《英语词汇学》期末考试试卷附答案

1、 3/3英语词汇学期末考试试卷附答案 英语词汇学期末考试试卷附答案 I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answersChoose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket(45) 1There are two approaches to the study of polysemyThey are_. Aprimary and secondary BCentral and periphe

2、ral Cdiachronic and synchronic DFormal and functional 2Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms? AColloquial BSlang CNegative DLiterary 3Synonyms can be classified into two major groups，that is：_. Aabsolute and relative BAbsolute and complete Crelative and near DComplete and ident

3、ical 4In the early period of Middle English，English，_existed side by side， ACeltic and Danish BDanish and French CLatin and Celtic DFrench and Latin 5 A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single_morpheme Aformal BConcrete Cfree Dbound 6Which of the following groups of words is NOT onoma

4、topoeically motivated? A，croak，drum Bsqueak，bleat Cbuzz，neigh Dbang，trumpet 7LDCE is distinctive for its_. AClear grammar codes Busage notes Clanguage notes Dall of the above 8From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to AGerman BFrench CScotttish DIrish 9Which of the follow

5、ing is NOT an acronym? ATOEFL BODYSSEY CBASIC DCCTV 10. In the course book，the author lists_types of context clues for inferring word meaning Aeight BSix Cseven Dfive 11Sources of homonyms include_. Achanges in sound and spelling Bborrowing Cshortening Dall of the above 12The written form of English

6、 is a(an)_representation of the spoken form Aselective BAdequate Cimperfect Dnatural 13Structurally a_is the smallest meaningful unit of a language Amorpheme BStem C. stemord Dcompound 14Unlike affixes，_are often free morphemes Asufrixes BPrefixes Cinflectional morphemes Droots 15The four major fore

7、ign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French. Latin，_. AScandinavian and Italian BGreek and Scandinavian CCeltic and Greek DItalian and Spanish 第二部分非选择题B Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book(25%) 16The name given t

8、o the widening of meaning which some words undergo is . 17Longman lexicon of Contemporary English is a dictionary18When a new word appears for the first time，the author usually manages to give hints or in the context to help the readers 19Radiation and are the two coinages which the development of w

9、ord meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy 20Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to . Match the words or explessions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)word Origin，2)word formation. and 3)types of Synonyms or antonyms(30%) A B ( )21skill Abackformation ( )22babys

10、it Bblendlng ( )23telequiz CFrench origin ( )24compositioncompounding DScandinavian origin ( )25government Eclipping ( )26samedifferent F. relative synonyms ( )27gent G. Germanic ( )28English Habsolute synonyms ( )29changealter I. contradictory terms ( )30bigsmall Jcontrary terms 英语词汇学答案 1.C 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C