问答题diglossia

问答题Directions:Inthispart,youareallowedtowriteacompositiononthetopicTheChangesinChina"sForeignTrade.Youshouldwriteatleast150words,basedonthefollowinginformations.WriteyouressayonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题How do you understand performative function of language?

问答题Directions: Suppose your cousin Li Ming has just been admitted to a university. Write him/her a letter to 1) congratulate him/her, and 2) give him/her suggestions on how to get prepared for university life. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Zhang Wei" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题Eskimos have many different words for different types of snow, Aborigines for different types of sand, and in Arabic one must choose from a whole range of words which are subsumed under the Western category CAMEL. Can you explain these phenomena with your linguistic knowledge?

问答题Give the phonetic term according to the following description: the sound made with the back of the tongue and the soft palate.

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问答题Directions: Suppose you have found something wrong with the electronic dictionary that you bought from an on-line store the other day. Write an email to the customer service center to 1)make a complaint, and 2)demand a prompt solution. You should write about 100 words on ANSERE SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use“Zhang Wei”instead. Do not write the address.

问答题The 19th century American thinker and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages." To what degree, do you think, are independent thinking and original ideas important in your further study and academic research? You should present your argument with reasons and examples, Write your essay in no less than 300 words. Write your essay on your Answer Sheet.

问答题Either we raise taxes by 10% or we drown ourselves in a budget deficit.

问答题Read the statement and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes that will help you plan your response. Write your response on a separate sheet of paper. If possible, type your essay on a word processor. People value things more when they have suffered for them. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experiences, observations, or reading.

问答题Does the constancy under negation test work as a means of finding the presupposition of the following sentences? What are the presuppositions: (a)John regrets that he broke your computer. (b)The pregnant engineer went on a holiday. (c)His brother is bald.

问答题Pragmatics

问答题The local newspaper is printing a series of articles in which students describe some aspect of school life. Write for this series describing your lunchroom or another area during a typical lunch hour within 150 words. You may want to describe the sights, sounds, or smells that you would experience there. Write your response on your Answer Sheet.

问答题Analyze the following dialogue with reference to Grice's Cooperative Principle: A: Have you taken that course? B: No. I've taken another one because I think I need more time to enjoy myself.

问答题Directions:Writeanessaybasedonthefollowingchart.Inyouressay,youshould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomments.Youshouldwriteatleast150words.WriteyouressayontheANSWESHEET.2014年第一季度～2015年第二季度微信每月活跃用户数量变化图

问答题Point out the commonness shared by the two sounds [d] and [n].

问答题The Great Video Pacifier Last spring, my husband and I loaded our three children into the car and drove off to see friends in the United States. Over the course of a week, we visited half a dozen households, each with children of its own. 1 And I found myself struck, again and again, by the frequency with which we modern parents use television to silence young children. Get a couple of families together, and when noise from the kids rises too much, one goes the video and all is gratifying silence until the credits roll. 2 It"s like throwing a blanket over a noisy parrot"s cage: With one motion, the parrot"s stimulating surroundings vanish and its squawking instantly subsides. Hit the "play" button and the same thing happens. Children might be wrestling or running around, but let that mesmerizing box light up and they"ll stop to stare at the screen. Nearby, the adults smile as the caterwauling ceases: "Phew! That"s better." The video has become a member of every family I know. Need to finish a project on a Sunday afternoon? Popping a video buys you an hour or two. Often my children go to play in someone"s basement room and a video is on from the time they arrive until they leave. Guilty as I am myself. I find promiscuous use of this sedative disquieting. Children don"t stand a chance against videos. 3 No matter how imaginative or independent they may be or how much they may like playing with visiting friends, they cannot escape the stupefying effects of the box. 4 Child-development expert Paul Smith attributes this to the brain"s "orienting response", a reaction discovered by Parlor early in the last century. "We humans are programmed to look at abrupt changes in our Visual field." she writes, "It"s part of our survival mechanism. The colorful, quick images on TV are difficult to resist." 5 Years ago, I read in a newspaper about a study that found if people can choose between watching a lecturer behind a podium and a video projection of that same lecturer, they"ll gaze at the screen . The TV trumps real life every time.

问答题Giving examples to illustrate the priority of free translation method over literal translation method. (You may answer the question both in English and Chinese)

问答题Who would have thought that, globally, the IT industry produces about the same volume of greenhouse gases as the world"s airlines do—roughly 2 percent of all CO 2 emissions? Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment. A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO 2 depending on how many attempts are needed to get the "right" answer. To deliver results to its users quickly, then, Google has to maintain vast data centres around the world, packed with powerful computers. While producing large quantities of CO 2 , these computers emit a great deal of heat, so the centres need to be well air-conditioned, which uses even more energy. However, Google and other big tech providers monitor their efficiency closely and make improvements. Monitoring is the first step on the road to reduction, but there is much to be done, and not just by big companies.