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历年自考英语词汇学真题

全国20XX年4月英语词汇学试题

第一部分　选择题（共30分）

Ⅰ．Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.（30%）

1.Theprocessofmeaningrelationisalsocalled    .（　　　）

A．extension   B．degradation  C．specialization  D．elevation

2.Idiomsinthecoursebookareusedina     .（　　　）

A．broadsense  B．narrowsense  C．figurativesense  D．specialsense

3.Therelationshipbetweenthelinguisticsignandareferentis      .（　　　）

A．conventional       B．non-conventional

C．concrete        D．specific

4.Thewaytodefineanantonymisbasedon      .（　　　）

A．contradiction       B．contrariness

C．oppositeness       D．relativeness

5.Thefactthatthewholevocabularycanbedividedupintofieldscanbeexemplifiedby    .（　　　）

A．Roget’sThesaurus      B．ConciseOxfordDictionary

C．NewWebster’sDictionary    D．Co-buildDictionary

6.Context      meaning.（　　　）

A．explains   B．interprets   C．defines   D．alltheabove

7.Thoughstillatworktoday,       canhardlycomparewithwhatitwasinthepast.（　　　）

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

8.Structuralstabilitymeansthestructureofanidiomisgenerally       .（　　　）

A．movable        B．unstable

C．unchangeable       D．ununderstandable

9.Sentenceidiomscanbedividedinto       .（　　　）

A．declarativeandimperative    B．interrogativeandexclamative

C．verbalandadverbial     D．bothAandB

10.      isconsideredtobeahighly-inflectedlanguage.（　　　）

A．OldEnglish       B．MiddleEnglish

C．EarlyModernEnglish     D．LateModernEnglish

11.Amorphemethatcanstandaloneasawordisthoughttobe       .（　　　）

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

12.Theintroductionof       attheendofthe6thcenturyhadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.（　　　）

A．printing   B．Christianity  C．Frenchwords  D．alltheabove

13.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

（　　　）

A． Everywordhasreference.

B． Everywordhassense.

C． Everywordissemanticallymotivated.

D． Everywordisconceptuallymotivated.

14.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECT?

（　　　）

A． TheEnglishlanguageisnotedforitsmodestborrowings.

B． Loanwordsonlyrefertothoseborrowingsinform.

C． Loanwordsareallunrecognisableasbeingforeigninorigin.

D． Loanwordscanbegroupedaccordingtomannerofborrowing.

15.Therelationshipbetweenwordsandthingsintheworldisestablishedbymeansof    .（　　　）

A．reference   B．sense    C．concept   D．meaning

第二部分　非选择题（共70分）

Ⅱ.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.（10%）

16.Thedegradedmeaning“sexualdesire”oftheword“lust”comesfromitsoldmeaning“                ”.

17.Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:

boundrootand                .

18.Theheadwordorentriesaredefinedinthesamelanguageina                 dictionary.

19.Thebasicwordstockformsthecommon             ofthelanguage.

20Conceptualmeaningisalsoknownas                 meaning.

Ⅲ.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1）senserelations,2）typesofcontext,and3）modesofword-meaningchanges.（10%）

   A        B

（　　）21.differenceinconnotation  A.fond（from“foolish”to“affectionate”）

（　　）22.perfecthomonym   B.homely/domestic

（　　）23.degradation    C.date;date

（　　）24.transfer     D.diseasing（from“discomfort”to“illness”）

（　　）25.elevation     E.fabulous（from“resemblingafable”to“incredible”）

（　　）26.narrowing    F.journal（from“dailypaper”to“periodical”）

（　　）27.extension     G.silly（from“happy”to“foolish”）

（　　）28.generalization   H.pitiful（from“fullofpity”to“deservingpity”）

（　　）29.grammaticalcontext  I.Itwasaniceball.

（　　）30.lexicalcontext    J.Visitingauntscanbeboring.

Ⅳ.Studythefollowingwordsandexpressionsandidentify1）typesofwordformation,2）typesofaffixes,3）typesofdictionaries,and4）thetypeofidiom.（10%）

31.LDCE        （　　　　）

32.deadline       （　　　 ）

33.-ize,-en,-ate      （　　　　）

34.anaffixthatindicatesgrammaticalrelationships  （　　　　）

35.VOA        （　　　　）

36.TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymology   （　　　　）

37.CED        （　　　　）

38.telephone→phone      （　　　　）

39.flyintheointment      （　　　　）

40.hostess       （　　　　）

Ⅴ.Definethefollowingterms.（10%）

41.avariationofanidiom

42.morphs

43.synonym

44.jargon

45.semanticmotivation

Ⅵ.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.（12%）

46.Whatistheroleofcontext?

