英语词汇学自考题-9
(总分100, 做题时间90分钟) Ⅰ.
Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that **pletes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. 1.
A word is a ______ that stands for something else in the world. A. symbol • B. system
• C. structure • D. pattern
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 2.
Usually words of the basic word stock are supposed to have obvious ______ characteristics.
A. three • B. four
• C. five • D. six
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 3.
Which are the features of native words? A. All national characters. • B. Neutral in style.
• C. Frequent in use. • D. All the above.
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A 4.
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B C D
Indo-**prises the modern language except ______.
A. Persian
B. Bengali
• C. Hindi, Romany • D. Polish
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 5.
Old English vocabulary was essentially ______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.
A. Italic • B. Germanic
• C. Celtic • D. Hellenic
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 6.
The modes of modern English vocabulary grow through three major channels: ______, semantic change, ______. A. exchange; lending • B. derivation; borrowing
• C. creation; borrowing • D. affixation; creation
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 7.
\"Bird\A. free roots • B. bound morphemes
• C. derivational affixes • D. bound root
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 8.
The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on ______.
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C A. borrowing
B. word-formation • C. conversion
• D. the number of the people speaking English
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 9.
A subcutaneous infection is ______ the skin. A. on the surface of • B. above
• C. under • D. below
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 10.
The word \"courageous\" is created by ______. A. noun suffixes • B. adverb suffixes
• C. adjective suffixes • D. verb suffixes
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 11.
Words involved in conversion are primarily ______. A. nouns, verbs and adverbs • B. nouns, adjectives and verbs • C. nouns, prepositions and verbs • D. adjectives, adverbs and verbs
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 12.
Reference is the relationship between language and the ______. A. speakers • B. listeners
• C. world • D. specific country
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C
SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 13.
Words like miaow and ping-pong are ______ motivated. A. onomatopoeically • B. morphologically
• C. semantically • D. etymologically
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A 14.
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B C D
Lexical meaning has **ponents: ______ meaning and associative meaning.
A. connotative B. conceptual
• C. affective • D. stylistic
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 15.
______ is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages. A. Homonymy • B. Polysemy
• C. Synonymy • D. Antonymy
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 16.
______ is not a pair of homophones.
A. \"Bear\" (a large heavy animal) and \"bear\" (to put up with) • B. \"Right\" (correct) and \"write\" (to put down on paper with a pen)
• C. \"Son\" (a male child of some one) and \"sun\" (the heavenly body from which the earth gets warmth and light)
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C
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D. \"Compliment\" (an expression of praise) and \"complement\" (make up a whole)
SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 17.
______ truly represent oppositeness of meaning. A. Contradictory terms • B. Contrary terms
• C. Relative terms • D. Absolute synonyms
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A 18.
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B C D
Among the types of word-meaning changes, ______ and narrowing are the **mon by far.
A. degradation
B. transfer
• C. elevation • D. extension
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 19.
The original meaning of wife is ______. A. a married woman • B. a young woman
• C. woman • D. widowed woman
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 20.
Degradation or pejoration of meaning is the opposite of semantic ______.
A. extension • B. elevation
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C
C. transfer • D. narrowing
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SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 21.
In a broad sense, context includes ______. A. a paragraph • B. a whole chapter • C. the entire book
• D. the whole cultural background
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 22.
The meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs, which is called ______.
A. lexical context • B. grammatical context
• C. linguistic context • D. non-linguistic context
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 23.
We may know the meaning of \"geocentric\" by analyzing ______. A. definition • B. antonymy
• C. word structure • D. all the above
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 24.
The advantage of classifying idioms according to grammatical function is to ______.
A. use idioms correctly and appropriately • B. understand idioms correctly • C. remember idioms quickly
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C
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D. try a new method of classification
SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 25.
Take the helm was first used by ______. A. housewives • B. seamen
• C. fishermen • D. sportsmen
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 26.
The pot calls the cattle black is an example of ______. A. metaphor • B. personification
• C. synecdoche • D. euphemism
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 27.
A book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions is called ______. A. concordance • B. lexicon
• C. glossary • D. encyclopedia
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 28.
Which of the following items is the feature of pocket dictionaries?______
A. Having about 150000 entries or fewer.
• B. Providing only the spelling and pronunciation of each word with a few **mon meanings.
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C
C. Expensive but easy to carry.
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D. B and C.
SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B D 29.
LDCE has three features except ______. A. clear grammar codes • B. usage notes
• C. language notes • D. extra column
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D 30.
The new edition of CED in 1995 has a collection of ______ entries. A. 80000 • B. 70000
• C. 60000 • D. 50000
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SSS_SIMPLE_SIN C A B D Ⅱ.
Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. 1.
There are four types of borrowed words: ______, aliens, translation-loans and semantic-loans. SSS_FILL C 2. By the end of the eleventh century, ______ all of the people who held political or social power and many of those in powerful Church positions were of Norman French origin. SSS_FILL 3.
A root, whether free or bound, generally carries the main ______ of meaning in a word. SSS_FILL 4. ______ is the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word. SSS_FILL 5. Meaning and concept are closely connected but not ______. SSS_FILL 6. Contrary terms are ______ antonyms. SSS_FILL 7. Narrowing of meaning is the opposite of ______ meaning. SSS_FILL 8. Idioms are colorful, ______ and thought-provoking. SSS_FILL 9. Juxtaposition means ______ are used in forming idioms. SSS_FILL10. ______ dictionaries are **plete description of words available to us. SSS_FILL Ⅲ. Define the following terms. 1.
inflected language SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 2. word-formation SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 3. appreciative SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 4. semantic transfer SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 5. linguistic dictionaries SSS_TEXT_QUSTI Ⅳ. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. 1.
Enumerate the major modes of modern vocabulary development. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 2. Some people hold that Shakespeare is more difficult to read than
contemporary writings. Do you agree or disagree to **ment? State your reason(s) with at least three examples. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 3. How many types are there in word-meaning changes? SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 4. What factors should be taken into consideration in choosing a dictionary?
SSS_TEXT_QUSTI Ⅴ. Analyze **ment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. 1.
Analyze **ponents of the following words and give their literal meanings, antecedent, predict, mishap, suicide, transfuse, erupt, exhume. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 2. He is as poor as a church mouse.
Pick out the idiom in this sentence, then point out its structure, grammatical function and figure of speech. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI
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