30 câu hỏi
Which of the following is ambiguous because of the referring expression?
Jane cannot believe in a man
The man over there was not trustworthy
It’s hard to find a trustworthy man these days
Which of the following is an equative sentence?
The man in the corner is kind
The man in the corner is a teacher
The man in the corner is my teacher
Fill in the blank
In the sentence Jerry who lives next door is a doctor, the referring expression: ____, the remainder: ____, the predicator: ____
Jerry, next door/ lives, is a doctor/ doctor
Jerry who lives next door/ is a doctor/ doctor
Jerry who lives next door/ is a/ doctor
Which one below is a one-place predicate?
Sleep
Under
Eat
Which one below is a three-place predicate?
Above
Make
Hate
The universe of discourse can be real or imaginary.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is a generic sentence?
Pandas eat bamboo leaves
That panda is eating my bamboo leaves
My bamboo leaves are the favourite of pandas
Identify the deictic words in the sentence Your son should leave the town now
Your son, the, now
The, now
Your, the, now
Which one contains a definite noun phrase?
You should keep an eye on those people
The student who quit the class was punished
John took Lisa’s birthday gift
Choose the correct statement
Sense connects language to the world
Extension connects language to the world
Reference is independent of particular occasions or utterance
Which of the following is an analytic sentence?
Anna loves cakes
Cakes are made of flour, milk, eggs and butter
Scone is the best type of cake
Which of the following is a synthetic sentence?
Tom cat loves fish
Cats chases mouses
That’s my cat
My newly bought Iphone is a digital device is a synthetic sentence
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is a contradiction?
My brother is Dave’s girl friend
It’s easy to climb a mountain
Sea water is salty
Fill in the blank:
Queens are servants is a ____, queens are female is a _____, queens are cruel is a _____
Synthetic sentence/ analytic sentence/ contradiction
Analytic sentence/ contradiction/ synthetic sentence
Contradiction/ analytic sentence/ synthetic sentence
Fill in the blank:
Pointy ears: _____ of the predicate cat. Animal, pointy ears, has a tail, chases rats: ______ of the predicate cat
A sufficient set of conditions/ a necessary condition
A condition/ a sufficient set of conditions
A necessary condition/ a sufficient set of conditions
Which one is a necessary condition of table
Four legs
Tall
Wooden
Choose the correct statement:
A prototype is an object
A stereotype is an object
A prototype is a list of characters
Extension and sense pertain to all examples while prototype and stereotype pertain to typical examples
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is correct?
The stereotype of sumo: male, Japanese, thin, wrestle
The stereotype of bed: a piece of furniture, for sleeping, four legs
The stereotype of fruit: apple, banana, lemon, mango
Which of the following is a pair of synonyms?
Pretty/ beautiful
House/ apartment
Study/ research
Pollution is a big problem in Hong Kong can be rewritten as Pollution is a sizeable problem.
TRUE
FALSE
A number of old members of staff have left in recent years can be rewritten as A number of senior members of staff have left in recent years.
TRUE
FALSE
Which pair of sentences is the paraphrase of each other?
I’m her teacher / She is my lecturer
The cat is on the right of the dog/ The dog is on the left of the cat
I’m interested in researching/ I love researching
Fill in the blank:
Stationery is the ______ of pen, pen is the _____ of stationery
Hyponym/ superordinate
Superordinate/ synonym
Superordinate/ hyponym
The hyponyms of fabric are:
Silk, cotton, trousers, wool
Silk, cotton, linen
Silk, jeans, cotton
Fill in the blank:
Entailment is the relation between ___ while hyponymy is the relation between ___
Pairs of sentences/ pairs of words
Pairs of senses/ pairs of synonyms
Pairs of referents/ pairs of senses
Fill in the blank: ____ is not necessarily symmetric (i.e. can be one-way) while _____ is symmetric ( i.e. both ways)
Synonymy/ hyponymy
Entailment/ Synonymy
Synonymy/ entailment
Which of the following is correct?
She likes champagne entails she likes wine
She likes wine entails she likes champagne
Wine is her favourite beverage entails champagne is her favourite beverage
Which of the following is correct?
He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in a room
He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in his kitchen
He baked a scone in his kitchen entails He baked a cake in a room