2006年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案.doc

全国2006年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832IEach of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. Extension can be illustrated by the following example: _.（）A. butcher one who kills goatsB. journal periodicalC. companion one who shares breadD. allergic too sensitive to medicine2. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _.（）A. extension, increase and expansionB. denotation, connotation and applicationC. comprehension, understanding and knowingD. polysemy, homograph and homophone3. Affixes attached to other morphemes to create new words are known as _.（）A. inflectional affixesB. derivational affixesC. bound rootsD. free morphemes4. Ambiguity often arises due to polysemy and _.（）A. synonymy B. antonymyC. homonymyD. hyponymy5. The semantic unity of idioms is reflected in the _ relationship between the literal meaning of each word and the meaning of the idiom as in “rain cats and dogs”.（）A. illogical B. logicalC. mutualD. natural6. Idioms verbal in nature are _.（）A. verb phrasesB. phrasal verbsC. verb idiomsD. all the above7. The idiom “new brooms sweep clean” was created probably by _.（）A. seamen B. housewivesC. farmersD. hunters8. The following are all denominal suffixes EXCEPT _.（）A. fulB. wiseC. lessD. ike9. Both English and _ belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.（）A. CelticB. DansihC. FrenchD. Scottish10. Chiefly found in derived words, bound morphemes include _.（）A. bound rootsB. inflectional affixesC. derivational affixesD. all the above11. Motivation accounts for the connection between the word-form and _.（）A. its referent B. its referring expressionsC. its meaning D. its concept12. Words can be classified according to the following criteria EXCEPT _.（）A. notionB. use frequencyC. foundationD. origin13. Which of the following is NOT correct? _（）A. A word is a meaningful group of letters.B. A word is a unit of meaning.C. A word is a sound or combination of sounds.D. A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence.14. If one wants to find out the minute difference between shades of meaning, the best source is _.（）A. a thesaurusB. a synonym finderC. an encyclopediaD. an encyclopedic dictionary15. Which of the following can be said about a British Dictionary?（）A. It is always better than an American dictionary.B. One can always expect to find American usages in it.C. One can never expect to find American usages in it.D. It tends to include more grammatical information.II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)16.The Norman Conquest in 1066 started a continual flow of _ words into English.17. The attitudes of classes have made inroads into lexical meaning in the case of elevation or _.18. Context can help eliminate ambiguity, provide clues for inferring word-meaning and give _ of referents.19. Compounds are different from free phrases in _ unit.20. Content words have both meanings, and _ meaning in particular.III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) types of figures of speech; 2) types of motivation; 3) types of changes in word meaning. (10%)A B( )21. senior citizenA. metonymy( )22. the pot calls the cattle black B. narrowing( )23. earn ones breadC. euphemism( )24. from cradle to graveD. synecdoche( )25. sit on the fenceE. hiss( )26. constable (a policeman)F. personification( )27. criticize(find fault with)G. morphologically motivated( )28. liquor(alcoholic drink)H. degradation( )29. snakesI. metaphor( )30. hopelessJ. elevationIV. Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of affixes; 2) types of word formation; 3) types of meaning. (10%)31. harder ( )32. Fridge ( )33. autocide ( )34. tremble with fear ( )35. notorious, skinny ( )36. two-layer ( )37. UNESCO ( )38. cloudy ( )39. subway ( )40. police, money ( )V. Define the following terms.(10%)41. extra-linguistic context42. prefixation43. semantic change44. conceptual meaning45. specializationVI. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)46. What is semantic unity of idioms?47. What are the three areas to account for the difference between synonyms? Illustrate your points.48. What are the major differences between basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary?VII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)49. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes.dishearten, idealistic, unfriendly50. Collocation can affect the meaning of words.Comment on the statement with your own example.2006年4月英语词汇学试卷参考答案11B 2B 3B 4C 5A 6D 7B 8B 9B l0D llC l2C l3D l4B l5Dl6French l7degradation18indication l9semantic201exical21C 22F 23D 24A 25I 26J 27H 28B 29E 30G31inflectional suffix 32clipping33blendin934collocative35affectivepejorative 36compoundin9composition37acronymyinitialism 38suffix39Drefix 40stylisticneutralV41(1)extra1inguistic context=non-linguistic context = physical situation(2)includes people，time，place，even the whole cultural background42Prefixation is the formation of new words by adding prefixes to stems43 Semantic change means mn old word form which takes on a new meaning to meet the new need44conceptual meaning is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of word meanin945the opposite of widening meanin9A process by which a word of wide meaning acquires a narrower or specialized meanin9V146(1)an idiom may consist of more than one word，each has its meanin9，and part of speech(2)has a single meaning(3)functions as one wordequivalent(4)In many ca8es，illogical relationship between the literal meaning of the constituent word and the meaning of the whole idiom47(I)difference in denotation(2)difference in connotation (3)difference in application48(1)Basic word stock possesses five obvious characteristics，but nonbasic vocabulary doesnt(2)Basic word stock forms the common，core of the language，whereas nonbasic vocabulary deesnt belong to the common core of the languageV1149(1)Each of the three words consists of three morphemes，dishearten(dis+heart+ca)，idealistic(ideal+ist +ic) unfri