本文是根据最新专八考试大纲针对人文知识的要求，从语言学内容精选出的考前自测试题。

　　1.Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
　　A. Language is a system B. Language is symbolic
　　C. Animals also have language D. Language is arbitrary

　　2.Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?
　　A. Symbolic B. Dual C. Productive D. Arbitrary 来源：www.examda.com

　　3.What is the most important function of language?
　　A. Interpersonal B. Phatic C. Informative D. Metalingual

　　4.Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?
　　A. Saussure B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Anonymous 来源：www.examda.com

　　5.According to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?
　　A. competence B. parole C. performance D. langue

　　6.The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is        .
　　A. informative B. phatic C. directive D. performative 来源：www.examda.com

　　7.Articulatory phonetics mainly studies              .
　　A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech
　　B. the perception of sounds
　　C. the combination of sounds
　　D. the production of sounds 来源：www.examda.com

　　8.The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in             .
　　A. the place of articulation B. the obstruction of airstream
　　C. the position of the tongue D. the shape of the lips 来源：www.examda.com

　　9.Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?
　　A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics

　　10.Which studies the sound systems in a certain language?
　　A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics

　　11.Minimal pairs are used to                  .
　　A. find the distinctive features of a language
　　B. find the phonemes of a language
　　C. compare two words
　　D. find the allophones of language

　　12.Usually, suprasegmental features include,length and pitch.
　　A. phoneme B. speech sounds C. syllables D. stress

　　13.Which is an indispensable part of a syllable?
　　A. Coda B. Onset C. Stem D. Peak 来源：www.examda.com

　　14.Which is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content?
　　A. Word B. Morpheme C. Allomorph D. Root