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英语词汇学试题汇编

英语词汇学试题汇编

Chapter1BasicConceptofWordsandVocabulary

1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECT?

A.TheEnglishlanguageisnotedforitsmodestborrowings.

B.Loanwordsonlyrefertothoseborrowingsinform.

C.Loanwordsareallunrecognizableasbeingforeigninorigin.

D.Loanwordscanbegroupedaccordingtomannerofborrowing.

2.Theterm"vocabulary"isusedindifferentwaysbecauseofallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat_____.

A.itcanrefertothecommoncoreofalanguage

B.itcanrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage

C.itcanrepresentallthewordsusedinacertainhistoricalperiod

D.itcanstandforwordsinagivendialectorfield

3.Awordisasymbolthat________.

A.isusedbythesamespeechcommunity

B.representssomethingelseintheworld

C.isbothsimpleandcomplexinnature

D.showsdifferentideasindifferentsounds

4.Somewordsinthebasicwordstockaresaidtobestablebecausethey

A.arecomplexwords.

B.aretechnicalword

C.refertothecommonestthingsinlife.

D.denotethemostimportantconcepts.

5.Thebasicwordstockformsthecommon____ofthelanguage.

6.Therelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningisarbitraryor____.

7．Pronounsandnumeralsenjoynation-wideuseandstability,buthavelimited_____________

概念：

jargon

Chapter2TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabulary

1.__isconsideredtobeahighly-inflectedlanguage.

AOldEnglishB.MiddleEnglish

C.EarlyModemEnglishD.LateModemEnglish

2.Theintroductionof______attheendofthe'-6thcenturyhadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.

A.printing,BChristianityC.FrenchwordsD.alltheabove

3.Thoughstillatworktoday,___canhardlycomparewithwhatitwasinthepast.

A.word-formationB.borrowingC.derivationD.conversion

4.EarlyModernEnglishreferstothelanguagespoken

A.from1066to1500B.from1150to1500

C.from1500to1700D.from1600to1800

5.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofabout_______words.

A.30,000to40,000B.50,000to60,000

C.70,000to80,000D.80,000to90,000

6.BesidesFrenchwords,Englishalsoabsorbedasmanyas2,500wordsof___intheMiddleEnglishperiod.

A.DutchoriginB.Danishorigin

C.LatinoriginD.Greekorigin

概念：

Germanic，OldEnglish

简答：

IsittruethatarchaicandobsoletewordsinEnglishwillremainforeveroutofuse?

Chapter3WordFormationI

1.Amorphemethatcanstandaloneasawordisthoughttobe-----.

A.affixationalB.derivationalC.freeD.bound

2.Affixesaddedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas____

A.boundrootsB.freemorphemes

C.inflectionalmorphemesD.derivationalaffixes

3.______areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.

A.RootsB.StemsC.AffixesD,Compounds

4.Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:

boundrootand____

5.Almostallaffixesare_____________morphemesbecausefewcanbeusedasindependentwords.

概念：

morphs，allomorph，morpheme

简答：

1。

Whatisthedifferencebetweenpartialandfullconversion?

Explainwithtwoexamples.

2．Howdoyoudistinguishinflectionalaffixesandderivationalaffixes?

Chapter4WordFormationII

1.Whichofthefollowingisaprefixoftimeandorder?

A.extra-B.pro-C.re-D.semi-

2.WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?

A.DormB.motelC.Gent"D.Zoo”

简答：

Howwouldyouexplainthedifferencebetweenbackformationandsuffixation?

Giveexampletoillustrateyourpoint.

分析：

Analyzethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.__

unbearable,international,ex-prisoner.

Chapter5WordMeaning

1.Therelationshipbetweenthelinguisticsignandareferentis___

A.conventionalB.non-conventionalC.concreteD.specific

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Everywordhasreference.

BEverywordhassense.

C.Everywordissemanticallymotivated.

D.Everywordisconceptuallymotivated.

3.Therelationshipbetweenwordsandthingsintheworldisestablishedbymeansof_____

AreferenceB.senseC.conceptD.meaning

4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrue?

A.Referenceistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.

B.Therelationshipbetweenawordanditsreferentisarbitrary.

C.Conceptisuniversaltoallmenalike.

D.Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.

5.Theword"laconic"is_____

A.onomatopoeicallymotivatedB.morphologicallymotivated

C.semanticallymotivatedD.etymologicallymotivated

6.Conceptualmeaningisalsoknownas_______meaning.

7._________meaningreferstothepartofspeech,tensesofverbs,etc.

概念：

semanticmotivation，colocativemeaning

简答：

Whatiscollocativemeaning?

Giveoneexampletoillustrateyourpoint.

分析：

The'pen'ismightierthanthe'sword'.

Explainwhat'pen'and'sword'meanrespectivelyusingthetheoryofmotivation,

Chapter6SenseRelationsandSemanticField

1.Thewaytodefineanantonymisbasedon___.

