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自考《英语词汇学》试题

2019年自考《英语词汇学》试题

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_____________

Chapter2TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabulary

1.__isconsideredtobeahighly-inflectedlanguage.

AOldEnglish           B.MiddleEnglish

C.EarlyModemEnglish  D.LateModemEnglish       

2.Theintroductionof______attheendofthe'-6thcenturyhadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.

A.printing,  BChristianity   C.Frenchwords  D.alltheabove       

3.Thoughstillatworktoday,___canhardlycomparewithwhatitwasinthepast.

A.word-formation  B.borrowing    C.derivation     D.conversion  

4.EarlyModernEnglishreferstothelanguagespoken  

A.from1066to1500         B.from1150to1500

C.from1500to1700         D.from1600to1800       

5.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofabout_______words.                     

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

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

6.BesidesFrenchwords,Englishalsoabsorbedasmanyas2,500wordsof___           intheMiddleEnglishperiod.

A.Dutchorigin   B.Danishorigin

C.Latinorigin   D.Greekorigin

概念：

Germanic，OldEnglish 

简答：

IsittruethatarchaicandobsoletewordsinEnglishwillremainforeveroutofuse?

Chapter3WordFormationI

1.Amorphemethatcanstandaloneasawordisthoughttobe-----  .

A.affixational   B.derivational  C.free   D.bound        

2.Affixesaddedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas____

A.boundroots  B.freemorphemes

C.inflectional morphemes     D.derivationalaffixes    

3. ______areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.

A.Roots          B.Stems        C.Affixes       D,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.Dorm         B.motel        C.Gent"      D.Zoo”

简答：

Howwouldyouexplainthedifferencebetweenbackformationandsuffixation?

Giveexampletoillustrateyourpoint.

分析：

Analyzethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.__                                       

 unbearable,  international,  ex-prisoner.

Chapter5WordMeaning

1.Therelationshipbetweenthelinguisticsignandareferentis___

A.conventional  B.non-conventional  C.concrete  D.specific

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Everywordhasreference.             

BEverywordhassense.

C.Everywordissemanticallymotivated.

D.Everywordisconceptuallymotivated.                                           

3.Therelationshipbetweenwordsandthingsintheworldisestablishedbymeansof_____

Areference    B.sense     C.concept       D.meaning  

4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrue?

A.Referenceistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.

B.Therelationshipbetweenawordanditsreferentisarbitrary.

C.Conceptisuniversaltoallmenalike.

D.Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.  

5.Theword"laconic"is_____

A.onomatopoeicallymotivated        B.morphologicallymotivated

C.semanticallymotivated            D.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.contradiction    B.contrariness  Coppositeness  D.relativeness

2.Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto____.

A.perfecthomonyms  B.homonyms  C.homophones   D.alltheabove 

3.Thefactthatthewholevocabularycanbedividedupintofieldscanbeexemplifiedby-----

A Roger'sThesaurus         B.ConciseOxfordDictionary

C.NewWebster'sDictionary  D.Co-buildDictionary

4.Homophonesareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectsof____.

A.humor       B.sarcasm      C.ridicule      D.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→ignorant                B.silly→ foolish

C.last→pleasure                D.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，transfe

Chapter8MeaningandContext

1.Context_____meaning.       

A.explains  B.interprets  C.defines   Dalltheabove    

2.Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover___.

A.thereader'sinterpretation  B. theneighboringwords

C.thewriter'sintention       D.theetymologyoftheword   

3.Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningform___.

A.physicalcontext               B.grammaticalcontext

C.lexicalcontext                D.linguisticcontext  

4."Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCentre."Theclueprovidedinthecontextis____

A.definition  B.explanation  C.example   D.hyponymy

5.Wecanworkoutthemeaningof“heliocentric”and“geocentric”accordingto

A.morphologicalstructure     B.relevantdetails

C.grammaticalstructure       D.physicalcontext

5.Whatcausestheambiguityofthesentence"IlikeMarybetterthanJanet"?

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

6. Grammaticalcontextrefersto_____inwhichawordisused.

A.vocabulary            B.grammar

C.semanticpattern      D.syntacticstructure

6.Whenawordwithmorethanonemeaningisusedinunclearcontext,itcreates___

简答：

Whatistheroleofcontext?

分析：

Studythefollowingsentence,payingspecialattentiontothewordsinitalics.Ifyoufindanythingwrong,pleaseexplainwhyandthenimprovethesentence.           Thepolicewereorderedtostopdrinkingaboutmidnight.

Chapter9EnglishIdioms

1.Idiomsinthecoursebookareusedina___.

A.broadsense     B.narrowsense      C.figurativesenseD.specialsense

2.Structuralstabilitymeansthestructureofanidiomisgenerally____.

A.movable                    B.unstable

c.unchangeable               D.ununderstandable      

3.Sentenceidiomscanbedividedinto___

A.declarative,andimperative           B.interrogativeandexclamative

C.verbalandadverbial                  DbothAandB

4.Theidiom"adarkhorse"isa____.

A.simile    B.metaphor   C.metonymy   D.personification                      

5.Anidiomdiffersfromafreephraseinthattheformeris____andthelatterisnot.

A.structurallycha