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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上全国2015年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832本试卷满分100分，考试时间150分钟. 考生答题注意事项： 1.本卷所有试题必须在答题卡上作答。答在试卷上无效。试卷空白处和背面均可作草稿纸。 2.第一部分为选择题。必须对应试卷上的题号使用28铅笔将“答题卡”的相应代码涂黑。 3.第二部分为非选择题。必须注明大、小题号，使用05毫米黑色字迹签字笔作答。 4.合理安排答题空间。超出答题区域无效。 第一部分选择题I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers

2、. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(30%)1.Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the basic word stock?A.All national character.B. Validity.C. Stability.D. Productivity.2.The following are the tr

3、anslation-loans EXCEPT_.A.Long time no see.B. Masterpiece.C. Mother tongue. D. Bazaar.3.The differences between sound and form are NOT due to_.A.the fact of more phonemes than letters in EnglishB.stabilization of spelling by printingC.innovations made by linguistsD.influence of the work of scribes4.

4、The language used between 450 and_is called Old English.A.850B.1150C.1500D. 17005.Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of English new words?A.The borrowing of Latin words into English.B.Social, economic and political changes.C.The influence of other cultures and language.D.The rapid

5、 development of modern science and technology.6.Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of Scandinavian origin?A. Skirt.B. Skill.C. Roast.D. Birth7.The word “denaturalization” can be broken down into “de-”，“nature”，“-al”，“-ize”，“-ation”, each having meaning of its own. These minima

6、l meaningful units are known as_.A. morphemesB. allomorphsC. rootD. stem8.Which of the following parts is the root of the word “internationalists”？A. interB.nationC.-istD.-tion9.Which of the following words is an example of free morphemes?A. Bored.B.Teeth.C. Worker.D.Wind.10.Which of the following s

7、tatements is NOT true?A.Prefixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to stems.B.Prefixes do not generally change the word-class of the stem.C.Prefixes only modify the meaning of the stem.D.The chief function of prefixes is to change meanings of the stems.11.The word that contains a p

8、refix of degree is_.A. abnormalB.misunderstandC.antiwarD.overweight12.“A hot dog” is by no means a dog that is hot, but a typical American sausage in between two pieces of bread. This example illustrates the_features of compounds.A. phoneticB.semanticC.linguisticD.grammatical13.“Many” and “much” bot

9、h have the same concept, but collocate with different words，such as “much time, much money”，but “many books, many people”，not vice versa. This example illustrates_.A.concept is beyond languageB.concept is the result of human cognitionC.concept is universal to all men alike regardless of culture, rac

10、e, language and so onD.even in the same language, the same concept can be expressed in different words14.When we use the “foot of the mountain”，we are comparing the lower part of the mountain to the foot of a human being. In this sense, the word “foot” conveys_.A. onomatopoeic motivationB. morpholog

11、ical motivationC. semantic motivationD. etymological motivation15.The group of words which has the same grammatical meaning is “_”.A. forget, forgets, forgotB. tables, men, peopleC. sit, sitting, satD. fast, quick, quickly16.Words are arbitrary symbols and are_identities so far as their outer facet

12、spelling and pronunciation, is concerned.A. independentB. reliableC. stableD. unsteady17.From the diachronic point of view, _ is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word.A. homonymyB. polysemyC. synonymyD. hy pony my18.“Dear” and “deer” are wo

13、rds identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning. They are_.A. perfect homonyms B. homographsC. homophones D. hyponyms19.Which of the following is NOT one of the types of changes in word-meaning?A. Extension.B. Degradation.C. Elevation.D. Reduction.20.When a common word is turned into a

14、proper noun, the meaning is_accordingly such as “the City”，, which means the “business centre of London”.A. generalizedB.narrowedC. extendedD.elevated21.The extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in word-meaning include the following EXCEPT_.A. historical reasonB. psychological reasonC. geograp

15、hic reasonD. class reason22.Lexical context refers to the cases in which the meaning of a word is affected and defined by the_.A. neighbouring wordsB. sentence structureC. cultural backgroundD. non-linguistic situation23.When a word with multiple meanings is used in inadequate context, it creates_.A

16、. irrelevanceB.ambiguityC. disconnectionD.opposition24.In the sentence 6in spite of fact that the fishermen were wearing sou westers, the storm was so heavy that they were wet through, the context clue used is_.A. word structureB.exampleC. definitionD.relevant detail25.Which of the following is one

17、of the characteristics of idioms?A. Structural variation.B. Lexical manipulation.C. Phonetic unity.D. Semantic unity.26.The idiom “tooth and nail” is a(n)_.A. idiom verbal in natureB. idiom nominal in natureC. sentence idiomD. idiom adverbial in nature27.The idiom “earn ones bread” is a_as far as fi

18、gures of speech are concerned.A. synecdocheB.metaphorC. metonymyD.personification28.Webster fs New Dictionary of Synonyms (1978) is a(n)_dictionary.A. unabridgedB.deskC. specializedD.encyclopedic29.British dictionaries generally use_to mark the pronunciation.A. British Phonetic AlphabetB. American P

19、honetic AlphabetC. International Phonetic AlphabetD. Websters Phonetic Alphabet30.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDCE) New Edition (1987) was noted for the following aspects EXCEPT_.A.its use of extra columnB.its simple and clear definitionsC.its wide coverage of new words, new meanings

20、 and new usagesD.its meticulous and complete grammatical information非选择题部分注意事项： 用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(15%)31.Words taken over from foreign languages are known as borrowed words or_words.32.From

21、 the historical overview of the English vocabulary, the Norman conquest started a continual flow of_words into English.33.Free morphemes are_of other morphemes. They have complete meanings in themselves and can be used as free grammatical units in sentences.34.“Exam” is the shortened form of “examin

22、ation” by back clipping. Then “plane” is used to mean “aeroplane” by_clipping35.The word meaning is made up of_meaning and grammatical meaning.36.Polysemy is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages, but when a word is first coined, it is always_.37.The process by which words of good origi

23、n fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense is called_.38.The term “trade union” means differently in western countries and in China, which shows that the_context may also affect the word meaning.39.The variation in the idiom “Jack of all trades” from the or

24、iginal form “Jack of all trades and master of none” is_.40.As a general Chinese-English dictionary, A Chinese-English Dictionary (Revised Edition) (CED) (1995) is the most_and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one.Define the following terms.(15%)41.jargon42.stem43.motivation44.extension45.metonym

25、yIV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short, Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . (20%)46.Identify the kind and the origin (Latin, Greek, French, Scandinavian or Italian) of the following groups of words.1)thrive, they, egg, ill, die2)status, minimum, arena, speci

26、es, alibi3)synonym, polysemy, grammar, etymology, syntax4)symphony, piano, trio, tenor, model5)dress, clock, pork, mutton, fry47.What is acronymy?48.Explain what is polysemy from the synchronic point of view.49.What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence and what contextual clue is

27、used?“He was in a mood of complete euphoria, his happiness being the result of an announcement that he had won the sweep-stakes.”V. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . (20%)50.Explain the difference between back-formation and suffixation.51.Comment on the following groups of words in terms of types of antonyms: contradictory terms, contrary terms, relative terms.“true false，“big small”，“husband - wife”专心-专注-专业