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中国人民大学2002年研究生入学考试试题

招生专业:英语语言文学

考试科目:英语语言学 英语发展史 英汉互译

考试时间:1月27日下午

考试编号:440

一、英语语言学(20%)

Ⅰ.Linguistics (20%)

1. Define the following linguistic concepts.

(1) synchronic linguistics

(2) cultural transmission

(3) Morphology

(4) Register

(5) Synonymy

2. Give short answers to the following questions. (10%)

(1) What are the methods for the addition of new words in the English language?

(2) When a teacher says “it’s so hot in here” during a class, what does she probably mean? Refer to the theory of pragmatics when you analyze the situation.

二、英语发展史(20%)

Ⅱ. Define the following terms, and provide examples if necessary (12%).

1. Body Language

2. Pidgin English

3. Homograph

4. Slang

5. Colloquialism

6. Idiom

Ⅲ. Account for the Popularity of the English Language (8%).

三、英汉互译(60%)

Ⅳ. Translate the underlined parts of the following passage into Chinese. (20%)

Many years age, I, with another youth of my own age whom I had persuaded to make the journey with me, walked throughout the day up a great mountain. There was a famous could also hear a lecture.

The youth and I, who had much eager interest but no money, were unable to join one of the