英語詞匯學期末考試復習題一、單項選擇題l.Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitof.A.soundsB.meaningC.formD.function【正確答案】B.Awordisathatstandsforsomethingelseintheworld.A.symbolB.systemC.structureD.pattern【正確答案】A.Weconsiderthatthewrittenformofanaturallanguageisthewrittenrecordoftheform.A.writerB.practicalC.oralD.grammatical【正確答案】Cnspiteofthedifferences,atleastpercentoftheEnglishwordsfitconsistentspellingpatterns.A.sixtyB.seventyC.eightyD.ninety【正確答案】C.Wordsmayfallintocontentwordsandfunctionalwordsby.A.usefrequencyB.notionC.originD.stability【正確答案】B.Amongthefeatureofwordsofthebasicwordstock,isthemostimportantonethatmaydifferentiatewordsofcommonusefromallothers.A.allnationalcharacterB.stabilityC.productivityD.collocability【正確答案】A.belongtothesub-standardlanguage,acategorythatseemstostandbetweenthestandardgeneralwordsincludinginformalonesavailabletoeveryoneandin-groupwords.A.JargonsB.SlangsC.ArgotsD.Dialectalwords【正確答案】B.NativewordsinEnglisharewordsbroughttoBritaininthecenturybysomeGermantribes.A.eighthB.seventhC.fifthD.sixth【正確答案】C.Whichofthefollowingwordsisn'tthealien?A.decorB.bazaarC.shiftD.emir【正確答案】C.arewordsorformsthatwereonceincommonusebutarenowrestrictedonlytospecializedorlimiteduse.A.ArchaismsB.SlangC.ArgotD.Dialectalwords【正確答案】A.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilyaccordinglyfallintoprinciplegroups,whichcanbegroupedintoanEasternsetandWesternset.A.eightB.sixC.fiveD.several【正確答案】A.ThefirstpeoplesknowntoinhabitEnglandwere.A.CeltsB.RomansC.Anglo-SaxonsD.Jutes【正確答案】A.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofaboutwords.A.30000to40000B.40000to50000C.50000to60000D.60000to70000【正確答案】C.Between1250and1500aboutwordsofFrenchpouredintoEnglish.A.7000B.8000C.9000D.10000【正確答案】C.UsuallyweregardwhichofthefollowingperiodsasEarlyModernEnglish?A.450to1150B.1150to1500C.1500to1600D.1500to1700【正確答案】D16.Inthegrowthofpresent-dayEnglishvocabulary,therearethreemainsourcesofnewwords:therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology;social,economicandpoliticalchanges;theinfluenceofA.theeducationalsystemB.otherculturesandlanguagesC.thegovernmentsystemD.thesocietychanges【正確答案】B17.Inmoderntimes,isthemostimportantwayofvocabularyexpansion.A.creationB.semanticchangeC.borrowingD.revivingarchaicorobsoletewords【正確答案】A18.AmericanEnglishliketouse.A.creationB.revivingarchaicorobsoletewordsC.semanticchangeD.borrowing【正確答案】B19.IntheEasternset,andareeachtheonlymodernlanguagerespectively.A.Italic,GermanicB.Armenian,AlbanianC.Celtic,HellenicD.Balto-Slavic,Into-Iranian【正確答案】B.TheismadeupofmostofthelanguagesofEurope,theNearEast,andIndia.A.GermanicB.Balto-SlavicC.Indo-EuropeanD.Indo-Iranian【正確答案】C.isthesmallestfunctioninguniteinthecompositionofwords.A.MorphemeB.AllomorphC.WordD.Stem【正確答案】A22.areabstractunits.A.MorphsB.AllomorphsC.MorphemesD.Alloftheabove【正確答案】C23.Themorphemeistothemorphwhataistoa.A.word/soundB.root/affixC.stem/affixD.phoneme/phone【正確答案】D24.Boundmorphemesincludeandaffix.A.stemB.rootC.boundrootD.prefixandsuffix【正確答案】C.Wordsproducedbyconversionareprimarily.A.nounsB.adjectivesC.verbsD.alltheabove【正確答案】D.areattachedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationships.A.AffixesB.SuffixesC.InflectionalaffixesD.Noneoftheabove【正確答案】C.Thenumberofinflectionalaffixesis.A.smallandchangeableB.largeandchangeableC.smallandstableD.largeandstable【正確答案】C.Desire,desirableanddesiredare.A.rootsB.stemsC.freerootsD.rootsaswellasstems【正確答案】B.Almostallaffixesarebecausefewcanbeusedasindependentwords.A.freemorphemesB.boundmorphemesC.boundrootD.inflectionalaffixes【正確答案】B.Aisaboundformandhastocombinewithothermorphemestomakewords.A.freerootB.boundrootC.freemorphemesD.inflectionalaffixes【正確答案】B.doesn'tbelongtothemostproductivemeansofword-formation.A.AffixationB.CompoundingC.ConversionD.Blending【正確答案】D.Prefixesdonotgenerallychangetheofthestembutonlymodifyitsmeaning.A.word-classB.soundC.formD.structure【正確答案】A.Allofthefollowingarepejorativeprefixesexcept.A.mal-B.arch-C.pseudo-D.mis-【正確答案】B.