descriptive study of linguistics(四川大学2007研)
descriptive study of linguistics(四川大学2007研)
descriptive study of linguistics(四川大学2007研)
Which statement is true?
A.A question is important and therefore it is scientific.
B.A question is unscientific and therefore no scientist believes it.
C.A fact is a descriptive statement upon which all qualified observers agree in believing to be accurate.
D.Scientists sometimes study metaphysics.,
According to the author, Gladwell's new book Outliers is mainly______.
A.to explain why Bill Gates is much luckier than others
B.a descriptive study of exceptionally talented individuals
C.about the importance of social arrangements to personal success
D.to discuss why some people have more opportunities than others
Section C
Directions: In this section,you will hear n passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 t0 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 t0 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
In the humanities, authors write to inform. you in many ways. These methods can be (36) _________________into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process. Factual writing provides (37) __________ information on an author, composer or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) _____________cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style. of music which you might read in a music (39) ____________course. This kind of writing provides a (40) _____________for your study of the humanities.
As its name (41) ____________, descriptive writing simply describes or provides an (42)_____________ of, a piece of music, art or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) ______ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures of sounds in the readers’ mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) __________________________________________________________________________________________.
Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) __________________________________________________________________________________. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is important.
(46)_____________________________________________________________________.
A.Interpretive, naturalistic , deductive and narrative
B.Experimental, positivist, statistical and descriptive
C.Ethnographic, documentary, inductive, and predetermined
D.Naturalistic, descriptive, inductive and concerned with meaning