05年4月自学考试英语词汇学试题(1)

05年4月自学考试英语词汇学试题(1)

课程代码：00832

ⅰ.each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)

1. there are two approaches to the study of polysemy. they are（ ）

a. primary and secondary b. central and peripheral c. diachronic and synchronic d. formal and functional

2. which of the following is not a stylistic feature of idioms?（ ）

a. colloquial b. slang c. negative d. literary

3. synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（ ）

a. absolute and relative b. absolute and complete c. relative and near d. complete and identical 4. in the early period of middle english, english,（ ）existed side by side.

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a. celtic and danish b. danish and french c. latin and celtic d. french and latin

5. a monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （ ）morpheme. a. formal b. concrete c. free d. bound

6. which of the following groups of words is not onomatopoeically motivated?（ ） a. croak, drum b. squeak, bleat c. buzz, neigh d. bang, trumpet 7. ldce is distinctive for its（ ） a. clear grammar codes b. usage notes c. language notes d. all of the above

8. from the historical point of view, english is more closely related to（ ） a. german b. french c. scottish d. irish

9. which of the following is not an acronym?（ ） a. toefl

c. basic d. cctv

10. in the course book, the author lists（ ）types of context clues for inferring word meaning.

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a. eight b. six c. seven d. five

11. sources of homonyms include（ ） a. changes in sound and spelling b. borrowing c. shortening d. all of the above

12. the written form of english is a(an)（ ）representation of the spoken form. a. selective b. adequate c. imperfect d. natural

13. structurally a（ ）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. a. morpheme b. stem c. word d. compound

14. unlike affixes,（ ）are often free morphemes. a. suffixes b. prefixes

c. inflectional morphemes d. roots

15. the four major foreign contributors to the english vocabulary in earlier times were french, latin,（ ）

a. scandinavian and italian b. greek and scandinavian

c. celtic and greek d. italian and spanish

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ⅱ. complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%) 16. the name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo is___________.

17. longman lexicon of contemporary english is a___________ dictionary.

18. when a new word appears for the first time, the author usually manages to give hints or ___________ in the context to help the readers.

19. radiation and ___________ are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.

20. middle english refers to the language spoken from 1150 to___________.

ⅲ. match the words or expressions in column a with those in column b according to 1) word origin, 2) word formation, and 3) types of synonyms or antonyms. (10%)

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