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自学《英语词汇学》试题
2018年自学《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_____________
概念:
jargon
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,transfer
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.structu