自考词汇学选择题-答案

1、1、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

2、.2、 The idiom “Jack of all trades“ results fromA.additionB.position-shiftingC.dismemberingD.shortening3、are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes.A.Free rootsB.Free morphemesC.Bound morphemesD.Meaningful units4、The major factors that promote the growth of modern En

3、glish areA.the growth of science and technologyB.economic and political changesC.the influence of other cultures and languagesD.all the above5、 Since the beginning of this century,has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary.A.word-formationB.borrowingC.semantic changeD.bot

4、h B and C6、An idiom consists of at least two words. Each has a single meaning and often functions as one word. This is called.A.semantic unityB.structural stabilityC.rhetorical functionD.none of the aboveA.socialC.lexical7、Linguistic context is also known as context.B.verbalD.physical8、Synonyms can

5、be classified into two major groups, that is,A.absolute and relativeB.absolute and completeC.relative and nearD.complete and identicalA.formal9、A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single morpheme.B.concreteC.freeD.boundB.borrowingD.all of the above10、Sources of homonyms includeA.change

6、s in sound and spellingC.shortening11、The written form of English is a(an)representation of the spoken form.A.selectiveB.adequateC.imperfectD.natural12、 After the invading settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted outA.Old EnglishB.Middle EnglishC.Anglo-SaxonD.Celtic13、Unlike af

7、fixes,are often free morphemes.A.suffixesB.prefixesC.inflectional affixesD.roots 14、The way to define an antonym is based on.A.contradictionB.contrarinessC.oppositenessD.relativenessThough still at work today,can hardly compare with what it was in the past.A.word-formationB.borrowingC.derivationD.co

8、nversionAffixes attached to other morphemes to create new words are known asA.inflectional affixesB.derivational affixesC.bound rootsD.free morphemes17、Degradation of meaning is the opposite of.A.semantic transferB.semantic pejorationC.semantic elevationD.semantic narrowing18、A morpheme that can sta

9、nd alone as a word is thought to be.A.affixationalB.derivationalC.freeD.bound19、 Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the exampleA.ad for “ advertisement B.dish for food C.fond of “ affectionate D.an editorial of“ an editorial article20、of the following dictionaries is NOT a s

10、pecialized dictionary.A.The Oxford Dictionary of English EtymologyB.Chamber s Encyclopedic English DictionaryC.Longman Dictionary of Phrasal VerbsD.Webster s New Dictionary of Synonyms21、There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are.A.primary and secondaryB.central and peripheralC.diac

11、hronic and synchronicD.formal and functional22、The term vocabulary is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT thatA.it can refer to the common core of a languaget can refer to the total number of the words in a languageC.it can represent all the words used in a certain his

12、torical periodD.it can stand for words in a given dialect or field23、The idiom “a dark horse is a.A.simileB.metaphorC.metonymyD.personification24、The sense relation between the two words tulip and flower is.A.hyponymyB.synonymyC.polysemyD.antonymy25、 New words in a language are also referred to as.A

13、.archaismsB.neologismsC.colloquialismsD.Euphemisms26、The word motel is created by.A.compoundingB.clippingC.blendingD.Suffixation27、By motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.A.onomatopoeicB.morphologicalC.semanticD.etymological28、 is the result of human cognition, ref

14、lecting the objective world in human mind.A.ReferenceB.ConceptC.SenseD.Motivation29、The idiom “toss and turn is a(an)as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.A.alliterationB.metaphorC.metonymyD.thyme30、Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by.A.notionB.soundC.

