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词汇学复习题

英语词汇学试题

IntroductionandChapter1

BasicConceptsofWordsandVocabulary（练习1）

I．Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.

1.Morphologyisthebranchofgrammarwhichstudiesthestructureorformsofwords,primarilythroughtheuseof_________construct.

A.wordB.formC.morphemeD.root

2.________istraditionallyusedforthestudyoftheoriginsandhistoryoftheformandmeaningofwords.

A.SemanticsB.LinguisticsC.EtymologyD.Stylistics

3.ModernEnglishisderivedfromthelanguageofearly______tribes.

A.GreekB.RomanC.ItalianD.Germanic

4.Semanticsisthestudyofmeaningofdifferent_________levels:

lexis,syntax,utterance,discourse,etc.

A.linguisticB.grammaticalC.arbitraryD.semantic

5.Stylisticsisthestudyofstyle.Itisconcernedwiththeuser’schoicesoflinguisticelementsinaparticular________forspecialeffects

A.situationB.contextC.timeD.place

6.Lexicographyshareswithlexicologythesameproblems:

theform,meaning,originsandusagesofwords,buttheyhavea_______difference.

A.spellingB.semanticC.pronunciationD.pragmatic

7.Terminologyconsistsof_______termsusedinparticulardisciplinesandacademicareas.

A.technicalB.artisticC.differentD.academic

8.__________referstothespecializedvocabulariesbywhichmembersofparticulararts,sciences,trades,andprofessionscommunicateamongthemselves.

A.SlangB.JargonC.DialectalwordsD.Argot

9._________belongstothesub-standardlanguage,acategorythatseemstostandbetweenthestandardgeneralwordsincludinginformalonesavailabletoeveryoneandin-groupwords.

A.JargonB.ArgotC.DialectalwordsD.Slang

10.Argotgenerallyreferstothejargonof_______.Itsuseisconfinedtothesub-culturalgroupsandoutsiderscanhardlyunderstandit.

A.workersB.criminalsC.anypersonD.policeman

11.________arewordsusedonlybyspeakersofthedialectinquestion.

A.ArgotB.SlangC.JargonD.Dialectalwords

12.Archaismsarewordsorformsthatwereoncein_________usebutarenowrestrictedonlytospecializedorlimiteduse.

A.commonB.littleC.slightD.great

13.Neologismsarenewly-createdwordsorexpressions,orwordsthathavetakenon______meanings.

A.newB.oldC.badD.good

14.Contentwordsdenoteclearnotionsandthusareknownas_________words.Theyincludenouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbsandnumerals.

A.functionalB.notionalC.emptyD.formal

15.Functionalwordsdonothavenotionsoftheirown.Therefore,theyarealsocalled_______words.Prepositions,conjunctions,auxiliariesandarticlesbelongtothiscategory.

A.contentB.notionalC.emptyD.new

II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.

16.Lexicologyisabranchoflinguistics,inquiringintotheoriginsand_____ofwords.

17.Englishlexicologyaimsatinvestigatingandstudyingthe______structuresofEnglishwordsandwordequivalents,theirsemantics,relations,_____development,formationand______.

18.Englishlexicologyembracesotheracademicdisciplines,suchasmorphology,______,etymology,stylistics,________.

19.Therearegenerallytwoapproachestothestudyofwords,namelysynchronicand_______.

20.Languagestudyinvolvesthestudyofspeechsounds,grammarand_______.

III.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1）basicwordstockandnonbasicvocabulary2）contentwordsandfunctionalwords3）nativewordsandborrowedwords4）characteristicsofthebasicwordstock.

AB

21.Stability（）A.E-mail

22.Collocbility（）B.aught

23.Jargon（）C.por

24.Argot（）D.upon

25.Notionalwords（）E.hypo

26.Neologisms（）F.atheart

27.Aliens（）G.man

28.Semantic-loans（）H.dip

29.Archaisms（）I.fresh

30.Emptywords（）J.emir

IV.Studythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1）characteristicsofthebasicwordstock2）typesofnonbasicvocabulary.

31.dogcheap（）32achangeofheart（）

33.can-opener（）34.Roger（）

35.bottomline（）36.penicillin（）

37.auld（）38.futurology（）

39.brethren（）40.take（）

V.Definethefollowingterms.

41.word42.Denizens43.Aliens44.Translation-loans45.Semantic-loans

VI.AnswerthefollowingQuestions

46.Illustratetherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaning,soundandformwithexamples.

47.Whatarethemaincharacteristicsofthebasicword-stock?

Illustrateyourpointswithexamples.

48.Givethetypesofnonbasicvocabularywithexamples.

VII.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.

49.Classifythefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofwordsaccordingtonotion.

earth,cloud,run,walk,on,of,upon,be,frequently,the,five,but,a,never.

50.GroupthefollowingborrowedwordsintoDenizens,Aliens,Translation-loans,Semantic-loans.

