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1、精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 英语词汇学模拟试卷 三 I. Choose the best answer and then put the letter of your choice in the given brackets. 30% 1. English words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by _. A. use frequency B. origin C. pronunciation D. notion 2. There was _ agreement between so

2、und and form in Old English than in Modern English. A. less B. a bit less C. more D. a bit more 3. The early inhabitants of the British Isles were _. A. Scandinavians B. Romans C. Germans D. Celts 4. Modern English is regarded as a/an _ language. A. analytic B. inflected C. synthetic D. advanced 5.

3、The word “ internationalist” does not contain a/an _. A. bound morpheme B. stem C. inflectional morpheme D. free morpheme 6. The prefix “ dis- “ in “ disloyal” is a _ prefix. A. reversative B. negative C. pejorative D. locative 7. The word “ dorm” is formed by clipping the _. A. back of a phrase B.

4、front of a word C. back of a word D. front of a phrase 8. The overwhelming majority of blends are _. A. nouns B. adverbs C. verbs D. adjectives 9. Words are but symbols, many of which have meaning only when they have acquired _. A. motivation B. reference C. concepts D. association 10. The status of

5、 words either as superordinate or subordinate is _ to other words. A. stable B. fixed C. consistent D. relative 11. The meaning of “ lip ” in “ the lip of a wound” has experienced _. A. associated transfer B. degradation C. extension D. elevation 12. Linguistic context may cover the following except

6、 _. A. a paragraph B. participants C. a whole chapter D. the entire book 1 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 7 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 13. Ambiguity arises due to the following except _. A. homonymy B. polysemy C. synonymy D. structure 14. In the idiom “ from cradle to grave” , _ is used. A. personifica

7、tion B. metaphor C. synecdoche D. metonymy 15. Theoretically, a/an _ dictionary is a complete record of all the words in use. A. desk B. unabridged C. pocket D. specialized II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions given in the course book. 15%1. Norwegian, Icelandic._ a

8、nd Swedish are generally known as Scandinavian languages. 2. English words may fall into content words and functional words by _. 3. Now people generally refer to _ as Old English. 4. Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: creation, _ change and borrowing. 5. Pronouns and _ enjoy

9、 nation-wide use and stability, but are semantically monosemous and have limited productivity and collocability. 6. Old English was a highly _ language like modern German. 7. Blending is the formation of new words by combining _ of two words or a word plus a part of another word. 8. Semantic motivat

10、ion explains the connection between the _ sense and figurative sense of the word. 9. Synonyms can be classified into two groups: _ synonyms and relative synonyms. 10. When we talk about context, we usually think of _ context, hardly aware of the non-linguistic context. 11. The more _ the idioms, the

11、 more fixed the structure. 12. Changes of word meaning are due to _ factors and extra-linguistic factors. 13. Synonyms may differ in the range and _ of meaning. 14. The meaning of a word may be influenced by the _ in which it occurs. This is called grammatical context. 15. So far as the language is

12、concerned, Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs is regarded as a _ dictionary. III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and then put in the brackets the letter “ T” if the statement is true or “ F” if it is false. 15% 1. Prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, numerals and article

13、s all belong to functional words. 2. With the development of the language, more and more differences arose between sound and form. 3. The chief function of suffixes is to change the meanings of stems. 4. There is no free morpheme in the word “ prediction” . 2 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页,共 7 页精选学习资料 -

14、- - - - - - - - 5. There are many words which have both the same conceptual meaning and the same stylistic meaning. 6. The words such as BBC, VOA, NATO and UFO are initialisms. 7. Grammatical meaning of a word becomes important only when it is used in actual context. 8. Such words as “ miniskirt” an

15、d “ reading-lamp” are regarded as morphologically motivated words. 9. Radiation describes a semantic process where each of the later meanings is related only to the preceding one like chains. 10. The ambiguity of the sentence “ I saw her duck,” is thought to be caused by inadequate grammatical conte

