英语词汇学试题

英语词汇学试题

Introduction and Chapter 1

Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabula ry（练习1）

I．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.

1.Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily

through the use of _________construct.

A. word

B. form

C. morpheme

D. root

is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words.

A. Semantics

B. Linguistics

C. Etymology

D. Stylistics

English is derived from the language of early ______ tribes.

A. Greek

B. Roman

C. Italian

D. Germanic

4. Semantics is the study of meaning of different _________ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc.

A. linguistic

B. grammatical

C. arbitrary

D. semantic

is the study of style . It is concerned with the user’s choices of linguistic elements in a particular________ for special effects

A. situation

B. context

C. time

D. place

shares with lexicology the same problems: the form , meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a _______ difference.

A . spelling B. semantic C. pronunciation D. pragmatic

7. Terminology consists of _______ terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas.

A. technical

B. artistic

C. different

D. academic

8. __________refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades, and professions communicate among themselves.

A. Slang

B. Jargon

C. Dialectal words

D. Argot

9 ._________ belongs to the sub-standard language, a category that seems to stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-group words.

A. Jargon

B. Argot

C. Dialectal words

D. Slang

10. Argot generally refers to the jargon of use is confined to the sub-cultural groups and outsiders can hardly understand it.

A. workers

B. criminals

C. any person

D. policeman

are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question.

A. Argot

B. Slang

C. Jargon

D. Dialectal words

12. Archaisms are words or forms that were once in _________use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use.

A. common

B. little

C. slight

D. great

13. Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on ______meanings.

A. new

B. old

C. bad

D. good

14. Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_________ words. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals.

A. functional

B. notional

C. empty

D. formal

15. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called _______words. Prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to this category.

A. content

B. notional

C. empty

D. new

II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.

is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and _____of words.

lexicology aims at investigating and studying the ______ structures of English words and word equivalents, their semantics, relations, _____development, formation and ______.

18.English lexicology embraces other academic disciplines, such as morphology,

______,etymology, stylistics, ________.