英语词汇学试卷.doc

英语词汇学试卷答案 第一部分 选择题 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answersChoose 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 polysemyThey are _. Aprimary and secondary Bcentral and peripheral Cdiachronic and synchronic Dformal and functional 2 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms? AColloquial BSlang CNegative DLiterary 3 Synonyms can be classified into two major groups，that is：_. Aabsolute and relative Babsolute and complete Crelative and near Dcomplete and identical 4 In the early period of Middle English，English，_existed side by side， ACeltic and Danish BDanish and French CLatin and Celtic DFrench and Latin 5 A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _ morpheme Aformal Bconcrete Cfree Dbound 6 Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated? A，croak，drum Bsqueak，bleat Cbuzz，neigh Dbang，trumpet 7LDCE is distinctive for its_. AClear grammar codes Busage notes Clanguage notes Dall of the above 8 From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to AGerman BFrench CScottish DIrish 9 Which of the following is NOT an acronym? ATOEFL BODYSSEY CBASIC DCCTV 10. In the course book，the author lists _ types of context clues for inferring word meaning Aeight Bsix Cseven Dfive 11Sources of homonyms include_. Achanges in sound and spelling Bborrowing Cshortening Dall of the above 12The written form of English is a(an)_representation of the spoken form Aselective Badequate Cimperfect Dnatural 13Structurally a _is the smallest meaningful unit of a language Amorpheme Bstem Cword Dcompound 14Unlike affixes，_are often free morphemes Asuffixes Bprefixes Cinflectional morphemes Droots 15The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French. Latin，_. AScandinavian and Italian BGreek and Scandinavian CCeltic and Greek DItalian and Spanish 第二部分 非选择题 Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book 16The name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo is_. 17Longman lexicon of Contemporary English is a _ dictionary 18When a new word appears for the first time，the author usually manages to give hints or _in the context to help the readers 19Radiation and _are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy 20Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_. 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 A B ( )21skill Abackformation ( )22babysit Bblending ( )23telequiz CFrench origin ( )24compositioncompounding DS Candinavian origin ( )25government Eclipping ( )26samedifferent F. relative synonyms ( )27gent G. Germanic ( )28English Habsolute synonyms ( )29changealter I. contradictory terms ( )30bigsmall Jcontrary terms IVSmdy the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of bound morphemes underlined, 2) types of meanings,3)processes of meaning development，and 4) foliation of eompounds 31neckprimary meaning：that part of man joining the head to the body； a secondary meaning：the narrowest part of anything( ) 32contradict ( ) 33mother：love，care ( ) 34upcoming ( ) 35window shopping ( ) 36radlos ( ) 37property developer ( ) 38Candidateearlier meaning：white-robed； later meaning：a person proposed for a place，award etc ( )overcoat 39handsomo-tyoewhter ( )man 40northward ( ) V. Define the following terms. 41.encyclopendia 42.borrcwed 43.blending 44.extension 45.phrasal verb VI. Answer the following questing questions. Your answers should be Clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. 46.what is the difference prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples. 47.what is extra-linguistic context? 48.what is polysemy? Illustrate your points. VII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. 49. Study the following sentence and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then what contextual help you to work out the meaning. Carnivores are very dangerous. Not long ago, a tiger escaped from the zoo and killed a dog in The street and ate it. 50.Connotative meaning is not stable. Comment on this statement with one example. 英语词汇学答案 (课程代码 0832) IEach Of the statements below is followed by four alternative answersChoose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket 1.C 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.B II Complete the following statements with proper words Or expressions according to the course book 16extension 或generalization 17specialized 18clues 19concatenation 201500 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 21D 22A 23B 24H 25C 26I 27E 28G 29F 30J IVStudy the following words or expressions and identify 1)types of bound morphemes underlined，2)types of meanings，3)processes of meaning development，and 4)formation of compounds 31radiation 32bound root 33connotative meaning 34adv+v-ing 35n+v-ing 36inflectional affixinflectional morpheme 37n+v-er 3.concatenation 39collocative meaning 40suffixderivational affix VDefine the following terms 41An encyclopedia provides encyclopedic information concerning each headword；it is not concerned with the language per se. 42Borrowed words, also，known，as loan words，are words taken over from foreign languages 43It refers to the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word with a part of another word 44Extension is a process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized 45.idiom composed of a verb plus a preposition andor a particle VI. Answer the following questionsYour answers should be clear and shortWrite your answers in the space given below 46Prefixation does not generally change the word-class of the stem；it only modifies its meaning. e.gtreat-maltreat Suffixation，On，the other hand，changes the word-class instead of its meaning. e.gemploy employer 47.(1)Known as non-linguistic context or context of situation (2)components a.participants (addresser and addressee) writer and reader speaker and listenerhearer b. time and place c. cultural background 48.要点：1)a common feature peculiar to all natural languages 2)have more than one sense 3)The problem of polesemy Can be dealt with from two angles：diachronic approach and synchronic approach VIIAnalyze and comment on the followingWrite your answers in the space given below 49(1)tige