[单项选择]Ironically, the proper use of figurative language must be based on the denotative meaning of the words, because it is the failure to recognize this （） meaning that leads to mixed metaphors and their attendant incongruity.
A. esoteric
B. literal
C. allusive
D. symbolic

[单项选择]______covers the study of language use in relation to context, and in particular the study of linguistic communication.
A. Semantics
B. Pragmatics
C. Sociolinguistics
D. Stylistics

[单项选择]The standard ______ in C language contain many useful functions for input and output, string handling, mathematical computations, and system programming tasks.
A. database
B. files
C. libraries
D. subroutine

[单项选择]Language varieties that are appropriate for use in particular speech situations such as formal and informal situations are called


A. gender varieties.
B. education varieties.
C. register varieties.
D. age varieties.

[单项选择]（） deals with the actual use of language as a social phenomenon and can be approached in （） ways.
A. Psycholinguistics; two
B. Sociolinguistics; three
C. Psycholinguistics; three
D. Sociolinguistics; two

[单项选择]The most important sociological use of language is

[单项选择]People use language to express their ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., and all these are determined by culture.（）
A. 人们利用语言表达观念、思想及感情等等，而这一切都是由文化决定的。
B. 人们的观念、思想及感情等等都靠语言来表达，也是由文化决定的。
C. 人们使用语言是为了会意，理想和感情等，而文化则最重要。
D. 没有语言，人们根本就无法表达他们观念、思想及感情等等，而这一切则决定文化。

[单项选择]You should use ______and natural language when you write a personal letter.
A. forillal
B. political
C. magic
D. plain

[单项选择]What will happen if you use language in an improper way

[单项选择]You should use ______ language when you write a business letter.
A. formal
B. political
C. magic
D. plain

[单项选择]People in China use English as a ______ language.


A. first
B. second
C. foreign

[单项选择]You should use （） and natural language when you write a personal letter.
A. forillal
B. political
C. magic
D. plain

[单项选择]

The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she "treads softly(谨言慎行) in the world, "elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.
Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic(语言)ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential "women’s" forms, and even using the few strong forms that are known as "men’s". This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s language. Indeed, we didn’t hear about "men&rs
A. the standards set for contemporary Japanese women
B. the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan
C. the stereotyped role of women in Japanese families
D. the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow