广外英语词汇学复习题五套(重点).doc

广外英语词汇学复习题五套字号：t|t 2009-10-24 15:24 来源：未知 编辑：admin点击： 110次 英语词汇学复习题 (一) i. decide whether the following statements are true or false. circle t or f as you see fit on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. the basic word stock of a language is changing rapidly all the time. 2. a free morpheme is a word in the traditional sense. 3. the total number of functional words is very limited in english. 4. every english word has its motivation. 5. all the affixes in english are very productive. 6. the meaning of a word, especially that of a polysemous word, is often determined by the context in which it appears. 7. some synonyms are connected with euphemisms and vulgarisms. 8. the interaction between american english and british english is largely from west to east nowadays. 9. if a native word has a borrowed synonym, the foreign word is always more literary than the native one. 10. a synchronic dictionary is a dictionary of contemporary words. ii. the following are multiple-choice questions. mark your answer by circling a,b, c or d on your answer sheet. (20%) 11. the history of the english language began with the conquest and settlement of what is now england by the _. (a) romans (b) danish (c) angles, saxons and jutes (d) normans 12. the sentence “feeling fatigued, tom retired early” is stylistically _. (a) colloquial (b) slangy (c) literary (d) neutral 13. a morpheme is a two-facet language unit, which possesses both _. (a) function and meaning (b) letters and meaning (c) syllable and meaning (d) sound and meaning 14. a hybrid is a word made up of elements belonging to two or more _. (a) foreign languages (b) different languages (c) germanic languages (d) romance languages 15. in english the most productive type of conversion is conversion _. (a) from verb to adjective (b) from adjective to noun (c) from noun to adjective (d) from noun to verb 16. the majority of back-formed words are _. (a) nouns (b) adjectives (c) verbs (d) adverbs 17. “statesman” is an appreciative word whereas “politician” is a _. (a) colloquial word (b) derogatory word (c) purr word (d) neutral word 18. “happy” and “unhappy” are _. (a) non-gradable antonyms (b) root antonyms (c) derivational antonyms (d) conversives 19. the language brought to north america by the british explorers in the seventeenth century belongs to the early stage of _. (a) old english (b) middle english (c) modern english (d) contemporary english 20. “corpse” originally meant the human body. now it means a dead body. this is a case of _. (a) restriction of meaning (b) extension of meaning (c) degeneration of meaning (d) elevation of meaning iii. decide whether each of the following words is a a)simple word, b) compound word, c) derived word or d) shortened form. mark your answer on the answer sheet. 21. taxi 22. lady 23. modernize 24. eager 25. friendship 26. warship 27. german 28. frenchman 29. crocodile 30. photo iv. explain the following terms with appropriate examples. do it on the answer sheet. (10%) 31. allomorph 32. derivation v. give a short answer to the following questions. do it on the answer sheet. (30%) 33. the meaning of a ploysemous word is often determined by the linguistic context in which it appears. illustrate this point with examples. 34. what are the four commonest tendencies of the change of word meaning? vi. give a longer answer (150-200 words) to the following question. do it on the answer sheet. (20%) 35. how are antonyms classified in english?英语词汇学复习题 (二) i. decide whether the following statements are true or false. circle t or f as you see fit on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. all the words in a language together constitute what is known as its basic word stock. 2. greek borrowings in english are mostly words about things in daily life. 3. the english vocabulary is extremely homogeneous. 4. content words as a class are used more frequently than function words. 5. inflectional affixes have only grammatical meanings. 6. root, stem and base refer to the same thing. 7. the prefix “de-“ is polysemic. 8. there is an intrinsic connection between the sound symbol and the sense of all english words. 9. “impossible” expresses a stronger negation than “not possible”. 