11. “Sanitary engineers” is an euphemism, referring to ______. (      )

A. dustmen                                                B. medical workers

C. plumber                                                D. electricians working in a hospital

12. Which of the following names is associated with plant or flower? (      )

A. Camellia                                                B. Angela

C. Brenda                                                  D. Benjamin

13. The medium of nonverbal interaction is mainly what is commonly called ______. (      )

A. language                                                B. facial expressions

C. nonverbal communication systems           D. distance held between interlocutors

14. Which of the following statements is NOT correct? (      )

A. Honourifics are language forms used in speeches to show respect to a superior.

B. There are less honourifics in Chinese than in English.

C. Chinese learners of English need to deliberately forget honourifics when speaking English.

D. Chinese honourifics often do not have equivalents in English.

15. Punctuality means ______ to Americans and Englishmen. (      )

A. to be on time if not a little before

B. that being a couple of minutes late is desirable

C. to be half an hour earlier

D. to be half an hour late

16. “It’s important how you package your ideas” illustrates the metaphor that ______. (      )

A. ideas are food                                        B. ideas are plants

C. ideas are products                                  D. ideas are commodities

17. “他住在美國馬薩諸塞州劍橋神德街2號”can be translated into______. (      )

A. He lives at Divinity Avenue 2, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

B. He lives at Divinity Avenue 2 in Cambridge of Massachusetts, U.S.A.

C. He lives at 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

D. He lives in U.S.A., Massachusetts, Cambridge, 2 Divinity Avenue.

18. Chinese news reports are usually presented in a(n) ______. (      )

A. light tone                                               B. serious tone

C. humorous way                                       D. informal way

19. Connotative meaning, social meaning, affective meaning, reflected meaning and collocative meaning can be brought together under the heading ______ meaning. (      )

A. thematic                                                B. associative

C. peripheral                                              D. conceptual

20. Which is the correct order of the five features of oral English according to their formality? (      )

A. Frozen, Formal, Consultative, Casual, Intimate

B. Frozen, Consultative, Formal, Casual, Intimate

C. Formal, Frozen, Consultative, Casual, Intimate

D. Frozen, Formal, Casual, Consultative, Intimate