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英语词汇学自考试题1
2012年7月英语词汇学自考试题
全国2012年7月英语词汇学自考试题
I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)
1.Wordscanbeclassifiedintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby______.
()
A.usefrequencyB.notion
C.originD.grammar
2.Informaluse,“pot”means“cookingutensil”.Whereas,whenitmeans“marijuana”,itisa______.()
A.jargonB.terminology
C.slangD.argot
3.Translation-loansarewordsandexpressionsformedfromtheexistingmaterialintheEnglishlanguagebutmodelledonthepatternstakenfromanotherlanguage.Forexample,theEnglishexpression“longtimenosee”isfrom______.()
A.LatinB.Chinese
C.GreekD.French
4.TheGermanicfamilyconsistsofthefourNorthernEuropeanLanguages:
Norwegian,Icelandic,DanishandSwedish,whicharegenerallyknownas______languages.()
A.HellenicB.Albanian
C.CelticD.Scandinavian
5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthemainsourceofnewwords?
()
A.Therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology.
B.Social,economicandpoliticalchanges.
C.Environmentalprotection.
D.Theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages.
6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
()
A.Inmoderntimes,borrowingbringslessthantenpercentofmodernEnglishvocabulary.
B.OldEnglishvocabularywasinessenceGermanicwithasmallquantityofwordsborrowedfromLatinandScandinavian.
C.Themostimportantmodeofvocabularydevelopmentinpresent-dayEnglishiscreationofnewwordsbymeansofword-formation.
D.InearlyMiddleEnglishperiod,English,Latin,andCelticexistedsidebyside.
7.Thereare______freemorphemicwordsinthefollowingwords:
worker,car,impossible,anger,politely.()
A.2B.3
C.4D.5
8.Thereis/are______stem(s)intheword“internationalists”()
A1B.2
C.3D.4
9.Thepasttensemarker“-ed”ispronouncedas/t/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT______.()
A.enabledB.worked
C.jumpedD.helped
10.Themostproductivewaysofword-formationinmodernEnglisharethefollowingEXCEPT______.()
A.affixationB.compounding
C.conversionD.blending
11.Theformationofnewwordsbyjoiningtwoormorestemsiscalled______.()
A.clippingB.compounding
C.acronymyD.back-formation
12.Theword“pop”belongsto______clipping.()
A.frontB.back
C.frontandbackD.phrase
13.The______meaningofwordsusuallyshowstheattitudeofapprovalofthespeaker.()
A.affectiveB.appreciative
C.pejorativeD.connotative
14.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftheassociativemeaningofaword?
()
A.Grammaticalmeaning.B.Stylisticmeaning.
C.Collocativemeaning.D.Connotativemeaning.
15.______motivationexplainstheconnectionbetweentheliteralsenseandfigurativesenseoftheword.()
A.MorphologicalB.Onomatopoeic
C.SemanticD.Etymological
16.Antonymsareclassifiedonthebasisof______opposition.()
A.semanticB.euphemistic
C.idiomaticD.grammatical
17.Lion,elephant,tiger,turtle,sheepandsnakeare______ofanimal.()
A.hyponymsB.synonyms
C.collocationD.denomination
18.Asfarasdenotationisconcerned,relativesynonymsmaydiffer______.()
A.inthediachronicapproachB.inthestylisticandemotivecolouringofwords
C.inusageinsimpletermsD.intherangeandintensityofmeaning
19.Borrowinghascausedword-meaningchanges,asindicatedin“______formerlymeantanimal,andlateranimalfromLatinandbeastfromFrenchfoundtheirwayintoEnglish______.”()
A.deerB.cattle
C.sheepD.bird
20.Therearegenerallytwomajorfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaning,extra-linguisticfactorsand______factorswithinthelanguagesystem.()
A.functionalB.external
C.meaningfulD.internal
21.______isaprocessbywhichawordofwidermeaningacquiresaspecializedsense.Forexample,theoriginalmeaningoftheword“meat”wasfoodandthemodernmeaningisedibleflesh.()
A.ConversionB.Elevating
C.NarrowingD.Formation
22.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacontextclue?
()
A.Relevantdetails.B.Sentencestructure.
