6. Pragmatics differs from traditional semantics in that it studies meaning not in isolation, but in _______. (      )

A. sense                                                        B. concept

C. sentence                                                    D. context

7. The languages of the world belong to families and bear offspring. When we examine the languages of the world, we perceive similarities and differences among them that provide further evidence for the “______” relatedness we know exists. (      )

A. geographical                                              B. genetic

C. typological                                                 D. functional

8. In English, powder room is a euphemism for toilet, which itself started as a _______ for lavatory, which is now more acceptable than its replacement. (      )

A. variant                                                       B. variation

C. variable                                                     D. euphemism

9. What can be drawn safely from the case of Genie is that _______. (      )

A. it confirms the critical period hypothesis

B. human’s language acquisition device is independent of other intellectual abilities

C. language can not be acquired at all after the critical period

D. the language faculty of an average human degenerates after the critical period and, as a result, most linguistic skills cannot develop

10. Although children are still acquiring aspects of their native language through the later years of childhood, it is normally assumed that they have completed the greater part of the language acquisition process by the age of ______.(      )

A. three and half                                             B. four

C. five                                                           D. six