英语词汇学英语词汇学习题3及答案

试题三第一部分选择题I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into ( )A. perfect homonymsB. homonymsC. homophonesD. all the aboveas a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example ( )A. ad for “advertisement”B. dish for “food"C. fond for “affectionate”D. an editorial for “an editorial article"is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over ( )A. the reader’s interpretationB. the neighbouring wordsC. the writer's intentionD. the etymology of the wordof the following is a prefix of time and orderA. extra-B. pro-C. re-D. semi-of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionaryA. The Oxford Dictionary of English EtymologyB. Chamber's Encyclopedic English DictionaryC. Longmont Dictionary of Phrasal VerbsD. Webster's New Dictionary of Synonymsof the following statements is Not trueA. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.C. Concept is universal to all men alike.D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form ( )A. physical contextB. grammatical contextC. lexical contextD. linguistic context8."Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Center. "The clue provided in the context is ( )A. definitionB. explanationC. exampleD. hyponymterm "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that ( )A. it can refer to the common core of a languageB. it can refer to the total number of the words in a languageC. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical periodD. it can stand for words in given dialect or fieldidiom "a dark horse" is a ( )A. simileB. metaphorC. metonymyD. personificationidiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ( ) and the latter is not.A. structurally changeableB. semantically analyzableC. structurally fixedD. easily understoodcan work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to ( )A. morphological structureB. relevant detailsC. grammatical structureD. physical contextcauses the ambiguity of the sentence ”I lik e Mary better than Janet" ( )A. VocabularyB. SituationC. StructureD. None of the aboveModern English refers to the language spoken ( )A. from 1066 to 1500B. from 1150 to 1500C. from 1500 to 1700D. from 1600 to 1800added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound rootsB. free morphemesC. inflectional morphemesD. derivational affixes第二部分非选择题Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.word __________ has the old meaning "servant" and the elevated meaning "head of a ministry".relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or ______________.a word with more than one meaning is used in unclear context, it creates _______________.all affixes are __________morphemes because few can be used as independent words.Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)rhetorical features of the idioms; 2)sense relations; 3)assimilation degree; 4)characteristics of the basic word stock and 5)motivation.(10%)A B( ) A. high and low( ) B. pick and choose( ) C. face to facehomonym ( ) D. Failure is the mother of success.( ) E. hiss( ) F. bear; bear( ) G. twitter( ) H. cat( ) I. port( ) J. heart and soulⅣ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types of context clues; 2) types of word formation; 3) types of word-meaning changes and 4) rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)a restatement of a new word or concept in familiar words ( )( )usual amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school ( )cradle to grave ( )and main ( )( ),impolite, ( ):"housewife"→"a woman of low morals"( ) :"discomfort"→"illness"( ) :"foolish"→"affectionate"( )Ⅴ.Define the following terms.(10%)nominal in natureⅥ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(12%)are the stylistic features of idiomswould you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation Give examples to illustrate your point.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixesⅦ.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%) on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinate and subordinates.a. The man said he would come to our school next week.b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes. unbearable, international, ex-prisoner试题参考答案Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)16. Grammatical 17. minister 18. conventional 19. ambiguity 20. boundⅢ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B. (10%)Ⅳ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1)types of context clues; 2)types of word formation; 3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)+head blendinghyponymof speech; metonymymanipulation/alliterationclipping, prefixation or negative prefixesⅤ.Define the following terms.(10%)41. Dictionary is a book which presents in alphabetical order the words of a language, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation, meaning usage, etc.42. Degradation or pejoration of meaning is the opposite of semantic elevation. It is a process whereby words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense.43.(1)Each idiom has a noun as the key word.(2)Each functions as a noun/also knows asnoun idioms.term used to refer to a branch of the Indo-European language family, which consists of English, German, Dutch, etc.of the variants that realize a morphemeⅥ.Answer the following questions.(12%)46.(1)Many idioms were created in different professions, so they were trade-or profession-related, colloquial and informal.(2)Now most become a part of the common core, neither formal nor informal.(3)There are still many colloquialisms, slang expressions, literary expressions comparatively small in number.Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to bases.B)Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of suffixation; it's the method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes.affixes are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words.Ⅶ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)49.要点：Superordinate Subordinate1) man scholar2) come visit3) school university4) week Monday50.1)Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er).2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves.3)All the rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.。