词汇学第四章考试题

CHAPTER 4

1. The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on_______.

A. borrowing

B. word-formation

C. conversion

D. the number of the people speaking English

2. _______ doesn't belong to the most productive means of word-formation.

A. Affixation

B. Compounding

C. Conversion

D. Blending

3. Conversion gives us _______ of the new vocabulary.

A. 30%

B. 28%

C. 26%

D. 28% to 30%

4. Word formation excludes _______.

A. affixation and compounding

B. conversion and shortening

C. chipping, acronymy and blending

D. repetition and alliteration

5. The most productive word formation are _______.

A. affixation

B. compounding

C. conversion

D. all the above

6. Of the following word-formation processes, _______ is the most productive.

A. clipping

B. blending

C. initialism

D. derivation

7. 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through _______.

A. compounding

B. affixation

C. conversion

D. shortening

8. The prefixes in the words of irresistible, nonclassical and apolitical are called _______.

A. reversative prefixes

B. negative prefixes

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

9. Affixation is generally defined as the formation of words by adding word-forming or _______ to stems.

A. affixes

B. suffixes and prefixes

C. inflectional affixes

D. derivational affixes

10. The words formed by affixation are called _______.

A. affixes

B. derivations

C. derivatives

D. derivationals

11. According to the _______ which affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses: prefixation and suffixation.

A. functions

B. positions

C. ways

D. none of the above

12. Prefixes do not generally change the _______ of the stem but only modify its meaning.

A. word-class

B. meaning

C. form

D. structure

13. Accordingly, prefixes are classified on a semantic basis into _______ groups.

A.7

B. 8

C.9

D. 10

14. These are negative prefixes except _______.

A. dis-

B. in-

C. non-

D. under-

15. "Ex-" in the word "ex-prisoner" is _______.

A. free root

B. bound root

C. inflectional affix

D. derivational affix

16. All of the following are pejorative prefixes except _______.

A. mal-

B. arch¬

C. pseudo-

D. mis-

17. The "de -" in "decompose" is _______.

A. a negative prefix

B. a pejorative prefix

C. a reversative prefix

D. an orientation prefix

18. The prefixes contained in the following words are called _______: pseudo, friend, malpractice, mistrust.

A. reversative prefixed

B. negative prefixes

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

19. The prefixes in words anti-government, pro-student and contraflow are _______.

A. prefixes of degree or size

B. prefixes of orientation and attitude

C. prefixes of time and order

D. miscellaneous prefixes

20. The prefixed contained in unwrap, de-compose and disallow are _______.

A. reversative prefixed

B. negative prefixes

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

21. The prefixes in words extra-strong, overweight and archbishop are _______.

A. negative prefixes

B. prefixes of degree or size

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

22. A subcutaneous infection is _______ the skin.

A. on the surface of

B. above

C. under

D. below

23. Some doctors prescribe medication to treat hyperactive children, because the children are extremely _______.

A. active

B. passive

C. lazy

D. diligent

24. _______ of the given prefixes indicates number.

A. fore-

B. anti-

C. semi-

D. pan-

25. The primary function of suffixes is to _______.

A. change the word-class of roots

B. change the meaning of stems

C. change the grammatical function of stems

D. change the structure of roots

26. The "auto" in "autobiography" is _______.

A. a negative prefix

B. a pejorative prefix

C. a reversative prefix

D. a miscellaneous prefix

27. The prefixes in words bilingual, uniform and hemisphere are _______.

A. number prefixes

B. prefixes of degree or size

C. pejorative prefixes

D. locative prefixes

28. _______ are contained in words trans-world, intra-party and forehead.

A. Prefixes of orientation and attitude