4月全國高等教育自學考試英語詞匯學試題

月全國高等教育自學考試英語詞匯學試題全國20XX年4月自考英語詞匯學試題課程代碼：00832Ⅰ．Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.30%）1．Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitof______.（）A．meaningC．combinationofsoundsB．soundD．group2．Thepronunciationhaschanged______spellingovertheyears.（）A．moreslowlythanC．morerapidlythanB．a(chǎn)squicklyasD．notsoquicklyas3．Wordsmayfallintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby______.（）A．usefrequencyC．originB．notionD．sound4．RapidgrowthofscienceandtechnologybreedssuchnewwordsasthefollowingEXCEPT______（.）A．greenrevolutionC．moonwalkB．fastfoodD．spaceshuttle5．Semanticchangemeansanoldformwhichtakesonanew______tomeetthenewneed.（）A．formC．lookB．meaningD．pronunciation6．RevivingarchaicwordsalsocontributetothegrowthofEnglishvocabulary.Forinstance,inAmericanEnglish“fall”means______inBritishEnglish（）.A．fourC．forB．fellD．a(chǎn)utumn7．Thepluralmorpheme“-s”isrealizedby/s/afterthefollowingsoundsEXCEPT______.（）A．/t/C．/p/B．/g/D．/k/8．Thereare______freemorphemicwordsinthefollowing:bird,man,red,collection.（）A．oneC．three全國20XX年4月自考英語詞匯學試題B．twoD．four19．ThefollowingwordshavederivationalaffixesEXCEPT______（.）A．worksC．postwarB．prewarD．bloody10．30%to40%ofthetotalnumberofnewwordsinEnglishareproducedthrough______.（）A．compoundingC．conversionB．a(chǎn)ffixationD．shortening11．Theword“motel”iscreatedby（）.A．compoundingC．blendingB．clippingD．suffixation12．“BBC”isformedinthewayof（.）A．a(chǎn)cronymyC．back-formationB．clippingD．prefixation13．ThetypesofmeaningsincludethefollowingEXCEPT______（.）A．grammaticalmeaningC．a(chǎn)ssociativemeaningB．conceptualmeaningD．literalmeaning14．By______motivation,wemeanthatthemeaningofawordisrelatedtoitsorigin.（）A．onomatopoeicC．semanticB．morphologicalD．etymological15．______istheresultofhumancognition,reflectingtheobjectiveworldinthehumanmind.（）A．ReferenceC．SenseB．ConceptD．Motivation16．Semanticfield,accordingtothecoursebook,isalsoconsideredanintegralpartof______.（）A．wordformationC．meaningchangeB．wordmeaningD．senserelations17．Whenawordisfirstcoined,itisalways______.（）A．semanticC．monosemicB．onomatopoeicD．polysemic18．Thefollowingareallsynonymouspairs,butineachthesecondisstandardinusagewhereasthefirstisarchaic,EXCEPT（.）A．ire/anger全國20XX年4月自考英語詞匯學試題B．rich/wealthy2C．forlorn/distressedD．bliss/happiness19．Shakespeareisdifficulttounderstandthancontemporarywritingsbecausemanyofhiswordswereusedindifferent______fromwhattheyhavenowindictionaries.（）A．sensesC．dialectsB．formsD．terms20．Themodeof______iswellreflectedintheword

“picturewhichoriginallydenotedmere

“painting

”,butnowhascometoinclude

“drawings

”andeven

“photographs

”（）A．extensionC．narrowingB．elevationD．degradation21．

In

the

sentence

“Theold

man,

though

poor,

isarespectablegentleman.

”,theword

“respectable

”isusedinthe______senseoftransfer（.）A．subjectiveC．sensationalB．objectiveD．physical22．WhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftherolesofcontext?（）A．Eliminationofambiguity.B．Indicationofreferents.C．Provisionofcluesforinferringword-meaning.D．Provisionofculturebackgroundforinferringword-meaning.23．Thesentence

“IlostBetty

’spicture.

”

isambiguousdueto______（.）A．grammaticalcontextC．a(chǎn)ntonymyB．polysemyD．hyponymy24．Inthesentence“Aneastornorth-eastwindbringscolddryweathertoEngland,butasou’Westerusuallybringsrain.”the,meaningof“sou’westercan”beinferredfromtheclueof______.（）A．relevantdetailsC．a(chǎn)ntonymyB．synonymyD．hyponymy25．Theidiom“tossandturn”isa(n)______asfarasrhetoricalfeaturesofidiomsareconcerned.（）A．a(chǎn)lliterationC．metonymyB．metaphorD．rhyme26．WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthetypesofidioms?（）A．Sentenceidioms.C．Clausalidioms.全國

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B．Idiomsadverbialinnature.D

．Idiomsnominalinnature.327

．Thefollowingareallvariationsofidioms,EXCEPT______（.）A．replacementC．shorteningB．a(chǎn)dditionD．repetition28．Generallyspeaking,adictionarywillcoverthefollowingcontentEXCEPT______（.）A．spellingC．pronunciationB．syntacticalusageD．definition29．AsageneralChinese-Englishdictionary,______isthemostcompleteandup-to-date,mostelaboratelytreatedone（）A．AChinese-EnglishDictionary(1995)B．OxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglishwithChineseTranslationC．ANewEnglish-ChineseDictionaryD．LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishwithChineseTranslation30．Collins*EnglishUsage(1992),isa(n)______dictionary.（）A．unabridgedC．specializedB．deskD．encyclopedicⅡ．MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththewordsinColumnBaccordingto1)typesoftransfer;2)rhetoricalfeaturesofidioms;3)types

of

vocabulary

bynotion;and4)thefunctionofaffixes.(10%)A（）31．Sheburstintopassionatesobbing.（）32．Hedropsofftosleep,thelamb.（）33．a(chǎn)nd（）34．theman

’scoat（）35．hereandthere（）36．moon（）37．roughandready（）38．ex-prisoner（）39．fairandsquare（）40．Helenlooks

afright

inthat

old

blackdress.BA．juxtaposition

B．notional

word

C．transfer

of

sensationsD．

abstract

to

concrete

E．

derivational

affix

F．a(chǎn)lliterationG．functional

word

H．inflectional

affix

I．a(chǎn)ssociated

transferJ．rhymeⅢ．Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.10%）41．Whenwetalkaboutawordinvisualterms,awordcanbedefinedasa________groupoflettersprintedorwrittenhorizontallyacrossapieceofpaper.42．ModernEnglishvocabularydevelopsthroughchannels:________,semanticchangeandborrowing.

three43．Wemightsaythatfreemorphemesarefree________.全國

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444．Theformationofwordsbyaddingword-formingaffixestostemsiscalled________.45．Semantic

________refers

to

the

mental

associationssuggestedbytheconceptualmeaningofaword

．46．Perfecthomonymsandpolysemantsare

fully

________withregardtospellingandpronunciation.47．Vocabularyisthemost________elementofalanguageasitisundergoingconstantchangesbothinformandcontent.48．Ambiguityoftenarisesdueto________andhomonymy.49．Idiomsconsistofset________andshortsentences.50．Monolingualdictionariesarewrittenin________language.Ⅳ．Definethefollowingterms.（10%）51．morpheme52．homonym53．connotation54．elevation55．idiomⅤ．Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.（20%）56．Asfarasgrowthofpresent-dayEnglishvocabularyisconcerned,whatarethethreemainsourcesofnewwords?57．Whatarethesemanticfeaturesofcompou