A.contradictionB.contrarinessCoppositenessD.relativeness

2.Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto____.

A.perfecthomonymsB.homonymsC.homophonesD.alltheabove

3.Thefactthatthewholevocabularycanbedividedupintofieldscanbeexemplifiedby-----

ARoger'sThesaurusB.ConciseOxfordDictionary

C.NewWebster'sDictionaryD.Co-buildDictionary

4.Homophonesareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectsof____.

A.humorB.sarcasmC.ridiculeD.alltheabove

5．Antonymsareclassifiedonthebasisof

概念：

synonym

简答：

what'sthefundamentaldifferencebetweenradiationandconcatenation?

Illustrateyourpoint

分析：

1。

Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsubordinatesandsuperordinates.

a.Thegirlgotabookintheuniversity.

b.Thegirlborrowedadictionaryfromthedepartment.

2.Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsuperordinatesandsubordinates.

a.Themansaidhewouldcometoourschoolnextweek.

b.ThevisitingscholarsaidhewouldvisitouruniversitynextMonday.

Chapter7ChangesinWordMeaning

1.Transferasamodeofsemanticchangecanbeillustratedbytheexample:

A.adfor"advertisement"B.dishfor"food"

C.fondfor"affectionate"D.aneditorialfor"aneditorialarticle"

2.Degradationcanbeillustratedbythefollowingexample

A.lewd→ignorantB.silly→foolish

C.last→pleasureD.knave→boy

3.Thefourmajormodesofsemanticchangeare____.

A.extension,narrowing,elevationanddegradation

B.extension,generalization,elevationanddegradation

C.extension,narrowing,specializationanddegradation

D.extension,elevation,ameliorationanddegradation

4.Thedegradedmeaning"sexualdesire"oftheword"lust"comesfromitsoldmeaning_____

5.Theword______hastheoldmeaning'servant"andtheelevatedmeaning"headofaministry".

6．Theoppositeofsemanticelevationinmeaningchangeiscalled________

概念：

pejoration，transfer

Chapter8MeaningandContext

1.Context_____meaning.

A.explainsB.interpretsC.definesDalltheabove

2.Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover___.

A.thereader'sinterpretationB.theneighboringwords

C.thewriter'sintentionD.theetymologyoftheword

3.Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningform___.

A.physicalcontextB.grammaticalcontext

C.lexicalcontextD.linguisticcontext

4."Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCentre."Theclueprovidedinthecontextis____

A.definitionB.explanationC.exampleD.hyponymy

5.Wecanworkoutthemeaningof“heliocentric”and“geocentric”accordingto

A.morphologicalstructureB.relevantdetails

C.grammaticalstructureD.physicalcontext

5.Whatcausestheambiguityofthesentence"IlikeMarybetterthanJanet"?

A.Vocabulary.B.Situation.C.Structure.D.Noneoftheabove.

6.Grammaticalcontextrefersto_____inwhichawordisused.

A.vocabularyB.grammar

C.semanticpatternD.syntacticstructure

6.Whenawordwithmorethanonemeaningisusedinunclearcontext,itcreates___

简答：

Whatistheroleofcontext?

分析：

Studythefollowingsentence,payingspecialattentiontothewordsinitalics.Ifyoufindanythingwrong,pleaseexplainwhyandthenimprovethesentence.Thepolicewereorderedtostopdrinkingaboutmidnight.

Chapter9EnglishIdioms

1.Idiomsinthecoursebookareusedina___.

A.broadsenseB.narrowsenseC.figurativesenseD.specialsense

2.Structuralstabilitymeansthestructureofanidiomisgenerally____.

A.movableB.unstable

c.unchangeableD.ununderstandable

3.Sentenceidiomscanbedividedinto___

A.declarative,andimperativeB.interrogativeandexclamative

C.verbalandadverbialDbothAandB

4.Theidiom"adarkhorse"isa____.

A.simileB.metaphorC.metonymyD.personification

5.Anidiomdiffersfromafreephraseinthattheformeris____andthelatterisnot.

A.structurallychangeableB.semanticallyanalyzable

C.structurallyfixedD.easilyunderstood

6.Theuseofonenameforthatofanotherassociatedwithitisrhetoricallycalled___

A.synecdocheB.metonymyC.substitutionD.metaphor

7.Idiomsadjectivalinnaturefunctionas____.

A.adjectivesB.attributesC.modifiersD.words

8.Intheidiom'ingoodfeather',wechange'good'into'high,full'withoutchangingmeaning.Thischangeofconstituentisknownas___

A.additionB.replacement

C.position-shiftingD.variation

9．Thesameidiommayshow_____differenceswhenitisusedindifferentmeaningsincludingaffectivemeaning.

概念：

variationofanidiom，idiomsnominalinnature

简答：

1。

Whatarethestylisticfeaturesofidioms?

2．Whatisdismembering?

分析：

Re