[单项选择]In order to correctly acquire the meanings of nouns in referring to "classes", a child ______.


A. has to learn to identify some features while ignoring others
B. first has to be able to use proper nouns
C. must be at least six years old
D. must play with toys

[单项选择]In order to correctly acquire the meanings of nouns in referring to "classes", a child ______.


A. has to learn to identify some features while ignoring others
B. first has to be able to use proper nouns
C. must be at least six years old
D. must play with toys

[单项选择]NOUN : ADJECTIVE ::
A. ellipsis : word
B. vowel : consonant
C. parenthesis : phrase
D. comma : period
E. verb : adverb

[单项选择]Sometimes a dictionary designates a noun as attributive, which means that it can be used to describe another noun or name its attributes.
A. conveys
B. defines
C. indicates
D. explains

[单项选择]Gender is mostly a category of the noun and pronoun. In English, the gender distinctions are deter mined ______; in French, they are ______.


A. grammatically; arbitrary
B. free; determined by the biological gender
C. arbitrarily; fixed
D. by the biological gender; grammatical

[单项选择]Gesture helps speakers（）their meanings.
A. classify
B. specify
C. qualify
D. charify

[单项选择]It is desirable that students should acquire some knowledge of the writers whose _______ are placed before them for study.


A. materials
B. manufactures
C. products
D. productions

[单项选择]To acquire the method of scientific investigation, one ______.


A. needs do necessary exercises on his/her mind
B. has to reason things and get accurate explanations
C. has to analyze the reasons of all the phenomena
D. needs practice balance skills constantly

[单项选择]The research of how children acquire their native language and adults acquire their second/foreign language is called


A. psycholinguistics.
B. sociolinguistics.
C. semantics.
D. applied linguistics.

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The meanings of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstanding arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example, if people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not responsible. In the U. S. , no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite.
This way of treating time is quite different from that of several other countries. This helps to explain the unfortunate experience of a certain agriculturist from the United States assigned to duty in another country. After what seemed to him a suitable waiting period, he announced that he would like to call on the minister of agriculture. For various reasons the suggested time did not suit the minister, there were indirect indications that the time was not yet suitable. The American, however, pressed for an appointment, which was finally granted.
Arriving a littl
A. told the secretary that he should not have been kept waiting
B. urged that he was waiting for him
C. put forward a suggestion that the secretary go and tell the minister that he was waiting
D. went about finding out whether the minister knew that he was waiting for him in the outer office