultative, Formal, Casual, Intimate
C. Formal, Frozen, Consultative, Casual, Intimate
D. Frozen, Formal, Casual, Consultative, Intimate
