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 homonyms

B. homonyms

C. homophones

D. all the above

as 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 interpretation

B. the neighbouring words

C. the writer's intention

D. the etymology of the word

of the following is a prefix of time and order?

A. extra-

B. pro-

C. re-

D. semi-

of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary?

A. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

B. Chamber's Encyclopedic English Dictionary

C. Longmont Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

D. Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms

of the following statements is Not true?

A. 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 context B. grammatical context

C. lexical context

D. linguistic context

8."Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Center. "The clue provided in the context is ( )

A. definition

B. explanation

C. example

D. hyponym

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

idiom "a dark horse" is a ( )

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. metonymy

D. personification

idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ( ) and the latter is not.

A. structurally changeable

B. semantically analyzable

C. structurally fixed

D. easily understood

can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to ( ) A. morphological structure B. relevant details

C. grammatical structure

D. physical context

causes the ambiguity of the sentence ”I like Mary better than Janet"? ( ) A. Vocabulary B. Situation

C. Structure

D. None of the above

Modern English refers to the language spoken ( )

A. from 1066 to 1500

B. from 1150 to 1500

C. from 1500 to 1700

D. from 1600 to 1800

added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )

A. bound roots

B. free morphemes

C. inflectional morphemes

D. 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 face

homonym ( ) D. Failure is the mother of success.

( ) E. hiss

( ) F. bear; bear

( ) G. twitter

( ) H. cat