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1、Chapter 3200215. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound roots B. free morphemes C. inflectional morphemes D. derivational affixes C20. Almost ,all affixes are _morphemes because few can be used as independent words. BoundV. Define the followi

2、ng terms. (10%) 45. allomorph Some morphemes, however,are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as allomorphs.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes? Suggested answers: Inflectional affixes are affix

3、es (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words. 50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes. unbearable, interna

4、tional, ex-prisoner. suggested answers:Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er). 2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves. 3)All the rest un

5、-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.2004.19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be _. Free200513. Structurally a（）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morphemeB. stemC. wordD. compoundA14. Unlike affixes,（）are ofte

6、n free morphemes.A. suffixesB. prefixesC. inflectional morphemesD. rootsD46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples.Prefixation does not change the word-class of the the stem. It only modifies its meaning, e.g. treatmaltreat.Suffixation changes the word

7、-class instead of its meaning. e.g. play-player.20117. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is _.( )A. morpheme B. affixesC. root D. stemA9. The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT _. ( )A. packsB. bags C. cheats D. shipsB42. derivatio

8、nal affixAffixes added to other morphemes to create new words.20097The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT _.（）A/t/B/g/C/p/D/k/B8There are _ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（）AoneBtwoCthreeDfourC9The following words have derivati

9、onal affixes EXCEPT _.（）AworksBprewarCpostwarDbloodyADefine the following terms.51morphemeThe smallest functional unit in the composition of words.20085. The root of the word “antecedent” is _. （ ）A. ante- B. -ced-C. -dent D. -entB16. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical rela

10、tionships are known as _ morphemes. inflectional17. The chief function of _ is not to change the word class of the stem, but to change its meaning.prefix46. What is suffixation? Give an example to illustrate your point46. Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to sterms. Suffix

11、es generally change the word class. For example, “play” is a verb, but “player” becomes a noun when the suffix er is added to the stem “employ”.(chapter 1)2013年全國自考英語詞匯學(xué)試題1. which of the following is NOT true?A. A word is the smallest free form of a LanguageB. A word is a sound unityC. A word has a

12、given meaningD.A word can be used freely in a sentence2. By notion, words can be grouped into content words and functional words, which of the following words belongs to functional words? A. five B. Sun. C . Run D. And3. Which of the following words is neologism?A. Dip( p15) B. Thou, C. Internet D.

13、Bottom line31. In terms of the origin of words,words may fall into native words and words.2012年7月全國自考英語詞匯學(xué)試題 1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and non basic vocabulary by _. 【】 A. use frequency B. notion C. origin D. grammar 2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas

14、, when it means “marijuana”, it is a _. 【】 p14 chapter 1 A. jargon B. terminology C. slang D. argot 3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expression “

15、long time no see” is from _. 【】 chapter 1 A. Latin B. Chinese C. Greek D. French 31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are _. 全國2011年4月自學(xué)考試英語詞匯學(xué)試題課程代碼:00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the s

16、tatement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. ( )A. Old English B. Middle EnglishC. New English D. Modern English2. The definition of a word comprises the following points _ . ( )(1)

17、a minimal free form of a language(2) a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a sentenceA. (1) and (2)B. (1) (2) and (3)C. (2) (3) and (4) D. (1) (2) (3) and (4)3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other

18、roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is _ . ( )A. productivity B. polysemyC. stability D. collocabilityChapter two:2000年4.The most important way of vocabulary development in pr

19、esent-day English is _.（ ） A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above 7. Old English vocabulary was essentially _ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.（ ） A. Italic B. Germanic C. Celtic D. Hellenic 17.The language used in England between 450 and 115

20、0 called _. C.B (Angles,Saxon, Jutes), Old English2004年6. The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are _. A. the growth of science and technologyB.social, economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. all the above7. Since the beginning of this c

21、entury, _ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary. A. word-formation B. borrowingC. semantic change D. both B and CDA2005年8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（）看分布圖或p24A. GermanB. FrenchC. ScottishD. Irish15. The four major foreign c

22、ontributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French, Latin,（）p32A. Scandinavian and ItalianB. Greek and ScandinavianC. Celtic and GreekD. Italian and Spanish20. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_.A.B. 15002006年9. Both English and _ belong to the Germanic branch

23、 of the Indo-European language family.（）看分布圖或p24A. CelticB. DansihC. FrenchD. Scottish16.The Norman Conquest in 1066 started a continual flow of _ words into English.B, (CELTIC -Scottish) (Italic-French), French. 2008年3. Identify the word that is of Scandinavian origin among the following. （ ）p26A.

24、Skirt B. DressC. Model D. Status4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabularyC. The word cloak is of French origin.D. Modern English is a synthetic language

25、.A.D4Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT_.（）Agreen revolutionBfast foodCmoon walk Dspace shuttle6Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means _ in British English.（）AfourBfellCforDautumn42Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: _, semantic change and borrowing.B(social, economic,political).D，creation20111. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. (