16、xt. 11. Extra-linguistic context can exercise greater influence on the meanings of words than we realize. “ scream and shout 12. In the idioms, such as ” , “ pick and choose” and “ odds anends” , alliteration is used. 13. Idioms are expressions which are easily understandable from the literal meanin

17、gs of individual words. 14. LDCE is famous for its wide coverage of new words, new meanings and new usages. 15. Specialized dictionaries have the characteristics of both linguistic dictionaries and encyclopedia. IV. Answer the following questions. 20% 1. What is the relationship between sound and me

18、aning. Give examples to illustrate your point of view. 2. What is conversion？What are the characteristics of conversion. 3 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页,共 7 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 3. What is reference. What are the characteristics of reference. 4. What are the two major factors that cause changes in

19、meaning. How are they classified. 5. What is a dictionary. What is the relationship between a dictionary and lexicology. 4 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 7 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - V. Analyze and comment on the following. 20% 1. Analyze the morphological structures of the following words and then poin

20、t out the types of morphemes. lion-hearted contradiction workers 2. Read the sentence carefully. If you find anything inadequate, explain the reasons and then improve the sentence. The fish is ready to eat. 5 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页,共 7 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - I. 挑选题英语词汇学模拟试卷三参考答案1. A 2. C 3. D

21、4. C 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13.C 14. D 15. B II. 填空题1. Danish 2. notion 3. Anglo-Saxon 4. semantic 5. numerals 6. inflected 7. parts 8. literary 9. absolute 10. linguistic 11. idiomatic 12. lexical 13. intensity 14. structure 15. monolingual III. 是非题1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F

22、7. T 8. T 9. F 10. F 11. T 12. T 13. F 14. T 15. F IV. 问答题 1. The relationship between sound and meaning is almost always arbitrary and conventional, and there is no logical relationship between sound and meaning. The same concept can be represented by different sounds in different languages. For ex

23、ample, woman becomes Frau in German and femme in French. On the other hand, the same sound /mi:t/ is used to mean meat, meet, and mete. 2. Conversion is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class. These words are new only in a grammatical sense. Since the words do n

24、ot change in morphological structure but in function, this process is also known as functional shift. Words produced by conversion are primarily nouns, adjectives and verbs. 3. Reference refers to the relationship between language and the world. By means of reference, a speaker indicates which thing

25、s in the word including persons are being talked about. The reference of a word to a thing outside the language is arbitrary and conventional. Reference is a kind of abstraction, but with the help of context, it can refer to something specific. 4. The two major factors that cause changes in meaning

26、are: linguistic factors and extra-linguistic factors. Linguistic factors include shortening, the influx of borrowings and analogy. Extra-linguistic factors include the historical reason, the class reason and the psychological reason. 5. A dictionary is a book which presents in alphabetic order the w

27、ords of English, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation, meaning, usage, rules of grammar, and in some, their etymology. It is closely related to lexicology, which deals with the same problems: the form, meaning, usage and origins of vocabulary units. 6 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页,共 7 页精

28、选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - V. 论述题 1. Each of the three words is made up of three morphemes: lion-hearted lion + heart + ed, contradiction contra + dict + ion, workers work + er + s. “ Lion ” , “ heart ” and “ work” are all free morphemes as they can stand alone as words. Of the nine morphemes, all the

29、rest ed, contra-, -dict-, -ion, -er and -s are bound morphemes as they con not stand alone as words. Of the six bound morphemes, -ed and s are inflectional morphemes and contra-, -ion and er are derivational morphemes, while dict- is a bound root. 2. The sentence is ambiguous, which is caused by ina

30、dequate grammatical structure. The sentence can be understood as “ The fish is cooked or served, so it is ready for people to eat,” or “ The fish is ready to eat things.” The sentence can be improved as: “ What a nice smell. The fish is ready to eat,or “ The fish swimming back and forth is ready to eat.” 7 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 7 页,共 7 页