Dream,pioneer,kowtow,bazaar,lama,master-piece,port,shirt

KeytoExercises:

I.1.A2.C3.D4.A5.B6.D7.A8.B9.D10.B11.D12.A13.A14.B15.C

II.16.meanings17.morphological,historical,usages18.semantics,lexicography19.diachronic20.vocabulary

III.21.G22.F23.E24.H25.C26.A27.J28.I29.B30.D

IV.31.thebasicwordstock;productivity

32.thebasicwordstock;collocability

33.thebasicwordstock;argot

34.nonbasicwordstock;slang

35.nonbasicwordstock;jargon

36.nonbasicwordstock;terminology

37.nonbasicwordstock;dialectalwords

38.nonbasicwordstock,neologisms

39.nonbasicwordstock;archaisms

40.thebasicwordstock;polysemy

V-----VI.（seethecoursebook）

VII.49.Contentwords:

earth,cloud,run,walk,frequently,never,five

Functionalwords:

on,of,upon,be,the,but,a.

50.Denizens:

port,shirt,

Aliens:

bazaar,kowtow

Translation-loans:

lama,masterpiece

Semantic-loans:

dream,pioneer

Chapter2TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabularyandChapter3WordFormationI（练习2）

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.

1.Itisassumedthattheworldhasapproximately3,000（someputit5,000）languages,whichcanbegroupedintothebasisofsimilaritiesintheirbasicwordstockandgrammar.

A.500B.4000C.300D.2000

2.TheprehistoricIndo-Europeanparentlanguageisthoughttobeahighly______language.

A.inflectedB.derivedC.developedD.analyzed

3.Afterthe_________,theGermanictribescalledAngles,Saxons,andJutescameingreatnumbers.

A.GreeksB.IndiansC.RomansD.French

4.Theintroductionof________hadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.

A.HinduismB.ChristianityC.BuddhismD.Islamism

5.Inthe9thcenturythelandwasinvadedagainbyNorwegianandDanishVikings.Withtheinvaders,many________wordscameintotheEnglishlanguage.

A.GreekB.RomanC.CelticD.Scandinavian

6.Itisestimatedthatatleast______wordsofScandinavianoriginhavesurvivedinmodernEnglish.

A.500B.800C.1000.D.900

7.TheNormansinvadedEnglandfromFrancein1066.TheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowof______wordsintoEnglish.

A.FrenchB.GreekC.RomanD.Latin

8.Bytheendofthe_______century,Englishgraduallycamebackintotheschools,thelawcourts,andgovernmentandregainedsocialstatus.

A.12thB.13thC.14thD.15th

9.Asaresult,Celticmadeonlya________contributiontotheEnglishvocabulary.

A.smallB.bigC.greatD.smaller

10.TheBalto-SlaviccomprisessuchmodernlanguagesasPrussian,Lithuanian,Polish,Czech,Bulgarian,Slovenianand_______.

A.GreekB.RomanC.IndianD.Russian

11.IntheIndo-IranianwehavePersian,Bengali,Hindi,Romany,thelastthreeofwhicharederivedfromthedeadlanguage.

A.SanskritB.LatinC.RomanD.Greek

12.Greekisthemodernlanguagederivedfrom_______.

A.LatinB.HellenicC.IndianD.Germanic

13.ThefiveRoamancelanguages,namely,Portuguese,Spanish,French,Italian,RomanianallbelongtotheItalicthroughanintermediatelanguagecalled_______.

A.SanskritB.LatinC.CelticD.Anglo-Saxon

14.The________familyconsistsofthefourNorthernEuropeanLanguages:

Norwegian,Icelandic,DanishandSwedish,whicharegenerallyknownasScandinavianlanguages.

A.GermanicB.Indo-EuropeanC.AlbanianD.Hellenic

15.Bytheendofthe_______century,virtuallyallofthepeoplewhoheldpoliticalorsocialpowerandmanyofthoseinpowerfulChurchpositionswereofNormanFrenchorigin.

A.10thB.11thC.12thD.13th

II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.

16.NowpeoplegenerallyrefertoAnglo-Saxonas_______.

17..IfwesaythatOldEnglishwasalanguageoffullendings,MiddleEnglishwasoneof______.

18.ItcanbeconcludedthatEnglishhasevokedfromasyntheticlanguage（OldEnglish）tothepresent_____language.

19.Thesurvivinglanguagesaccordinglyfallintoeightprincipalgroups,whichcanbegroupedintoanEasternset:

Balto-Slavic,Indo-Iranian,ArmenianandAlbanian;aWesternset:

Celtic,Italic,Hellenic,_______.

20.ItisnecessarytosubdivideModernEnglishintoEarly（1500-1700）and_____ModernEnglish.

III.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1）originofthewords2）historyoffEnglishdevelopment3）languagefamily.

AB

21.Celtic（）A.politics

22.religious（）B.moon

23.Scandinavian（）C.Persian

24.French（）D.London

25.OldEnglish（）E.abbot

26.Dutch（）F.skirt

27.MiddleEnglish（）G.sunu

28.ModernEnglish（）H.lernen

29.Germanicfamily（）I.freight

30.Sanskrit（）J.Norwegian

IV.Studythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentifytypesofmorphemesunderlined.

31.earth（）32.contradict