2019年04月自学考试00832《英语词汇学》试题.docx

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1、2。19年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：008321. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. You are to make the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(1%x30=30% )1. Which of the following CANNOT be defined as a word?A. forB. fortuneC. misD. mi

2、sfortune2. Words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use areA. slangB. argotC. neologismsD. archaisms3. Words like foot or dog can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. footage and dogfig

3、ht. This shows that the basic word stock has the characteristics ofA. productivity B. polysemyC. collocability D. stability4. After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as English.A. OldB. New

4、C. MiddleD. Modem5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. English is more closely related to German than French.B. Old English was a highly inflected language.C. Modem English is considered to be an analytic language.D. In early Middle English period, English, Latin, and Celtic existed side by side.

5、6. In the early Modem English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and Roman classics. This is known in history asA. IndustrializationB. Elizabethan AgeC. RenaissanceD. Victorian Age7. Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alter

6、native morphs are known asA. stemsB. allomorphs C. free morphemes D. boundmorphemes8. Among the following words,does NOT have inflectional affixes.A. likedB. childrens C. happierD. its9. The basic form of a word which cant be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a_A. morphB. allomorph

7、C. rootD. stem10. The following words have number prefixes EXCEPTA. bilingualB. multi-purpose C. tricycleD. post-election11. The following words are the results from blending EXCEPTA. bicycleB. motelC. smogD. hamburger12. The process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of so

8、cial and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms is calledA. prefixationB. acronymy C. blendingD. conversion13. The of an expression is its place in a system of semantic relationship with otherexpressions in the language.A. referenceB. concept C. senseD. motivation14. Whi

9、ch of the following statements is NOT true?A. Collocation can affect the meaning of words.B. Motivation explains why a particular form has a particular meaning.C. By etymological motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is elated to its origin.D. The connotative meaning is also know

10、n as connotations, which are generally found in the dictionary.15. In the phrase the tongues offireH, the word tongues is motivated.A. onomatopoeicallyB. morphologicallyC. semanticallyD. etymologically16. Words like dear that means a loved person and deer that means a kind of animal are calledA. syn

11、onymsB. homographsC. homophonesD. antonyms17. Which of the following deals with the relationship of semantic opposition?A. SynonymyB. AntonymyC. Polysemy D. Hyponymy18. Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in connotation?A. increase-expand B. unlike-dissimilar C. work-

12、toil D. empty-vacant 19. The word disease once meant discomfort, but now means illness. This is an example of of word-meaning.A. generalization B. degradationC. elevation D. specialization20. The word silly used to mean happy, but now means foolish. This serves as an example of_ of word-meaning.A. e

13、xtensionB. narrowingC. elevation D. degradation21. The associated transfer of meaning is often due to factors, as is shown in suchwords as angel, martyr and paradise, whose meanings are elevated because of the influence of Christianity.A. classB. scientificC. historical D. psychological22. Grammatic

14、al context refers to the context where the meanings of a word may be nfluenced by the in which it occurs.A. meaning group B. structureC. conversation D. culture23. That trade union means differently in western countries and in China shows that context has some effect on the meaning of words.A. gramm

15、atical B. lexicalC. linguistic D. extra-linguistic24. Ambiguity often arises due to, as is shown in the sentence He is a hard business.n A. polysemyB. synonymyC. antonymy D. homonomy25. The idiom Jack of all trades means the same as Jack of all trades and master of none. This example shows idioms ma

16、y vary by means ofA. shorteningB. addition C. replacement D. position-shifting26. The noun phrase pepper and salt in His hair is pepper and salt* functions as an idiom in nature.A. nominalB. verbalC. adverbial D. adjectival27. The rhetorical feature of idioms, is used in such idioms as chop and chan

17、ge1, bag and baggage*.A. rhymeB. alliterationC. reiteration D. juxtaposition28. Dictionaries that are medium-sized ones containing words ranging from 50,000 to 150,000A. unabridged dictionariesB. desk dictionariesC. pocket dictionariesD. specialized dictionaries29. The definitions in are all in full

18、 sentences and the definition itself throws light onthe grammatical use of the word in question.A. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987)B. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, New Edition (1987)C. Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1980)D. Websters New Worm Dictiona

19、ry, 2nd College Edition (1980)30. One can only find the English equivalents for its Chinese items such as 黄粱美梦，吃软不 吃硬inA. CCELDB. CEDC. LDCE D. NECDIL Complete the following statements with proper words according to the course book You are to flu each blank with ONE appropriate word on the ANSWER SH

20、EET.(1.5%xl0=15% )31. A word is a that stands for something else in the world, and there is no logicalrelationship between the sound and the meaning.32. The introduction of into England marked the beginning of Modern English period.33. The morpheme is the functioning unit in the composition of words

21、.34. To shorten a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead is called1.1, which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition, reflecting the bjective world in the human mind.36. A field is a meaning area where words share the same concept.37. Extension of

22、meaning is found in many terms, as is shown in the word feedback, which originally is a term in computer science, but now is generalized to mean “response.38. The word paper has a number of meanings in the dictionary, but it means differently in a white paper,1 and todays papern. This example shows

23、that context affects the meaning ofword.39. Many idioms are grammatically, as is shown in the idiom diamond cut diamond1, which is grammatically incorrect.40. The main body of a dictionary is its of words.111. Define the following terms on the ANSWER SHEET. (3%x5=15%)41. semantic change42. affixatio

24、n43. concatenation44. context (in a broad sense)45. sentence idiomsIV. Answer the following questions on the ANSWER SHEET. Your answers should be clear and short. (5%x4=20%)46. What is the difference between a free root and a bound root?47. Give the acronyms of the following phrases:1) Voice of Amer

25、ica2) unidentified fiying object3) teaching English as a foreign language4) Victory Day5) tuberculosis48. How do you understand the statement ntrue s3nonymy is non-existent1?49. Explain how context clues are used in the sentence Perhaps the most startling theory to come out of kinestics, the study o

26、f body movement, was suggested by Professor Bird Whistelln.V. Analyze and comment on the following on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%x2=20%)50. Use the following groups of phrases to illustrate the definition and the overlapping feature of collocative meaning.a) pretty girl, pretty flower, handsome boy, handsome carb) pretty woman, handsome woman51. Comment on the following two groups to illustrate the use of antonyms.(a) give and take, high and low(b) More haste, less speed./Easy come, easy go.