[单项选择]Language, culture and personality may be considered ______ of each other in thought, but the truth is that they are inseparable.

[单项选择]Language, culture, and personality may be considered ______of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinct
B. separate
C. irrelevant
D. independent

[填空题]Behavior that is acceptable in one culture may be considered （　） in another. (proper)

[单项选择]A. Language acquisition may be negatively affected.
B. Babies used in experiments often develop emotional problems.
C. Parents may force their children to learn at too early an age.
D. Early coaching will interfere with creativity.

[单项选择] Culture, Language and Equality
Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.
To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped form of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of “backward” languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind the Weste
A. American Indian languages are not backward
B. “backward” languages are borrowing from other languages
C. “backward” languages may possess quite complicated vocabularies
D. Western languages may also borrow from “backward” languages

[单项选择]The relationship between language and culture is that ______.
A. language determines culture
B. culture determines language
C. language and culture interact
D. language and culture are parallel

[单项选择]When economy, language, culture and history______, people begin to view them as ______subjects rather than isolated ones.
A. mystify… composite
B. interact … synthesized
C. merge … idiosyncratic
D. continue… attenuated
E. conflict… unfortunate

[填空题]In some places, speaking a certain language may cause ______.

[简答题]Of all human creations, language may be the most remarkable. Through language we share experiences, formulate values, exchange ideas, transmit knowledge, and sustain culture. Indeed, language is vital to thinking itself. Contrary to popular belief, language does not simply mirror reality, but helps create our sense of reality by giving meaning to events. Words are the tools of a speaker’s craft. They have special uses, just like the tools of any other profession. As a speaker, you should be aware of the meaning of words and know how to use language accurately, clearly, and vividly. Using language clearly allows listeners to grasp your meaning immediately. You can assure this by using familiar words that are known to the average person and requite no specialized background; by choosing concrete words in preference to more abstract ones; and by eliminating verbal clutter.

[单项选择]Language may be （）of as a process which arises from social interaction.
A. comprised
B. conceived
C. disposed
D. deprived

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Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to co-operate. The more extensive the communications network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the more alike people become--in toleration of diversity if nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in closer contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way, there develops "national character", which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behavior patterns.
Frequently, the members of one culture will interpret the "national characteristics" of another group in terms of their own values. For example, the inhabitants of a South Pacific island may be considered "lazy" by citizens of some industrialized nations. On the other hand, it may be that the islanders place a great value on soci
A. He was wronged by his fellow African Americans.
B. He was considered against by the whites.
C. He was discriminated against by the whites.
D. He was excluded from the black Africans.