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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 2011年4月全国自考《英语词汇学》真题及详解
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I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (30%)
1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT ______. A. Old English B. Middle English C. New English D. Modern English 【答案】C
【解析】英语词汇可分为三个阶段：古英语、中世纪英语和现代英语，这一分类是历史发展的结果，也是任意的。C项不属于英语词汇的分类，故选C项。
2. The definition of a word comprises the following points ______. (1) a minimal free form of a language (2) a sound unity (3) a unit of meaning
(4) a form that can function alone in a sentence
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www.100xuexi.com A. (1) and (2) B. (1) (2) and (3) C. (2) (3) and (4) D. (1) (2) (3) and (4) 【答案】D
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】单词的定义包含4个方面：①语言的最小自由形式 ②是语音整体 ③是意义整体 ④可以在句子中独立存在。故选D项。
3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______. A. productivity B. polysemy C. stability
D. collocability 【答案】A
【解析】基本词汇的单词可以独立存在，同时也可以和其他词根或词汇组成新单词，foot可以派生成football、footage 和footprint，这表现了基础词汇的创造性。故选A项。
4. The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and ______.
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www.100xuexi.com A. India B. the Far East C. the West Asia D. America 【答案】A
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】印欧语系包含欧洲、近东和印度地区的许多语言。故A项正确。
5. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and ______ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. A. India B. German C. Roman D. Chinese 【答案】C
【解析】在现代英语的早期，欧洲发生了学习古希腊罗马经典的新高潮，这在历史上被称为文艺复兴运动。故C项正确。
6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Old English was a highly inflected language.
B. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side. C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.
D. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English
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www.100xuexi.com 【答案】B
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 is creation of new words by means of word-formation.
【解析】在中世纪英语早期，出现了英语、拉丁语和法语三语并存的现象，因此B项错误，故选B项。
7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______. A. morpheme B. affixes C. root D. stem 【答案】A
【解析】组成单词最小的功能单位是词素，故选A项。affix词缀。root词根。stem词干。
8. There is/are ______ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: hot, dog, feet, matches. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 【答案】B
【解析】hot和dog为词根，是自由词素，且只有一个词素，故选B项。feet包含两个
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 词素：foot+ee，matches也包含两个词素：match＋es。
9. The plural morpheme “-s” is pronounced as /s/ in the following words EXCEPT ______. A. packs B. bags C. cheats D. ships 【答案】B
【解析】表示复数含义的词缀“-s”在清辅音后面发/s/，在浊辅音后面发/z/，k、t、p为清辅音，g为浊辅音，故选B项。
10. 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English vocabulary are produced through ______ . A. affixation B. clipping C. compounding D. shortening 【答案】A
【解析】英语中30%~40%的生词由词缀法产生，28%~30%的生词由合成法产生，26%的生词由转类法产生，8%~10%的生词由缩减法产生，1%~5%的生词由混合法和其他方法产生。故A项正确。
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2011年4月全国自考《英语词汇学》真题及详解【圣才出品】
