2010英语专业八级真题与详细解析

re. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to

complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and

another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may reuire a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is(are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while

completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

SECTION A

Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may reuire a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.

Paralinguistic Features of Language

In face-to-face communication speakers often alter their tones of voice or change their physical postures in order to convey messages. These means are called paralinguistic features of language, which fail into two categories.

I. First category: vocal paralinguistic features

A. (1)______: to express attitude or intention

(1)______

B. examples

1. whispering:need for secrecy

2. breathiness:deep emotion

3. (2)______: unimportance

4. nasality: anxiety

5. extra lip-rounding: greater intimacy

(2)______

II. Second category: physical paralinguistic features

A. facial expressions

1. (3)______

-- smiling: signal of pleasure or welcome

(3)______

2. less common