30 CÂU HỎI
Which of the following is ambiguous because of the referring expression?
A. Jane cannot believe in a man
B. The man over there was not trustworthy
C. It’s hard to find a trustworthy man these days
Which of the following is an equative sentence?
A. The man in the corner is kind
B. The man in the corner is a teacher
C. 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: ___
A. Jerry, next door / lives, is a doctor / doctor
B. Jerry who lives next door / is a doctor / doctor
C. Jerry who lives next door / is a / doctor
Which one below is a one-place predicate?
A. Sleep
B. Under
C. Eat
Which one below is a three-place predicate?
A. Above
B. Make
C. Hate
The universe of discourse can be real or imaginary.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which of the following is a generic sentence?
A. Pandas eat bamboo leaves
B. That panda is eating my bamboo leaves
C. My bamboo leaves are the favorite of pandas
Identify the deictic words in the sentence "Your son should leave the town now"
A. Your son, the, now
B. The, now
C. Your, the, now
Which one contains a definite noun phrase?
A. You should keep an eye on those people
B. The student who quit the class was punished
C. John took Lisa’s birthday gift
Choose the correct statement
A. Sense connects language to the world
B. Extension connects language to the world
C. Reference is independent of particular occasions or utterance
Which of the following is an analytic sentence?
A. Anna loves cakes
B. Cakes are made of flour, milk, eggs, and butter
C. Scone is the best type of cake
Which of the following is a synthetic sentence?
A. Tom cat loves fish
B. Cats chase mice
C. That’s my cat
"My newly bought Iphone is a digital device" is a synthetic sentence.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which of the following is a contradiction?
A. My brother is Dave’s girlfriend
B. It’s easy to climb a mountain
C. Sea water is salty
Fill in the blank:
"Queens are servants" is a ___, "queens are female" is a ___, "queens are cruel" is a ___
A. Synthetic sentence / analytic sentence / contradiction
B. Analytic sentence / contradiction / synthetic sentence
C. 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. A sufficient set of conditions / a necessary condition
B. A condition / a sufficient set of conditions
C. A necessary condition / a sufficient set of conditions
Which one is a necessary condition of a table?
A. Four legs
B. Tall
C. Wooden
Choose the correct statement:
A. A prototype is an object
B. A stereotype is an object
C. A prototype is a list of characters
Extension and sense pertain to all examples, while prototype and stereotype pertain to typical examples.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which of the following is correct?
A. The stereotype of sumo: male, Japanese, thin, wrestle
B. The stereotype of bed: a piece of furniture, for sleeping, four legs
C. The stereotype of fruit: apple, banana, lemon, mango
Which of the following is a pair of synonyms?
A. Pretty / beautiful
B. House / apartment
C. Study / research
D. None of the above
"Pollution is a big problem in Hong Kong" can be rewritten as "Pollution is a sizeable problem."
A. TRUE
B. 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."
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which pair of sentences is the paraphrase of each other?
A. I’m her teacher / She is my lecturer
B. The cat is on the right of the dog / The dog is on the left of the cat
C. I’m interested in researching / I love researching
D. None of the above
Fill in the blank:
Stationery is the ___ of pen, and pen is the ___ of stationery.
A. Hyponym / superordinate
B. Superordinate / synonym
C. Superordinate / hyponym
D. None of the above
The hyponyms of fabric are:
A. Silk, cotton, trousers, wool
B. Silk, cotton, linen
C. Silk, jeans, cotton
D. None of the above
Fill in the blank:
Entailment is the relation between ___ while hyponymy is the relation between ___.
A. Pairs of sentences / pairs of words
B. Pairs of senses / pairs of synonyms
C. Pairs of referents / pairs of senses
D. None of the above
Fill in the blank:
___ is not necessarily symmetric (i.e. can be one-way) while ___ is symmetric (i.e. both ways).
A. Synonymy / hyponymy
B. Entailment / Synonymy
C. Synonymy / entailment
D. None of the above
Which of the following is correct?
A. She likes champagne entails she likes wine
B. She likes wine entails she likes champagne
C. Wine is her favourite beverage entails champagne is her favourite beverage
D. None of the above
Which of the following is correct?
A. He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in a room
B. He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in his kitchen
C. He baked a scone in his kitchen entails He baked a cake in a room
D. None of the above