英语词汇学自考题模拟21_真题-无答案

英语词汇学自考题模拟21 (总分100,考试时间90分钟)

Ⅰ.

Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers．Choose the one that **pletes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. 1. \"I\"m certain that she **e tomorrow.\"

There are ______ content words in the above sentence. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

2. Which of the following is NOT a new word brought about by growth of science and technology? A. Earthrise. B. Chemistry. C. Astrobiology. D. Megavitamin.

3. There are ______ morphemes in the word denaturalization. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

4. \"Drunk\" (noun) is a word formed by ______. A. prefixation B. compounding C. conversion D. blending 5. The word \"N-bomb\" is a(n) ______. A. initialism B. acronym C. derivative D. compound

6. The prefix \"fore-\" in the word \"forehead\" is a ______ prefix. A. negative B. reversafive C. pejorative D. locative

7. Words are arbitrary symbols with ______ relation to one another. A. linguistic B. semantic C. grammatical D. pragmatic

8. In the sentence \"Nails are thin growths at the end of the fingers. \" the word \"growths\" is an example of transfer ______.

A. from abstract meaning to concrete meaning B. from concrete meaning to abstract meaning C. of subjective sense D. of objective sense

9. \"Wide of the mark\" is an idiom ______ in nature. A. adjectival B. verbal

C. adverbial D. nominal

10. The idiom \"in the cradle\" is (a) ______ as far as figures of speech are concerned. A. synecdoche B. metonymy C. personification D. metaphor

11. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes. E. g. , \"dog\" can form new words with other morphemes: \"dogfight\\"doghole\" and \"dogsleep\". This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______. A. productivity B. polysemy C. stability D. collocability

12. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient ______ and Roman classics. This was known in history as the Renaissance. A. India B. German C. Greek D. Chinese

13. There is/are ______ mono-morphemic word(s) in the following words: bad, cow, geese, watches. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

14. The plural morpheme \"-s\" is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT ______. A. marks B. drags C. shops D. sheets

15. In English there are ______ types of motivation as far as the relationship between the sign and meaning is concerned. A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 5

16. What is applicable to ______ of some antonyms may not be applicable to their relative terms. A. connotative terms B. collocative terms C. contradictory terms D. negative terms

17. The main functions of verbal context include ______. A. elimination of ambiguity B. indication of referents

C. provision of clues for inferring word-meaning D. all the above

18. Which of the following about extra-linguistic context is true?

A. It can be subdivided into extra-linguistic context and non-linguistic context.

B. It only refers to the physical situation or environment relating to the use of words. C. It embraces the people, time, size and place.

D. It may extend to embrace the entire cultural background.

19. The change of idiom from \"fortune\"s wheel\" to \"the wheel of fortune\" is ______. A. replacement B. position-shifting C. addition D. shortening

20. As most words are ______, the senses of words are arranged in different ways in dictionaries.

A. mono-morphemic B. polysemantic C. analytic D. none of the above

21. Which of the following dictionaries is a specialized dictionary? A. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. B. Webster\"s Third New International Dictionary. C. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. D. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Ninth Edition.

22. Which of the following does not belong to associative meaning? A. Connotative meaning. B. Stylistic meaning. C. Affective meaning. D. Primary meaning.

23. The following are content words EXCEPT ______. A. verbs B. nouns C. articles D. adjectives

24. Which of the following is not one type of idioms? A. Sentence idioms.

B. Idioms nominal in nature. C. Idioms adverbial in nature. D. Clausal idioms.

25. The words \"angel\A. Norman conquest B. Christianity

C. Chinese language

D. other European languages

26. For beginners and lower-intermediate learners, a ______ dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language. A. mono-lingual B. bilingual C. unabridged D. specialized

27. Phonetic manipulation includes two aspects which go as follows: (1) alliteration (2) rhyme (3) reiteration (4) juxtaposition A. (1)and(2) B. (1),(2),(3)and(4) C. (3)and(4) D. (1),(2)and(3)

28. The following can cause ambiguity EXCEPT ______. A. polysemy B. homonymy C. grammatical structure D. variations of idioms

29. The word \"disease\" which originally meant \"discomfort\" but now denotes \"illness\" has undergone ______. A. narrowing B. elevation C. degradation D. expansion

30. ______ are best viewed in terms of a scale running between two poles or extremes.

A. Contradictory terms B. Relative terms C. Contrary terms D. None of the above Ⅱ.

Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.

1. Degradation or ______ of meaning is the opposite of semantic elevation.

2. In Middle English period, ______ was an influential language until the 13th century when English came back.

3. ______ of the total number of new words in English vocabulary were produced through affixation.

4. The method of creating words by removing the ______ is called back-formation. 5. Motivation deals with the connection between the linguistic symbols and ______. 6. When a common word is turned into a proper noun, its meaning is ______.

7. In a narrow sense, ______ refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears. 8. The general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over one ______ words.

9. In the process of ______, each of the later meaning is only relative to the preceding one like chains.

10. Usually, people use \"tremble with fear\not \"quiver with fear\"; this can be an example of______. Ⅲ.

Define the following terms. 1. argot

2. context clues

3. pormanteau words 4. pejoration of meaning 5. synthetic language Ⅳ.

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.

1. Please illustrate the differences between relative terms and contradictory terms with examples. 2. 47 What is the difference between superordinates and subordinates? 3. sun-u→sun-e→son

Above is the change of \"son\" from Old English through Middle English to Modern English. What can you conclude from the viewpoint of the development of English vocabulary?

4. Please illustrate the differences between American dictionaries and British dictionaries with examples.

Ⅴ.

Analyze **ment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. 1. She is very skinny and beautiful.

Are all the words in the sentence used appropriately? If not, why? Then improve it.

2. Analyze **ment on the meanings of the following sentences and then find out the right antonyms for each \"dull\" respectively. [A] The story in this book is dull.

[B] He became dull and silent when the class began. [C] I\"m tired of such dull weather!