词汇学复习材料

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

1.Lexicology morphologically studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of

_________construct.

A. sound

B. form

C. morpheme

D. root

2. 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

3.The prefixes in the words of ir resistible, non classical and a political are called _______.

A.reversative prefixes

B. negative prefixes

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

4.Utopia ,odyssey and Babbit are words from ________.

s of books

B. names of places

C. names of people

D. tradenames

5.The prefixes in words new-Nazi, autobiography and pan-European are ________.

A.negative prefixes

B. prefixes of degree or size

C. prefixes of time and order

D. miscellaneous prefixes

6.The suffixes in words clock wise, home wards are ______.

A. noun suffixes

B. verb suffixes

C. adverb suffixes

D. adjective suffixes

7.The suffixes in words simpli fy, beauti fy are ________.

A. noun suffixes

B. verb suffixes

C. adverb suffixes

D. adjective suffixes

8. Word formation does not include ________________.

A. affixation and compounding

B. conversion and shortening

C. chipping, acronymy and blending

D. repetition and alliteration

9. Which word in the following is created through the process of back-formation?.

A.donate

B. brunch

C. VOA

D. Fridge

10. “Nation” in the word “noninternationalist” is not_______________.

A. free root

B. free morpheme

C. word

D. bound root

11. The relationship between the sound and meaning of a word is _____________.

A. arbitrary, conventional

B. logical

C. certain

D. Objective

12. A morpheme is the ________ of language.

A.minimal form

B. minimal free form

C. minimal meaningful form

D. smallest form

13. A word is the combination of form and ________.

A. spelling

B. writing

C. meaning

D. denoting

14. Fuzziness of language is a common feature peculiar to ______.

A. English only

B. Chinese only

C. all natural languages

D. some natural languages

15. _______ is the semantic relation between a word for a part of something and a word for the whole.

A meronymy B. hyponymy C. metonymy D. homonymy

16. From the ______ point of view, polysemy is assumed to be the result of growth and development of

the semantic structure of one and same word .

A. linguistic

B. diachronic

C. synchronic

D. traditional