Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society.
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Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society.
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第1题：
Pragmatic factors can not influence our selection of sounds, grammatical constructions, and vocabulary from the resources of the language.()
参考答案：错误
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第2题：
Classroom language can also be called in-class language, which is the specially used language system by both teachers and students in classroom teaching. Which of the following is not consisted in it?A．Spoken language.
B．Body language.
C．Spelling language.
D．Written language.答案：C解析：考查课堂用语。题目的意思是“课堂用语是教师和学生在课堂上实施教学的语言，包含哪些种类 ”课堂用语包含书面语，口语，肢体语言。书面语的英文书写是“written language”。故选C。 -
第3题：
共用题干
Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race（种族）of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive（原始的）language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A:A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.
B:All languages can well express their respective cultures.
C:American Indian languages are as complex as English.
D:Some languages are better than others.答案：D解析：根据第二段第一句中的“First"，第三段第一句中的“second，第五段第一句中的“Athird thing"，以及第六段第一句中“Finally”可知，作者主要从四个方面来淦释语言的特征。
根据第三段最后一句可知，所有已知的语言无不经过了数万年的充分发展。
第四段第一句中的“This”指的就是第三段所诊释的内容，再结合第三段第一句" Second , there is no such thing as a primitive language.”可知，A项正确。
由第五段可知，A、B两项表述正确。根据第四段最后一句可知，作者认为不同的语言没有发展水平上的差别，美国的印第安语和英语一样复杂，故C项表述正确，D项表述不正确。
根据第六段最后一句可知，词汇是所有语言中最不稳定的部分，即它最容易发生变化。 -
第4题：
Language reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist， just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racism.
A对
B错
对
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第5题：
In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.
A对
B错
错
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第6题：
Grammar is a description of the（）of a language and the way in which linguistic units such as words and phrases are combined to produce sentences in the language.
structure
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第7题：
In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.
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第8题：
（）deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.
- A、Linguistic geography
- B、Lexicology
- C、Lexicography
- D、Sociolinguistics
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第9题：
填空题Grammar is a description of the（）of a language and the way in which linguistic units such as words and phrases are combined to produce sentences in the language.正确答案： structure解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
判断题Language reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist， just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racism.A对
B错
正确答案： 对解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
判断题In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.A对
B错
正确答案： 对解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题According to Paragraph 1, Cardus observed that.Aa composer can separate his language and harmonies from his own mind and sensibility
Ba composer can separate his language and harmonies from the mind and sensibility of an artist
Csome people can separate the language and harmonies of a composer from his mind and sensibility
Dthe language, harmonies, rhythms, melodies, colors and texture of a composer cannot be separated from each other
正确答案： A解析：
细节题。第一段引用Cardus的话，提到“The language of a composer… cannot be separated except by pedantic analysis from the mind and sensibility…”，从except可知还是有人能将之区分开来的。因此选C。 -
第13题：
Curiosity is not only a possible motivation，it is also a great help in your learning languages. Remember that a language is not (11)______ a grammatical system. It is the (12)______ of a certain culture of different cultures. It is no good (13)______ strings of words and lists of grammatical rules (14)______ you know as much as possible about the background of the language，so that you can understand the ideas conveyed and the references made，as well as the inferences which can (15)______ the information clearly given. so learn as much as you can about the different cultures which (16)______ English-watch television programs，listen to the radio，try to obtain (17)______ and magazines written by native speakers，look at advertisements，and，above all，read-not textbooks， (18)______ novels，poems and plays. They will show you how a language is (19)______ used. The English language is a living form. of expression which derives much of its (20)______ from the context. and much of its effect from a whole network of extra-linguistic knowledge.
(11)
A．just
B．even
C．so
D．that
正确答案：A
解析：不仅仅是。故选just。 -
第14题：
Many linguists believe that evolution is（ ）for our ability to produce and use language.They claim that our highly evolved brain provides us with an innate language ability not found in lower organisms.A.reliable
B.responsible
C.available
D.accountable答案：B解析：be responsible for是一固定搭配，意思是“成为……的原因；应归咎或归功于某事物”。如：Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer.吸烟是许多人患肺癌的致病因素。A.reliable“可靠的”；C.available“可得到的，可达到的，可使用的”；D.accountable“对……负责的”。 -
第15题：
共用题干
Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.In the second paragraph the passage tells us that______.
A: some backward race doesn't have a language of its own
B: some race in history didn't possess a language of its own
C: any human race,whether backward or not,has a language
D: some races on earth can communicate without language答案：C解析：作者在第二段中认为，任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是：There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…
此题的答案来自第三段。
作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是：They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知，B项正确。
词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是：Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. -
第16题：
The brain’s neurological specialization for language is called linguistic I （）， which is specific to human beings.
lateralization
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第17题：
In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.
A对
B错
错
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第18题：
In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.
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第19题：
Language reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist， just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racism.
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第20题：
Language is p（）in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of new signals by its users. In other words, they can produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences which they have never heard before.
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第21题：
填空题Language is p（）in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of new signals by its users. In other words, they can produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences which they have never heard before.正确答案： productive解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
问答题Early in the seventeenth century English settlers brought the English language within the borders of the present United States. In using the language in this new environment they began immediately and necessarily to modify it. As time passed more colonists came and the settled areas along the Atlantic coast became larger. Modifications in the English brought from the homeland multiplied. For a long time neither the users of this changed form of English nor those who remained in England paid particular attention to what was happening to the language here. Those in England who first noticed the changes viewed the matter with easy tolerance. But in time, because of circumstances unnecessary to detail here, this attitude changed to one of alarm and criticism. Those in this country of sufficient education and culture to know or care about this linguistic matter were divided in their thinking. Some were disposed to agree with their overseas critics and to counsel stricter adherence to orthodox use of the language; others were of a decidedly contrary view.正确答案：
17世纪初,英国移民将英语带入今天的美利坚合众国境内。在新环境中使用英语时,他们不得不立刻开始改变这种语言。随着时光的流逝,越来越多的殖民者来到这里,沿大西洋海岸建立起来的移民区逐渐扩大。从英国带来的英语在这里发生了很大的变化。然而,在相当长的一段时间里,无论是使用这种变化了的英语的人,还是留在英国本土的人,对英语在这块新大陆上正在发生的变化都没有给予特别的注意。在英国,最早注意到这种变化的人对这一现象采取了一种较为宽容的态度。但是经过一段时间以后,由于一些无须在此详述的情况,人们开始对这种变化感到恐慌,并采取批评的态度。在美国,受到良好教育、文化素质又高因而能了解或关注这种语言变化的人在观点上产生分歧:一些人愿意接受海外批评家的意见,主张更严格地遵循英语语言传统的用法;而另一些人则持完全相反的态度。解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题“_____” is often understood as a language system between the target language and the learner’s native language.AInput Hypothesis
BSapir-Whorf Hypothesis
CInterlanguage
DContrastive Analysis
正确答案： D解析：
本题考查中介语的含义。中介语是指第二语言学习者建构起来的介于母语和目的语之间的过渡性语言，它处于不断的发展变化过程中，并逐渐向目的语靠近。