词汇学 考试题型

大学英语专业词汇学考试模拟试卷(1)I. Choose the best from the four answers provided for each question. (20 points)1.Which of the following statements is NOT true? BA.Shakespeare’s poem “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet” is a reflection of the conventionalist’s opinion concerning the rel ationship between sound and meaning.B.Facts have proved the naturalists to be valid concernin g the relationship between sound and meaning.C.The conventionalists hold that the relations between so und and meaning are conventional and arbitrary.D.The fact that words with the same meaning have differ ent phonological forms in different languages supports the con ventionalists.2.The word “brunch” is formed from “breakfast” and “lunc h”. Such a process of word-formation is called ___C________ _.A.affixationB. back-formationC. blendingD. ab breviation3.It’s easy for us to associate “husband” with “wife”. Such an association is an application of ____D________.A.the minimal-contrast ruleB.the feature-deletion and –addition ruleC.the marking ruleD.the category preservation rule4.The pair of anton yms “teach—learn” belong to ___C___ ______.plementariesB.contrariesC.conversivesD.None of the above5.The derivational antonym of “pleasant” is ________B__ __.A.pleasureB.unpleasantC.disgustingD.not pleasant6.The pair of words “air —heir” belong to ___C_______ __.A.homographB.homophoneC.full homonymsD.none of the above7.The major difference between “propaganda” and “publici ty” lies in their _____B_______.A.distributionB.emotional coloringC.stylistic coloringD.collocation8.The semantic relationship between “spinach” and “veget able” is a kind of _____C_______.A.hyponymyB.antonymyC.synonymyD.homonymy9.____________are related in the same way as the pair of words “Mystery: Clue” are related to each other.A.Book: readerB.fruit: bowlC.door: keyD.detective: crime10.The word “nice” originally meant “foolish”, and now it means “pleasant”. This process of s emantic change is called _ __C____.A.degenerationB.generalizationC.elevationD.specialization11.Which of the following statements is NOT true about t he formula “word –concept –referent”? DA.A concept is the base of the meaning of a word.B.A concept is an abstraction from the referents.C.The formula shows that the word refers to the referent through a concept.D.There is a direct relationship between a word and its r eferent.12.____C________means using a form that represents one part of speech as another part of speech without changin g the form of the word.A.BlendingB.ConversionC.ShorteningD.Affixation13.The semantic feature used to distinguish between “ba chelor” and “spinster” is_______D_____.A.[Human]B.[Adult]C.[Common]D.[Male]14.____________is characterized by full inflections.A.Old EnglishB.Middle EnglishC.Early Modern EnglishD.Modern English15.The word “gold-collar” is created by imitating the word “blue-collar”. This kind of analogy is based on ____B_______ _.A.numberB.colorC.oppositeness in meaningD.space16.In terms of register, most English idioms belong to __ __________.A.colloquial Englishmon core of the English languageC.formal EnglishD.slang17.In the sentence “this is the face that has changed the future of the world”, a(n) ______is used.A.metaphorB.metonymyC.synecdocheD.analogy18.In the following poem “All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women mere players, /They have their exits and entrances”, what figure of speech is used?A.simileB.hyperboleC.metaphorC.personification19.Which of the following is an example of grammatical collocation?A.lift an embargomit suicideC.avoid doingD.sound asleep20.Some puns are based on ______.A.synonymyB.hyponymyC.homonymyD.antonymyII. Judge whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the textbook. (20 points)21.According to modern lexicology, the minimal meaningf ul unit of a language is word.22.The same phrase can be either a free phrase or an i diom, depending on the meaning and context.23.The w ord “teacher” is a transparent word.24.The development of American English was plain sailing. In other words, the attitudes of both British and Americans towards American English were always positive.25.An idiom composed of “noun + and + noun” is alway s nominal in nature.26.Written English is always formal, while oral English is always informal.27.When you want to express your sympathy towards so mebody whose grandfather has just died, it’s proper for you to say “I am very sorry that your grandpa has kicked the bucke t.”28.In the word “snatch”, the sound sequence “sn” can be associated with “quick movement”. This is an example of “pri mary onomatopoeia”.29.