词汇学模拟试卷1及答案

《英语词汇学》模拟试卷(一)

I。Choose the best answer and then put the letter of your choice in the given brackets。（30%）

1。The minimal meaningful units in English are known as ______。

A。roots B。morphs

C。stems D. morphemes

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2。The most important of all the features of the basic word stock is ______.

A。stability 。B。productivity

C. polysemy 。

D. all national character

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3。Old English vocabulary was essentially ______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian。

A。Celtic 。B。Hellenic

C. Italic . D。Germanic .

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4. In modern times, ______ is the most important way of vocabulary expansion。

A。borrowing B。backformation

C。creation D. semantic change

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5。The words “motel" and “comsat” are called ______.

A. blends B。compounds

C. acronyms D。initialisms 。

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6. The word “teachers” contains three morphemes, but the word “shortenings" has

______ morphemes.

A。two B. three

C. four

D. five ( )

7. Reference is the relationship between language and the ______.

A。concept B。world

C。context 。 D. sense

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8。Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example: ______.

A. dorm for “dormitory”B。fond for “affectionate”

C。dish for “food” D. TV for “television”

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9。The word “mouth” in the phrase “the mouth of a river" is regarded as a ______ motivated word。

A。morphologically B. etymologically

C. onomatopoeically

D. semantically ( )

10. Words formed by acronymy can be divided into initialisms and acronyms depending on the ______ of the word.

A. pronunciation B。spelling

C。function D。meaning

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11. Frogs croak, but elephants ______。

A. neigh

B. squeak

C. bleat .

D. trumpet （) 12。The antonyms “present” and “absent” are ______ terms.

A. relative B。contrary

C。contradictory D. graded

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13. The idiom “scream and shout” is a good example of ______。

A. reiteraton

B. alliteration

C. repetition D。juxtaposition

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14. Ambiguity arises due to all the following except ______。

A。polysemy B. synonymy

C。homonymy D。structure

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15. The order of meanings in CCELD indicates the ______ changes of words.

A。grammatical B. morphological

C。semantic D. phonological

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II。Complete the following sentences with the proper words or expressions given in the course book。(15%)

1. A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given __________________ and meaning and syntactic function.

2. English has evolved from a ____________________ language (Old English）to the present analytic language。

3。Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ___________________ morphemes。

4. A ________________ is known as the smallest functioning unit in the composition of words.

5. Although reference is a kind of abstraction, yet with the help of _______________ it can refer to something specific.

6。The second major language known in England was the _________________ of the Roman Legions。

7. Conceptual meaning is also known as ____________________ meaning。

8。The relationship between sound and meaning is _________________ and arbitrary.

9。Hyponymy deals with the relationship of __________________ inclusion.

10. The same word may have different ___________________ meanings as shown in “do, does，did, done，doing."

11。Synonyms may differ in the ___________________ and intensity of meaning. 12。The word “famous" is ___________________, but the word “notorious” is derogatory.