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英语词汇学自测题
BasicConceptsofWordsandVocabulary(练习1)
I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.
1.Morphologyisthebranchofgrammarwhichstudiesthestructureorformsofwords,primarilythroughtheuseof_________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’schoicesoflinguisticelementsinaparticular________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,acategorythatseemstostandbetweenthestandardgeneralwordsincludinginformalonesavailabletoeveryoneandin-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
II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.
16.Lexicologyisabranchoflinguistics,inquiringintotheoriginsand_____ofwords.
17.Englishlexicologyaimsatinvestigatingandstudyingthe______structuresofEnglishwordsandwordequivalents,theirsemantics,relations,_____development,formationand______.
18.Englishlexicologyembracesotheracademicdisciplines,suchasmorphology,______,etymology,stylistics,________.
19.Therearegenerallytwoapproachestothestudyofwords,namelysynchronicand_______.
20.Languagestudyinvolvesthestudyofspeechsounds,grammarand_______.
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
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
5.Inthe9thcenturythelandwasinvadedagainbyNorwegianandDanishVikings.Withtheinvaders,many________wordscameintotheEnglishlanguage.
A.GreekB.RomanC.CelticD.Scandinavian
6.Itisestimatedthatatleast______wordsofScandinavianoriginhavesurvivedinmodernEnglish.
A.500B.800C.1000.D.900
7.TheNormansinvadedEnglandfromFrancein1066.TheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowof______wordsintoEnglish.
A.FrenchB.GreekC.RomanD.Latin
8.Bytheendofthe_______century,Englishgraduallycamebackintotheschools,thelawcourts,andgovernmentandregainedsocialstatus.
A.12thB.13thC.14thD.15th
9.Asaresult,Celticmadeonlya________contributiontotheEnglishvocabulary.
A.smallB.bigC.greatD.smaller
10.TheBalto-SlaviccomprisessuchmodernlanguagesasPrussian,Lithuanian,Polish,Czech,Bulgarian,Slovenianand_______.
A.GreekB.RomanC.IndianD.Russian
11.IntheIndo-IranianwehavePersian,Bengali,Hindi,Romany,thelastthreeofwhicharederivedfromthedeadlanguage.
A.SanskritB.LatinC.RomanD.Greek
12.Greekisthemodernlanguagederivedfrom_______.
A.LatinB.HellenicC.IndianD.Germanic
13.ThefiveRoamancelanguages,namely,Portuguese,Spanish,French,Italian,RomanianallbelongtotheItalicthroughanintermediatelanguagecalled_______.
A.SanskritB.LatinC.CelticD.Anglo-Saxon
14.The________familyconsistsofthefourNorthernEuropeanLanguages:
Norwegian,Icelandic,DanishandSwedish,whicharegenerallyknownasScandinavianlanguages.
A.GermanicB.Indo-EuropeanC.AlbanianD.Hellenic
15.Bytheendofthe_______century,virtuallyallofthepeoplewhoheldpoliticalorsocialpowerandmanyofthoseinpowerfulChurchpositionswereofNormanFrenchorigin.
A.10thB.11thC.12thD.13th
II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.
16.NowpeoplegenerallyrefertoAnglo-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.
I.1.C2.A3.C4.B5.D6.D7.A8.B9.A10.D11.A12.B13.B14.A15.B
II.16.OldEnglish17.Leveledendings18.analytic19.Germanic20.Late(1700-uptothepresent)
Chapter3TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabularyandChapter4WordFormationII(练习3)
I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.
1.Theprefixesinthewordsofirresistible,nonclassicalandapoliticalarecalled_______.
A.reversativeprefixesB.negativeprefixesC.pejorativeprefixesD.locativeprefixes
2.Theprefixescontainedinthefollowingwordsarecalled______:
pseudo-friend,malpractice,mistrust.
A.reversativeprefixedB.negativeprefixesC.pejorativeprefixesD.locativeprefixes
3.Theprefixedcontainedinunwrap,de-composeanddisalloware_________.
A.reversativeprefixedB.negativeprefixesC.pejorativeprefixesD.locativeprefixes
4.Theprefixesinwordsextra-strong,overweightandarchbishopare_____.
A.negativeprefixesB.prefixesofdegreeorsizeC.pejorativeprefixesD.locativeprefixes
5.Theprefixesinwordsbilingual,uniformandhemisphereare________.
A.numberprefixesB.prefixesofdegreeorsizeC.pejorativeprefixesD.locativeprefixes
6.________arecontainedinwordstrans-world,intra-partyandforehead.
A.PrefixesoforientationandattitudeB.Prefixesoftimeandorder
C.LocativeprefixesD.Prefixesofdegreeorsize
7.Rugby,afghanandchampagnearewordscomingfrom________.
A.namesofbooksB.namesofplacesC.namesofpeopleD.tradenames
8.Omega,Xeroxandorlonarewordsfrom_________.
A.namesofbooksB.namesofplacesC.namesofpeopleD.tradenames
9.Ex-student,foretellandpost-electioncontain________.
A.negativeprefixesB.prefixesofdegreeorsize
C.prefixesoftimeandorderD.locativeprefixes
2.Mackintosh,bloomersandcherubarefrom_______
A.namesofbooksB.namesofplacesC.namesofpeopleD.tradenames
3.Theprefixesinwordsnew-Nazi,autobiographyandpan-Europeanare________.
A.negativeprefixesB.prefixesofdegreeorsize
C.prefixesoftimeandorderD.miscellaneousprefixes
4.Theprefixesinwordsanti-government,prostudentandcontrafloware_____-.
A.prefixesofdegreeorsizeB.prefixesoforientationandattitude
C.prefixesoftimeandorderD.miscellaneousprefixes
5.Utopia,odysseyandBabbitarewordsfrom________.
A.namesofbooksB.namesofplacesC.namesofpeopleD.tradenames
6.Thesuffixesinwordsclockwise,homewardsare______.
A.nounsuffixesB.verbsuffixesC.adverbsuffixesD.adjectivesuffixes
7.Thesuffixesinwordsheighten,symbolizeare________.
A.nounsuffixesB.verbsuffixesC.adverbsuffixesD.adjectivesuffixes
II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.
16.Affixationisgene