英语词汇学试题及答案

英语词汇学试题及答案2001 年4 月份全国高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题及答案

英语（本科）专业

第一部分选择题

I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers Choose the one that would best complete the statementand put the letter in the bracket （30％）

1. Degradation can be illustrated by the following example[ ]

A.lewd →ignorant

B.silly →foolish

st →pleasure

D.knave →boy

2. Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of: [ ]

A.humour

B.sarcasm

C.ridicule

D.all the above

3. The four major modes of semantic change are . [ ]

A.extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation

B.extension, generalization, elevation and degradation

C.extension, narrowing, specialization and degradation

D.extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation

4. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is

rhetorically called . [ ]

A. synecdoche

B. metonymy

C. substitution

D. metaphor

5. Idioms adjectival in nature function as . [ ]

A.adjectives

B.attributes

C.modifiers

D.words

6. Grammatical context refers to in which a word is used. [ ]

A.vocabulary

B.grammar

C.semantic pattern

D.syntactic structure

7. In the idiom 'in good feather', we change 'good' into 'high, full' without changing meaning.

This change of constituent is known as . [ ]

A. addition

B. replacement

C. position-shifting

D. variation

8. The word

A.onomatopoeically motivated

B.morphologically motivated

C.semantically motivated

D.etymologically motivated

9. CCELD is distinctive for its . [ ]

A.clear grammar codes

nguage notes

age notes

D.extra columns

10. W hich of the following words is NOT formed through clipping? [ ]

A.Dorm

B.motel

C.Gent

D.Zoo

11. O ld English has a vocabulary of about words. [ ]

A. 30,000 to 40,000

B. 50,000 to 60,000

C. 70,000 to 80,000

D. 80,000 to 90,000

12. are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words. [ ]

A. Roots

B. Stems

C. Affixes

D. Compounds

13. Besides French words, English also absorbed as many as 2,500 words of

in the Middle English period. [ ]

A. Dutch origin

B. Danish origin

C. Latin origin

D. Greek origin

14. A word is a symbol that . [ ]

A. is used by the same speech community

B. represents something else in the world

C. is both simple and complex in nature

D. s hows different ideas in different sounds

15. S ome words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they

. [ ]

A.are complex words.

B.are technical words

C.refer to the commonest things in life.

D.denote the most important concepts.

第二部分非选择题

plete the following statements with proper words or expressions

according to the course book （10％）

16. The same idiom may show differences when it is used in different meanings including affective meaning.

17. LDCE is a dictionary.

18. Antonyms are classified on the basis of .

19. The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called .

20. Pronouns and numerals enjoy nation-wide use and stability, but have

limited .

I.Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B

according to 1 ）types of meaning changes;2 ）types ofmeaning;3 ）language branches and 4 ）features of idioms （10％）