英語詞匯學(xué)試卷

英語詞匯學(xué)試卷(課程代碼0832)第一部分選擇題I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers．Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket．(30％)1．Therearetwoapproachestothestudyofpolysemy．Theyare_____.A．primaryandsecondaryB．CentralandperipheralC．diachronicandsynchronicD．Formalandfunctional[C]2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTastylisticfeatureofidioms?A．ColloquialB．SlangC．NegativeD．Literary[C]3．Synonymscanbeclassifiedintotwomajorgroups，thatis：_____.A．a(chǎn)bsoluteandrelativeB．AbsoluteandcompleteC．relativeandnearD．Completeandidentical[A]4．IntheearlyperiodofMiddleEnglish，English，____existedsidebyside，A．CelticandDanishB．DanishandFrenchC．LatinandCelticD．FrenchandLatin[D]5．Amonomorphemicwordisawordthatconsistsofasingle_______morpheme．A．formalB．ConcreteC．freeD．bound[C]6．WhichofthefollowinggroupsofwordsisNOTonomatopoeicallymotivated?A，croak，drumB．squeak，bleatC．buzz，neighD．bang，trumpet[A]7．LDCEisdistinctiveforits____.A．CleargrammarcodesB．usagenotesC．languagenotesD．a(chǎn)lloftheabove[D]8．Fromthehistoricalpointofview,EnglishismorecloselyrelatedtoA．GermanB．FrenchC．ScotttishD．Irish[A]9．WhichofthefollowingisNOTanacronym?A．TOEFLB．ODYSSEYC．BASICD．CCTV[B]10.Inthecoursebook，theauthorlists____typesofcontextcluesforinferringwordmeaning．A．eightB．SixC．sevenD．five[A]11．Sourcesofhomonymsinclude____.A．changesinsoundandspellingB．borrowingC．shorteningD．a(chǎn)lloftheabove[D]12．ThewrittenformofEnglishisa(an)________representationofthespokenform．A．selectiveB．AdequateC．imperfectD．natural[C]13．Structurallya____isthesmallestmeaningfulunitofalanguage．A．morphemeB．StemC.stemordD．compound[A]14．Unlikeaffixes，____areoftenfreemorphemes．A．sufrixesB．PrefixesC．inflectionalmorphemesD．roots[D]15．ThefourmajorforeigncontributorstotheEnglishvocabularyinearliertimeswereFrench.Latin，____.A．ScandinavianandItalianB．GreekandScandinavianC．CelticandGreekD．ItalianandSpanish[B]第二部分非選擇題BⅡ．Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook．(10%)16．Thenamegiventothewideningofmeaningwhichsomewordsundergois____.17．LongmanlexiconofContemporaryEnglishisa____dictionary．18．Whenanewwordappearsforthefirsttime，theauthorusuallymanagestogivehintsor____inthecontexttohelpthereaders．19．Radiationand____arethetwocoinageswhichthedevelopmentofwordmeaningfollowsfrommonosemytopolysemy．20．MiddleEnglishreferstothelanguagespokenfrom1150to____.Ⅲ．MatchthewordsorexplessionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)wordOrigin，2)wordformation.and3)typesofSynonymsorantonyms．(10%)AB(D)21．skillA．back—formation(A)22．babysitB．blendlng(B)23．telequizC．Frenchorigin(H)24．composition／compoundingD．Scandinavianorigin(C)25．governmentE．clipping(I)26．same／differentF.relativesynonyms(E)27．gentG.Germanic(G)28．EnglishH．a(chǎn)bsolutesynonyms(F)29．change／alterI.contradictoryterms(J)30．big／smallJ．contrarytermsIV．Smdythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1)typesofboundmorphemesunderlined,2)typesofmeanings,3)processesofmeaningdevelopment，and4)formationofcompounds．(10%)31．neck→primarymeaning：thatpartofmanjoiningtheheadtothebody；asecondarymeaning：thenarrowestpartofanything．