4月全国自考英语词汇学试题及答案解析

1、精品自学考试资料推荐全国 2018 年 4 月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码： 00832 .Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one thatwould best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1.There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are （）A. primary and seconda

2、ryB. central and peripheralC. diachronic and synchronicD. formal and functional2.Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（）A. ColloquialB. SlangC. NegativeD. Literary3.Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is: （）A. absolute and relativeB. absolute and completeC.

3、relative and nearD. complete and identical4.In the early period of Middle English, English,（） existed side by side.A. Celtic and DanishB. Danish and FrenchC. Latin and CelticD. French and Latin5.A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single（） morpheme.A. formalB. concreteC. freeD. bound6.

4、Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?（）A. croak, drumB. squeak, bleatC. buzz, neighD. bang, trumpet7.LDCE is distinctive for its （）A. clear grammar codesB. usage notesC. language notesD. all of the above8.From the historical point of view, English is more closely

5、related to （）A. GermanB. FrenchC. ScottishD. Irish9.Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（）A. TOEFLB.ODYSSEYC. BASICD. CCTV10. In the course book, the author lists （） types ofcontextclues for inferringwordmeaning.1精品自学考试资料推荐A. eightB. sixC. sevenD. five11.Sources of homonyms include （）A. changes

6、 in sound and spellingB. borrowingC. shorteningD. all of the above12.The written form of English is a(an) （） representation of the spoken form.A. selectiveB. adequateC. imperfectD. natural13.Structurally a （） is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morphemeB. stemC. wordD. compound14.Unlike

7、 affixes, （） are often free morphemes.A. suffixesB. prefixesC. inflectional morphemesD. roots15. The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French,Latin, （）A. Scandinavian and ItalianB. Greek and ScandinavianC. Celtic and GreekD. Italian and Spanish . Complet

8、e the following statements with proper words or expressions according to thecourse book. (10%)16. The name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo is_.17. Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English is a_ dictionary.18. When a new word appears for the first time, the author usuallymana

9、ges to give hints or_ in the context to help the readers.19. Radiation and _ are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.20. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_. . Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column

10、B according to 1)word origin, 2) word formation, and 3) types of synonyms or antonyms. (10%)AB()21. skillA. back-formation()22. babysitB. blending()23. telequizC. French origin()24. composition/compoundingD. Scandinavian origin()25. governmentE. clipping()26. same/ differentF. relative synonyms2精品自学

11、考试资料推荐() 27. gentG. Germanic() 28. EnglishH. absolute synonyms() 29. change/ alterI. Contradictory terms() 30. big/ smallJ. contrary terms . Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of bound morphemesunderlined, 2) types of meanings, 3) processes of meaning development, and 4)

12、formationof compounds. (10%)31. neck primary meaning: that part of man joining the head to the body;a secondary meaning: the narrowest part of anything.()32. contradict()33. mother: love, care()34. upcoming()35. window shopping()36. radios()37. property developer()38. candidate earlier meaning: whit

13、e-robed;later meaning: a person proposed for a place, award etc.()overcoat39. handsome typewriter()man40. northward() . Define the following terms. (10%)41. encyclopedia42. borrowed words43. blending44. extension45. phrasal verb . Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and shor

14、t. Write youranswers in the space given below. (12%)46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples.47. What is extra-linguistic context?48. What is polysemy? Illustrate your points. . Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)49. Study the following sentence and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then explain what contextual clues help you to wo