03年到06年试题汇总19.doc

全国2003年4月英语词汇学试题 第一部分选择题（共30分）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.The process of meaning relation is also called .()AextensionBdegradationCspecializationDelevation2.Idioms in the coursebook are used in a . ()Abroad senseBnarrow senseCfigurative senseDspecial sense3.The relationship between the linguistic sign and a referent is . ()AconventionalBnon-conventionalCconcreteDspecific4.The way to define an antonym is based on . ()AcontradictionBcontrarinessCoppositenessDrelativeness5.The fact that the whole vocabulary can be divided up into fields can be exemplified by .()ARogets ThesaurusBConcise Oxford DictionaryCNew Websters DictionaryDCo-build Dictionary6.Context meaning.（）Aexplains BinterpretsCdefinesDall the above7.Though still at work today , can hardly compare with what it was in the past. （）Aword-formationBborrowing CderivationDconversion8.Structural stability means the structure of an idiom is generally . （）AmovableBunstableCunchangeableDununderstandable9.Sentence idioms can be divided into . （）Adeclarative and imperativeBinterrogative and exclamativeCverbal and adverbial Dboth A and B10. is considered to be a highly-inflected language. （）AOld English BMiddle English CEarly Modern English DLate Modern English11.A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is thought to be . （）Aaffixational Bderivational Cfree Dbound12.The introduction of at the end of the 6th century had a great impact on the English vocabulary. （）Aprinting BChristianityCFrench words Dall the above 13.Which of the following statements is true? （）AEvery word has reference.BEvery word has sense.CEvery word is semantically motivated.DEvery word is conceptually motivated.14.Which of the following statements is CORRECT? （）AThe English language is noted for its modest borrowings.BLoan words only refer to those borrowings in form.CLoan words are all unrecognisable as being foreign in origin.DLoan words can be grouped according to manner of borrowing.15.The relationship between words and things in the world is established by means of . （）Areference BsenseCconcept Dmeaning第二部分非选择题（共70分）.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)16.The degraded meaning “sexual desire ”of the word “lust ”comes from its old meaning “ ”.17.Bound morphemes include two types: bound root and .18.The headword or entries are defined in the same language in a dictionary.19.The basic word stock forms the common of the language.20 Conceptual meaning is also known as meaning.Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) sense relations , 2) types of context , and 3) modes of word-meaning changes.(10%) AB()21.difference in connotationA. fond (from “foolish” to “affectionate”)()22.perfect homonymB. homely /domestic ()23.degradation C. date ;date()24.transferD. diseasing (from “discomfort ”to “illness”)()25.elevationE. fabulous (from “resembling a fable ”to “incredible”)()26.narrowingF. journal (from “daily paper” to “periodical” )()27.extensionG. silly (from “happy” to “foolish”)()28.generalization H. pitiful (from “full of pity” to “deserving pity”)()29.grammatical contextI. It was a nice ball.()30.lexical contextJ. Visiting aunts can be boring.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types of word formation , 2) types of affixes, 3) types of dictionaries, and 4) the type of idiom. (10%)31.LDCE()32.deadline ( )33.-ize,-en,-ate ()34.an affix that indicates grammatical relationships ()35.VOA()36.The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology()37.CED()38.telephone phone ()39.fly in the ointment()40.hostess().Define the following terms.(10%)41.a variation of an idiom 42.morphs43.synonym44.jargon45.semantic motivation.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)46.What is the role of context?47.Is it true that archaic and obsolete words in English will remain for ever out of use?48.What is the difference between partial and full conversion? Explain with two examples.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)49.Read the extract, pick out the idioms and explain their meanings. Then rewrite the extract in standard non-figurative language. Sam is getting on ,too .His hair is pepper and salt, but he knows how to make up for lost time by taking it easy.50.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of subordinates and superordinates.a. The girl got a book in the university.b. The girl borrowed a dictionary from the department.全国2004年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题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 _ major classes of compounds. A. two B. for C. three D. five2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Connotative meaning refers to associations suggested by the conceptual meaning. B. Stylistic meaning accounts for the formality of the word concerned. C. Affective meaning is universal to all men alike. D. Denotative meaning can always be found in the dictionary. 