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.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)
1.An idiom is characterized by (
).
A. semantic unity
B. structural stability
C. non-motivation
D. all the above
2. Which words belong to the functional words? (
)
A. prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctions
B. articles, adjectives, pronouns
C. adverbs, conjunctions, nouns
D. prepositions, auxiliaries, articles
3. A word is a symbol that (
).
A. is used by the same speech community
B. represents something else in the world
C. is both simple and complex in nature
D. shows different ideas in different sounds
4.
“
Phone
”
,
“
doc
”
,
“
sis
”
and
“
fridge
”
are examples of (
) ?
A. abbreviation
B. shortening
C. clipping
D. analogy
5. Meaning is closely related to (
).
A. concept
B. contextualism
C. implicature
D. symbolism
6. (
) is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
A. Simile
B. Synecdoche
C. Overstatement
D. Metaphor
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