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1、词汇学自考试题集中Chapter 3200215. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound roots B. free morphemes C. inflectional morphemes D. derivational affixes C20. Almost ,all affixes are _morphemes because few can be used as independent words. BoundV. Define th

2、e following terms. (10%) 45. allomorph Some morphemes, however,are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as allomorphs.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes? Suggested answers: Inflectional affixes

3、are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words. 50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes. unbearable

4、, international, ex-prisoner. suggested answers:Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er). 2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves. 3)All th

5、e rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.2004.19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be _. Free200513. Structurally a（）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morpheme B. stemC. word D. compoundA14. Unlike affixes

6、,（）are often free morphemes.A. suffixes B. prefixesC. inflectional morphemes D. rootsD46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples.Prefixation does not change the word-class of the the stem. It only modifies its meaning, e.g. treatmaltreat.Suffixation cha

7、nges the word-class instead of its meaning. e.g. play-player.20117. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is _.( )A. morpheme B. affixesC. root D. stemA9. The plural morpheme -s is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT _. ( )A. packs B. bags C. cheats D. shipsB42. derivat

8、ional affixAffixes added to other morphemes to create new words.20097The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT _.（）A/t/ B/g/C/p/ D/k/B8There are _ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（）Aone BtwoCthree DfourC9The following words have de

9、rivational affixes EXCEPT _.（）Aworks BprewarCpostwar DbloodyADefine the following terms.51morphemeThe smallest functional unit in the composition of words.20085. The root of the word “antecedent” is _. （ ）A. ante- B. -ced-C. -dent D. -entB16. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammati

10、cal relationships are known as _ morphemes. inflectional17. The chief function of _ is not to change the word class of the stem, but to change its meaning.prefix46. What is suffixation? Give an example to illustrate your point46. Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to sterms

11、. Suffixes generally change the word class. For example, “play” is a verb, but “player” becomes a noun when the suffix er is added to the stem “employ”.(chapter 1)2013年全国自考英语词汇学试题1. which of the following is NOT true?A. A word is the smallest free form of a LanguageB. A word is a sound unityC. A wor

12、d has a given meaningD.A word can be used freely in a sentence2. By notion, words can be grouped into content words and functional words, which of the following words belongs to functional words? A. five B. Sun. C . Run D. And3. Which of the following words is neologism?A. Dip( p15) B. Thou, C. Inte

13、rnet D. Bottom line31. In terms of the origin of words,words may fall into native words and words.2012年7月全国自考英语词汇学试题 1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and non basic vocabulary by _. 【】 A. use frequency B. notion C. origin D. grammar 2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”.

14、 Whereas, when it means “marijuana”, it is a _. 【】 p14 chapter 1 A. jargon B. terminology C. slang D. argot 3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expr

15、ession “long time no see” is from _. 【】 chapter 1 A. Latin B. Chinese C. Greek D. French 31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are _. 全国2011年4月自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码:00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best complet

16、es the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. ( )A. Old English B. Middle EnglishC. New English D. Modern English2. The definition of a word comprises the following points _ .

17、 ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language(2) a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a sentenceA. (1) and (2) B. (1) (2) and (3)C. (2) (3) and (4) D. (1) (2) (3) and (4)3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words wi

18、th other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is _ . ( )A. productivity B. polysemyC. stability D. collocabilityChapter two:2000年4.The most important way of vocabulary developm

19、ent in present-day English is _.（ ） A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above 7. Old English vocabulary was essentially _ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.（ ） A. Italic B. Germanic C. Celtic D. Hellenic 17.The language used in England between 45

20、0 and 1150 called _. C.B (Angles,Saxon, Jutes), Old English2004年6. The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are _. A. the growth of science and technologyB.social, economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. all the above7. Since the beginning

21、of this century, _ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary. A. word-formation B. borrowingC. semantic change D. both B and CDA2005年8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（）看分布图或p24A. German B. FrenchC. Scottish D. Irish15. The four majo

22、r foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French, Latin,（）p32A. Scandinavian and Italian B. Greek and ScandinavianC. Celtic and Greek D. Italian and Spanish20. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_.A.B. 15002006年9. Both English and _ belong to the Ge

23、rmanic branch of the Indo-European language family.（）看分布图或p24A. Celtic B. DansihC. French D. Scottish16.The Norman Conquest in 1066 started a continual flow of _ words into English.B, (CELTIC -Scottish) (Italic-French), French. 2008年3. Identify the word that is of Scandinavian origin among the follo

24、wing. （ ）p26A. Skirt B. DressC. Model D. Status4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabularyC. The word cloak is of French origin.D. Modern English is a syn

25、thetic language.A.D4Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT_.（）Agreen revolution Bfast foodCmoon walk Dspace shuttle6Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means _ in British En

26、glish.（）Afour BfellCfor Dautumn42Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: _, semantic change and borrowing.B(social, economic,political).D，creation20111. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. ( )A. Old English

27、 B. Middle EnglishC. New English D. Modern English4. The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and _ . ( )P23A. India B. the Far East C. the West Asia D. America5. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancien

28、t Greek and _ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. ( )P28A. India B. GermanC. Roman D. Chinese6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.D. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.C,A(P23),C,B(English, Latin,French)