exercise1-3

Part One: Multiple Choice

1.A word is ___ of a language that has given sound and meaning and syntactic functions.

A.a smallest form

B.A minimal free form

C.A construction form

D.A separate form

2.In different language, the same concept can be represented by ___ and the same sound can show___.

A.Different sounds/ different meanings

B.Same sounds/different meanings

C.Different sounds/ same meanings

D.Same sounds/ same meanings

3.The internal reason for the difference between sound and form is _____.

A.Stabilization of spelling by printing

B.The fact of more phonemes that letters in English

C.Influence of the work of scribes

D.Innovation made by linguists.

4.The relationship between the sound and form

of a word is ____.

A.Logical

B.Arbitrary, conventional

C.Predictable

D.objective

5. Words may fall into the popular words and learned words by ___.

A.Origin

B.Character

age

D.motivation

6. Full words don't include___.

A.adverbs

B.Pronouns

C.Numerals

D.adjectives

7. Cukoo, ping-pong, motherland and blackbird are___.

A.Motivated words

B.Transparent words

C.Both A and B

D.Neither A or B

8.Which of the following is not Scandinavian origin?

A.skirt

B.alter

C.their

D.birth

9.Until 1066, the influence on English was mainly___.

tin

B.French

C. Germanic

D.Celtic

10. Modern English began in ___.

A.1700

B.1066

C.1500

D.1900

11.Modern English is considered to be a/an ___language.

A.inflected

B.analytic

C.synthetic

D.new

12. Every word that has meaning has ___, but not every word has ___.

A. Referent, sense

B.sense, referent

C.both of them

D.neither of them

13. The grammatical meaning of a word refer to that part of the meaning of the word which indicate grammatical concept or relationship such as___.

A. Part of speech of words.

B. Singular and plural meaning of nouns

C. Tense meaning of verbs and their inflectional forms

D. All the above

14. Connotative meaning is unstable, varying considerably according to_____.

A. culture

B. Historical period

C. The experience of the individual

D. All the above

15. "Dwelling place" is ___ of "home".

A. The stylistic meaning

B. The connotative meaning

C. The denotative meaning

D. The grammatical meaning

16. Collocation can affect ___.

A. The meaning of words

B. The structure of words

C. The spelling of words

D. The function of words

17. Tulip and rose are ____of flower.

A.Synonyms

B.Antonyms

C.Homonyms

D.hyponyms

18.Which of the following are perfect homonyms?

A.Bear (n)/ Bear (v.)

B.Are (v)/R.

C.Bow (n. )/ Bow (v.)

D.Sow (v.)/Sow (n.)

19.The differences between synonyms boil