II. Each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives. Read each statement and the four alternatives carefully and decide which alternative can complete the statement. There might be more than one correct answer. （10%）

21. Language is ______.

A. an instrument used in the communication of thought

B. the function of the human brain

C. closely related to thinking

D. nonverbal from the very beginning

22. Conceptual meaning refers to ______content.（     ）

A. cognitive                                         B. stylistic

C. associative                                      D. logical

23. Which of the following statements are true to the nature of grammatical morpheme?

（     ）

A. There are more grammatical morphemes in Chinese than in English.

B. English has been losing its grammatical morpheme and becoming more and more similar to Chinese.

C. Grammatical subjects and objects occur more frequently in English than in Chinese.

D. In English, if the context makes clear what the subjects and objects are, they do not have to occur.

24. When English speakers accept an invitation, they may reply with“______”.（     ）

A. That’s very kind of you. Thank you.

B. That would be very nice. Thank you.

C. Thank you very much. I’ll try to come.

D. I’ll go if I am free.

25. In a normal text sentences are connected ______.（     ）

A. hypotactically                                  B. paratactially

C. in a parallel way                               D. unreasonably