英语词汇学专升本Word下载.docx

1、A. lexical meaningB. associative meaningC. collocative meaningD. grammatical meaning4.（单选题） Linguistic context is also known as _ context. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. socialB. verbalC. lexicalD. physicalB5.（单选题） According to semanticists, a word is a unit of _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. meaningB. SoundC. combination of sound

2、sD. Group6.（单选题） The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. the growth of science and technologyB. economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. all the above7.（单选题） Since the beginning of this century, _ has become even more i

3、mportant for the expansion of English vocabulary. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. word-formationB. borrowingC. semantic changeD. both B and C8.（单选题） Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important? （ ）（本题2.0分）A. StabilityB. Collocability.C. Productivity.D. National9.（单选题） The sent

4、ence “I lost Bettys picture.” is ambiguous due to _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. grammaticalB. polysemyC. antonymyD. hyponymy10.（单选题） In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a souWester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “souwester” can be inferred from the clue of _.

5、（ ）（本题2.0分）A. relevantB. synonymyC11.（单选题） The idiom “toss and turn” is a（n） _ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. alliterationB. metaphorC. metonymyD. rhyme12.（单选题） Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT_. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. g

6、reen revolutionB. fastC. moon walkD. space shuttle13.（单选题） Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new _ to meet the new need. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. formB. meaningC. lookD. pronunciation14.（单选题） The two major factors that cause changes in meaning are _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. historical reason and class r

7、easonB. historical reason and psychological reasonC. class reason and psychological reasonD. extra-linguistic factors and linguistic factors15.（单选题） The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. they come from the same sourceB. they are correlated with one c

8、entral meaningC. they are listed under one headword in a dictionary16.（单选题） Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means _ in British English. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. fourB. fellC. forD. autumn17.（单选题） The plural morpheme “-s” is re

9、alized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. /t/B. /g/C. /p/D. /k/18.（单选题） There are _ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four19.（单选题） Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?A. Sentence idioms.B. Id

10、iomsC. Clausal idioms.D. Idioms nominal in nature.20.（单选题） Degradation of meaning is the opposite of _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. semantic transferB. semantic pejorationC. semanticelevationD. semantic narrowing21.（单选题） The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. worksB. prewarC. postwa

11、rD. bloody22.（单选题） 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. compoundingB. affixationC. conversionD. shortening23.（单选题） The word “motel” is created by _.（ ）（本题2.0分）B. clippingC. blendingD. suffixation24.（单选题） “BBC” is formed in the way of _. （ ）（本题2.

12、0分）A. acronymyC. back-formationD. prefixation25.（单选题） The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. grammatical meaningB. conceptual meaningC. associative meaningD. literal meaning26.（单选题） By _ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin. （ ）（本题2.0分）A

13、. onomatopoeicB. morphologicalC. semanticD. etymological27.（单选题） _ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. ReferenceB. ConceptC. SenseD. Motivation28.（单选题） Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of _

14、.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. wordformationB. word meaningC. meaningchangeD. Sense relations29.（单选题） When a word is first coined, it is always _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. semanticB. onomatopoeicC. monosemicD. polysemic30.（单选题） The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas the firs

15、t is archaic, EXCEPT _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. ire/angerB. rich/wealthyC. forlorn/distressedD. bliss/happiness31.（单选题） Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words were used in different _ from what they have now in dictionaries. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. sensesB. FormsC. di

16、alectsD. Terms32.（单选题） The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. replacementB. additionC. shorteningD. repetition33.（单选题） Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT _.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. spellingB. syntactical usageC. pronunciationD. definition34.（单选题

17、） As a general Chinese-English dictionary, _ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one.（ ）（本题2.0分）A. A Chinese-English Dictionary （1995）B. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English with Chinese TranslationC. A New English-Chinese DictionaryD. Longman Dictionary o

18、f Contemporary English with Chinese Translation35.（单选题） Collins COBUILD English Usage （1992）, is a（n） _ dictionary. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. unabridgedB. deskC. specializedD. encyclopedic36.（单选题） There are _ major classes of compounds. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. twoB. forD. five37.（单选题） Which of the following statements is

19、 NOT true?A. Connotative meaning refers to associations suggested by the conceptual meaning.B. Stylistic meaning accounts for the formality of the word concerned.C. Affective meaning is universal to all men alike.D. Denotative meaning can always be found in the dictionary.38.（单选题） After the invading

20、 Germanic tribes settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. OldB. MiddleC. Anglo-SaxonD. Celtic39.（单选题） The idiom “Jack of all trades” results from _. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. additionB. position-shiftingC. dismembering40.（单选题） _ are those that cannot occur as separate

21、words without adding other morphemes. （ ）（本题2.0分）A. Free rootsB. Free morphemesC. Bound morphemesD. Meaningful units41.（填空题） The process by which a word of wide meaning acquires a specialized sense is called _ of meaning.（本题2.0分）（1） narrowing;得分点:未设置42.（填空题） The context clue used in the sentence “Ma

22、ny United Nations employe.es are polyglots. Ms. Mary, for example, speaks five languages” is _.（本题2.0分）（1） example;43.（填空题） A word is a_free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.（本题2.0分）（1） minimal;44.（填空题） In Old English period, the introduction of Christiani

23、ty had a great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many new ideas and customs, and also many _terms such as “candle, altar, amen”.（本题2.0分）（1） religious;45.（填空题） A _is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity.（本题2.0分）（1） root;46.（问答题） What are

24、the three periods in view of the development of English vocabulary?（本题5.0分）The three periods of the development of English are 1） Old English, which is the language used between 450and 1150 and which has a vocabulary of 50000-60000 words; 2） Middle English, which refers to the language spoken from 1150-1500;3） Modern English, which is divided by early modern English（1500-1700） and late modern English （1700 up to now）.47.（问答题） Give the definition of a stem and point out the stem（s） in the word “internationalist”.（本题5.0分）关闭