2022年英语词汇学试卷 .pdf

1 英语词汇学试卷答案第一部分选择题I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answersChoose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket(30) 1There are two approaches to the study of polysemy They are _. Aprimary and secondary Bcentral and peripheral Cdiachronic and synchronic Dformal and functional 2Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms? AColloquial BSlang CNegative DLiterary 3Synonyms can be classified into two major groups ， that is： _. Aabsolute and relative Babsolute and complete Crelative and near Dcomplete and identical 4In the early period of Middle English， English，_existed side by side，ACeltic and Danish BDanish and French CLatin and Celtic DFrench and Latin 5A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _ morphemeAformal Bconcrete Cfree D bound 6Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated? A，croak，drum Bsqueak，bleat Cbuzz，neigh Dbang，trumpet 7LDCE is distinctive for its_. AClear grammar codes B usage notes Clanguage notes D all of the above 8From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to AGerman BFrench CScottish DIrish 9Which of the following is NOT an acronym? ATOEFL BODYSSEY CBASIC DCCTV 10. In the course book，the author lists _ types of context clues for inferring word meaningAeight Bsix Cseven Dfive 11Sources of homonyms include_. Achanges in sound and spelling Bborrowing Cshortening Dall of the above 12The written form of English is a(an)_representation of the spoken formAselective Badequate 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - 2 Cimperfect Dnatural 13Structurally a _is the smallest meaningful unit of a language Amorpheme Bstem Cword Dcompound 14Unlike affixes ，_are often free morphemesAsuffixes Bprefixes Cinflectional morphemes Droots 15The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French. Latin，_. AScandinavian and Italian BGreek and Scandinavian CCeltic and Greek D Italian and Spanish 第二部分非选择题 Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book16The name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo is_. 17Longman lexicon of Contemporary English is a _ dictionary18 When a new word appears for the first time ， the author usually manages to give hints or _in the context to help the readers19Radiation and _are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy 20Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)word Origin，2)word formation. and 3)types of Synonyms or antonyms A B ( )21skill Abackformation ( )22babysit B blending ( )23telequiz CFrench origin ( )24compositioncompounding DS Candinavian origin ( )25government Eclipping ( )26samedifferent F. relative synonyms ( )27gent G. Germanic ( )28English Habsolute synonyms ( )29changealter I. contradictory terms ( )30bigsmall Jcontrary terms IV Smdy the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of bound morphemes underlined, 2) types of meanings,3)processes of meaning development，and 4) foliation of eompounds 31neck primary meaning：that part of man joining the head to the body ；a secondary meaning：the narrowest part of anything ( ) 32contradict ( ) 33mother：love，care ( ) 34upcoming ( ) 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - 3 35window shopping ( ) 36radlos ( ) 37property developer ( ) 38Candidate earlier meaning：white-robed；later meaning：a person proposed for a place， award etc( )overcoat 39handsomo-tyoewhter ( )man 40northward ( ) V. Define the following terms. 41.encyclopendia 42.borrcwed 43.blending 44.extension 45.phrasal verb VI. Answer the following questing questions. Your answers should be Clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. 46.what is the difference prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples. 47.what is extra-linguistic context? 48.what is polysemy? Illustrate your points. VII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. 49. Study the following sentence and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then what contextual help you to work out the meaning. Carnivores are very dangerous. Not long ago, a tiger escaped from the zoo and killed a dog in The street and ate it. 50.Connotative meaning is not stable. Comment on this statement with one example. 英语词汇学答案(课程代码0832) IEach Of the statements below is followed by four alternative answersChoose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket 1.C 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.B II Complete the following statements with proper words Or expressions according to the course book16extension 或 generalization 17specialized 18clues 19concatenation 201500 III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according tO 1) word origin ，2)word formation ，and 3)types of synonyms or antonyms 21D 22A 23B 24H 25C 26I 27E 28G 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - 4 29F 30J IV Study the following words or expressions and identify 1)types of bound morphemes underlined，2)types of meanings，3)processes of meaning development，and 4)formation of compounds31radiation 32 bound root 33connotative meaning 34adv+v-ing 35n+v-ing 36inflectional affix inflectional morpheme 37n+v-er 3.concatenation 39collocative meaning 40suffix derivational affix VDefine the following terms 41An encyclopedia provides encyclopedic information concerning each headword；it is not concerned with the language per se. 42Borrowed words, also，known，as loan words，are words taken over from foreign languages43 It refers to the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word with a part of another word 44Extension is a process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized45.idiom composed of a verb plus a preposition and or a particleVI. Answer the following questionsYour answers should be clear and shortWrite your answers in the space given below46Prefixation does not generally change the word-class of the stem； it only modifies its meaning. e.gtreat-maltreat Suffixation ， On ， the other hand， changes the word-class instead of its meaning. e.gemploy employer 47.(1)Known as non-linguistic context or context of situation(2)components a.participants (addresser and addressee) writer and reader speaker and listenerhearer b. time and place c. cultural background 48.要点： 1)a common feature peculiar to all natural languages 2)have more than one sense3)The problem of polesemy Can be dealt with from two angles： diachronic approach and synchronic approachVII Analyze and comment on the following Write your answers in the space given below 49(1)tiger is a hyponym ，of carnivore (2)carnivore is a superordinate of tiger (3)tiger feeds on meat as known by all 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - - 5 (4)carnivore may feed on meat (5)therefore，a carnivore is a meat-eating animal 50.(1)connotative meaning ，known as connotation，refers to the overtones or associations suggested by the conceptual meaning(2)connotative meanings are not given in the dictionarybut associated with the word in actual context to particular readers or speakersThus they are unstable. varying considerably according to culture ，historical period and the experience of the individual (3)For example， home may remind one child of warmth ， safety or love， while to another child who is often scolded or beaten at home, it may mean indifference ，hatred，or even hell名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 5 页 - - - - - - - - -