2018年10月高等教育自学考试《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 blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. One point is given to each correct choice. (1% X 30 = 30% ) 1. Which of the following can NOT be defined as a word?
A. man B. for C. ment D. blackmail 2. The differences between sound and form are NOT due to A. innovations made by linguists B. stabilization of spelling by printing C. influence of the work of scribes
D. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English
3. Words may fall into native words and borrowed words by A. notion B. origin C. function D. use frequency 4. means an old form which takes on a new meaning to meet the new need. A. Borrowing B. Creation C. Semantic change D. Loaning 5. The language used between 1150 and 1500 is called English.
A. Old B. Middle C. Contemporary D. Modern
6. In Middle English vocabulary, we can find words relating to every aspect of human society, e. g. government, law, food, fashion and so on. Which of the following words does NOT belong to them?
A. wechat B. bacon C. judge D. power
7. Structurally, many words can be separated into even smaller meaningful units. For example, denaturalization can be broken down into
A. de-, natura-, lize-, ation B. dena-, ture, al-, lize, ation C. de-, nature, al, ize, ation D. de-, natu, real, ize, ation
8. The morpheme of plurality/-s/is pronounced as/s/in cats,/z/in bags, and/iz/in matches. This example shows A. morphemes are abstract units
B. allomorphs are phonetically conditioned and thus predictable C. morphs are actual spoken, minimal carriers of meaning
D. monomorphemic words coincide with words and function freely in a sentence 9. Which of the following words is the example of free morphemes?
A. men B. teeth C. worker D. anger 10. The following words have prefixes of time or order EXCEPT
A. bilingual B. ex-student C. foretell D. post-election
11..4 green hand is an \ shows that compounds are different from free phrases in feature. A. phonetic B. semantic C. grammatical D. lexical
12. Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the example of in word formation.
A. acronymy B. clipping C. compounding D. conversion 13. , which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
A. Reference B. Motivation C. Sense D. Concept 14. The following words are onomatopoetically motivated EXCEPT A. blow B. quack C. miaow D. hiss
15. The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In this sense, words have motivation. A. onomatopoeic B. morphological C. semantic D. etymological 16. From a synchronic point of view, the basic meaning of a word is the A. primary meaning B. derived meaning C. central meaning D. secondary meaning 17. Which of the following is NOT the derived meaning of the word face? A. The front of the head. B. Outward aspect.
C. A surface of a thing. D. The expression of the countenance. 18. Which of the following pairs are absolute synonyms? A. large/tremendous B. stagger/reel
C. alter/vary D. scarlet-fever/scarlatina
19. The process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized is of word-meaning.
A. transfer B. elevation C. narrowing D. extension
20. reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word computer, from \computes\
A. Class B. Historical C. Scientific D. Psychological 21. Which of the following is the internal factor within the language system that causes changes in word-meaning?
A. Analogy B. Contrast C. Historical reason D. Psychological need 22. As most words have more than one meaning, it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used in A. context B. texts C. conversation D. writing
23. That the word do means differently in \that context affects the meaning of words. A. extra-linguistic B. grammatical C. lexical D. semantic 24. Which of the following is NOT the role of context?
A. Elimination of ambiguity. B. Indication of referents.
C. Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. D. Simplification of meaning. 25. Which of the following is a true idiom?
A. make friends with B. break silence C. in the raw D. turn over a new leaf 26. Among the following idioms,\ \ A. flesh and blood B. up in the air C. as poor as a church mouse D. tooth and nail 27. All of the following are stylistic features EXCEPT
A. colloquialisms B. slang C. literary expressions D. rhymes 28. In the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language. A. monolingual dictionaries B. bilingual dictionaries C. linguistic dictionaries D. encyclopedia dictionaries
29. Usage notes and language notes in a dictionary explain the following EXCEPT A. important British and American differences B. difficult points of grammar and style C. information concerning the origins of words
D. the slight differences between words of similar meanings 30. The following are some unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary EXCEPT A. definition B. extra column C. usage examples D. clear grammar
II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (1.5% × 10 = 15%)
31. It is generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the written record of the form.
32. After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as English.
33. Morphemes which are independent of other morphemes are morphemes.
34. Comic means \and -ical can be affixed to the same stem, but differ in 35. The sense of an expression is its place in a system of relationship with other expressions in the language.
36. Words like bear which means both \37. The process by which the word wife used to mean \but now means \married woman\ of word-meaning. 38. Linguistic context includes context, where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs.
39. Unlike free phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent , as is shown in the idiom \
40. For beginners, and elementary and lower-intermediate learners, a dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language to understand fully a monolingual dictionary.
III. Define the following terms with one or two sentences. (3% × 5 = 15%)
41. borrowed words 42. stem
43. associative meaning 44. degradation
45. dismembering (of idioms)
IV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. (5% × 4 = 20%)
46. What are the three main sources of new words in Present-day English? 47. In what way are the underlined words formed in the following sentences? 1) He wolfed down his lunch. 2) There is no milk in the fridge. 3) The headmaster is an easy-going man.
4) You have to show your ID before checking in the hotel. 5) I promised to babysit for my neighbor this weekend.
48. What are the types of antonyms? Explain the types of antonyms with the following example words: sell/buy, same/different, old/young.
49. How are context clues used in the sentence \pub, a library, a post office, a village hall, a medical centre, and a school.\
V. Analyze and comment on the following. (10% × 2 = 20%)
50. 1) nickname n.→ to nickname 2) bottle-feeding n.→ to bottle-feed
Use the above examples to discuss in what way compound verbs are generally formed? 51. Illustrate the differences between synonyms by analyzing the following groups of synonyms. 1) rich and wealthy 2) ask, beg and request 3) allow and let
2018年10月高等教育自学考试《英语词汇学》试题
