20. “Blue book” is ________.( )
A. a book with a blue cover
B. a book with names of well-known persons, especially government officials
C. an important book
D. a book only for children
21. “Involuntarily leisured” is a euphemistic expression for ________.( )
A. sick B. retired
C. unemployed D. handicapped
22.“I was not informed. Otherwise I should have taken some action.” demonstrates ________ relation between the two sentences.( )
A. an additive B. a temporal
C. an adversative D. a causal
23.The American English equivalent for “私立学校” is ________.( )
A. public school B. council school
C. private school D. grade school
24. It has been claimed that ________ are probably the most significant areas of the body for nonverbal communication.( )
A. gestures B. postures
C. facial expressions and eye behaviors D. body languages
Ⅱ. Gap-filling (10%)
Directions: Each of the following statements has an underlined space. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.
1.“Language is vocal” means that speech is the primary medium of language while writing is ________.
2.The English equivalent for “铁石心肠” is ________.
3. The festival celebrated on February 14 is called ________. www.Examw.com
4. ________ relations refer to constructions whose components are linked in meaning through juxtaposition and punctuation and not through the use of conjunctions.
5.The English equivalent for “趁热打铁” is ________.
6.One can tell from the sentence “she is missing the boat” that she is ________.
7. ________ refers to paradise, derived from the garden in which Adam and Eve fist lived.
8.The ________ is a symbol of fear, cowardice or timidity.
9.Slender is an euphemism, referring to ________.
10.“I didn’t know that you were interested in politics. Neither did I.” demonstrates a(n) ________ relation between the two sentences.
