00832英语词汇学1207试题

全国2012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%)Wordscanbeclassifiedintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby.( )A.usefrequency B.notionC.origin D.grammarInformaluse,“pot”means“cookingutensil”.Whereas,whenitmeans“marijuana”,itisa.( )A.jargon B.terminologyC.slang D.argotTranslation-loansarewordsandexpressionsformedfromtheexistingmaterialintheEnglishlanguagebutmodelledonthepatternstakenfromanotherlanguage.Forexample,theEnglishexpression“longtimenosee”isfrom.( )A.Latin B.ChineseC.Greek D.FrenchTheGermanicfamilyconsistsofthefourNorthernEuropeanLanguages:Norwegian,Icelandic,DanishandSwedish,whicharegenerallyknownaslanguages.( )A.Hellenic B.AlbanianC.Celtic D.ScandinavianWhichofthefollowingisNOTthemainsourceofnewwords?( )Therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology.Social,economicandpoliticalchanges.Environmentalprotection.Theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?( )Inmoderntimes,borrowingbringslessthantenpercentofmodernEnglishvocabulary.OldEnglishvocabularywasinessenceGermanicwithasmallquantityofwordsborrowedfromLatinandScandinavian.Themostimportantmodeofvocabularydevelopmentinpresent-dayEnglishiscreationofnewwordsbymeansofword-formation.InearlyMiddleEnglishperiod,English,Latin,andCelticexistedsidebyside.Therearefreemorphemicwordsinthefollowingwords：worker,car,impossible,anger,TOC\o"1-5"\h\zpolitely.( )A.2 B.3C.4 D.5Thereis/arestem(s)intheword“internationalists”( )A1 B.2C.3 D.4Thepasttensemarker“-ed”ispronouncedas/t/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT.()A.enabled B.workedC.jumped D.helpedTOC\o"1-5"\h\zThemostproductivewaysofword-formationinmodernEnglisharethefollowingEXCEPT.( )A.affixation B. compoundingC.conversion D. blendingTheformationofnewwordsbyjoiningtwoormorestemsiscalled.( )A.clipping B. compoundingC.acronymy D. back-formationTheword“popbe10ngstoclipping.( )A.front B. backC.frontandback D. phraseThemeaningofwordsusuallyshowstheattitudeofapprovalofthespeaker.( )A.affective B. appreciativeC.pejorative D. connotativeWhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftheassociativemeaningofaword?( )A.Grammaticalmeaning. B.Stylisticmeaning.C.Collocativemeaning. D.Connotativemeaning.15.motivationexplainstheconnectionbetweentheliteralsenseandfigurativesenseoftheword.()A.Morphological B.OnomatopoeicC.Semantic D.EtymologicalTOC\o"1-5"\h\zAntonymsareclassifiedonthebasisofopposition.( )A.semantic B. euphemisticC.idiomatic D. grammaticalLion,elephant,tiger,turtle,sheepandsnakeareofanimal.( )A.hyponyms B. synonymsC.collocation D. denominationAsfarasdenotationisconcerned,relativesynonymsmaydiffer.( )A.inthediachronicapproach B. inthestylistic andemotive colouringofwordsC.inusageinsimpleterms D. intherangeand intensityofmeaningBorrowinghascausedword-meaningchanges,asindicatedin“formerlymeantanimal,andlateranimalfromLatinandbeastfromFrenchfoundtheirwayintoEnglish.”( )A.deer B. cattleC.sheep D. birdTherearegenerallytwomajorfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaning,extra-linguisticfactorsandfactorswithinthelanguagesystem.( )A.functional B. externalC.meaningful D.internalisaprocessbywhichawordofwidermeaningacquiresaspecializedsense.Forexample,theoriginalmeaningoftheword'meat"wasfoodandthemodernmeaningisedibleflesh.( )A.Conversion B. ElevatingC.Narrowing D. FormationWhichofthefollowingisNOTacontextclue?( )A.Relevantdetails. B. Sentencestructure.C.Synonymy. D. Antonymy.TOC\o"1-5"\h\zThesentence“IlikeMarybetterthanJohn’’isambiguousdueto.( )A.grammaticalcontext B.polysemyC.antonymy D.hyponymyInthesentence“Copernicusbelievedinaheliocentricuniverse,ratherthaninthegeocentrictheory”,themeaningofheliocentriccallbeinferredfromtheclueof.( )A.relevantdetails B.wordstructureC.antonymy D.hyponymy“Toothandnail”isallidiominnature.( )A.verbal B.nominalC.adjectival D.adverbialWhichofthefollowingrhetoricalfeaturescanbeseenintheidiom“wearandtear”?( )A.Rhyme. B.Alliteration.C.Juxtaposition. D.Synecdoche.Theidiom“playfair”wascreatedprobablyby.( )A.seamen B.housewivesC.sportsmen D.huntersEncyclopaedicdictionariescanbefurtherdividedintoencyclopaediaanddictionaries.( )A.1inguistic B.encyclopaedicC.specialized D.unabridgedLDCEisdistinctiveforthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT.( )A.cleargrammarcodes B.usagenotesC.1anguagenotes D.extracolumnWhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueforaChinese-EnglishDictionary(revisedEdition)(CED)(1995)?( )Itisabilingualdictionary.Itisthemostcompleteandup-to-date,mostelaboratelytreated.Itcutsoffthepreviousalphabeticalorderofentries.ItboastsofthequalityoftheEnglishequivalentsitprovidesforitsChineseitems.II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(15%)Contentwordsarechangingallthetimewhereasfunctionalwordsare.IfwesaythatOldEnglishwasalanguageoffullendings,MiddleEnglishwasoneofendings.Derivationalaffixescanbefurtherdividedintoprefixesand.“Motel”isawordformedthrough.Wordslike“bang,pingpong,miaow”areexamplesofmotivation.Contradictorytermsdonotshow,asfarasantonymsareconcerned.Increasedscientificknowledgeanddiscoveryarealsoimportantfactorsthataccountforthechangeofword.Basedonthecontext,wecandeterminethemeaningof“Sarcasmdoesn,tbecomeyou”as“Sarcasmdoesn,tsuityou”.“Singadifferenttune”isanidiominnature.BritishdictionariesgenerallyuseInternationalPhoneticAlphabettomarkthe.HI.Definethefollowingterms.(15%)creationconversionhomonymylexicalcontextdeletionofidiomsW.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(20%)Pleaseillustratethelogicalrelationshipsofthefollowingterms:freemorphemes,boundroot,derivationalaffixes,affixes,morphemes,inflectionalaffixes,boundmorphemes.Prefixationandsuffixationaretwosubclassesofaffixation.Pleasedefineprefixationandsuffixationandexplainthedifferencbetweenthem.Use“polite—impolite”,“happy—happiness”toillustrateyourpoint.WhatarethefourmainsourcesofEnglishsynonyms?Whatarecontextualclues?Guessthemeani