(Metaphor)32．contradict()33．mother：love，care(connotativemeaning)34．upcoming(conpound)35．windowshopping()36．radlos()37．propertydeveloper()38．Candidate→earliermeaning：white-robed；latermeaning：apersonproposedforaplace，awardetc．()overcoat39．handsomo-tyoewhter()man40．northward()V.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)41.encyclopendia42.borrcwed43.blending44.extension45.phrasalverbVI.Answerthefollowingquestingquestions.YouranswersshouldbeClearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)46.whatisthedifferenceprefixationandsuffixation?Explainwithtwoexamples.47.whatisextra-linguisticcontext?48.whatispolysemy?Illustrateyourpoints.VII.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)49.Studythefollowingsentenceandtrytoguessthemeaningofthewordinitalics.Thenwhatcontextualhelpyoutoworkoutthemeaning.Carnivoresareverydangerous.Notlongago,atigerescapedfromthezooandkilledadoginThestreetandateit.50.Connotativemeaningisnotstable.Commentonthisstatementwithoneexample.英語詞匯學(xué)答案(課程代碼0832)1.C2.C3.A4.D5.C6.A7.D8.A9.B10.A11.D12.C13.A14.D15.B16．extension或generalization17．Specialized18．clues19．concatenation20．150021．D22．A23．B24．H25．C26．I27．E28．G29．F30．J31．radiation32．boundroot33．connotativemeaning34．a(chǎn)dv+v-ingn+v-ing36．inflectionalaffix／inflectionalmorpheme37．n+v-er38.concatenation39．collocativemeaning40．suffix／derivationalaffix41．Anencyclopediaprovidesencyclopedicinformationconcerningeachheadword；itisnotconcernedwiththelanguageperse.42．Borrowedwords,also，known，asloanwords，arewordstakenoverfromforeignlanguages．43．Itreferstotheformationofnewwordsbycombiningpartsoftwowordsorawordwithapartofanotherword．44．Extensionisaprocessbywhichawordwhichoriginallyhadaspecializedmeaninghasnowbecomegeneralized．45.idiomcomposedofaverbplusaprepositionand／oraparticle．46．Prefixationdoesnotgenerallychangetheword-classofthestem；itonlymodifiesitsmeaning.e.g．treat--maltreatSuffixation，Ontheotherhand，changestheword-classinsteadofitsmeaning.e.g．Employ—Employer47.(1)Knownasnon-linguisticcontextorcontextofsituation．(2)componentsa.participants(addresserandaddressee)writerandreaderspeakerandlistener／hearerb.timeandplacec.culturalbackground48.要點(diǎn)：1)acommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages．2)havemorethanonesense．3)TheproblemofpolesemyCanbedealtwith--diachronicapproachandsynchronicapproach．VII．49(1)tigerisahyponym，ofcarnivore(2)carnivoreisasuperordinateoftiger(3)tigerfeedsonmeatasknownbyall(4)carnivoremayfeedonmeat(5)therefore，acarnivoreisameat-eatinganimal50.(1)connotativemeaning，knownasconnotation，referstotheovertonesorassociationssuggestedbytheconceptualmeaning．(2)connotativemeaningsarenotgiveninthedictionary．butassociatedwiththewordinactualcontexttoparticularreadersorspeakers．Thustheyareunstablevaryingconsiderablyaccordingtoculture，historicalperiodandtheexperienceoftheindividual．(3)Forexample，homemayremindonechildofwarmth，safetyorlove，whiletoanotherchildwhoisoftenscoldedorbeatenathome,itmaymeanindifference，hatred，orevenhell．全國2010年7月高等教育自學(xué)考試

