2010年7月高等教育自学考试
英语词汇学试题
课程代码：10059
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(45%)
1. The symbolic connection between sound and meaning is almost always ______.( ) A. motivated C. logical
B. arbitrary D. unconventional
2. Pronouns and numerals are semantically______ and have limited______ .( ) A. polysemous; use and stability
B. monosemous; collocability and stability C. polysemous; use and productivity D. monosemous; productivity and collocability
3. There are generally two approaches to the study of words, namely synchronic and______.( ) A. dynamic C. diachronic
B. paradigmatic D. syntagmatic
4. Old English is a highly______ language just like modern German.( ) A. agglutinative C. isolating
B. analytic D. inflected
5. Old English began to undergo a great change when the______ invaded England in 1066.( ) A. Romans C. Normans
B. Danes D. Jutes
6. The English Language is noted for the remarkable______ and______ of its vocabulary.( ) A. complexity, heterogeneity C. naturalness, simplicity
B. purity, simplicity
D. naturalness, conventionality
7. The popular method of classifying English morphemes is to group them into ______ morphemes and ______morphemes.( )
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A. derivational, inflectional C. free, inflectional
B. free, bound D. root, bound
8. A______ is the form to which affixes of any kind can be added.( ) A. root C. lexeme
B. stem D. headword
9. In English, bound roots are either ______or______ .( ) A. Latin, French C. Latin, Greek
B. Greek, Scandinavian D. French, Greek
10. The chief function of suffixation is to______ .( ) A. change the word-class B. change the meaning of the stem C. change the semantic function of the stem D. all the above
11. Affixation is the formation of words by adding word-forming or ______affixes to stems.( ) A. derivational C. bound
B. inflectional D. locative
12. Back formation is considered to be the opposite process of______.( ) A. prefixation C. clipping
B. compounding D. suffixation
13. Associative meaning comprises several types except______.( ) A. connotative meaning C. affective meaning
B. stylistic meaning D. lexical meaning
14. “Much” and “many” have the same______.( ) A. concept C. collocation
B. motivation D. sense
15. ______ meaning refers to that part of the meaning of the word which indicates grammatical concept or relationships.( ) A. Lexical C. Associative
B. Conceptual D. Grammatical
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16.______ is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages because overwhelming majority of words have more than one meaning.( ) A. Polysemy C. Synonymy
B. Hyponymy D. Homonymy
17. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas:______ .( ) A. elevation, connotation, application B. connotation, elevation, degradation C. connotation, denotation, application D. amelioration, deterioration, denotation
18. A______ term is general and a/an______ term is specific.( ) A. hyponym,subordinate C. polysemant, monosemant
B. superordinate, subordinate D. lower, upper
19.______ have experienced the extension of meanings.( ) A. Proper nouns in the past C. Technical terms in the past
B. Polysemic words of modern English D. All the above
20. If a word which used to have a more______ sense becomes restricted in its application in a present-day language, the word has undergone narrowing of meaning.( ) A. specific C. general
B. pejorative D. appreciative
21. Many low, humble and despised occupations take more ______names due to ______ reasons.( ) A. appealing, economic C. appealing, psychological
B. vulgar, psychological D. non-affecting, psychological
22. Ambiguity is caused mainly by______ context.( ) A. lexical C. grammatical
B. historical D. inadequate
23. ______ and______ often define each other, thus forming an important context clue.( ) A. Antonymy, synonymy C. Superordinates, subordinates
B. Hyponymy, homonymy D. Lexical words, grammatical words
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24. Context is very important for the understanding of word-meaning because the meaning is influenced immediately by the ______ context, and in many cases by the whole______ as well.( )
A. lexical, linguistic context C. grammatical, lexical context
B. linguistic, speech situation
D. lexical, extra-linguistic context
25. Being phrases or sentences, idioms consist of more than______ word, but each is a semantic unity.( ) A. one C. three
B. two D. four
26. Idioms manifest apparent rhetorical coloring which excludes______.( ) A. lexical manipulation C. phonetic manipulation
B. stylistic manipulation D. figures of speech
27. The semantic unity of idioms is also reflected in the ______relationship between the literal meaning of each word and the meaning of the idiom.( ) A. logical C. illogical
B. lexical
D. grammatical
28.Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English was compiled on the principle of______.( ) A. pronunciation C. spelling
29.______is a monolingual dictionary.( )
A. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation B. New English-Chinese Dictionary C. Chinese-English Dictionary
D. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 30. Both LDCE and CCELD are ______.( ) A. monolingual dictionaries C. encyclopedic dictionaries
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B. general dictionaries D. both A and B B. fields D. usage
II. Match the words in Column A with those in Column B.（20%） A ( )31. auld ( = ScotE old) ( )32. beaver (= girl) ( )33. futurology ( )34. thou ( = you) ( )35. masterpiece ← Meiserstuck (G) ( )36. to ( )37. algebra ( )38. kowtow (CH) ( )39. dumb (= stupid) ( )40. buster (= ‘bomb’ in warfare) A. archaism B. basic word C. dialectal word D. alien E. semantic-loan F. translation loan G. jargon H. neologism I. Terminology J. slang B III. Complete the following statements with proper expressions according to the textbook.(5%)
41. Stylistics is concerned with the user’s ______ of linguistic elements in a particular context for special effects.
42. Of all the borrowed words in English, about ______are from French. 43. Free morphemes and free ______are identical.
44. It deserves noting that conversion is not only a change of grammatical function of the lexical item involved but with it the different range of ______that it originally carried.
45. Parts of speech of words, singular and plural meaning of nouns, these meaning of verbs all belong to______ meaning.
IV. Study the following words and decide how each word is formed.(10%) Example: disobey (affixation) 46. honeymoon ( ) 48. dorm 50. edit
( ) ( )
47. medicare ( ) 49. AIDS ( )
V. Answer the following questions.(10%)51. How are words classified?
52. According to the functions of affixes, how many groups can you put them into? What are their characteristics?
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53. What is the difference between partial conversion and full conversion? 54. What are the characteristics of connotative meaning? 55. What are causes of ambiguity?
VI. Analyze and comment on the following sentences. (10%) 56.It is not a home. It is a house.
Comment on the two sentences above, and analyze the grammatical meaning, conceptual meaning and connotative meaning of home and of house.
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英语试卷十四
