大學(xué)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)詞匯學(xué)試題

2000年4月全國(guó)自學(xué)考試--英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試卷及答案

第一局部選擇題

Ⅰ.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.〔30%〕

1.InOldEnglishtherewas_______agreementbetweensoundform.〔〕

A.more

B.little

C.less

D.gradual

2.BothLDCEandCCELDare_______.〔〕

A.generaldictionaries

B.monolingualdictionaries

C.bothAandB

D.neitherAandB

3.Theword"MINISKIRT"is_______.〔〕

A.morphologicallymotivated

B.etymologicallymotivated

C.semanticallymotivated

D.noneoftheabove

4.Themostimportantwayofvocabularydevelopmentinpresent-dayEnglishis_______.〔〕

A.borrowing

B.semanticchange

C.creationofnewwords

D.alltheabove

5.Beneralizationisaprocessbywhichawordthatoriginallyhadaspecializedmeaninghasnowbecome________.〔〕

A.generalized

B.expanded

C.elevated

D.degraded

6.Somemorphemeshave_______astheyarerealizedbymorethanonemorphaccordingtotheirpositioninword.〔〕

A.alternativemorphs

B.singlemorphs

C.abstractunits

D.discreteunits

7.OldEnglishvocabularywasessentially_______withanumberofborrowingsfromLatinandScandinavian.〔〕

A.Italic

B.Germanic

C.Celtic

D.Hellenic

8poundsaredifferentfromfreephrasesinallthefollowingwaysEXCEPT_______.〔〕

A.semantics

B.grammar

C.phonetics

D.lexicology

9.Iftwomainconstituentsofanidiomsharethesameinitialsound,itiscalled_______.〔〕

A.repetition

B.alliteration

C.rhyme

D.noneoftheabove

10.Whichofthefollowingwordsisafunctionalword?〔〕

A.Often

B.Never

C.Although

D.Desk

11.Rhetoricalfeaturesareshowninsuchrespectsofphoneticandlexicalmanipulationaswellas_______.〔〕

A.semanticunity

B.structuralstability

C.idiomaticvariation

D.figureofspeech

12.Theadvantageofclassifyingidiomsaccordingtogrammaticalfunctionsisto_______.〔〕

A.useidiomscorrectlyandappropriately

B.understandidiomscorrectly

C.rememberidiomsquickly

D.tryanewmethodofclassification

13.BorrowingasasourceofhomonymyinEnglishcanbeillustratedby_______.〔〕

A.long〔notshort〕

B.ball〔adancingparty〕

C.rock〔rock'n'roll〕

D.ad〔advertisement〕

14.ThechangeofwordmeaningisbroughtaboutbythefollowinginternalfactorsEXCEPT_______.〔〕

A.theinfluxofborrowing

B.repetition

C.analogy

D.shortening

15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacomponentoflinguisticcontext?〔〕

A.Wordsandphrases.

B.Sentences

C.Textorpassage

D.Timeandplace

第二局部非選擇題

Ⅱpletethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.〔10%〕

16.Word-meaningchangesbymodesofextension,narrowing,degradation,elevationand___________________.

17.ThelanguageusedinEnglandbetween450and1150iscalled_________________.

18.CCELDisa________________dictionary.

19.Inthephrase"themouthoftheriver",theword"mouth"is_________________motivated.

20.Physicalsituationorenvironmentrelatingtotheuseofwordsis________________context.

Ⅲ.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofmeaningchanges;

2)typesofmeaning;3)languagebranchesand4)meaningandcontext.〔10%〕

AB

21.Scandinavian〔〕A.mill〔placewherethingsaremade〕

22.Germanic〔〕B.grammatical

23.extension〔〕C.doublemeaning

24.narrowing〔〕D.Swedish

25.linguistic〔〕Eprehend/understand

26.ambiguity〔〕F.Dutch

27.participants〔〕G.degermined

28.differenceindenotation〔〕H.pigheaded

29.appreciative〔〕I.non-linguistic

30.pejorative〔〕J.iron〔adeviceforsmoothingclothes〕

Ⅳ.Studythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1〕typesofboundmorphemesunderlined,and2〕typesofwordformationorprefixes.〔10%〕

31.predict〔〕

32.motel〔〕

33.potatoes〔〕

34.blueprint〔〕

35.preliminaries〔〕

36.Southward〔〕

37.demilitarize〔〕

38.hypersensityve〔〕

39.retell〔〕

40.multi-purposes〔〕

Ⅴ.Definethefollowingterms.〔10%〕

41.acronymy

42.nativewords

43.elevation

44.stylisticmeaning

45.monolingraldictionary

Ⅵ.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldtheclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.〔12%〕

46.HowmanytypesofmotivationarethereinEnglish?GiveONEexampleforeachtype.

