英语词汇学各章试题

英语词汇学试题

Introduction and Chapter 1

Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabula ry（练习1）

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

1.Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms

of words, primarily through the use of _________construct.

A. word

B. form

C. morpheme

D. root

2.________ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the

form and meaning of words.

A. Semantics

B. Linguistics

C. Etymology

D. Stylistics

3.Modern English is derived from the language of early ______ tribes.

A. Greek

B. Roman

C. Italian

D. Germanic

4. Semantics is the study of meaning of different _________ levels: lexis,

syntax, utterance, discourse, etc.

A. linguistic

B. grammatical

C. arbitrary

D. semantic

5.Stylistics is the study of style . It is concerned with the user’s choices of

linguistic elements in a particular________ for special effects

A. situation

B. context

C. time

D. place

6.Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form , meaning,

origins and usages of words, but they have a _______ difference.

A . spelling B. semantic C. pronunciation D. pragmatic

7. Terminology consists of _______ terms used in particular disciplines and

academic areas.

A. technical

B. artistic

C. different

D. academic

8. __________refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of

particular arts, sciences, trades, and professions communicate among themselves.

A. Slang

B. Jargon

C. Dialectal words

D. Argot

9 ._________ belongs to the sub-standard language, a category that seems to

stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-group words.

A. Jargon

B. Argot

C. Dialectal words

D. Slang

10. Argot generally refers to the jargon of _______.Its use is confined to the

sub-cultural groups and outsiders can hardly understand it.

A. workers

B. criminals

C. any person

D. policeman

11.________ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question.

A. Argot

B. Slang

C. Jargon

D. Dialectal

words

12. Archaisms are words or forms that were once in _________use but are now

restricted only to specialized or limited use.

A. common

B. little

C. slight

D. great