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浙浙00832#英语词汇学试题第页共6页全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)TOC\o"1-5"\h\zAsdefinedintermsofspokenlanguage,awordisviewedasasoundorcombinationofsoundswhicharemadevoluntarilywithhuman equipment.( )A.visual B.vocalC.physical D. mentalWordsmayfallintocontentwordsandfunctionalwordsby .( )A.usefrequency B.notionC.origin D.sound referstothespecializedvocabulariesbywhichmembersofparticulararts,sciences,tradesandprofessionscommunicateamongthemselves.( )A.Terminology B.ArchaismsC.Slang D.JargonWhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthethreechannelsthroughwhichmodernEnglishvocabularydevelops?( )A.Creation. B.Semanticchanges.C.Clipping. D.Borrowing.RapidgrowthofscienceandtechnologybreedssuchnewwordsasthefollowingEXCEPT .( )A.TVdinner B.earthriseC.moonwalkD.spaceshuttleC.moonwalkThesurvivinglanguagesfallintoeightprincipalgroups,whichcanbegroupedintotheEasternsetandthe set.( )B.AfricanD.NorthernB.AfricanD.NorthernC.AmericanThepluralmorpheme"-s"ispronouncedas/z/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT .( )A.bedsB.bagsC.cheatsD.bottles8.Theword"prisoner"comprisesmorphemes.(A.1B.2C.3D.49.ThefollowingwordshavederivationalaffixesEXCEPT.(A.rereadB.prewarC.bloodyD.harder10.Theprefix"over-"intheword"overweight"isaprefixof.(A.orientationandattitudeB.degreeorsizeC.timeandorderD.number11.Themethodofcreatingwordsbyremovingthesupposedsuffixesiscalled.(A.back-formationB.acronymyC.conversionD.clipping12."Champagne",acommonnoun,comesfroma.(A.nameofapersonB.nameofaplaceC.nameofabookD.tradename13.istherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.(A.ReferenceB.ConceptC.SenseD.Motivation14.Motivationaccountsfortheconnectionbetweenthelinguisticsymbolandits.(A.formB.pronunciationC.spellingD.meaning15.Theword”isanonomatopoeticallymotivatedword.(A.miaowB.swordC.laconicD.airmail16.InmodernEnglish,anoverwhelmingmajorityofwordsare.(A.originalB.initialC.polysemousD.periodical ,thederivedmeanings,nomatterhowmany,aresecondaryincomparison.( )A.Synchronically B.DiachronicallyC.Etymologically D.OnomatopoeticallyWant,wish,likeanddesirearesynonyms,butasfarasintensityisconcerned, isthestrongestofall.( )A.wish B.likeC.want D.desireTherearefivetypesofmeaningchangesandamongwhich arethemostcommon.( )A.degradationandelevation B.transferandextensionC.elevationandnarrowing D.extensionandnarrowingDueto reason,awordisretainedforanamethoughthemeaninghaschangedbecausethereferenthaschanged.( )A.psychological B.historicalC.class D.linguisticAmongthefollowingwordsonly isthewordwhichoriginallyhadaspecializedmeaningandnowhasbecomegeneralized.( )A.journal B.wifeC.accident D.diseaseBasedon context,wecanarriveatthemeaningof“doasum”.( )A.grammatical B. lexicalC.cultural D. non-linguisticThesentence"Thefishisreadytoeat."isambiguousdueto .( )A.grammaticalstructure B. hyponymyC.culturalinfluence D. non-linguisticcontextInthesentence"Perhapsthemoststartlingtheorytocomeoutofkinesics,thestudyofbodymovement,wassuggestedbyProfessorBirdwhistell."Themeaningofkinesicscanbeinferredfromtheclueof .( )A.definition B.synonymyC.antonymy D.hyponymyTOC\o"1-5"\h\zWhichofthefollowingisNOTafigureofspeech?( )A.Metaphor. B.Personification.C.Euphemism. D.Shortening.Neverdothingsbyhalvesisa(n) .( )A.verbalidiominnature B.nominalidiominnatureC.sentenceidiom D. adverbialidiomin natureThechangeofidiom"Silenceisgolden"fromtheoriginalformis .( )A.replacement B. position-shiftingC.addition D. shorteningThefollowingaretheuniquefeaturesofCollinsCOBUILDEnglishLanguageDictionaryEXCEPT .( )A.definition B. extra columnC.usageexamples D. clear grammarcodesWebster'sNinthNewCollegiateDictionary(1983)isa(n) dictionary.( )A.unabridged B. deskC.pocket D. encyclopedicWhichofthefollowingisNOTtruefortheChinese-EnglishDictionary(RevisedEdition)(CED)(1995)?( )Theneweditionhasmoresinglecharacterentriesandmoremulti-characterentries.Theneweditionrevisedsomeoldentries.Theneweditioncutoffthepreviousalphabeticalorderofentries.ThedictionaryboastsofthequalityoftheEnglishequivalents.n.MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththewordsinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofwordformation;2)typesofmorphemes;3)typesofvocabularybynotion;and4)discriminationofsynonyms.(10%)A B( )31. honeybee A. differenceinapplication( )32. handy/manual B. differenceindenotation( )33. upon C. boundmorpheme( )34. rich/wealthy D. clipping

E.functionalwordFcontentwordG.compoundingE.functionalwordFcontentwordG.compoundinginitialismblending( ) 36. answer/reply( ) 37. flu( ) 38. steel( )39.VOA( )40.idealistic( )40.idealisticI]I.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%) arenewly-createdwordsorexpressions,,orwordsthathavetakenonnewmeanings.InmodernEnglish,wordendingsweremostlylostwithjustafewexceptionsbecauseEnglishhasevolvedfroma languagetothepresentanalyticlanguage.Themorphemescanbegroupedinto morphemesandboundmorphemes.Theprefix"un-"intheword"unwrap"isa prefix.Lexicalmeaningofawordhastwoconcepts: meaningandassociativemeaning.Hyponymycanbedescribedintermsof graphs,withhigher-ordersuperordinatesabovethelowersubordinates.InOldEnglish,animalsandtheir sharethesamename.Structuralpatternswhereaparticularwordisusediscalled context.Idiomsverbalinnaturecanbesubdividedinto verbsandotherverbphrases.Webster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionaryisthebest-known dictionary.IV.Definethefollowingterms.(10%)boundmorphemesaffixesblendingunabridgeddictionarydismemberingofidiomV.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)Whatarethethreeperiodsinviewofthedevelopme