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上海交通大學2021~2022學年第一學期《大學英語》期末測試題

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethat

bestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)

1.Grammariansinsistthatawordbeaformthatcanfunctioninasentence.

()

A.smallB.large

C.fixedD.free

2.IntheearlieststageofEnglish,thewrittenformofawordshouldthatoftheoral

form.()

A.agreewithB.disagreewith

C.bethesameasD.bedifferentfrom

3.consistsoftechnicaltermsusedinparticulardisciplinesandacademicareasasin

medicine,mathematics,etc.()

A.TerminologyB.Jargon

C.SlangD.Argot

4.Social,economicandpoliticalchangesbringaboutsuchnewwordsasthefollowings

EXCEPT.()

A.fastfoodB.TVdinner

C.MaojacketsD.Watergate

5.RevivingarchaicwordsalsocontributestothegrowthofEnglishvocabulary.Forinstance,“loan”,whichwasprevalentinthethirteenthcentury,wasreplacedby“”in

AmericanEnglish.()

A.ownB.let

C.rentD.lend

6.IfwesaythatOldEnglishwasalanguageofendings,MiddleEnglishwasoneof

leveledendings.()

A.fullB.short

C.longD.paralleled

7.Thepluralmorpheme“-s”ispronouncedas/z/inthefollowingwordsEXCEPT

.()

A.bottlesB.eggs

C.zoosD.maps

8.Thereis/arefreemorphemicword(s)inthefollowingwords:wind,man,

reddish,collection.()

A.lB.

2

C.3D.

4

9.ThefollowingwordshaveinflectionalaffixesEXCEPT.()

A.likesB.dislike

C.likingD.liked

10.Themostproductivemeansofword-formationarethefollowingEXCEPT.

()

A.affixationB.blending

C.compoundingD.conversion

11.Prefixesgenerallydonotchangetheofthestem.()

A.meaningB.form

C.wordclassD.pronunciation

12.Theword“dorm”isformedbyclipping.()

A.backB.front

C.phraseD.frontandback

13.Theword“reading-lamp”ismotivated.()

A.onomatopoeicallyB.morphologically

C.semanticallyD.etymologically

14.Thesynonymouspairof“ask－question”hasthesame.()

A.motivationB.value

C.functionD.concept

15.Inthesentence“Eastorwest,homeisbest”,“home”hasitsmeaningof“family,

safety,love”,etc.()

A.grammaticalB.connotative

C.stylisticD.collocative

16.Semantically,awordwhichisrelatedtootherwordsisrelatedtothemin。

()

A.senseB.spelling

C.morphemeD.rootandstem

17.,thederivedmeanings,nomatterhowmany,aresecondaryincomparison.

()

A.SynchronicallyB.Diachronically

C.EtymologicallyD.Onomatopoeically

18.Theantonymsusedintheproverb“Speechissilver;silenceisgolden”are.

()

A.speech-silenceB.golden-silver

C.speech-silverD.silence-golden

19.InShakespeareanline‘Ratsandmiceandsuchsmalldeer’,‘6deer’obviouslydesignates

‘animal’ingeneral.Therefore‘deer’isatypicalexampleof.()

A.extensionB.elevation

C.narrowingD.degradation

20.Observationshowsthatitismuchmorecommonforwordmeaningstochangeindenotation

fromneutraltothanitisforthemtogotheotherway.()

A.importantB.agreeable

C.respectiveD.pejorative

21.Amongthefollowingwordsonly“”expressesthepropertyofelevation.()

A.lustB.criticize

C.knightD.silly

22.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthemainfunctionsofcontext?()

A.Eliminationofambiguity.

B.Indicationforreferents.

C.Understandingofculturalbackground.

D.Provisionofcluesforinferringword-meaning.

23.WhichofthefollowingisNOTacontextclue?()

A.Definition.B.Example.

C.Synonymy.D.Sentencestructure.

24.Thesentence“Theballwasattractive”isambiguousdueto.()

A.grammaticalstructureB.lexicalcontext

C.homonymyD.polysemy

25.Whichofthefollowingisoneofthecharacteristicsofidioms?()

A.Semanticunity.B.Lexicalmanipulation.

C.Phoneticunity.D.Structuralvariation.

26.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftherhetoriccharacteristicsofidiomsin

general?()

A.Stylisticfeatures.B.Syntacticalfeatures.

C.Rhetoricalfeatures.D.Occasionalvariations.

27.Theidiom“bedofdust”isaasfarasfiguresofspeechareconcerned.

()

A.simileB.metaphor

C.metonymyD.personification

28.CollinsCOBUILDEnglishLanguageDictionaryisa(n)dictionary.

()

A.unabridgedB.desk

C.pocketD.encyclopedic

29.Whenwechooseadictionary,weshouldnotpayattentiontowhetheritis.

()

A.monolingualorbilingualB.generalorspecialized

C.earlyorlateD.unabridgedorabridged

30.Readerswillusuallyfindinageneraldictionarythefollowingareasofinformationofaword

EXCEPT.()

A.spellingB.definition

C.pronunciationD.differencewithitssynonyms

II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothe

coursebook.(15%)

31.Thejargonofcriminalsisgenerallyreferredas.

32.FromthehistoricaloverviewoftheEnglishvocabulary,thelanguagespokenfrom1150to

1500iscalledEnglish.

33.Themorphemeisthesmallestunitinthecompositionofwords.

34.Theformationofnewwordsbyjoiningtwoormorestemsiscalled.

35.Unlikeconceptualmeaning,meaningisopen-endedandindeterminate.36.Fromthepointofview,polysemyisassumedtobetheresultofgrowthand

developmentofthesemanticstructureofoneandsameword.

37.Changinginwordhasneverceasedsincethelanguagecameintobeingand

willcontinueinthefuture.

38.Basedonthecontext,wecandeterminethemeaningof“dothe

flowers”as“arrangetheflowers”.

39.Thestylisticfeaturesofidiomsare,slangandliteraryexpressions.

40.Theuser-friendlyfeaturesofLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishareitsclear

grammarcodes,andlanguagenotes.

III.Definethefollowingterms.(15%)

41.freemorphemes

42.allomorphs

43.affixation

44.polysemy

45.linguisticcontext

IV.Answerthefollowingquestions.Yo