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1、英语词汇学试题Introduction and Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary（练习 1）I Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1.Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily
2、through the use of _A construct. A. word B. form C. morpheme D. root 2._C_ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words. A. Semantics B. Linguistics C. Etymology D. Stylistics 3.Modern English is derived from the language of early D_ tribes. A. Gree
3、k B. Roman C. Italian D. Germanic 4. Semantics is the study of meaning of different _A_ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc. A. linguistic B. grammatical C. arbitrary D. semantic 5.Stylistics is the study of style . It is concerned with the user s choices of linguistic elements in a par
4、ticular_B_ for special effects A. situation B. context C. time D. place 6.Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form , meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a _D_ difference. A . spelling B. semantic C. pronunciation D. pragmatic 7. Terminology consists of _A_ term
5、s used in particular disciplines and academic areas. A. technical B. artistic C. different D. academic 8. _B_refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades, and professions communicate among themselves. A. Slang B. Jargon C. Dialectal words D. Argot 9 ._
6、D_ belongs to the sub-standard language, a category that seems to stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-group words. A. Jargon B. Argot C. Dialectal words D. Slang 10. Argot generally refers to the jargon of _B_.Its use is confined to the sub-c
7、ultural groups and outsiders can hardly understand it. A. workers B. criminals C. any person D. policeman 11._D_ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question. A. Argot B. Slang C. Jargon D. Dialectal words 12. Archaisms are words or forms that were once in _A_use but are now restricted
8、 only to specialized or limited use. A. common B. little C. slight D. great 13. Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on _A_meanings. A. new B. old C. bad D. good 14. Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_B_ words. They include nouns, verbs, a
9、djectives, adverbs and numerals. A. functional B. notional C. empty D. formal 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 15. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called _C_words. Prepositions, co
10、njunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to this category. A. content B. notional C. empty D. new II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. 16.Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and _meainings_of words. 17.E
11、nglish lexicology aims at investigating and studying the _ structures of English words and word equivalents, their semantics, relations, _development, formation and _. 18. English lexicology embraces other academic disciplines, such as morphology, _,etymology, stylistics, _. 19. There are generally
12、two approaches to the study of words , namely synchronic and _. 20. Language study involves the study of speech sounds, grammar and_. III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary 2) content words and functional words
13、3) native words and borrowed words 4)characteristics of the basic word stock. A B 21 . Stability ( ) A. E-mail 22. Collocbility( ) B. aught 23. Jargon( ) C. por 24. Argot ( ) D. upon 25.Notional words( ) E. hypo 26. Neologisms ( ) F. at heart 27. Aliens ( ) G. man 28. Semantic-loans( ) H. dip 29. Ar
14、chaisms ( ) I. fresh 30. Empty words ( ) J. emir IV. Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) characteristics of the basic word stock 2) types of nonbasic vocabulary. 31. dog cheap ( ) 32 a change of heart ( ) 33. can-opener ( ) 34.Roger ( ) 35. bottom line ( ) 36.penicillin ( ) 37.