47.WhatarethemajorsourcesofEnglishsynonyms?Illustrateyourpoints.

48.Whatarethecluesgenerallyprovidedinverbalcontext?

Ⅶ.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.〔18%〕

49.analyzethemorphologicalstructuresoffollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.Recollection,nationalist,unearthly

50.Pickouttheidiomsinthefollowingextractandexplainitsoriginandtheeffectofusingthisform."Well,it'stheoldstoryofthestitchintime,"hesaid.

答案

2000年4月份高等教育自學(xué)考試全國(guó)統(tǒng)一命題考試英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題參考答案

Ⅰ.(30%)

1.A2.C3.A4.C5.A6.A7.B8.D9.B10.C11.D12.A13.B14.B15.D

Ⅱ.(10%)

16.transfer

17.OLDEnglish

18.monolingual

19.semantically

20.extralinguistic/non-linguistic

Ⅲ.(10%)

21.D

22.F

23.A

24.J

25.B

26.C

27.I

28.E

29.G

30.H

Ⅳ.(10%)

31.boundroot

32.〔head+tail〕blinding

33.inflectionalaffix/morpheme

34.a+n

35.fullconversion

36.suffix

37.reversativ

38.prefixofdegree

39.prefix

40.numberprefix

Ⅴ.(10%)

41.Theprocessofformingnewwordsbyjoiningtheinitiallettersofnamesoforganizationsorspecialnounphrasesandtechnicalterms.

42.Nativewords,alsoknownasAnglo-Saxonwords,arewordsbroughttoBritianinthe5thcenturybytheGermanictribes.

43.Theprocessbywhichwordsrisefromhumblebeginningstopositionsofimportance.

44.Thedistinctivestylisticfeaturesofwordswhichmakethemappropriatefordifferentcontext.

45.Adictionarywritteninonelanguage,oradictionaryinwhichentriesaredefinedinthesamelanguage.

Ⅵ.(12%)

46.Therearefourtypesofmotivation:

1〕Onomatopoeicmotivation,e.g.cuckoo,squeak,quack,etc.

2〕Morphologicalmotivation,e.g.airmail,reading-lamp,etc.

3〕Semanticmotivation,e.g.themouthoftheriver,thefootofthemountain,etc.

4〕Etymologicalmotivation,e.g.pen,laconic,etc.

47.Keypoints:borrowing;dialectsandregionalEnglish;figurativeandeuphemisticuseofwords;coincidencewithidiomaticexpressions.

48.Keypoints:definition;explanation;example;synonymy;antonymy;hyponymy;relevantdetailsandwordstructure.

Ⅶ.(18%)

49.

1〕Eachofthethreewordsconsistsofthreemorphemes,recollection〔re+collect+ion〕,nationalist〔nation+al+ist〕,unearthly〔un+earth+ly〕.

2〕Oftheninemorphemes,only"collect","nation"and"earth"arefreemorphemesastheycanexistbythemselves.

3〕Alltherestre-,-ion,-al,-ist,un-and-lyareboundasnoneofthemcanstandaloneaswords.

50.

