PARTONE

Ⅰ.Directions:Readeachofthefollowingstatementscarefully.DecidewhichoneofthefourchoicesbestcompletesthestatementandblackenthecorrespondingletterA，B，CorDontheANSWERSHEET.

1、A______studyoflanguagestudiesthehistoricaldevelopmentoflanguageoveraperiodoftime.

A.comparative

B.diachronic

C.synchronic

D.descriptive

2、Therearewordsineverylanguagethatimitatenaturalsounds，suchasrumble，cackle，bang，and______.

A.climb

B.crash

C.scheme

D.rotate

3、Ofthefollowingfourmorphemes，______belongstotheinflectionalmorpheme.

A.geo-

B.dis-

C.-less

D.-ing

4、A______sentencecontainstwoormoreclauses，oneofwhichisincorporatedintothe ……此处隐藏6166个字…… consonantisthatinthepronunciationofavowel，theairthatcomesfromthelungsmeetswithnoobstructionofanykindinthethroat，thenose，orthemouth，whileinthatofaconsonantitisobstructedinonewayoranother.Forexample，whenastop[d]ispronounced，thetotalorcompleteobstructioniscreatedbythespeechorgans;whenthecentralvowel[ə]ispronounced，theairfromthelungsmeetswithnoobstruction，withthecentralpartofthetongueholdinghighest.　　42、Linguistshavebecomeincreasinglyawareofsociologicaltriggersforlanguagechange.Radicalsocio-politicalchangessuchaswars，invasions，occupation，colonialization，andlanguageplanningandstandardizationpoliciesleadtovigorouslanguagechanges.AtypicalexampleinthehistoryofEnglishistheNormanConquest，amilitaryeventthatmarkedthedawningoftheMiddleEnglishperiod.