1、单选题：
Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused bytime and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation? （ ）
选项：
A:Transferability
B:Arbitrariness
C:Displacement
D:Duality.
答案: 【Transferability】

2、判断题：
Duality is one of the characteristics of human language. It refers to the fact that Language has two levels of structures: the system of sounds and the system of meanings. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

3、单选题：
The informative function is predominantly the major role of language, it is also called _________ function in the framework of functional grammar. （ ）
选项：
A:textual
B:descriptive
C:ideational
D:prescriptive
答案: 【ideational】

4、单选题：
According to F. de Saussure, _____ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community. （ ）
选项：
A:Performance
B:Langue
C:Parole
D:Language
答案: 【Langue】

5、判断题：
Langue is relatively stable and systematic while parole is subject to personal and situational constraints. （ ）
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

6、单选题：
_____ is realized by mood and modality.（ ）
选项：
A:Informative function
B:Interpersonal function
C:Performative function
D:Recreational function
答案: 【Interpersonal function】

7、单选题：
Which of the following statements is true of Jacobson’s framework of language functions?（ ）
选项：
A:The emotive function is to convey message and information
B:The conative function is to clear up intentions, words and meanings
C:The phatic function is to establish communion with others
D:The referential function is to indulge in language for its own sake
答案: 【The phatic function is to establish communion with others】

8、判断题：
Onomatopoeic words can show the arbitrary nature of language. （ ）
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

9、判断题：
Competence and performance refer respectively to a language user’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules and the actual use of language in concrete situations. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】

10、判断题：
Arbitrariness of language makes it potentially creative, and conventionality of language makes a language be passed from generation to generation. As a foreign language learner, the latter is important for us. （ ）
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【对】