1〕thestitchintime-----astitchintimesavesnine〔3分〕

2〕proverbsareconcise,forcibleandthought-provoking〔1分〕

3〕usinganoldsayingismorepersuasive〔2分〕

4〕theshortformsavestime,morecolloquial〔2分〕

5〕indicatesintimacyorcloserelationship〔1分〕2001年4月份全國(guó)高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題及答案英語(yǔ)〔本科〕專業(yè)第一局部選擇題I.EachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswersChoosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket〔30％〕1.Degradationcanbeillustratedbythefollowingexample[]A.lewd→ignorantB.silly→foolishC.last→pleasureD.knave→boy2.Homophonesareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectsof:[]A.humourB.sarcasmC.ridiculeD.alltheabove3.Thefourmajormodesofsemanticchangeare_____.[]A.extension,narrowing,elevationanddegradationB.extension,generalization,elevationanddegradationC.extension,narrowing,specializationanddegradationD.extension,elevation,ameliorationanddegradation4.Theuseofonenameforthatofanotherassociatedwithitisrhetoricallycalled_____.[]A.synecdocheB.metonymyC.substitutionD.metaphor5.Idiomsadjectivalinnaturefunctionas_____.[]A.adjectivesB.attributesC.modifiersD.words6.Grammaticalcontextrefersto_____inwhichawordisused.[]A.vocabularyB.grammarC.semanticpatternD.syntacticstructure7.Intheidiom'ingoodfeather',wechange'good'into'high,full'withoutchangingmeaning.Thischangeofconstituentisknownas_____.[]A.additionB.replacementC.position-shiftingD.variation8.Theword"laconic"is_____.[]A.onomatopoeicallymotivatedB.morphologicallymotivatedC.semanticallymotivatedD.etymologicallymotivated9.CCELDisdistinctiveforits_____.[]A.cleargrammarcodesB.languagenotesC.usagenotesD.extracolumns10.WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?[]A.DormB.motelC.GentD.Zoo11.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofabout_____words.[]A.30,000to40,000B.50,000to60,000C.70,000to80,000D.80,000to90,00012._____areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.[]A.RootsB.StemsC.AffixesD.Compounds13.BesidesFrenchwords,Englishalsoabsorbedasmanyas2,500wordsof_____intheMiddleEnglishperiod.[]A.DutchoriginB.DanishoriginC.LatinoriginD.Greekorigin14.Awordisasymbolthat_____.[]A.isusedbythesamespeechcommunityB.representssomethingelseintheworldC.isbothsimpleandcomplexinnatureD.showsdifferentideasindifferentsounds15.Somewordsinthebasicwordstockaresaidtobestablebecausethey_____.[]A.arecomplexwords.B.aretechnicalwordsC.refertothecommonestthingsinlife.D.denotethemostimportantconcepts.第二局部非選擇題II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook〔10％〕16.Thesameidiommayshow_____differenceswhenitisusedindifferentmeaningsincludingaffectivemeaning.17.LDCEisa_____dictionary.18.Antonymsareclassifiedonthebasisof_____.19.Theoppositeofsemanticelevationinmeaningchangeiscalled_____.20.Pronounsandnumeralsenjoynation-wideuseandstability,buthavelimited_____.III.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1〕typesofmeaningchanges;2〕typesofmeaning;3〕languagebranchesand4〕featuresofidioms〔10％〕AB21.grammaticalmeaning()A.Scottish22.reading-lamp()B.neitherfish,flesh,norfowl23.pen()C.morphologicallymotivated24.alliteration()D.headofastate25.differenceinconnotation()E.answer/respond26.elevation()F.etymologicallymotivated27.degradation()G.garage(aplaceforstoringcars)28.narrowing()H.thing(anyobjectorevent)29.extension()I.partofspeech30.Celtic()J.knave(adishonestperson)IV.Studythefollowingwordsandexpressionsandidentify1〕typesofboundmorphemesunderlined;2〕typesofwordformations;3〕typesofmeaningand4〕typesofmeaningofidioms.〔10％〕31.heartandsoul()32.father—maleparent()33.mother—femaleparent()34.city-bred()35.lip-readingtolip-read()36.headache()37.antecedent()38.preview()39.receive()40.called()V.Definethefollowingterms〔10％〕41.specializeddictionary42.collocativemeaning43.transfer44.morpheme45.oldEnglishVI.Answerthefollowingquestions.YouranswersshouldbeclearandshortWriteyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.〔12％〕46.What'sthefundamentaldifferencebetweenradiationandconcatenation?Illustrateyourpoints.47.Whatisdismembering?48.Whatiscollocativemeaning?Giveoneexampletoillustrateyourpoint.VII.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.〔18％〕49.The'pen'ismightierthanthe'sword'.Explainwhat'pen'and'sword'meanrespectivelyusingthetheoryofmotivation.50.Studythefollowingsentence,payingspecialattentiontothewordsinitalics.Ifyoufindanythingwrong,pleaseexplainwhyandthenimprovethesentence.(100words)Thepolicewereorderedtostopdrinkingaboutmidnight.英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題參考答案第一局部選擇題I．Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)1.B2.D3.A4.B5.A6.D7.B8.D9.D10.B11.B12.C13.A14.B15.C第二局部非選擇題II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%)16.stylistic18.semanticopposition19.degradation或ductivityandcollocabilityIII.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofmeaningchanges;2)typesofmeaning;3)languagebranchesand4)featuresofidioms.(10%)21.I22.C23.F24.B25.E26.D27.J28.G29.H30.AIV.Studythefollowingwordsandexpressionsandidentify1)typesofboundmorphemesunderlined;2)typesofwordformation；3〕typesofmeaningand4)typesofmeaningofidioms.(10%)31.adverbidiom/idiomadverbialinnature32.conceptualmeaning33.conceptualmeaning34.n+v-ed35.backformation36.n+v37.boundroot38.prefix39.boundroot40.inflectionalaffix/morphemeV.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)41.Specializeddictionaryreferstoadictionarywhichconcentratesonaparticularareaoflanguageorknowledge.(內(nèi)容分；語(yǔ)言分)42.Collocativemeaningisthatpartofthewordmeaningsuggestedbythewordsbeforeorafterthewordindiscussion.(內(nèi)容分；語(yǔ)言分)43.Wordswhichwereusedtodesignateonethingbutlaterchangedtomeansomethingelsehaveexperiencedtheprocessofsemantictransfer.44.theminimalmeaningfulunitofalanguage.45.thelanguageusedinEnglandfrom450to1150.VI.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(12%)46.要點(diǎn)：RadiationConcatenationi)primarymeaningi)firstsenseii〕次要意義由主要意義輻射ii〕由此意義連續(xù)轉(zhuǎn)換；特點(diǎn)為鏈接iii〕名詞語(yǔ)義互不依賴iii〕最后意義與第一意義失去聯(lián)系的跡象47.要點(diǎn)：〔1〕breakupanidiomintopieces〔2分〕〔2〕anunusualcaseofusingidioms〔1分〕〔3〕inliteratureorpopularpressforspecialeffect〔1分〕注：語(yǔ)言扣分不得超過(guò)1分〔語(yǔ)法扣1分，拼寫扣分〕48.Collocativemeaningconsistsoftheassociationsawordacquiresinitscollocation.Inotherwords,itisthatpartoftheword-meaningsuggestedbywordsbeforeorafterthewordindiscussion.Forexample,'pretty'and'handsome'sharetheconceptualmeaningof'goodlooking',butaredistinguishedbytherangeofnounstheycollocatewith:prettyhandsomeVII.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(18%)49.答案要點(diǎn)1〕Motivationaccountsfortheconnectionbetweenthelinguisticsymbolanditsmeaning.〔2分〕2〕Semanticmotivation,oneofthefourmajortypesofmotivation,explainstheconnectionbetweentheliteralsenseandfigurativesenseoftheword.(3分)3〕Inthissentence,'pen'remindsoneofthetooltowritewith,thussuggestingwriting;'sword'remindsoneoftheweapontofightwith,thussuggestingwar.(4分)50.要點(diǎn)：〔1〕itisambiguous〔2分〕〔2〕ambiguitycausedbythestructure〔2分〕〔3〕stopdrinkingcanbeunderstoodas1〕policestopdrinkingbythemselves(1分)2〕policestoppeopledrinking(1分)〔4〕improvement〔3分〕1〕Thepolicewereorderedtostoppeopledrinkingaboutmidnight.2〕Thepolicewereorderedtostopdrinkingbythemselvesaboutmidnight.2002年4月全國(guó)自學(xué)考試--英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試卷第一局部選擇題