10. when an idiom is reworded, its sense is usually destroyed. ii. choose the correct answer. mark your choice on the answer sheet. (20%) 11. middle english began with the _ conquest of england in 1066. a. greek b. norman c. danish d. roman 12. new words in a language are also referred to as _. a. archaisms b. neologisms c. colloquialisms d. euphemisms 13. the word “stretched” is made up of two _. a. vowels b. morphemes c. syllables d. phonemes 14. the suffix “-ling” as in “hireling” and “weakling” has a _ shade of meaning. a. poetic b. euphemistic c. commendatory d. derogatory 15. which of the following is an acronym? a. opec b. cia c. isbn d. fbi 16. “bank” has the meaning of “land along the side of a river” and “a place in which money is kept and paid out”. this is an example of _. a. polysemy b. homonymy c. hyponymy d. homophony 17. “sow” (put seeds in soil) and “sow” (a fully grown female pig) are _. a. homophones b. homographs c. hyponyms d. perfect synonyms 18. “journey” originally meant “a days walk”. now it means “distance traveled”. this is a case of _. a. generalization b. specialization c. pejoration d. amelioration 19. the branch of linguistics treating of word origins is called _. a. grammatology b. phraseology c. lexicology d. etymology 20. the root “-tain” as in maintain, “retain” and “detain” means _. a. to hold b. to give c. to get d. to put iii. examines the following words and decide whether each of them is a: (a) simple word, (b) derived word, (c) compound word or, (d) shortened word. (10%) 21. memo 26. radish 22. lady 27. tiger 23. workman 28. childhood 24. worker 29. teapot 25. reddish 30. uglify iv. explain the following terms, giving appropriate examples. write your answer on the answer sheet. (15%) 31. conversion 32. bound morpheme 33. elevation of meaning v. give a brief answer to the following questions. write it on your answer sheet. (20%) 34. what is the difference between polysemy and homonymy? 35. say something about the motivation of english words. vi. expound the following question in about 200 words. write it in the space provided on your answer sheet. (25%) grammatical meaning and lexical meaning英语词汇学复习题 (三) i. some of the following statements are true, and the others false. mark your answer by writing t or f on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. the transitional period from old english to modern english is known as middle english (1100-1500), which is characterized by the strong influence of french. 2. words of anglo-saxon origin are loan words. 3. an allomorph is the minimal meaningful unit of the english language. 4. today the largest number of new words are formed by compounding. 5. acronymy and derivation are all processes of shortening words or word groups. 6. genuine coinage is not rare. 7. componential analysis enables us to have an exact knowledge of the conceptual meaning of words. 8. polysemy is an essential feature of a languages economy and efficiency. 9. homophones are words identical in spelling but different in meaning. 10. all words have antonyms. ii. the following are multiple-choice questions. mark your answer by writing a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet. (20%) 11. a _ of sheep is grazing in the fields. (a) flock (b) herd (c) shoal (d) swarm 12. when you have a problem in your study, you may ask the teacher for help. “ask” here means _. (a) invite (b) demand (c) require (d) request 13. he is one of my fast friends. “fast” here means _. (a) rapid (b) steadfast (c) secure (d) sensitive 14. “married” and “single” form a pair of _. (a) conversives (b) complementary antonyms (c) gradable antonyms (d) marked antonyms 15. _ is not a pair of homophones. (a) air, heir (b) dear, deer (c) son, sun (d) tear, tear 16. the idiomatic expression in “my old man has kicked the bucket” means _. (a) my daddy has struck a pail with his feet (b) my old buddy has gone to get the bucket (c) my old father has passed away (d) my old pail has been damaged 17. _ is not a british expression. (a) tube (b) pub (c) railroad (d) taxi 18. the prefix in the word _ does not change it to a different word-class. (a) endanger (b) unearth (c) antiwar (d) unfair 19. “donate” resulting from “donation” is an example of _. (a) clipping (b) compounding (c) reduplication (d) back-formation 20. _ is not a pair of contrasting words. (a) high, bright (b) empty, full (c) rough, gentle (d) fair, dark iii. decide whether each of the following words is a a)simple word, b) compound word, c) derived word or d) shortened form. mark your answer on the answer sheet. 21. handwriting 26. microwave 22. ordinary 27. plane 23. defrost 28. airline 24. retire 29. blackboard 25. exam 30. unable iv. explain the following terms with appropriate examples. do it on the answer sheet. (10%) 31. polysemy 32. neoclassical formation v. give a short answer to the following questions. do it on the answer sheet. (30%) 33. what is the difference between a free root and a bound root? 34. explain compounding and derivation and the difference between them. vi. give a longer answer (150-200 words) to the following question. do it on the answer sheet. (20%) 35. what are the causes of the rapid growth of present-day english vocabulary?英语词汇学复习题 (四)i. some of the following statements are true, and the others false. mark your answer by writing t or f on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. the history of the english language begins with the conquest and settlement of what is now england by the angles, saxons and the jutes from about 450 ad. 2. the allomorphs of a morpheme show a slight difference in sound and meaning. 3. the three major processes of word-formation are compounding, blending and conversion. 