4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案

1、全国2004年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832I. 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

2、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 t

3、he 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

4、 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 la

5、nguagesD. 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. Stabilit

6、yB. 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 fu

7、ndamental 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

8、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 b

9、e 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. lexica

10、l 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

11、 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 Colu

12、mn 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. po

13、etic( )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 ( ) 3

14、3. 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

15、. 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 gramma

16、tical 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