[单项选择]The term "Phatic Communion" originates from ______ study of the functions of language used on Trobriand Islands which refers to the social interaction of language.
A. Malinowski
B. David Crystal
C. Nida
D. Schiffman

[单项选择]The term "Phatic Communion" originates from ______ study of the functions of language used on Trobriand Islands which refers to the social interaction of language.
A. Malinowski
B. David Crystal
C. Nida
D. Schiffman

[单项选择]The habit-formation theory originates from the ______ and was popular in the 1950s and 60s.
A. cognitive psychology
B. Gestalt psychology
C. behaviourist psychology
D. psychoanalysis

[单项选择]A client is suffering from short-term memory loss after a head injury. Which of the following nursing actions would be appropriate to help him cope with his memory loss
A. Instruct family members to ignore his behavior.
B. Place a single-date calendar where he can view it.
C. Explain that he will have to try harder to remember things.
D. Tell him every morning what activities he will be expected to perform that day.

[单项选择]Phatic communication refers to ______.

[单项选择]Fresh water, as the passage states, originates from ______.
A. the water vapor in the atmosphere
B. lakes and rivers
C. sea water through distillation by solar radiation
D. underground aquifers

[单项选择]

The term "virus" is derived from the Latin word for poison, or slime. It was originally applied to the noxious stench emanating from swamps that was thought to cause a variety of diseases in the centuries before microbes were discovered and specifically linked to illness. But it was not until almost the end of the nineteenth century that a true virus was proven to be the cause of a disease.
The nature of viruses made them impossible to detect for many years, even after bacteria had been discovered and studied. Not only are viruses too small to be seen with a light microscope, they also cannot be detected through their biological activity, except as it occurs in conjunction with other organisms. In fact, viruses show no traces of biological activity by themselves. Unlike bacteria, they are not living agents in the strictest sense. Viruses are very simple pieces of organic material composed only nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA, enclosed in a coat of,
A. Self-sufficiency.
B. Characteristics.
C. Shapes.
D. Speed.

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that the term "reductionist" would most likely apply to which of the following views concerning language
A. (A) A number of words exist with identical meanings.
B. (B) Several words with different connotations may refer to the same object.
C. (C) A word used two centuries ago might refer to the same object today.
D. (D) Reality is constructed, not discovered, by the medium of language.
E. (E) A word may refer to non-existent objects, categories, and carry multiple connotations.

[单项选择]The "do-it-yourself" movement originates in ______.
A. house repairing
B. house building
C. house decorating
D. furniture building