Chapter 4 Syntax
　　1. Syntax is the study of the interrelationships between elements of sentence structure and of the rules governing the way words are ________ to form sentences in a language.
　　A. analyzed
　　B. examined
　　C. linked
　　D. arranged
　　2. ________ lexical categories are open categories in the sense that new words are constantly added.
　　A. Minor
　　B. Major
　　C. All
　　D. None of the above
　　3. NP and ________ are essential components of a sentence.
　　A. VP
　　B. PP
　　C. AP
　　D. CP
　　4. The two clauses in a ________ sentence are structurally equal parts of the sentence.
　　A. simple
　　B. complete
　　C. complex
　　D. coordinate
　　5. The embedded clause in a complex sentence is normally called ________ clause.
　　A. a subordinate
　　B. a main
　　C. a matrix
　　D. a major
　　6. Transformational grammar is a type of grammar first proposed by ________ in the mid-1950s.
　　A. Saussure
　　B. Bloomfield
　　C. Chomsky
　　D. Halliday
　　7. The rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences are called ________ rules.
　　A. lexical
　　B. structural
　　C. coordinate
　　D. combinational
　　8. ________ can generate an infinite number of sentences.
　　A. Phrase structure rules
　　B. Movement rules
　　C. Syntactic rules
　　D. None of the above

　　答案（反白可见）：C B A D A C D A

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