全国高等教育自学考试
英语词汇学试题
课程代码：00832
Ⅰ．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.（30%）
1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（ ） A．meaning
C．combination of sounds
B．Sound D．Group
2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（ ） A．more slowly than C．more rapidly than
B．As quickly as D．Not so quickly as
3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（ ） A．use frequency C．origin
B．notion D．sound
4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（ ） A．green revolution C．moon walk
B．fast food D．space shuttle
5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
（ ）
A．form C．look
B．meaning D．pronunciation
6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（ ） A．four C．for
B．fell D．autumn
7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT
______.
（ ）
A．/t/ C．/p/
B．/g/ D．/k/
8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（ ） A．one C．three
B．two D．four
9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（ ） A．works C．postwar
B．prewar D．bloody
10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.
（ ）
A．compounding C．conversion
B．affixation D．shortening
11．The word “motel” is created by ______.（ ） A．compounding C．blending
B．clipping D．suffixation
12．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（ ） A．acronymy C．back-formation
B．clipping D．prefixation
13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（ ） A．grammatical meaning C．associative meaning
B．conceptual meaning D．literal meaning
14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.（ ） A．onomatopoeic C．semantic
B．morphological D．etymological
15．______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the
human mind.
（ ）
A．Reference C．Sense
B．Concept D．Motivation
16．Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of ______.
（ ）
A．word formation C．meaning change
B．word meaning D．Sense relations
17．When a word is first coined, it is always ______.（ ） A．semantic C．monosemic
B．onomatopoeic D．polysemic
18．The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in
usage whereas the first is archaic, EXCEPT ______.（ ） A．ire/anger
C．forlorn/distressed
B．rich/wealthy D．bliss/happiness
19．Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many
of his words were used in different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries.（ ） A．senses C．dialects
B．Forms D．Terms
20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally
denoted mere “painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”（ ） A．extension C．narrowing
B．elevation D．degradation
21．In the sentence “The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.”, the word “respectable” is used in the ______ sense of transfer.（ ） A．subjective C．sensational
B．objective D．physical
22．Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（ ） A．Elimination of ambiguity. B．Indication of referents.
C．Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning.
D．Provision of culture background for inferring word-meaning.
23．The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.（ ） A．grammatical context C．antonymy
B．polysemy D．hyponymy
24．In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England,
but a sou’Wester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “sou’wester” can be inferred from the clue of ______.（ ） A．relevant details C．antonymy
B．synonymy D．hyponymy
25．The idiom “toss and turn” is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.
（ ）
A．alliteration C．metonymy
B．metaphor D．rhyme
26．Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?（ ） A．Sentence idioms. C．Clausal idioms.
B．Idioms adverbial in nature. D．Idioms nominal in nature.
27．The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.（ ） A．replacement C．shortening
B．addition D．repetition
28．Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.（ ） A．spelling C．pronunciation
B．syntactical usage D．definition
29．As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and
up-to-date, most elaborately treated one（ ）
A．A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995)
B．Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation C．A New English-Chinese Dictionary
D．Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation 30．Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.（ ） A．unabridged C．specialized
B．desk D．encyclopedic
Ⅱ．Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. (10%)
A
B
A．juxtaposition B．notional word
C．transfer of sensations D．abstract to concrete E．derivational affix F．alliteration G．functional word H．inflectional affix I．associated transfer
J．rhyme
（ c ）31．She burst into passionate sobbing. （ I ）32．He drops off to sleep, the lamb. （ g ）33．and
（ h ）34．the man’s coat （ a ）35．here and there （ b ）36．moon
（ f ）37．rough and ready （ e ）38．ex-prisoner （ j ）39．fair and square
（ d ）40．Helen looks a fright in that old black dress.
Ⅲ．Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according
to the course book.（10%）
41．When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be defined as a ________ group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper. 42．Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.
43．We might say that free morphemes are free root.
44．The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is called ________.
全国英语词汇学高等教育自学考试试题与答案
