國立彰化師範大學九十七學年度教師在職進修碩士學位班招生考試試題
班別：英語文教學碩士班
科目：語言學概論(8%)、英語教學(8%)及英美文學作品分析(10%)
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語言學概論
I. Choose the most appropriate answer to each of the following questions. (30%)
1. Unmarked sounds can be described as all of the following except ___. (A) more frequently used in
a language (B) more unusual sounding (C) acquired earlier in life (D) simpler to articulate
2. In English, changing the placement of the primary stress in a word like record can ___. (A) change
the meaning of the word (B) change the vowel sounds in the word (C) change the part of speech of
the word (D) all of the above
3. A perceptional unit of sound that changes the meaning of a word when alternated with another such
unit is called a ___. (A) phone (B) allophone (C) phoneme (D) allomorph
4. Sounds which are perceived as being the same sound but physically are not and which do not change
meaning if one is substituted for the other are called ___. (A) false phones (B) allophones of the
same phoneme (C) different phonemes (D) different morphemes
5. The fact that we could say either as [iD] or [ajD] is an example of ___. (A) Prevarication
(B) Free variation (C) Openness (D) Discreteness
6. The two basic types of morphemes are called___. (A) analytic and synthetic (B) formal and
informal (C) lax and tense (D) bound and free
7. If you divide reviewed into its component morphemes, the root would be ___. (A) re- (B) review
(C) view (D) -ed
8. The word laser is ___. (A) a clipped word (B) an acronym (C) a compound word (D) a borrowed
foreign word
9. The word bus is ___. (A) a clipped word (B) an acronym (C) a compound word (D) the result of
backformation
10. If said out of context, the sentence "Bring me the ruler" could serve as an example of ___.
(A) structural ambiguity (B) lexical ambiguity (C) surface structure (D) deep structure
11. If said out of context, the sentence "Cleaning chemical can be hazardous" could serve as an
example of ___. (A) structural ambiguity (B) lexical ambiguity (C) surface structure (D) deep
structure
12. Pronouns have referents that shift from one utterance to the next. This characteristic is called ___.
(A) performative (B) deixis (C) speech act (D) code-switching
13. People speaking different dialects may use ___. (A) different words for the same thing (B) different
pronunciations of the same word (C) different syntactic constructions to say the same thing (D) all of
the above
14. The practice of changing from one style of language to another is called ___. (A) toasting (B) code
switching (C) informalism (D) rapping
15. One of the features of pidgin languages is ___. (A) extensive syntactic structures (B) limited
vocabulary (C) full range of human expression (D) complex use of inflections
16. When a pidgin language is passed on to the next generation and becomes the first language of a
community, it is then called a(n) ___. (A) superstrate language (B) creole language (C) acquired
language (D) substrate language
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國立彰化師範大學九十七學年度教師在職進修碩士學位班招生考試試題
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科目：語言學概論(8%)、英語教學(8%)及英美文學作品分析(10%)
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17. The hypothesis that states that language, thought and reality are related is called ___. (A) the
Boas-Greenberg hypothesis (B) the Chomsky-Koko hypothesis (C) the Rowe-Levine hypothesis
(D) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
18. The holophrastic stage is characterized by ___. (A) use of action-object words (B) vowel sounds
only (C) consonants and vowels used together (D) one word represents a whole concept
19. The telegraphic stage is characterized by ___. (A) sentences without function words (B) vowel
sounds only (C) consonants and vowels used together (D) one word represents a whole concept
20. When a child uses the word dog to refer to one particular dog only, it is the result of ___.
(A) undergeneralization (B) overgeneralization (C) productivity (D) imitation
英語教學(30%)
1. Define the term “language ego”, and give an example for it. (10%)
2. According to Brown, “for most second language learners who are already literate in a previous
language, reading comprehension is primarily a matter of developing appropriate, efficient
comprehension strategies.” List ten strategies he thinks important. Give an example for each strategy.
(20%)
英美文學作品分析(40%)
(英國文學)
I. Identification (10%) （任選五題，每題兩分）
Identify the author and the title on FIVE of the following quotations.
1. One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
2. Full fathom five thy father lies.
Of his bones are coral made.
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange.
3. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on. . . .
4. Ah, are you digging on my grave
My loved one?—planting rue?
5. An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress. . . .
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國立彰化師範大學九十七學年度教師在職進修碩士學位班招生考試試題
班別：英語文教學碩士班
科目：語言學概論(8%)、英語教學(8%)及英美文學作品分析(10%)
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6. Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Had a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe,
With a wicked pack of cards.
7. These noises converged in a single sensation of life for me: I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes.
Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand.
8. Closed like confessionals, they thread
Loud noons of cities, giving back
None of the glances they absorb.
Light glossy grey, arms on a plaque,
They come to rest at any kerb:
All streets in time are visited.
II. Essay question (10%)（任選一題）
Choose ONE of the following questions, and answer in cogent, well-organized essay.
1. Discuss the satirical content of The Importance of Being Earnest or Mrs. Warren's Profession.
2. Discuss one novel by one of the following novelists:
a. D. H. Lawrence
b. John Fowles
c. Henry James
3. Quite a few poets portray childhood as innocent and tragically vulnerable. Use Blake (Songs of Innocence and Experience),
or Wordsworth ("Ode: Intimations of Immortality"), or any other British poet, as examples discuss the poet's treatments of
children.
(美國文學)
Choose two of the literary texts from the following list. Identify the writer, summarize the story, and analyze the characters and
themes of the works. (20%)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Great Gatsby
The Scarlet Letter
“The Story of an Hour”
A Streetcar Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
7. “The Legends of Sleepy Hollow”
8. The Joy Luck Club
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