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ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINHTRƯỜNG ĐH KHOA HỌC XÃ HỘI& NHÂN VĂN HỘI ĐỒNG TUYỂN SINH SAU ĐẠI HỌC - 2007 CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM ĐỘC LẬP – TỰ DO – HẠNH PHÚC ĐỀ THI TUY

ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH

TRƯỜNG ĐH KHOA HỌC XÃ HỘI& NHÂN VĂN

HỘI ĐỒNG TUYỂN SINH SAU ĐẠI HỌC - 2007

CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM ĐỘC LẬP – TỰ DO – HẠNH PHÚC

ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH SAU ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2007

Môn cơ sở: Linguistics Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

Ghi chú: 1 Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu khi làm bài.

2 Giám thị không giải thí gì hơn

PART ONE: SYNTAX (3M)

Question 1:

(a) How many kinds of adverbs do adverbs ending in –ly belong to? Paraphrase the

meaning of each type and give one example to illustrate

(b) How do minor class words differ from major class words?

Question 2: Is each of the sentences in the following pairs different from the other in terms of verb

type or structure? Explain

(a) (i) Jack left the room in a hurry.

(ii) Jack left his clothes in the closet.

(b) (i) My sister makes a delicious fruitcake.

(ii) A fruitcake makes a fine gift.

Question 3: the sentences below are ambiguous Read them carefully and do tasks (a) & (b) that

follow

(i) The lamb is too hot to eat

(ii) He watched the hunters with binoculars.

(a) Paraphrase the different meanings that the sentences suggest

(b) Explain why the sentences are ambiguous Use the diagrams where necessary

PART TWO: SEMANTICS (3M)

Question 1: Compare the following terms Give one example for each.

a.synonymy / homonymy

b.analytic sentence / contradictory sentence

Question 2: Identify the sense relation between the words in each of the following pairs.

a cook / fry

b send / receive

c come / arrive

d vehicle / car

Question 3: The following sentences make certain presuppositions Identify them.

a If only I had bought the house.

b It came as a great shock to me.

Question 4: interpret the following sentence, and then identify the figure(s) of speech used.

Question 5: For the following utterance, provide two situations so that the utterance performs two

different types of acts Interpret the utterance in the light of the situations you provide, and then classify it according to the acts it performs

“You are stepping on my toe.”

PART THREE: WRITING (4M)

Write an essay of about 250-300 words on either topic.

Topic 1: Give your comments on this opinion about the place of grammar teaching.

“The study of grammar is neither necessary nor sufficient

for learning to use a language.”

Topic 2: If you were teaching English pronunciation, what accent of the target language do you

think should serve as a model? Should you use British? American? Others? Local accent? Or is it advisable to present mixed accents?

GOOD LUCK!