“V.O.A.” is an acronym because it is formed from the initial letters of words and pronounced as letters. T30.In English, the word “edit” is created by the deletion of the supposed suffix “or” in the word “editor”. This process i s called affixation. F31.In the sentence “it is possible that the local court will find for him”, the phrase “find for” is an idiom.32.In terms of spelling, “honour” is American English, and “honor” is British Engl ish.33.In English, absolute antonyms are more numerous tha n relative synonyms.34.The central meaning of a word is always its primary meaning.35.The use of “the Kremlin” for Russian government is c alled metonymy.36.The word “sanctuary” originally meant “sacred place”, and later it is used to refer to “any place where refuge is pro vided”. This process of semantic change is called specializatio n.37.In terms of diction, the sentence “penalties for overdue books will be strictly enforced” is written En glish.38.One of the differences between American English and British English lies in the form of subjunctive mood. For exa mple, the sentence “I move that Mr. Smith be appointed Secr etary” is British English, while “I move that Mr. Smith should be appoint ed Secretary” is American English.39.In the group of words of “black, red, yellow and color”,“color” is the superordinate, and “black, red, yellow” are the s ubordinates, or hyponyms.40.Modern English lexicology belongs to general lexicolog y.III. Complete the following statements with proper wor ds or expressions according to the course book. (10 point s)41.A foreign language learner’s vocabulary can be divided into active vocabulary and ____________vocabulary.42.Most of the English native words are of ___________ _origin.43.The first authoritative English dictionary is called ____ ________, which was compiled by Johnson.44.“ISBN”, which stands for ____________, is an initialis m often seen the in back cover of a book.45.Small words have two features, that is, a __________ __of meanings and functions as well as flexibility of usage.46.There are two types of collocations in English, that is, ____________collocation and lexical collocation.47.Old English is a ____________language, while mode rn English is mainly an analytic language.48.The variants of the same morpheme are called _____ _______.49.____________is a figure of speech containing an im plied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and pri marily used of one thing is applied to another.50.____________refers to the phenomenon that the same word has two or more different meanings.IV. Correct the linguistic errors in the following statem ents with the help of your English-English dictionary. Each statement contains only ONE error. (10 points)51.He can’t find a good job because he lacks of skills.52.His theory based on a lot of data.53.He has the ability of repairing computers.54.She concerns her son’s safety.55.It’s not polite to intrude somebody when he or she is busy.56.We should refrain our friends from smoking.57.I had my teacher to recommend some books to me.58.The compositions contained so few errors that the tea cher got the students correct one anot her’s papers.59.I never regretted not to accept his offer, for it was no t where my interest lay.60.The teacher is being confused.V. Translate the following sentences into Chinese, pay ing special attention to idioms. (10 points)61.They came up with a plan for drastic pruning of the b loated institution.62.To Kate, calculating and cold, the most important thing was power.63.Both were workaholics who thought nothing of being a t their desks at 6:30 a.m..64.There is nobody in our class but wishes to help you.65.For university students, the importance of English and computer skill cannot be overestimated in modern society.VI. Answer the following questions. Your answer should b e clear and brief. (10 points)66.List seven differences between relative synonyms.67.In English, stative verbs usually cannot take the so-ca lled progressive aspect. But there are some exceptions. List t wo cases in which stative verbs may take the progressive asp ect.VII. Analysis and comment. (20 points)68.The following i s a paragraph from a Chinese student’s essay in CET-6 entitled “Is a Test of Spoken English Necess ary? Make use of the relevant theory you have learned in this course to make a comment on the diction. Do you think this is a good paragraph? Why?Because I think learning English is very important, es pecially to me. Well if you ask me why, I’ll tell you there are lots of reasons. Let’s look at something in job markets. And if you can’t speak English, you can’t get a good job. Don’t you believe? Then another is to communicate with foreigners. Yo u know, if you can’t speak English, how can you make your i deas understood by them? Anyway, spoken English is getting more and more important. So a test of spoken English is nec essary.69.Now you have had a general knowledge of English le xicology. Which chapter do you think is especially useful to you? And what are you going to do to improve your English in t his aspect?。