Ⅰ.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)

1.Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto____.

A.perfecthomonymsB.homonymsC.homophonesD.alltheabove[]

2.Transferasamodeofsemanticchangecanbeillustratedbytheexample:

A.adfor"advertisement"B.dishfor"food"C.fondfor"affectionate"D.aneditorialfor"aneditorialarticle"[]

3.Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover______.

A.thereader'sinterpretationB.theneighbouringwordsC.thewriter'smten6onD.theetymologyoftheword[]

4.Whichofthefollowingisaprefixoftimeandorder?

A.extra-B.pro-C.re-D.semi-[]

5.Whichofthefollowingdictionariesisnotaspecializeddictionary?

A.TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymology

B.Chamber'sEncyclopedi

CEnglishDictionary

D.Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.[]

7.Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningform__

A.physicalcontextB.grammaticalcontextC.lexicalcontextD.linguisticcontext[]

8."Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCentre."Theclueprovidedinthecontextis___.

A.definitionB.explanationC.exampleD.hyponymy[]

9.Theterm"vocabulary"isusedindifferentwaysbecauseofallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat___.

A.itcanrefertothecommoncoreofalanguage

B.itcanrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage

C.itcanrepresentallthewordsusedinacertainhistoricalperiod

D.itcanstandforwordsinagivendialectorfield[]

10.Theidiom"adarkhorse"isa___.

A.simileB.metaphorC.metonymyD.personification[]

11.Anidiomdiffersfromafreephraseinthattheformeris___andthelatterisnot.

