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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上英语词汇学模拟试卷 (四)I. Choose the best answer and then put the letter of your choice in the given brackets. (30%)1. In the Western set, Greek is the modern language derived from _. A. Celtic B. Germanic C. Italic D. Hellenic ( )2. According to the _ of affixes, we can put them into two groups:
2、 inflectional and derivational affixes. A. positions B. structure C. pronunciation D. functions ( )3. There was _ agreement between sound and form in Old English than in Modern English. A. less B. a bit less C. more D. a bit more ( )4. Which of the following words is not a functional word? A. but B.
3、 four C. they D. about ( )5. The word “contradiction” contains no _. A. free morpheme B. stem C. bund morpheme D. root ( )6. The words “AIDS” and “NATO” are regarded as _. A. blends B. compounds C. acronyms D. initialisms ( ) 7. The word _ is regarded as a deverbal noun. A. popularity B. protection
4、C. productivity D. priestess ( )8. Lexical meaning and _ meaning make up the word meaning. A. grammatical B. semantic C. associative D. conceptual ( )9. Because many words have more than one meaning, _ is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages. A. synonymy B. homonymy C. polysemy D. hypo
5、nymy ( )10. The words “same” and “different” are regarded as _ terms. A. contradictory B. relative C. contrary D. graded ( )11. Pejoration of meaning is the opposite of semantic _. A. transfer B. extension C. narrowing D. elevation ( )12. The meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure wher
6、e it occurs, which is called _ context. A. lexical B. grammatical C. linguistic D. non-linguistic ( )13. The word “lip” in the phrase “the lip of a wound” is regarded as a _ motivated word. A. semantically B. etymologically C. morphologically D. onomatopoeically ( )14. The order of meanings in CCELD
7、 indicates the _ changes of words. A. phonological B. semantic C. morphological D. grammatical ( )15. Linguistic dictionaries usually cover such areas as _. A. spelling and pronunciation B. meaning and function C. usage and etymology D. all the above ( )II. Complete the following statements with pro
8、per words or expressions given in the course book. (15%)1. The basic word stock is the foundation of the vocabulary accumulated over the centuries and forms the common _ of the language.2. The words which were borrowed early in the past and now are well assimilated into the English language are know
9、n as _.3. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient _ and Roman classics.4. Norwegian, _, Danish and Swedish are generally known as Scandinavian languages.5. The plural morpheme has a number of _ in different sound context.6. Affixes added to other morphemes
10、 to create new words are called _ affixes. 7. The words created by conversion are new only in a _ sense.8. The sense of an expression is its place in a system of _ relationships with other expressions in the language.9. Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully identical with regard to spelling and
11、 _.10. Antonyms have various practical uses and have long been proved helpful and valuable in defining the _ of words.11. It is often impossible to get to know the meaning of a word before it is used in _.12. Transfer may also occur between abstract and _ meanings. 13. Idioms consist of set _ and se
12、ntences.14. The rhetorical device used in the idiom “chop and change” is generally regarded as _. 15. The dictionary is the poor spellers best friend. It gives the accepted _ for all words.III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and then put in the brackets the letter “T” if t
13、he statement is true or “F” if it is false. (15%)1. Generally speaking, in different languages the same concept can be represented by different sounds ( )2. It is estimated that English borrowings constitute 80 percent of the modern English vocabulary. ( )3. The Germanic tribes were considered to be
14、 the first peoples known to inhabit the British Isles. ( )4. There is an inflectional morpheme in the word “dictionary”. ( )5. In view of their distribution in the formation of English words, affixes can fall into prefixes and suffixes. ( )6. The word “zoo” is created by clipping the back of a phras
15、e. ( )7. The same word has the same associative meaning to all the speakers of the same language. ( )8. Synonyms share a likeness in denotation as well as in part of speech. ( )9. Analogy is thought to be one of the linguistic factors leading to the changes of word-meaning. ( )10. True idioms are th
16、ose whose meanings can be deduced from those of the individual constituents. ( )11. The ambiguity of the sentence “The ball is attractive,” is caused by inadequate grammatical context. ( )12. Such words as “useless” and “bad-mouth” are regarded as morphologically motivated words. ( )13. In the idiom
17、 “pick and choose”, juxtaposition is used. ( ) 14. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is generally known as a specialized dictionary. ( )15. Readers can find the information concerning the origins of words in most of the British dictionaries. ( )IVAnswer the following questions. (20%)1. What
18、 are the differences between a bound morpheme and a bound root?2. What is the main difference between prefixes and suffixes? 3. What is collocative meaning? What are the characteristics of collocative meaning?4. What is the difference between radiation and concatenation?5. What are the two main type
19、s of linguistic context?V. Analyze and comment on the following.(20%)1. Point out the formation of the following words. motel workfare memo pop BBC AIDS2. Comment on the following two sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates. a. Her brother got a book in the university last week. b. Her
20、 brother borrowed a dictionary from the library last Monday.英语词汇学模拟试卷 (四)参考答案I. 选择题 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. DII. 填空题 1. core 2. denizens 3. Greek 4. Danish 5. allomorphs 6. derivational 7. grammatical 8. semantic 9. pronunciation 10. meanings 11
21、. context 12. concrete13. phrases 14. alliteration 15. spellingIII. 是非题 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. F 11. F 12. F 13. F 14. T 15. FIV. 问答题1. Bound morphemes which cannot occur as separate words include two types: bound root and affix. A bound morpheme may be either a bound root
22、or an affix. Bound roots, only one type of bound morphemes, are included in bound morphemes.2. Prefixes do not generally change the word classes of stems. In other words, most of the prefixes are characterized by their non-class-change nature. Their chief function is to change the meanings of stems.
23、 Unlike prefixes, suffixes have only a small semantic role, their primary function being to change the grammatical function of stems.3. Collocative meaning consists of the associations a word acquires in its collocation. In other words, it is that part of the word-meaning suggested by the words befo
24、re or after the word in discussion. Collocative meaning overlaps with stylistic and affective meanings because in a sense both stylistic and affective meanings are revealed by means of collocations.4. Unlike radiation where each of the derived meanings is directly connected to the primary meaning, c
25、oncatenation describes a process where each of the later meanings is related only to the preceding one like chains.5. Linguistic context can be subdivided into lexical context and grammatical context. Lexical context refers to the words that occur together with the word in question. This meaning of
26、the word is affected and defined by the neighboring words. Grammatical context refers to the structure in which a word occurs. The meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure. Though less common, it is by no means rare.V. 论述题1. 1) Motel and workfare are blends. Motel is formed by combining
27、 the head of motor and the tail of hotel, and workfare is formed by combining the word “work” and the tail of welfare.2) Memo and pop are clipped words. Memo is formed by clipping the tail of the word “memorandum”, and pop is formed by clipping the tail of the phrase “popular music”. 3) BBC and AIDS
28、 are new words created through acronymy. BBC from “British Broadcasting Corporation” is an initialism, AIDS from “acquired immune deficiency syndrome” is an acronym.2. 1) The relationships between some words used in the above two sentences is hyponymy.2) In the first sentence, “got”, “book”, “univer
29、sity” and “week” are all superordinates, while “borrowed”, “dictionary”, “library” and “Monday” in the second sentence are all subordinates compared with the corresponding expression in the previous sentence.3) The second sentence is clearer because subordinates are vivid, exact, precise and concrete. 专心-专注-专业