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英语词汇学试题复习参考分章节
英语词汇学试题
IntroductionandChapter1
BasicConceptsofWordsandVocabulary（练习1）
I．Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.
1.Morphologyisthebranchofgrammarwhichstudiesthestructureorformsofwords,primarilythroughthe
useof_________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‘schoicesoflinguisticelementsina
particular________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,acategorythatseemstostandbetweenthestandard
generalwordsincludinginformalonesavailabletoeveryoneandin-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
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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.Matchthewordsorexpressions
inColumnA
withthoseinColumnBaccordingto1）basicwordstock
and
nonbasic
vocabulary
2）content
wordsand
functionalwords3）nativewordsandborrowedwords
4）characteristicsofthebasicwordstock.
A
B
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（
）
32
achangeofheart（
）
33.can-opener（
）
34.Roger
（
）
35.bottomline（
）
36.penicillin
（
）
37.auld
（
）
38.futurology
（
）
39.brethren
（
）
40.take
（
）
V.Definethefollowingterms.
41.word
42.Denizens
43.Aliens
44.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
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III.21.G22.F23.E24.H25.C26.A27.J28.I29.B30.D
IV.31.thebasicwordstock;productivity
32.thebasicwordstock;collocability33.thebasicwordstock;argot
34.nonbasicwordstock;slang
35.nonbasicwordstock;jargon
36.nonbasicwordstock;terminology37.nonbasicwordstock;dialectalwords
38.nonbasicwordstock,neologisms
39.nonbasicwordstock;archaisms
40.thebasicwordstock;polysemy
V-----VI.（seethecoursebook）
VII.49.Contentwords:
earth,clould,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
th
centurythelandwasinvadedagainbyNorwegianandDanishVikings.Withtheinvaders,many
5.Inthe9
________wordscameintotheEnglishlanguage.
A.Greek
B.Roman
C.Celtic
D.Scandinavian
6.Itisestimatedthatatleast______wordsofScandinavianoriginhavesurvivedinmodernEnglish.
A.500B.800C.1000.D.900
7.TheNormansinvadedEnglandfromFrancein1066.TheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowof
______wordsintoEnglish.
A.FrenchB.GreekC.RomanD.Latin
8.Bytheendofthe_______century,Englishgraduallycamebackintotheschools,thelawcourts,and
governmentandregainedsocialstatus.
thththth
A.12B.13C.14D.15
9.Asaresult,Celticmadeonlya________contributiontotheEnglishvocabulary.
A.smallB.bigC.greatD.smaller
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10.TheBalto-SlaviccomprisessuchmodernlanguagesasPrussian,Lithuanian,Polish,Czech,Bulgarian,Slovenianand_______.
A.GreekB.RomanC.IndianD.Russian
11.IntheIndo-IranianwehavePersian,Bengali,Hindi,Romany,thelastthreeofwhicharederivedfromthedeadlanguage.
A.Sanskrit
B.Latin
C.Roman
D.Greek
12.
Greekisthemodernlanguagederivedfrom_______.
A.Latin
B.Hellenic
C.Indian
D.Germanic
13.
ThefiveRoamancelanguages,namely,Portuguese,Spanish,French,Italian,Romanianallbelongtothe
Italicthroughanintermediatelanguagecalled_______.
A.Sanskrit
B.Latin
C.Celtic
D.Anglo-Saxon
14.
The________familyconsistsofthefourNorthern
EuropeanLanguages:
Norwegian,Icelandic,Danish
andSwedish,whicharegenerallyknownasScandinavianlanguages.
A.Germanic
B.Indo-European
C.Albanian
D.Hellenic
15.Bytheendofthe_______century,virtuallyallofthepeoplewhoheldpoliticalorsocialpowerandmanyofthoseinpowerfulChurchpositionswereofNormanFrenchorigin.
A.10th
B.11th
C.12th
D.13th
II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecourse
book.
16.
Nowpeople
generallyrefertoAnglo-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）originofthewords
2）historyoffEnglishdevelopment3）languagefamily.
A
B
21.
Celtic
（
）
A.politics
22.religious
（
）
B.moon
23.Scandinavian
（
）
C.Persian
24.
French
（
）
D.London
25.
O
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