英语词汇学试题及答案

1、英语词汇学试题及答案2001 年4月份全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案英语(本科)专业第一部分选择题Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers Choose the one that would best complete the statementand put the letter in the bracket (30%)Degradation can be 川ustrated by the following example口lewd ignorantsilly foolishlast

2、f pleasureknave boyHomophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of:humoursarcasmridiculeall the aboveThe four major modes of semantic change are.extension, narrowing, elevation and degradationextension, generalization, elevation and degradationextension, narrowing, specialization

3、 and degradationextension, elevation, amelioration and degradationThe use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called.A. synecdochemetonymysubstitutionmetaphorIdioms adjectival in nature function as.adjectivesattributesmodifierswordsGrammatical context refers to in whic

4、h a word is used.vocabularygrammarsemantic patternsyntactic structureIn the idiom in good feather, we change good into high, full without changing meaning.This change of constituent is known as.additionreplacementposition-shiftingvariationThe wordonomatopoeically motivatedmorphologically motivatedse

5、mantically motivatedetymologically motivatedCCELD is distinctive for its.clear grammar codeslanguage notesusage notesextra columns10.Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?DormmotelGentZoo11.Old English has a vocabulary of about words.A. 30,000 to 40,00050,000 to 60,00070,000 to

6、 80,00080,000 to 90,00012.are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words. RootsStemsAffixesCompoundsBesides French words, English also absorbed as many as 2,500 words of in the Middle English period.Dutch originDanish originLatin originGreek originA word is a symbol that.is used b

7、y the same speech communityrepresents something else in the worldis both simple and complex in natureD.shows different ideas in different sounds15.Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they.are complex words.are technical wordsrefer to the commonest things in life.denote t

8、he most important concepts.第二部分非选择题II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book (10%)The same idiom may show differences when it is used in differentmeanings including affective meaning.LDCE is a dictionary.Antonyms are classified on the basis o

9、f.The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called.Pronouns and numerals enjoy nation-wide use and stability, but have limited.III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) types of meaning changes;2 ) types ofmeaning;3 ) languagebranches and 4

10、) features of idioms (10%)grammatical meaning ( ) A. Scottishreading-lamp ( ) B. neither fish, flesh, nor fowlpen ( ) C. morphologically motivatedalliteration ( ) D. head of a statedifference in connotation ( ) E. answer/ respondelevation ( ) F. etymologically motivateddegradation ( ) G. garage ( a

11、place for storing cars)narrowing ( ) H. thing (any object or event)extension ( ) I. part of speechCeltic ( ) J. knave (a dishonest person)IV. Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types ofbound morphemes underlined;2 ) types of wordformations;3 ) types of meaning and 4) types of

12、meaning of idioms.(10%)heart and soul ( )father male parent ()mother female parent ()city-bred ( )lip-reading to lip-read ( )headache ( )antecedent ( )preview ( )receive ( )(10%)called ( )V. Define the following termsspecialized dictionarycollocative meaningtransfermorphemeold EnglishVI. Answer the

13、following questions. Your answers should be clear and short Write your answers in the space given below.(12%)Whats the fundamental difference between radiation and concatenation? Illustrate your points.What is dismembering?What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrate your point.VII. A

14、nalyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (18%)The pen is mightier than the sword.Explain what pen and sword mean respectively using the theory of motivation.Study the following sentence, paying special attention to the words in italics. If you find anything w

15、rong, please explainwhy and then improve the sentence.(100 words)The police were ordered to stop drinking about midnight.英语词汇学试题参考答案第一部分选择题I . Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statementand put the letter in the bracket.

16、 (30%)BDABADBDDBBCABC第二部分非选择题Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)stylisticmonolingualsemantic opposition. degradation 或 ductivity and collocabilityIII. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B ac

17、cording to 1) types of meaning changes;2)types ofmeaning;3)language branches and 4) features of idioms. (10%)ICFBEDJGHAIV. Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types of bound morphemes underlined;2) types of wordformation ； 3) types of meaning and 4) types of meaning of idioms.(

18、10%)adverb idiom/ idiom adverbial in natureconceptual meaningconceptual meaningn+v-edbackformationn+vbound rootprefixbound rootinflectional affix/morphemeV. Define the following terms.(10%)Specialized dictionary refers to a dictionary which concentrates on a particular area of language or knowledge.

19、(内容 1.5 分； 语言 0.5 分)Collocative meaning is that part of the word meaning suggested by the words before or after the word in discussion.(内容1.5 分；语言0.5分)Words which were used to designate one thing but later changed to mean something else have experienced the process ofsemantic transfer.the minimal me

20、aningful unit of a language.the language used in England from 450 to 1150.VI. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.（12%）要点：Radiation Concatenationprimary meaning i） first senseii ）次要意义由主要意义辐射ii ）由此意义连续转换；特点为链接iii ）名词语义互不依

21、赖iii ）最后意义与第一意义失去联系的迹象要点：break up an idiom into pieces （2 分）an unusual case of using idioms （1 分）in literature or popular press for special effect（1 分）注：语言扣分不得超过1分（语法扣1分，拼写扣0.5分）Collocative meaning consists of the associations a word acquires in its collocation. In other words, it is that part of th

22、eword-meaning suggested by words before or after the word in discussion. For example, pretty and handsome share theconceptual meaning of good looking, but are distinguished by the range of nouns they collocate with:pretty handsomeVII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. （18