词汇学考试模板(for13级)

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A 二O 一一 —二O 一二学年第二学期期末考试
英语词汇学 试题
（10英语专业用） （闭卷）
Part I (2’*15=30’) (25 minutes) Directions: Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. 1. The plural morpheme “-s ” is realized by/Iz/ after the following sounds EXCEPT____. A. /s/ B. /g/ C. /z/ D. /t/ 2. The word “internationalization” comprises ____morphemes. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 3.“TV” is a(n) ____. A. initialism B. acronym C. derivative D. compound 4. The prefix “mis -” in the word “mistrust ” is a ____prefix. A. negative B. reversative C. pejorative D. locative 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the meanings of “word meaning” ? A. Reference. B. Concept. C. Sense. D. Pronunciation. 6. In the sentence “ Tom is sitting on the chair ”, there are_______ content words.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
7. The word “Typewrite” is formed through_______
A. Blending
B. Compounding
C. Back-formation
D. Clipping
8. The Chinese expression “半死不活” means a person is still_____.
A. dead
B. half dead, half alive
C. alive
D. half alive
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9. The following words have inflectional affixes EXCEPT ____.
A. happier
B. worker
C. harder
D. taller
10. Such synonymous pair as “die-pass away” has the same ____but different stylistic
values.
A. reference
B. concept
C. motivation
D. style
11. The word “airmail” is ____motivated.
A. onomatopoeically
B. etymologically
C. semantically
D. morphologically
12. ____, the basic meaning of a word is the core of word-meaning called the central
meaning.
A. Onomatopoeically
B. Diachronically
C. Synchronically
D. Etymologically
13. Vocabulary is the most ____element of a language as it is undergoing constant
changes both in form and content.
A. unbalanced
B. unstable
C. unhinged
D. undoubted
14. In some cases, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure in which
it occurs. This is called ____context.
A. non-linguistic
B. lexical
C. grammatical
D. cultural
15. The idiom “f ailure is the mother of success” is a ____ as far as figures of speech
are concerned.
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. metonymy
D. personification
Part Ⅱ(1’*10=10’) (15 minutes)
Directions: Judge whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.
1. The relationship between sound and meaning is always arbitrary.
2. Concept is the relationship between language and the world.
3. All the words in English can be analyzed through CA.
4. English is a member in the Indo-European Family while Chinese is a member in the Sino-Tibetan Family.
5. Free morphemes refer to the morphemes that can stand along.
6. Edit is created through back-formation.
7. Clipping is the formation of new words by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead.
8. Polysemy is a common feature peculiar to all natural language.
9. Bigger and smaller belong to converse antonyms.
10. The idiom “heart and soul” belongs to idioms adverbial in nature.
Part Ⅲ(2’*5=10’) (10 minutes)
Directions: Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to what you have learned.
1. A word is a __________free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function.
2. __________ is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another.
3. Polysemy, homonymy, synonymy, antonymy and __________ are five major types of sense relations.
4. Linguistic context can be subdivided into lexical context and __________context.
5. The major characteristics of idioms are __________ and structural stability.
Part Ⅳ(4’*5=20’) (20 minutes)
Directions: Define the following terms.
1. morpheme
2. prefixation
3. acronym
4. root
5. Componential analysis
PartⅤ(10’*3=30’) (30 minutes)
Directions:Illustrate your points with typical examples when necessary.
1.What are the roles of context in determination of word meaning.
2.How do you understand the sentence “Peter saw Mary in the bus”?
3.Which types of antonyms do “cold” and “hot” belong to? And why?。