4. acronyms differ from initialisms in that they are pronounced as words. 5. the denotative meaning of a word is its definition given in a dictionary. 6. polysemy is the exception and monosemy is the rule. 7. homonyms are words different in meaning but identical in spelling or sound. 8. when a word has several meanings, it will demand a separate antonym in each sense. 9. when we say context determines the word sense, we mean that it gives a sense to the word. 10. idioms are usually semantically opaque. ii. the following are multiple-choice questions. mark your answer by writing a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet. (20%) 11. the english language has vast debts. the majority of english words are borrowed from _. (a) italian, spanish and portuguese (b) anglo-saxon and celtic (c) latin, french and greek (d) hebrew, indian and japanese 12. “tain” in “contain” is _. (a) a free root (b) a bound root (c) an inflectional affix (d) a derivational affix 13. _ is not a compound. (a) airmail (b) headache (c) housekeeping (d) telephone 14. among the words in brackets, _ is a noun converted from a verb. (a) it is a good (buy). (b) tom went (home) early. (c) the workers (canned) apples. (d) the book is a (must) for students. 15. “toefl” is an example of _. (a) initialism (b) blending (c) acronym (d) clipping 16. the group of words _ are not synonyms. (a) “agony, pain, twinge” (b) “holy, sacred, consecrated” (c) “rage, fury, indignation” (d) “doubt, suspect, distrust” 17. “lend” and “borrow” form a pair of _. (a) conversives (b) complementary antonyms (c) gradable antonyms (d) marked antonyms 18. the word “silly” used to mean “blessed and happy”; now it means “foolish”. this is an example of _ of meaning. (a) extension (b) degeneration (c) restriction (d) elevation 19. the group of words _ do not make up a semantic field. (a) “train, plate, taxi” (b) “spinach, celery, cabbage” (c) “walk, trudge, saunter” (d) “rose, olive, purple” 20. the great lexicographer samuel johnson compiled _ in 1755. (a) “the american dictionary of the english language” (b) “a dictionary of the english language” (c) “longman modern english dictionary” (d) “oxford advanced learners dictionary” iii. decide whether each of the following words is a a) simple word, b) compound word, c) derived word or d) shortened form. mark your answers on the answer sheet. (10%) 21. fax 26. exam 22. recycle 27. culture 23. dropout 28. fridge 24. morning 29. setback 25. lighter 30. science iv. explain the following terms with appropriate examples. do it on the answer sheet. (10%) 31. synonymy 32. prefixation v. give a short answer to the following questions. do it on the answer sheet. (30%) 33. what is the difference between an inflectional affix and a derivational affix? illustrate your points with examples. 34. explain clipping and blending and the difference between them. vi. give a longer answer (150-200 words) to the following question. do it on the answer sheet. (20%) 35. what are the characteristics of the american english and how is it different from british english?英语词汇学复习题 (五) i. some of the following statements are true, and the others false. mark your answer by writing t or f on your answer sheet. (10%) 1. the great majority of the basic word stock of the english language are native words, that is, words of anglo-saxon origin. 2. suffixation is different from conversion in that it does not change the word-class of the base. 3. words of a semantic field are synonymous. 4. clipping involves the deletion of one or more syllables from a word, which is also available in its full form. 5. content words have lexical meaning but no grammatical meaning. 6. a particular characteristic of componential analysis is that it attempts to treat components in terms of binary opposites. 7. a root is the basic unchangeable part of a word. 8. many english words cannot be analyzed in terms of semantic features. 9. all words have antonyms. 10. the impact of context on meaning differs from one word to another and from one instance or passage to another. ii. the following are multiple-choice questions. mark your answer by writing a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet. (20%) 11. the english language from _ to the present is called modern english. (a) 450 (b) 1100 (c) 1500 (d) 1800 12. the sentence “john was fired for petty thieving.” is stylistically _. (a) literal (b) colloquial (c) archaic (d) neutral 13. of the following words, _ is an acronym. (a) opec (b) cia (c) stylistic (d) affective 14. the definition of a word given in the dictionary is called its _ meaning. (a) connotative (b) denotative (c) stylistic (d) affective 15. in terms of oppositeness of meaning, _ is a pair of conversives. (a) “deep” and “shallow” (b) “present” and “absent” (c) “love” and “hate” (d) “above” and “below” 16. in the group of words “ride, run, walk, go, fly”, “go” is a _. (a) superordinate term (b) hyponym (c) subordinate term (d) hy