A.structurallychangeableB.semanticallyanalysableC.structurallyfixedD.easilyunderstood[]

12.Wecanworkoutthemeaningofheliocentricandgeocentricaccordingto___.

A.morphologicalstrucmreB.relevantdetailsC.grammaticalstructureD.physicalcontext[]

13.Whatcausestheambiguityofthesentence"IlikeMarybetterthanJanet"?

A.Vocabulary.B.Situation.C.Structure.D.Noneoftheabove.[]

14.EarlyModemEnglishreferstothelanguagespoken___.

A.from1066to1500B.from1150to1500C.from1500to1700D.from1600to1800[]

15.Affixesaddedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas

A.boundrootsB.freemorphemesC.inflectionalmorphemesD.derivationalaffixes[]

Ⅱ.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%)

16._______meaningreferstothepartofspeech,tensesofverbs,etc.

17.Theword____________hastheoldmeaning"servant"andtheelevatedmeaning"headofaministry,".

18.Therelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningisarbitraryor_______.

19.Whenawordwithmorethanonemeaningisusedinunclearcontext,itcreates________

20.Almost,allaffixesare________morphemesbecausefewcanbeusedasindependentwords.

III.MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)rhetoricalfeaturesoftheidioms;2)sense

relations;3)assimilationdegree;4)characteristicsofthebasicwordstockand5)mofivafion.(10%)AB

21.reiteration()A.highandlow

22.repetition()B.pickandchoose

23.juxtaposition()C.facetoface

24.perfecthomonym()D.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.

25.personification()E.hiss

26.porms()F.bear;bear

27.come()G.twitter

28.heart()H.cat

29.birds()I.port

30.snakes()J.heartandsoul

IV.Studythefollowingwordsandexpressionsandidentify

1)typesofcontextclues;2)typesofwordformation;3)typesofword-meaningchangesand4)rhetoricalfeaturesofidioms.(10%)

31.makingarestatementofanewwordorconceptinfanfiliarwords()

32.sitcom()

33.theusualamenitiessuchasapub,apostofficeandaschool()

34.fromcradletograve()

35.mightandmain()

36.fax()

37.disobey,impolite,()

38.hussy:"housewife"→"awomanoflowmorals"()

39.disease:"discomfort"→"illness"()

40.fond:"foolish"→"affectionate"()

V.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)

41.dictionary

42.pejoration

43.idiomsnominalinnature

44.Germanic

45.allomorph

VI.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(12%)

46.Whatarethestylisticfeaturesofidioms?

47.Howwouldyouexplainthedifferencebetweenbackformationandsuffixation?Giveexamplestoillustrateyourpoint.

48.Howdoyoudistinguishinflectionalaffixesandderivationalaffixes?

Ⅶ.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(18%)

49.Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsuperordinatesandsubordinates.

a.Themansaidhewouldcometoourschoolnextweek.

b.ThevisitingscholarsaidhewouldvisitouruniversitynextMonday.

50.Analysethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.

unbearable,international,ex-prisoner.

全國(guó)2002年4月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題參考答案

Ⅰ.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)

1.D2.B3.B4.C5.B

6.D7.C8.C9.A10.B

11.C12.A13.C14.C15.C

Ⅱpletethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%)

16.Grammatical17.minister18.conventional19.ambiguity20.bound

Ⅲ.MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnB.(10%)

21.B22.C23.A24.F25.D26.I27.H28.J29.G30.E

Ⅳ.Studythefollowingwordsandexpressionsandidentify1)typesofcontextclues;2)typesofwordformation;3)typesofword-meaningchangesand4)rhetoricalfeaturesofidioms.(10%)

31.explanation

32.head+headblending

33.hyponymy/hyponym

34.figureofspeech;metonymy

35.phoneticmanipulation/alliteration

36.backclipping

37.affixation,prefixationornegativeprefixes

38.degradation

39.narrowing

40.elevation

Ⅴ.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)

41.Dictionaryisabookwhichpresentsinalphabeticalorderthewordsofalanguage,withinformationastotheirspelling,pronunciation,meaningusage,etc.

42.Degradationorpejorationofmeaningistheoppositeofsemanticelevation.Itisaprocesswherebywordsofgoodoriginfallintoillreputationornon-affectivewordscometobeusedinderogatorysense.

43.(1)Eachidiomhasanounasthekeyword.

(2)Eachfunctionsasanoun/alsoknowsasnounidioms.

44.atermusedtorefertoabranchoftheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily,whichconsistsofEnglish,German,Dutch,etc.