-eer,-er,-ess,-ette,-letareallsuffixesaddedtonounbasestoproducenouns.A.abstractB.de-verbalC.concreteD.de-adjective【正確答案】C.Theconversionoftwo-syllablenounsintoverbsinvolvesachangeof.A.spellingB.pronunciationC.stressD.function【正確答案】C.Theoverwhelmingmajorityofblendsare.A.verbsB.adjectivesC.nounsD.numbers【正確答案】C.Back-formationisthemethodofcreatingnewwordsbytheso-calledsuffixes.A.removingB.combiningC.shorteningD.considering【正確答案】A38.Therearefourcommontypesofclipping:,,and.A.frontclipping,backclipping,frontandbackclipping,phraseclippingB.frontclipping,backclipping,frontandbackclipping,middleclippingC.frontclipping,backclipping,middleclipping,phraseclippingD.frontclipping,frontandbackclipping,middleclipping,phraseclipping【正確答案】A39.Somewordsarefromcharactersinmythology,e.g.cherubfrom.A.CherubB.GodC.ProteusD.Mackintosh【正確答案】A40.Stylistically,back-formedwordsarelargelyandsomeofthemhavenotgainedpublicacceptance.A.formalB.adjectivesC.humannounsD.informal【正確答案】D.Mostverbsconvertedfromadjectiveshavebothtransitiveandfunctions.A.intransitiveB.voicelessC.linkD.adjective【正確答案】A.Mostcompoundsconsistofonlystems.A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four【正確答案】B.Wordsarebutsymbols,manyofwhichhavemeaningonlywhentheyhaveacquired.A.referenceB.formC.connectionD.motivation【正確答案】A.Theconnectionbetweentheword-meaningandthethingitreferstois.A.logicalB.conventionalC.grammaticalD.formal【正確答案】B.Generallyspeaking,themeaningofimeaning'isperhapswhatistermed.A.conceptB.ideaC.conventionD.sense【正確答案】D.meaningandgrammaticalmeaningmakeuptheword-meaning.A.ConceptualB.LexicalC.SocialD.Associative【正確答案】B47.indicatesthespeaker'sattitudetowardsthepersonorthinginquestion.A.ConnotativemeaningB.StylisticmeaningC.CollocativemeaningD.Affectivemeaning【正確答案】D48.,thoughhavinglittlelexicalmeaning,possessstronggrammaticalmeaning.A.ContentwordsB.FunctionalwordsC.BorrowedwordsD.Nativewords【正確答案】B9.Blackmarketmeans.A.’themarketblackincolour'B.‘illegalsellingandbuying'C.’themarkethavingmanypeople'D.noneoftheabove【正確答案】B0.isacommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages.A.HomonymyB.PolysemyC.SynonymyD.Antonymy【正確答案】B.Theproblemofinterrelationofthevariousmeaningsofthesamewordcanbedealtwithfromdiachronicand.A.computationalB.historicalapproachC.synchronicapproachD.comparativeapproach【正確答案】C.ThedifferencesbetweensynonymsboildowntothefollowingexceptA.denotationB.connotationC.applicationD.pronunciation【正確答案】D.meansthestylisticandemotivecolouringofwords.A.PronunciationB.ConnotationC.DenotationD.Application【正確答案】B.trulyrepresentoppositenessofmeaning.A.ContradictorytermsB.ContraytermsC.RelativetermsD.Absolutesynonyms【正確答案】A.Thebasicmeaningofawordisthecoreofword-meaningcalledthemeaning.A.firstB.derivedC.centralD.noneoftheabove【正確答案】C.Absolutesynonymsareinnaturallanguages.A.numerousB.rareC.popularD.common【正確答案】B.dealswiththerelationshipofsemanticinclusion.A.PolysemyB.HomoymyC.AntonymyD.Hyponymy【正確答案】D.Whichofthefollowingisnottheantonymofdull?A.sunnyB.sharpC.acuteD.fast【正確答案】D.arebestviewedintermsofascalerunningbetweentwopolesorextremes.A.ContradictorytermsB.Contraryt