实用英语词汇学Chapter 1&2
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Chapter 1& Chapter 2 quiz
1. In Old English there was _______ agreement between sound and form.
A. more
B. little
C. less
D. gradual
2.The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.
A. borrowing
B. semantic change
C. creation of new words
D. all the above
3.Old English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.
A. Italic
B. Germanic
C. Celtic
D. Hellenic
4.Which of the following words is a functional word?
A. Often
B. Never
C. Although
D. Desk
5. The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that ______.
A. it can refer to the common core of a language
B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language
C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period
D. it can stand for words in given dialect or field
6. Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important?
A. Stability
B. Collocability.
C. Productivity.
D. National character.
7. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to ______
A. German
B. French
C. Scottish
D. Irish
8. The written form of English is a(an) ______representation of the spoken form.
A. selective
B. adequate
C. imperfect
D. natural
9. Which of the following is NOT correct?
A. A word is a meaningful group of letters.
B. A word is a unit of meaning.
C. A word is a sound or combination of sounds.
D. A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence.
10．Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words?
A．The rapid development of modern science and technology.
B．Geographical and political changes.
C．The influence of other cultures and languages.
D．Social and economic changes.
11. Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.
A. use frequency
B. Notion
C. productivity
D. origin
12．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.
A．more slowly than B．as quickly as
C．more rapidly than D．not so quickly as
13．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
A．form B．meaning C．look D．pronunciation
14. Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the followings EXCEPT____.
A. kungfu
dinner
C. fast food
D. Watergate