00832英语词汇学2010年07月真题及答案

1、20107英语词汇学试题00832Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the onethat bestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)As defined in terms of spoken language, a word is viewed as a sound or combination of sounds which are made voluntarily with humanequipm

2、ent.()visualC. physicalB. vocalD. mentalWords may fall into content words and functional words by.()use frequencyC. originB. notionD. sound refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades and professions communicate among themselves. ()TerminologyC. Slang

3、B. ArchaismsD. JargonWhich of the following is NOT one of the three channels through which modern English vocabulary develops? ()Creation.C. Clipping.B. Semantic changes.D. Borrowing.Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the followingEXCEPT .()A.TV dinnerC. moon walkB. eart

4、hriseD. space shuttleThe surviving languages fall into eight principal groups, which can be grouped into the Eastern set and theset. ()WesternC. AmericanB. AfricanD. NorthernThepluralmorphemeispronouncedas/z/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT .()A. bedsC. cheatsB. bagsD. bottlesThe wordprisoner comprisesmorp

5、hemes. ()1C. 3B. 2D. 4The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT.()rereadC. bloodyB. prewarD. harderThe prefix over- in the word overweight is a prefix of.()A. orientation and attitudeC. time and orderB. degree or sizeD. numberThe method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes

6、is called.()A. back-formationC. conversionB. acronymyD. clippingChampagne, a common noun, comes from a.()A. name of a personC. name of a bookB. name of a placeD. tradename is the relationship between language and the world. ()A. ReferenceC. SenseB. ConceptD. MotivationMotivation accounts for the con

7、nection between the linguistic symbol and its.()A. formC. spellingB. pronunciationD. meaningThe ”is an onomatopoetically motivated word. ()A. miaowC. laconicB. swordD. airmailIn modern English, an overwhelming majority of words are.()A. originalC. polysemousB. initialD. periodical , the derived mean

8、ings, no matter how many, are secondary in comparison. ()A. SynchronicallyC. EtymologicallyB. DiachronicallyD. OnomatopoeticallyWant, wish, like and desire are synonyms, but as far as intensity is concerned,is strongest of all. ()A. wishC. wantB. likeD. desireThere are five types of meaning changes

9、and among whichare the most common.A. degradation and elevationC. elevation and narrowing()B. transfer and extensionD. extension and narrowingDue toreason, a word is retained for a name though the meaning has changed because the referent has changed. ()A. psychologicalC. classB. historicalD. linguis

10、ticAmong the following words onlyis the word which originally had a specialized meaning and now has become generalized. ()A. journalC. accidentB. wifeD. diseaseBased oncontext, we can arrive at the meaning of “do a sum”.()A. grammaticalC. culturalB. lexicalD. non-linguisticThe sentence The fish is r

11、eady to eat. is ambiguous due to.()A. grammatical structureC. cultural influenceB. hyponymyD. non-linguistic contextIn the sentence Perhaps the most startling theory to come out of kinesics, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Birdwhistell. The meaning of kinesics can be inferred

12、from the clue of.()A. definitionC. antonymyB. synonymyD. hyponymyWhich of the following is NOT a figure of speech? ()A. Metaphor.C. Euphemism.B. Personification.D. Shortening.Never do things by halves is a(n).()A. verbal idiom in natureC. sentence idiomB. nominal idiom in natureD. adverbial idiom in

13、 natureThe change of idiom Silence is golden from the original form is.()A. replacementC. additionB. position-shiftingD. shorteningThe following are the unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language DictionaryEXCEPT.()A. definitionB. extra columnC. usage examplesD. clear grammar codesWebsters

14、Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) is a(n)dictionary. ()A. unabridgedC. pocketB. deskD. encyclopedicWhichofthefollowingisNOTtruefortheChinese-EnglishDictionaryEdition)(CED)(1995)? ()The new edition has more single character entries and more multi-character entries.The new edition revised some ol

15、d entries.The new edition cut off the previous alphabetical order of entries.The dictionary boasts of the quality of the English equivalents.MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththewordsinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofword formation; 2) types of morphemes; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) discrimination o

16、f synonyms. (10%)A() 31. honeybee() 32. handy/manual() 33. upon() 34. rich/wealthy() 35. medicare() 36. answer/reply() 37. flu() 38. steel() 39.VOA() 40. idealisticBdifference in applicationdifference in denotationbound morphemeclippingfunctional F content wordcompoundinginitialismblendingdifference

17、 in connotationII.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtocourse book. (10 % ) are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings.In modern English, word endings were mostly lost with just a few exceptions because English has evolved from al

18、anguage to the present analytic language.The morphemes can be grouped intomorphemes and bound morphemes.The prefix un- in the word unwrapis aprefix.Lexical meaning of a word has two concepts:meaning and associative meaning.Hyponymy can be described in terms ofgraphs, with higher-order superordinates

19、 above the lower subordinates.In Old English, animals and theirshare the same name.Structural patterns where a particular word is used is calledcontext.Idioms verbal in nature can be subdivided intoverbs and other verb phrases.Websters Third New International Dictionaryis the best-knowndictionary.Define the following terms. (10%)bound morphemesaffixesblendingunabridged dictionarydismembering of idiomAnswer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write answers in the space given below.(20%)What are the three periods in view of the development of English voca