11. “Congress passes tight budget.”

From the above example of a news headline, we can see that the most salient feature of the headline is _______.（      ）

A. repetition                                                      B. concision

C. smoothness                                                 D. omission

12. In British English, the letter “i” in the word “mobile” is pronounced as ______. （      ）

A. [æ]                                                             B. [ ]

C. [ai]                                                             D. [i]

13. If the speaker wishes to signal that it is another person’s turn to talk, he or she will finish his or her present utterance, look directly at the other person, and stop gesticulating. In this situation, the function of nonverbal message is ________. （      ）

A. regulating                                                     B. contradicting

C. accenting                                                     D. substituting

14. Nonverbal communication is communication without ________. （      ）

A. action                                                          B. gestures

C. eye contact                                                  D. words

15. The proverb “gossiping, and lying go hand in hand” is derived from _______. （      ）

 A. the Bible                                                    B. Greco-Roman Civilization

 C. Christianity                                                D. geographic knowledge