45.oneofthevariantsthatrealizeamorpheme

Ⅵ.Answerthefollowingquestions.(12%)

46.(1)Manyidiomswerecreatedindifferentprofessions,sotheyweretrade-orprofession-related,colloquialandinformal.

(2)Nowmostbecomeapartofthecommoncore,neitherformalnorinformal.

(3)Therearestillmanycolloquialisms,slangexpressions,literaryexpressionscomparativelysmallinnumber.

47.A)Suffixationistheformationofnewwordsbyaddingsuffixestobases.

B)Back-formationisconsideredtobetheoppositeprocessofsuffixation;it'sthemethodofcreatingwordsbyremovingthesupposedsuffixes.

48.Inflectionalaffixesareaffixes(1)attachedtotheendofwords;(2)toindicategrammaticalrelationships,whilederivationalaffixesareaffixes;(3)addedtoothermorphemes;(4)tocreatenewwords.

Ⅶ.Answerthefollowingquestions.YouranswersshouldbeclearandshortWriteyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(18%)

49.要點(diǎn)：

SuperordinateSubordinate

1)manscholar

2)comevisit

3)schooluniversity

4)weekMonday

50.

1)Eachofthethreewordsconsistsofthreemorphemesunbearable(un+bear+able),international(inter+nation+al),ex-prisoner(er+prison+er).

2)Oftheninemorphemes,onlybear,nationandprisonarefreemorphemesastheycanexistbythemselves.

3)Alltherestun-,-able,inter-,-al,ex-and-erareboundasnoneofthemcanstandaloneaswords.全國(guó)2004年4月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題課程代碼：00832I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)1.Thereare______majorclassesofcompounds.A.twoB.forC.threeD.five2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.Connotativemeaningreferstoassociationssuggestedbytheconceptualmeaning.B.Stylisticmeaningaccountsfortheformalityofthewordconcerned.C.Affectivemeaningisuniversaltoallmenalike.D.Denotativemeaningcanalwaysbefoundinthedictionary.3.AftertheinvadingGermanictribessettleddowninBritain,theirlanguagealmosttotallyblottedout______.A.OldEnglishB.MiddleEnglishC.Anglo-SaxonD.Celtic4.Theidiom“Jackofalltrades〞r(shí)esultsfrom______.A.additionB.position-shiftingC.dismemberingD.shortening5.______arethosethatcannotoccurasseparatewordswithoutaddingothermorphemes.A.FreerootsB.FreemorphemesC.BoundmorphemesD.Meaningfulunits6.ThemajorfactorsthatpromotethegrowthofmodernEnglishare______.A.thegrowthofscienceandtechnologyB.economicandpoliticalchangesC.theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguagesD.alltheabove7.Sincethebeginningofthiscentury,______hasbecomeevenmoreimportantfortheexpansionofEnglishvocabulary.A.word-formationB.borrowingC.semanticchangeD.bothBandC8.Whichofthefollowingcharacteristicsofthebasicwordstockisthemostimportant?A.Stability B.Collocability.C.Productivity. D.Nationalcharacter.9.Thetwomajorfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaningare______.A.historicalreasonandclassreasonB.historicalreasonandpsychologicalreasonC.classreasonandpsychologicalreasonD.extra-linguisticfactorsandlinguisticfactors10.Thefundamentaldifferencebetweenhomonymsandpolysemantsiswhether______.A.theycomefromthesamesourceB.theyarecorrelatedwithonecentralmeaningC.theyarelistedunderoneheadwordinadictionaryD.alltheabove11.Degradationofmeaningistheoppositeof______.A.semantictransferB.semanticpejorationC.semanticelevationD.semanticnarrowing12.Anidiomconsistsofatleasttwowords.Eachhasasinglemeaningandoftenfunctionsasoneword.Thisiscalled______.A.semanticunityB.structuralstabilityC.rhetoricalfunctionD.noneoftheabove13.Whichofthefollowingsuffixescanbeusedtoformbothnounsandadjectives?______A.-ion.B.-ism.C.-ity.D.-ist.14.Moreoftenthannot,functionalwordsonlyhave______.A.lexicalmeaningB.associativemeaningC.collocativemeaningD.grammaticalmeaning15.Linguisticcontextisalsoknownas______context.A.socialB.verbalC.lexicalD.physicalII.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%)16.Inthecoursebook,theidiomsareclassifiedaccordingto______functions.17.Linguisticcontextcanbefurtherdividedinto______contextandgrammaticalcontext.18.