15、auld ( ) 38. futurology ( ) 39.brethren ( ) 40. take ( ) V. Define the following terms. 41. word 42. Denizens 43. Aliens 44. Translation-loans 45. Semantic-loans VI. Answer the following Questions 46.Illustrate the relationship between sound and meaning, sound and form with examples. 47. What are th
16、e main characteristics of the basic word-stock? Illustrate your points with examples. 48. Give the types of nonbasic vocabulary with examples. VII. Analyze and comment on the following. 49. Classify the following words and point out the types of words according to notion. earth, cloud, run, walk, on
17、, of, upon, be, frequently , the, five, but, a , never. 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 50. Group the following borrowed words into Denizens, Aliens, Translation-loans, Semantic-loans. Dream, pioneer, kowtow, bazaar, lama,
18、master-piece, port, shirt Key to Exercises: I.1. A2.C3.D4.A5.B6.D7.A8.B9.D10.B11.D12.A13.A14.B15.C II.16.meanings17.morphological, historical, usages 18. semantics, lexicography19.diachronic20. vocabulary III.21. G 22. F23. E24. H25. C26. A27. J28.I29.B30.D IV.31. the basic word stock; productivity
19、32. the basic word stock; collocability 33.the basic word stock; argot 34.nonbasic word stock; slang 35. nonbasic word stock; jargon 36. nonbasic word stock ;terminology 37.nonbasic word stock; dialectal words 38. nonbasic word stock ,neologisms 39. nonbasic word stock; archaisms 40. the basic word
20、stock; polysemy V-VI. (see the course book) VII. 49. Content words: earth, clould, run, walk, frequently, never, five Functional words: on, of, upon, be, the, but, a. 50. Denizens: port, shirt, Aliens: bazaar, kowtow Translation-loans: lama, masterpiece Semantic-loans:dream, pioneer Chapter 2 The De
21、velopment of the English Vocabulary and Chapter 3 Word Formation I(练习 2) I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1.It is assumed that the world has approximately 3,000( some put it 5,000)languages, which can be g
22、rouped into the basis of similarities in their basic word stock and grammar. A. 500 B. 4000 C. 300 D. 2000 2.The prehistoric Indo-European parent language is thought to be a highly _language. A. inflected B. derived C. developed D. analyzed 3.After the _, the Germanic tribes called Angles ,Saxons, a
23、nd Jutes came in great numbers. A. Greeks B. Indians C. Romans D. French 4.The introduction of _had a great impact on the English vocabulary. A. Hinduism B. Christianity C. Buddhism D. Islamism 5.In the 9thcentury the land was invaded again by Norwegian and Danish Vikings. With the invaders, many _w
24、ords came into the English language. A. Greek B. Roman C. Celtic D. Scandinavian 6.It is estimated that at least _ words of Scandinavian origin have survived in modern 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - English. A. 500 B. 800
25、C. 1000 .D. 900 7.The Normans invaded England from France in 1066. The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of _ words into English. A. French B. Greek C. Roman D. Latin 8.By the end of the _century , English gradually came back into the schools, the law courts, and government and regained socia
26、l status. A. 12thB. 13thC. 14thD.15th9.As a result , Celtic made only a _contribution to the English vocabulary. A. small B. big C. great D. smaller 10. The Balto-Slavic comprises such modern languages as Prussian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovenian and _. A. Greek B. Roman C. Indian D.
27、 Russian 11. In the Indo-Iranian we have Persian , Bengali, Hindi, Romany, the last three of which are derived from the dead language. A. Sanskrit B. Latin C. Roman D. Greek 12. Greek is the modern language derived from _. A. Latin B. Hellenic C. Indian D . Germanic 13. The five Roamance languages ,
28、 namely, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian all belong to the Italic through an intermediate language called _. A. Sanskrit B. Latin C. Celtic D. Anglo-Saxon 14. The _family consists of the four Northern European Languages: Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish, which are generally kn
29、own as Scandinavian languages. A. Germanic B. Indo-European C. Albanian D. Hellenic 15. By the end of the _century , virtually all of the people who held political or social power and many of those in powerful Church positions were of Norman French origin. A. 10thB.11thC.12thD. 13thII. Complete the
30、following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. 16. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as _. 17. . If we say that Old English was a language of full endings , Middle English was one of _. 18. It can be concluded that English has evoked from a synthetic lang
31、uage (Old English) to the present _ language. 19. The surviving languages accordingly fall into eight principal groups , which can be grouped into an Eastern set: Balto-Slavic , Indo-Iranian ,Armenian and Albanian; a Western set :Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, _. 20. It is necessary to subdivide Modern E
32、nglish into Early (1500-1700)and _ Modern English. III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) origin of the words 2)history off English development 3) language family. A B 21. Celtic ( ) A.politics 22. religious ( ) B.moon 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - -
33、- - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 23.Scandinavian ( ) C. Persian 24. French ( ) D.London 25. Old English ( ) E. abbot 26.Dutch ( ) F. skirt 27.Middle English ( ) G. sunu 28. Modern English ( ) H. lernen 29. Germanic family ( ) I. freight 30.Sanskrit ( ) J. N
34、orwegian IV.Study the following words or expressions and identify types of morphemes underlined. 31. earth ( ) 32.contradict ( ) 33. predictor ( ) 34. radios ( ) 35. prewar ( ) 36. happiest ( ) 37. antecedent ( ) 38. northward ( ) 38. sun ( ) 40. diction ( ) V. Define the following terms. 41. free m
35、orphemes 42. bound morphemes 43. root 44. stem 45.affixes VI. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. 46. Describe the characteristics of Old English . 47. Describe the characteristics of Middle English. 48. Describe the characteristics of Modern English. VII. Answer
36、the following questions with examples. 49. What are the three main sources of new words ? 50. How does the modern English vocabulary develop ? Key to exercises: I.1.C 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.B II.16.Old English 17. Leveled endings 18. analytic 19. Germanic 20.Late
37、(1700-up to the present ) III.21. D 22. E 23. F 24. A 25. G 26. I 27. H 28. B 29. J 30. C IV.31. free morpheme/ free root 32. bound root 33. suffix 34. inflectional affix 35. prefix 36. Inflectional affix 37. prefix 38. suffix 39. free morpheme/free root 40.bound root V.-VI ( See the course book ) V
38、II. 49. The three main sources of new words are : (1) The rapid development of modern science and technology ,e.g. astrobiology, green revolution ; (2) Social , economic and political changes; e.g. Watergate, soy milk; (3) The influence of other cultures and language; e.g. felafel, Nehru Jackets. 50
39、. Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: (1) creation, e.g. consideration, carefulness; (2) semantic change, e.g. Polysemy, homonymy ; (3) borrowing ;e.g. tofu, gongful. Chapter 3 The Development of the English V ocabulary and Chapter 4 Word Formation II（练习3）I Each of the stateme
40、nts below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 1.The prefixes in the words of irresistible, nonclassical and apolitical are called _
41、. A.reversative prefixes B. negative prefixes C. pejorative prefixes D. locative prefixes 2.The prefixes contained in the following words are called _: pseudo-friend, malpractice, mistrust. A. reversative prefixed B. negative prefixes C. pejorative prefixes D. locative prefixes 3.The prefixed contai
42、ned in unwrap, de-compose and disallow are _. A. reversative prefixed B. negative prefixes C. pejorative prefixes D. locative prefixes 4.The prefixes in words extra-strong, overweight and archbishop are _ . A . negative prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size C. pejorative prefixes D. locative prefix
43、es 5.The prefixes in words bi lingual ,uniform and hemisphere are _. A. number prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size C. pejorative prefixes D. locative prefixes 6._ are contained in words trans-world, intra-party and forehead. A.Prefixes of orientation and attitude B. Prefixes of time and order C.
44、Locative prefixes D. Prefixes of degree or size 7. Rugby ,afghan and champagne are words coming from _. A.names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 8. Omega, Xerox and orlon are words from _. A.names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 9.Ex-student,
45、foretell and post-election contain_. A.negative prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size C. prefixes of time and order D. locative prefixes 10. Mackintosh, bloomers and cherub are from _ A. names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 11. The prefixes in words new-Nazi, autobiogr
46、aphy and pan-European are _. A.negative prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size C. prefixes of time and order D. miscellaneous prefixes 12. The prefixes in words anti-government , prostudent and contraflow are _-. A.prefixes of degree or size B. prefixes of orientation and attitude C. prefixes of tim
47、e and order D. miscellaneous prefixes 13. Utopia ,odyssey and Babbit are words from _. A.names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 14. The suffixes in words clockwise, homewards are _. A. noun suffixes B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes D. adjective suffixes 15. The suffixe
48、s in words height en, symbolize are _. A. noun suffixes B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes D. adjective suffixes II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. 16. Affixation is generally defined as the formation of words by adding word-forming
49、or derivational affixes to stem. This process is also known as_. 17.Compounding , also called _, is the formation of new words by joining two or more stems . Words formed in this way are called _. 18. _ is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class. 19. _ is the for
50、mation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - part of another word . Words formed in this way are called blends or _words. 20 A common way of making a word is to shorte