15、originD.use frequencyShakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words were used in different from what they have now on dictionaries.A.senseB.formsC.dialectsD.terms32、Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A.The English language is noted for its modes

16、t borrowings.B.Loan words only refer to those borrowings in form.C.Loan words are all unrecognisable as being foreign in origin.D.Loan words can be grouped according to manner of borrowing.(p18-19 )33、The introduction of at the end of the 6th century had a great i impact on the EnglishvocabularyA. p

17、rintingB. ChristianityC.French wordsD.all the above34、The words air and heir are.A.homophonesB.homographsC.full homonymsD.none of the above35、Terminology consists of terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas.A.differentB.artisticC.technica lD.academic36、is considered to be a highly-inf

18、lected language.A.Old EnglishB.Middle EnglishC.Early Modern EnglishD.Late Modern English37、Which of the following statements is true?A.Every word has reference.B.Every word has sense.C.Every word is semantically motivated.D.Every word is conceptually motivated.38、The relationship between words and t

19、hings in the world is established by means of.A.meaningB.senseC.conceptD.reference39、Affixes can be grouped according to.A.their linguistic originsB.productivityC.ability to change the word plass D.all the above40、 The word accident used to mean an occurrence or an event; now it means an unplanned o

20、r chance event with unfortunate consequences. The word has undergone a sort of semantic change called.A.elevationB.degenerationC.extensionD.restriction41、In terms of oppositeness of meaning,is a pair of conversives.A.employed and unemployedB.present andabsentC.long and shortD.above and below42、Conte

21、nt words denote clear notions and thus are known as words.Theyincludenouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals.A.functionalB.notionalC.emptyD.formal43、 One important criterion to differentiate homonyms from polysemants is to see their .A.spellingB.pronunciationC.etymologyD.usageHomonyms are fro

22、m different sources. A polysemant is from the same source, whichhas acquired different meaning in the course of development.44、Functional words possess strong whereas content words have both meanings, andlexical meaning in particular.A.grammatical meaningB.conceptual meaningC.associative meaningD.ar

23、bitrary meaning45、Of the following words,is an initialism.A.UNB.NATOC.BASICD.UNESCOspelling over the years.1.（09 年真题）（p.8） The pronunciation has changedmore slowly thanC. more rapidly thanas quickly asD. not so quickly as2.（12 年真题）（p.16） There are with children.functional words in the following sent

24、ence: It is fun to playA. 3B. 4C.5D.6（11 年真题）（p.12 ） Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates 示范 that one of the characteristics of the wor

25、ds of the basic stock is.A. productivityB. polysemyC. stabilityD. collocability（11 年真题）（p.23） The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, andA. IndiaB. the Far EastC. the West AsiaD. America（12 年真题）（p.24） The surviving language fall into eight prin

26、cipal groups. Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Albanian belong to the（） set.A. EasternB.SouthernC. WesternD. Northern（11 年真题）（p.28） Modern English began with the establishment of（） in England.A. printingB. Bourgeois RevolutionC. Industrial RevolutionD. the Renaissance（10 年真题-p.37） The wordid

27、ealistic comprises morphemes.A. 12C. 3D. 4（11 年真题 -p.38） The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words isA. morphemeB. affixes C. rootD. stem（11 年真题 -p.38） There is/aremonomorphemic word（s） in the following words:hot, dog, feet, matches.A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4（12,10 年真题-p.41） The following word

28、s have inflectional affixes exceptA. happierB. workerC. harder D. taller（p.48） Which of the following is a case of suffixation?A. HemisphereB. Attempt C. NATOD. Respondent（10 年真题-p.66）“TV” is a（n） .A. initialismB. acronym C. derivativeD. compound（09 年真题-p.86） The types of meaning include the followi

29、ng except.A. grammatical meaningB. conceptual meaningC. associative meaningD. literal meaning（11 年真题-p.83） In English there aretypes of motivation that concerns therelationship between the sign and meaning.A. 2B. 3C.4D. 5（10 年真题-p.84） The word a airmail : isD. none of the aboveA. morphologically mot

30、ivatedB. etymologically motivatedC. semantically motivated（11 年真题-p.120） Red, scarlet, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, ect, make up the B field of “ colours .C. elliptic（11 年真题-p.95）A. HomonymyC. Synonymy（10 年真题-p.97） the central meaning.A. OnomatopoeicallyC. SynchronicallyA. stylisticB. semanticD. syntacticis a common feature peculiar to all natural language.B. PolysemyD. Antonymy,the basic meaning of a word is the c