1.Asdefinedintermsofspokenlanguage,awordisviewedasasoundorcombinationofsoundswhicharemadevoluntarilywithhuman______equipment.()

A.visualB.VocalC.physicalD.mental

2.Wordsmayfallintocontentwordsandfunctionalwordsby______.()

A.usefrequencyB.NotionC.originD.sound

3.______referstothespecializedvocabulariesbywhichmembersofparticulararts,sciences,tradesandprofessionscommunicateamongthemselves.()

A.TerminologyB.ArchaismsC.SlangD.Jargon

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthethreechannelsthroughwhichmodernEnglishvocabularydevelops?()

A.Creation.B.Semanticchanges.C.Clipping.D.Borrowing.

5.RapidgrowthofscienceandtechnologybreedssuchnewwordsasthefollowingEXCEPT______.()

A.TVdinnerB.EarthriseC.moonwalkD.spaceshuttle

6.Thesurvivinglanguagesfallintoeightprincipalgroups,whichcanbegroupedintotheEasternsetandthe_______set.()

A.WesternB.AfricanC.AmericanD.Northern

7.Thepluralmorpheme"-s"ispronouncedas/z/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT______.()

A.bedsB.BagsC.cheatsD.bottles

8.Theword"prisoner"comprises______morphemes.()

A.1B.2C.3D.4

9.ThefollowingwordshavederivationalaffixesEXCEPT______.()

A.rereadB.PrewarC.bloodyD.harder

10.Theprefix"over-"intheword"overweight"isaprefixof______.()

A.orientationandattitudeB.degreeorsizeC.timeandorderD.number

11.Themethodofcreatingwordsbyremovingthesupposedsuffixesiscalled______.()

A.back-formationB.AcronymyC.conversionD.clipping

12."Champagne",acommonnoun,comesfroma______.()

A.nameofapersonB.nameofaplaceC.nameofabookD.tradename

13.______istherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.()

A.ReferenceB.ConceptC.SenseD.Motivation

14.Motivationaccountsfortheconnectionbetweenthelinguisticsymbolandits______.()

A.formB.PronunciationC.spellingD.meaning

15.Theword"______"isanonomatopoeticallymotivatedword.()

A.miaowB.SwordC.laconicD.airmail

16.InmodernEnglish,anoverwhelmingmajorityofwordsare______.()

A.originalB.InitialC.polysemousD.periodical

17.______,thederivedmeanings,nomatterhowmany,aresecondaryincomparison.()

A.SynchronicallyB.DiachronicallyC.EtymologicallyD.Onomatopoetically

18.Want,wish,likeanddesirearesynonyms,butasfarasintensityisconcerned,______isthestrongestofall.()

A.wishB.LikeC.wantD.desire

19.Therearefivetypesofmeaningchangesandamongwhich______arethemostcommon.

()

A.degradationandelevationB.transferandextension

C.elevationandnarrowingD.extensionandnarrowing

20.Dueto______reason,awordisretainedforanamethoughthemeaninghaschangedbecausethereferenthaschanged.()

A.psychologicalB.HistoricalC.classD.linguistic

21.Amongthefollowingwordsonly______isthewordwhichoriginallyhadaspecializedmeaningandnowhasbecomegeneralized.()

A.journalB.WifeC.accidentD.disease

22.Basedon______context,wecanarriveatthemeaningof"doasum".()

A.grammaticalB.LexicalC.culturalD.non-linguistic

23.Thesentence"Thefishisreadytoeat."isambiguousdueto______.()

A.grammaticalstructureB.HyponymyC.culturalinfluenceD.non-linguisticcontext

24.Inthesentence"Perhapsthemoststartlingtheorytocomeoutofkinesics,thestudyofbodymovement,wassuggestedbyProfessorBirdwhistell."Themeaningofkinesicscanbeinferredfromtheclueof_______.()

A.definitionB.SynonymyC.antonymyD.hyponymy

25.WhichofthefollowingisNOTafigureofspeech?()

A.Metaphor.B.Personification.C.Euphemism.D.Shortening.

26.Neverdothingsbyhalvesisa(n)______.()

A.verbalidiominnatureB.nominalidiominnature

C.sentenceidiomD.adverbialidiominnature

27.Thechangeofidiom"Silenceisgolden"fromtheoriginalformis______.()

A.replacementB.position-shiftingC.additionD.shortening

28.ThefollowingaretheuniquefeaturesofCollinsCOBUILDEnglishLanguageDictionaryEXCEPT______.()

A.definitionB.extracolumnC.usageexamplesD.cleargrammarcodes

29.Webster'sNinthNewCollegiateDictionary(1983)isa(n)______dictionary.()

A.unabridgedB.DeskC.pocketD.encyclopedic

30.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtruefortheChinese-EnglishDictionary(RevisedEdition)(CED)(1995)?()

A.Theneweditionhasmoresinglecharacterentriesandmoremulti-characterentries.

B.Theneweditionrevisedsomeoldentries.

C.Theneweditioncutoffthepreviousalphabeticalorderofentries.Ⅱ.MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththewordsinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofwordformation;2)typesofmorphemes;3)typesofvocabularybynotion;and4)discriminationofsynonyms.(10%)

AB

(G)31.honeybeeA.differenceinapplication

(J)32.handy/manualB.differenceindenotation

(E)33.uponC.boundmorpheme

(B)34.rich/wealthyD.clipping

(I)35.MedicareE.functionalword

(A)36.answer/replyFcontentword

(D)37.fluG.compounding

(F)38.steelH.initialism

(H)39.VOAI.blending

(C)40.idealisticJ.differenceinconnotation

I]I.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%41.______arenewly-createdwordsorexpressions,orwordsthathavetakenonnewmeanings.