C.Synonymy.D.Antonymy.
23.Thesentence“IlikeMarybetterthanJohn’’isambiguousdueto______.()
A.grammaticalcontextB.polysemy
C.antonymyD.hyponymy
24.Inthesentence“Copernicusbelievedinaheliocentricuniverse,ratherthaninthegeocentrictheory”,themeaningofheliocentriccallbeinferredfromtheclueof______.()
A.relevantdetailsB.wordstructure
C.antonymyD.hyponymy
25.“Toothandnail”isallidiom______innature.()
A.verbalB.nominal
C.adjectivalD.adverbial
26.Whichofthefollowingrhetoricalfeaturescanbeseenintheidiom“wearandtear”?
()
A.Rhyme.B.Alliteration.
C.Juxtaposition.D.Synecdoche.
27.Theidiom“playfair”wascreatedprobablyby______.()
A.seamenB.housewives
C.sportsmenD.hunters
28.Encyclopaedicdictionariescanbefurtherdividedintoencyclopaediaand______
dictionaries.()
A.1inguisticB.encyclopaedic
C.specializedD.unabridged
29.LDCEisdistinctiveforthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT______.()
A.cleargrammarcodesB.usagenotes
C.1anguagenotesD.extracolumn
30.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueforaChinese-EnglishDictionary(revisedEdition)(CED)(1995)?
()
A.Itisabilingualdictionary.
B.Itisthemostcompleteandup-to-date,mostelaboratelytreated.
C.Itcutsoffthepreviousalphabeticalorderofentries.
D.ItboastsofthequalityoftheEnglishequivalentsitprovidesforitsChineseitems.
Ⅱ.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(15%)
31.Contentwordsarechangingallthetimewhereasfunctionalwordsare______.
32.IfwesaythatOldEnglishwasalanguageoffullendings,MiddleEnglishwasoneof______endings.
33.Derivationalaffixescanbefurtherdividedintoprefixesand______.
34.“Motel”isawordformedthrough______.
35.Wordslike“bang,pingpong,miaow”areexamplesof______motivation.
36.Contradictorytermsdonotshow______,asfarasantonymsareconcerned.
37.Increasedscientificknowledgeanddiscoveryarealsoimportantfactorsthataccountforthe
changeofword______.
38.Basedonthe______context,wecandeterminethemeaningof“Sarcasmdoesn’tbecomeyou”as“Sarcasmdoesn’tsuityou”.
39.“Singadifferenttune”isanidiom______innature.
40.BritishdictionariesgenerallyuseInternationalPhoneticAlphabettomarkthe______.
Ⅲ.Definethefollowingterms.(15%)
41.creation
42.conversion
43.homonymy
44.lexicalcontext
45.deletionofidioms
Ⅳ.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)
46.Pleaseillustratethelogicalrelationshipsofthefollowingterms:
freemorphemes,boundroot,derivationalaffixes,affixes,morphemes,inflectionalaffixes,boundmorphemes.
47.Prefixationandsuffixationaretwosubclassesofaffixation.Pleasedefineprefixationandsuffixationandexplainthedifferencebetweenthem.Use“polite—impolite”,“happy—happiness”toillustrateyourpoint.
48.WhatarethefourmainsourcesofEnglishsynonyms?
49.Whatarecontextualclues?
Guessthemeaningofthewordsunderlinedinthefollowingsentencesandtellwhatcontextualclueshavehelpedyouinarrivingatthemeaning.
(a)Theirgreatestfearwasofaconflagration,sincefirewoulddestroytheirflimsywoodensettlementbeforehelpcouldarrive.
(b)Asthefightingonallfrontsreacheditspeak,theeconomyneareditsnadir.
V.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.
(20%)
50.Commentonthefollowinggroupsofwordstoillustratetypesofmeaningofwordsandtheirrelationship.
Group1:
“took,taught,became”
Group2:
“have,has,had,had,having”
51.Analyzeandcommentonthreeadjectivesusedinthefollowingsentencesbasedonsynonymdifferenceinconnotation.
[A]Lookatthatlittleboy.
[B]Lookatthatsmallboy.
[C]Lookatthattinyboy.
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