3. After the invading Germanic tribes settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out _. A. Old English B. Middle EnglishC. Anglo-Saxon D. Celtic4. The idiom “Jack of all trades” results from _. A. addition B. position-shiftingC. dismembering D. shortening5. _ are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes. A. Free roots B. Free morphemesC. Bound morphemes D. Meaningful units6. The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are _. A. the growth of science and technologyB. economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. all the above7. Since the beginning of this century, _ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary. A. word-formation B. borrowingC. semantic change D. both B and C8. Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important?A. StabilityB. Collocability.C. Productivity.D. National character.9. The two major factors that cause changes in meaning are _. A. historical reason and class reasonB. historical reason and psychological reasonC. class reason and psychological reasonD. extra-linguistic factors and linguistic factors10. The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether _. A. they come from the same sourceB. they are correlated with one central meaningC. they are listed under one headword in a dictionaryD. all the above 11. Degradation of meaning is the opposite of _. A. semantic transfer B. semantic pejorationC. semantic elevation D. semantic narrowing12. An idiom consists of at least two words. Each has a single meaning and often functions as one word. This is called _. A. semantic unity B. structural stabilityC. rhetorical function D. none of the above13. Which of the following suffixes can be used to form both nouns and adjectives? _A. -ion. B. -ism. C. -ity. D. -ist. 14. More often than not, functional words only have _. A. lexical meaning B. associative meaningC. collocative meaning D. grammatical meaning15. Linguistic context is also known as _ context. A. social B. verbal C. lexical D. physicalII. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)16. In the course book, the idioms are classified according to _ functions. 17. Linguistic context can be further divided into _ context and grammatical context. 18. The _ languages made only a small contribution to the English vocabulary with a few place names like Avon, kent, Themes. 19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be _. 20. According to semanticists, a word is a unit of _. III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) stylistic meanings; 2)language groups; 3)degrees of inflections and 4) onomatopoeic motivation. (10%) A B( )21. apes A. colloquial( )22. Old English B. a language of full endings( )23. Irish C. Italic( )24. tiny D. very formal and official( )25. French E. yelp( )26. cattle F. poetic( )27. domicile G. Celtic( )28. abode H. gibber( )29. foxes I. a language of leveled endings( )30. Middle English J. low. Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types of affixes; 2) types of meaning and 3) types of motivation. (10%)31. mismanage ( ) 32. elephants-trumpet ( ) 33. pretty ( ) 34. forehead ( )35. bossy ( ) 36. sun: a heavenly body which gives off light, heat ( ) 37. anti-establishment ( ) 38. subsea ( )39. a sea of troubles ( ) 40. harder ( ) . Define the following terms. (10%)41. idiom42. functional words43. degradation44. bilingual dictionary45. conversion. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)46. What factors should one take into account when he chooses a dictionary?47. What are the features of compounds? Give examples. 48. Cite ONE example to illustrate what grammatical meaning is. . Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (18%)49. Read the following extract and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then explain what contextual clues help you work out the meaning. Get me an avocado, please,Janet said, smacking her lips, but her brother, with a glance up at the branches, said that there were none ripe yet. 50. Make a tree diagram to arrange the following words in order of hyponymy. apple, cabbage, food, vegetable, mutton, fruit, peach, meat, beef, orange, spinach, pork, celery 2005年4月高等教育自学考试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 polysemyTheyare_. 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 Amonomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single_morpheme Aformal Bconcrete Cfree Dbound 6 Whch 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 CScotttish 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 Amolpheme Bstem Cword Dcompound 14Unlike affixes，_are often free morphemes Asufrixes 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 rollowing staternents 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 explessions 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 Bblendlng ( )23telequiz CFrench origin ( )24compositioncompounding DSCandinavianorigin ( )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) forlnation 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 smtements 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 2