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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