全国英语词汇学00832高等教育自学考试试题与答案

1、. 全国高等教育自学考试 英语词汇学试题00832 课程代码：Each 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% ）1According to semanticists, a word is a unit of _.（Sound meaning BAGroup Ccombination of sounds D ）2The pronu

2、nciation has changed _ spelling over the years.（ As quickly as BAmore slowly than Cmore rapidly than Not so quickly as D ） 3Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by _.（ notion BAuse frequency sound Corigin Dfollowing as the science and technology breeds such new words 4Rap

3、id growth of ）（EXCEPT_. fast food BAgreen revolution space shuttle moon walk DCSemantic change means an old form which takes on a new _ to meet the new need. 5 ）（ meaning form A Bpronunciation DClook Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in 6 ）fall

4、American English “” means _ in British English.（ fell BAfour autumn Dfor C is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT _. ”The plural morpheme “-s7 ）（ A/t/ B/g/ /k/ C/p/ D. . ）8There are _ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（ two one BAfour CDthree ）9The follow

5、ing words have derivational affixes EXCEPT _.（ prewar works BAbloody Cpostwar D30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through _. 10 ）（ affixation compounding BAshortening Cconversion D ）The word “motel” is created by _.（ 11clipping Acompounding Bsuffixation DCblending ）B

6、BC” is formed in the way of _.（ “12clipping BAacronymy prefixation back-formation CD ）The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT _.（ 13conceptual meaning Agrammatical meaning Bliteral meaning DCassociative meaning ）（14By _ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its orig

7、in.morphological onomatopoeic BAetymological Csemantic D_ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind. 15 ） （ Concept BReference AMotivation DSense CSemantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of _. 16 ） （ word meaning Bwor

8、d formation A Cmeaning change Sense relations D. . When a word is first coined, it is always _.（ ）17onomatopoeic ABsemantic polysemic Dmonosemic CThe following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas 18 the first is archaic, EXCEPT _.（ ）rich/wealthy Aire/anger B

9、bliss/happiness forlorn/distressed DCShakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words 19 were used in different _ from what they have now in dictionaries.（ ）Forms Asenses BTerms dialects DC, which originally denoted mere ”20The mode of _ is well reflected i

10、n the word “picture （ ）painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”“elevation Aextension Bdegradation DCnarrowing word gentleman.”, the The old man, though poor, is a respectable In 21the sentence “ ）“respectable” is used in the _ sense of transfer.（ objective Bsubjective

11、 Aphysical Csensational D ）22Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（ Elimination of ambiguity. AIndication of referents. BProvision of clues for inferring word-meaning. CProvision of culture background for inferring word-meaning. D ） is ambiguous due to _.（ 23The sentence “I lost

12、 Bettys picture.”Agrammatical context Bpolysemy Dhyponymy Cantonymy 24In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a souWester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “souwester” can be inferred from the clue of _.（ ） . . synonymy BArelevant details hyponymy Dant

13、onymy C is a(n) _ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned. 25The idiom “toss and turn” （ ）metaphor Aalliteration Brhyme metonymy DC （ ）26Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?Idioms adverbial in nature. ASentence idioms. BIdioms nominal in nature. DCClausal idioms. （

14、 ）27The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT _.addition Areplacement Brepetition Cshortening D （ ）28Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT _.syntactical usage Aspelling Bdefinition DCpronunciation As a general Chinese-English dictionary, _ is the most comp

15、lete and up-to-date, most 29 ） elaborately treated one（ (1995) A Chinese-English DictionaryAs Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation BOxford Advanced Learner A New English-Chinese DictionaryC Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese TranslationD ） (1992), is a(n) _ dic

16、tionary.30Collins COBUILD English Usage（ desk unabridged BADspecialized encyclopedic CMatch the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. (10%) A B A）juxtapositio

17、n sobbing. 31She burst into passionate c （ I （ . lambHe drops off to sleep, the 32） notional wordB. . （ g ）33and Ctransfer of sensations Dabstract to concrete the mans coat （ h ）34Ehere and there derivational affix （ a ）35F b ）36moon alliteration （ G37rough and ready functional word f （ ）H （ e ）38ex

18、-prisoner inflectional affix Ifair and square associated transfer （ j ）39JfrightHelen looks a in that old black dress. rhyme ） （ d 40Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.（10%） 41When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be define

19、d as a _ group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper. 42Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: _, semantic change and borrowing. 43We might say that free morphemes are free root. 44The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is call

20、ed _. 45Semantic _ refers to the mental associations suggested by the conceptual meaning of a word 46Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully _ with regard to spelling and pronunciation. 47Vocabulary is the most _ element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and content.

21、 48Ambiguity often arises due to _ and homonymy. 49Idioms consist of set _ and short sentences. 50Monolingual dictionaries are written in _ language. Define the following terms.（10%） 51morpheme 52homonym 53connotation 54elevation 55idiom . . Answer the following questions. Your answers should be cle

22、ar and short. Write your answers in the space given below.（20%） 56As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words? 57What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point. 58Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understan