1、判断题：
A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks. （ ）
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

2、判断题：
Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【错】

3、判断题：
Modern linguistics is different from traditional grammar. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

4、判断题：
Modern linguistics regards the written language as primary, not the spoken language. （ ）
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

5、判断题：
Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. （ ）
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

6、判断题：
In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

7、单选题：
If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be _______. （ ）
选项：
A:analytic
B:descriptive
C:linguistic
D:prescriptive
答案: 【descriptive】

8、单选题：
Which of the following is not a design feature of human language? （ )
选项：
A:Displacement
B:Meaningfulness
C:Duality
D:Arbitrariness
答案: 【Meaningfulness】

9、单选题：
A historical study of language is a _______ study of language. ( )
选项：
A:synchronic
B:Comparative
C:diachronic
D:prescriptive
答案: 【diachronic】

10、单选题：
The details of any language system are passed on from one generation to the next through _______, rather than by instinct. ( )
选项：
A:learning
B:teaching
C:both A and B
D:books
答案: 【both A and B】