42.InmodernEnglish,wordendingsweremostlylostwithjustafewexceptionsbecauseEnglishhasevolvedfroma______languagetothepresentanalyticlanguage.

43.Themorphemescanbegroupedinto______morphemesandboundmorphemes.

44.Theprefix"un-"intheword"unwrap"isa______prefix.

45.Lexicalmeaningofawordhastwoconcepts:______meaningandassociativemeaning.

46.Hyponymycanbedescribedintermsof______graphs,withhigher-ordersuperordinatesabovethelowersubordinates.

47.InOldEnglish,animalsandtheir______sharethesamename.

48.Structuralpatternswhereaparticularwordisusediscalled______context.

49.Idiomsverbalinnaturecanbesubdividedinto______verbsandotherverbphrases.

50.Webster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionaryisthebest-known______dictionary.

IV.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)

51.boundmorphemes

52.affixes

53.blending

54.unabridgeddictionary

55.dismemberingofidiom

V.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)

56.WhatarethethreeperiodsinviewofthedevelopmentofEnglishvocabulary?

57.Howmanytypesdoboundmorphemesinclude?Whatarethey?

58.Whatisconcept?Giveanexampletoillustrateyourpoint.

59.Howdoyouuseadictionarytothefull?

VI.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)

60.Analyzethefollowingdialogueandcommentontherhetoricuseofhomonyminitalicizedfont.Customer:"Howcomeyoursausagestastelikemeatatoneend,butlikebreadattheother?"Butcherreplied:"Madam,intimeslikethesenobutchercanmakebothendsmeet."

61.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowingstatement.

Asmostwordshavemorethanonemeaning,itisoftenimpossibletotellthemeaningofawordbeforeitisusedincontext.教全國2010年7月自考英語詞匯學(xué)試題參考答案1.B2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D10.B11.A12.B13.A

14.D15.A16.C17.A18.D19.D20.B21.A22.B23.A24.A

25.C26.C27.D

28.D29.B30.C31.G32.J33.E34.B35.I36.A37.D38.F39.H40.C41.Neologisms42.synthetic43.free44.Reversative45.conceptual46.tree-like47.meat48.grammatical49.phrasal50.unabridged51.boundmorphemes:Morphemeswhichcannotoccurasseparatewordsareboundmorphemes.Theyaresonamedbecausetheyareboundtoothermorphemestoformwords.Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:boundrootandaffix.52.Affixationistheformationofwordsbyaddingword-formingorderivationalaffixestostems.ThisprocessisalsoknownasderivationAffixationfallsintotwosubclasses:prefixationandsuffixation.53.blending:Blendingistheformationofnewwordsbycombiningpartsoftwowordsorawordplusapartofanotherword.54.unabridgeddictionary:Anunabridgeddictionaryisanunshortenedone.200，000headwords.Itsorigin,meaning,pronunciation,cognates（同源）,usage,grammaticalfunction,spelling,hyphenation,capitalization,derivedforms,synonyms,homonyms.Thebest-knownunabridgeddictionaryisWebster’sThirdNewInternationalDictionary(450,000).55.dismemberingofidiom:bybreakinguptheidiomsintopieces,anunusualcaseofuseofidiomsparticularlyinliteratureorpopularpresstoachievespecialeffect.Forexample:Theleopardneverchangeshisspots,haveacardupone’ssleeve,Aroundpeginthesquarestofholes.56.WhatarethethreeperiodsinviewofthedevelopmentofEnglishvocabulary?1OldEnglish(450-1150)2MiddleEnglish(1150-1500)3ModernEnglish(1500-uptonow)57.Howmanytypesdoboundmorphemesinclude?Whatarethey?Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:boundrootandaffix.58.Concept,whichisbeyondlanguageistheresultofhumancognition,reflectingtheobjectiveworldinthehumanmind.Eg:muchandmanyhavethesameconcept.Synonymouspairs“die—passaway”,“ask—question”havethesameconceptbutdifferentsocio-culturalandstylisticvalues.59.Howdoyouuseadictionarytothefull?1.Forbeginners,andelementaryandlower-intermediatelearners,abilingualdictionaryisessent