47.IsittruethatarchaicandobsoletewordsinEnglishwillremainforeveroutofuse?

48.Whatisthedifferencebetweenpartialandfullconversion?

Explainwithtwoexamples.

Ⅶ.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.（18%）

49.Readtheextract,pickouttheidiomsandexplaintheirmeanings.Thenrewritetheextractinstandardnon-figurativelanguage.

 Samisgettingon,too.Hishairispepperandsalt,butheknowshowtomakeupforlosttimebytakingiteasy.

50.Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsubordinatesandsuperordinates.

a.Thegirlgotabookintheuniversity.

b.Thegirlborrowedadictionaryfromthedepartment.

全国20XX年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers. Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.（30%）

1.Thereare______majorclassesofcompounds.

A.two           B.for                C.three           D.five

2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Connotativemeaningreferstoassociationssuggestedbytheconceptualmeaning.

B.Stylisticmeaningaccountsfortheformalityofthewordconcerned.

C.Affectivemeaningisuniversaltoallmenalike.

D.Denotativemeaningcanalwaysbefoundinthedictionary.

3.AftertheinvadingGermanictribessettleddowninBritain,theirlanguagealmosttotallyblottedout______.

A.OldEnglish                    B.MiddleEnglish

C.Anglo-Saxon                   D.Celtic

4.Theidiom“Jackofalltrades”resultsfrom______.

A.addition                       B.position-shifting

C.dismembering                   D.shortening

5.______arethosethatcannotoccurasseparatewordswithoutaddingothermorphemes.

A.Freeroots                     B.Freemorphemes

C.Boundmorphemes                      D.Meaningfulunits

6.ThemajorfactorsthatpromotethegrowthofmodernEnglishare______.

A.thegrowthofscienceandtechnology

B.economicandpoliticalchanges

C.theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages

D.alltheabove

7.Since thebeginningofthiscentury,______hasbecomeevenmoreimportantfortheexpansionofEnglishvocabulary.

A.word-formation                         B.borrowing

C.semanticchange                        D.bothBandC

8.Whichofthefollowingcharacteristicsofthebasicwordstockisthemostimportant?

A.Stability     B.Collocability.

C.Productivity.    D.Nationalcharacter.

9.Thetwomajorfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaningare______.

A.historicalreasonandclassreason

B.historicalreasonandpsychologicalreason

C.classreasonandpsychologicalreason

D.extra-linguisticfactorsandlinguisticfactors

10.Thefundamentaldifferencebetweenhomonymsandpolysemantsiswhether______.

A.theycomefromthesamesource

B.theyarecorrelatedwithonecentralmeaning

C.theyarelistedunderoneheadwordinadictionary

D.alltheabove

11.Degradationofmeaningistheoppositeof______.

A.semantictransfer                B.semanticpejoration

C.semanticelevation               D.semanticnarrowing

12.Anidiomconsistsofatleasttwowords. Eachhasasinglemeaningandoftenfunctionsasoneword. Thisiscalled______.

A.semanticunity                    B.structuralstability

C.rhetoricalfunction               D.noneoftheabove

13.Whichofthefollowingsuffixescanbeusedtoformbothnounsandadjectives?

______

A.-ion.          B.-ism.          C.-ity.          D.-ist.

14.Moreoftenthannot,functionalwordsonlyhave______.

A.lexicalmeaning               B.associativemeaning

C.collocativemeaning           D.grammaticalmeaning

15.Linguisticcontextisalsoknownas______context.

A.social             B.verbal         C.lexical         D.physical

II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.（10%）

16.Inthecoursebook,theidiomsareclassifiedaccordingto______functions.

17.Linguisticcontextcanbefurtherdividedinto______contextandgrammaticalcontext.

18.The______languagesmadeonlyasmallcontributiontotheEnglishvocabularywithafewplacenameslikeAvon,kent,Themes.

19.Morphemeswhichareidenticalwithrootwordsareconsideredtobe______.

20.Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitof______.

III.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1）stylisticmeanings;2）languagegroups;3）degreesofinflectionsand4）onomatopoeicmotivation.（10%）

           A                     B

（    ）21.apes                A.colloquial

（    ）22.OldEnglish         B.alanguageoffullendings

（    ）23.Irish               C.Italic

（    ）24.tiny                D.veryformalandofficial

（    ）25.French              E.yelp

（    ）26.cattle              F.poetic

（    ）27.domicile            G.Celtic

（    ）28.abode                     H.gibber

（    ）29.foxes               I.alanguageofleveledendings

（    ）30.MiddleEnglish