浙江大学英语语言学1991(含答案)考研真题考研试题

浙江大学
1991 硕士研究生入学考试试题
考试科目：英语语言学
I. Circle the words that begin or end with a sound as required. 10%
1) a bilabial consonant: mad sad pad had lad
2) an alveolar consonant: nick kick vat rat sick
3) a palatal consonant: sip ship tip chip zip
4) a fricative: pay hose sing breath bang
5) an affricate: rack such ridg6 back dip
II. Write the Chinese equivalents for the following terms and give examples to illustrate each of
them. 20%
1) minimal pair e.g.
2) phone e.g.
3) consonant cluster e.g.
4) central vowel e.g.
5) open-class words e.g.
6) bound morpheme e.g.
7) acronym e.g. __
8) homonymy e.g.
9) relational opposite __ e.g.
10) reference e.g.
III. Of the three sentences given for each set below, one sentence is syntactically different from the
other two. Circle the letter before the sentence that is different and explain briefly your choice
in each case. 15%
1) a. She was driven to the airport.
b. She was flown to Cuba.
c. She was opposed to the plan.
2) a. He reads well.
b. He writes well.
c. He seems well.
3) a. Mary is anxious to graduate.
b. Mary is eager to eat.
c. Mary is easy to tease.
4) a. She decided to play.
b. She wanted to sleep.
c. She ran to school.
5) a. John promised his mother to drive carefully.
b. John persuaded his mother to drive carefully.
c. John expected his mother to drive carefully.
IV. Each pair of the sentences below has a similar meaning. Which one of each is formal English
and which informal English. 5%
1) a. Everyone started raising his or her hands.
b. Everyone started raising their hands.
2) a. If you make water hot, it changes to vapour.
b. if water is heated, it vapourizes.
3) a. We know that people made paper more than 2000 years ago.:
b. It is known that paper was made over 2000 years ago.
4) a. They work harder than we.
b. They work harder than us.
5) a. I don’t mind your saying that.
b. I don’t mind you saying that.