00832英语词汇学 1404试题.doc

绝密 考试结束前全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。选择题部分注意事项：1 答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。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. “Woman” becomes “Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “fn” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different _A. sounds Bforms C. unities Dmeanings2.The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT _A. fire Bhot C. photoscanning Dsister3.Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese?A. Bazaar.BKowtow. C. Rajah. DBlitzkrieg.4.The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT _A. Europe Bthe Far East C. India Dthe Near East5. Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary?A. The rapid development of modern science and technology.B Social, economic and political changes.C. The invasion of foreign countries.D The influence of other cultures and languages.6. Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT _.A. creation B borrowingC. semantic change D lexical change7. How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words? cats boss work improper triedA.1.B.2.C.3.D.4.8. Among the following words, “_” does NOT have inflectional affixes.A. liked Bchildrens C. happier Dits9. Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?A. Northward. BWiden.C. Happy. DWorker.10. Among the following words, “_ ” contains a negative prefix.A. amoral B de-compose C. antiwar D foretell11. From the viewpoint of word formation, the word “smog” is a _.A. compoundB conversion C. clipping D blending12. Which of the following is partially converted?A. A white. BA drunk. C. The poor. D Finals.13. One can figure out the meaning of “airmail” to be “mail by air” by its _.A. onomatopoeic motivation B morphological motivationC. semantic motivation D etymological motivation14. When a reader comes across the word “home” in his reading, the word may remind him of his “family, friends, warmth, safety, etc. ” In this sense, the word “home” conveys _.A. connotative meaning Bstylistic meaningC. affective meaning Dcollocative meaning15. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs and stylistic features of words.BUnlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.C. Affective meaning indicates the listeners attitude towards the person or thing in question.D Collocation cannot affect the meaning of words.16. Words that are identical only in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called _.A. perfect homonyms B homographsC. homophones D homonyms17. The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT _.A. denotation B connotationC. reference D application18. “Apple, pear, peach, orange, lemon, etc.” make up the _ of “fruit”.A. synonyms B homonymsC. superordinate term D semantic field19. _ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized.A. Degradation B ElevationC. Extension D Specilization20. Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning?A. Cultural reason. B Historical reason.C. Class reason. D Psychological reason.21. The word “minister” originally meant“a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry”. This process of meaning change is called _A. extension B elevation C. degradation D specialization22. In grammatical context, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the _in which it occurs.A. structure Bsentence C. phrase Dclause23. There is an ambiguity in the sentence “He is a hard businessman” due to _.A. polysemy B homonymy C. synonymy D antonymy24. Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues?A. Definition. B Polysemy. C. Synonymy. D Antonymy.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms?A. The part of speech of each element in an idiom is very important.B The constituents of idioms cant be replaced.C. The word order in an idiom cant be changed.D An idiom functions as one word.26. Idioms nominal in nature have a(n) _ as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences.A. verb Badjective C. preposition Dnoun27. Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT _ belong to lexical manipulation.A. alliteration B reiteration C. repetition D juxtaposition28. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British _ dictionaries.A. unabridged Bdesk C. pocket Dbilingual29. Generally, a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT _.A. spelling B pronunciation C. definition D syntactical rules30. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) has some unique features such as definition, extra column and _.A. pronunciation B grammar codesC. usage examples D language codes非选择题部分注意事项： 用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(15%)31. A word is a _ free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.32. In Old English period, the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many new ideas and customs, and also many _ terms such as “candle, altar, amen”.33. A _ is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity.34. “Exam” is the shortened form of “examination” by back clipping. Then “quake” is used to mean “earthquake” by _ clipping.35. Motivation accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its _36. From the _ point of view, polysemy is viewed as the coexistence of various meanings of the same word in a certain historical period of time.37. The process by which a word of wide meaning acquires a specialized sense is called _ of meaning.38. The context clue used in the sentence “Many United Nations employe.es are polyglots. Ms. Mary, for example, speaks five languages” is _39.The idiom “by twos and threes” cannot be turned into “by threes and twos”. It shows that unlike free phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent _40. Bilingual dictionaries are written in _ languages.Define the following terms.(15%)41.creation (as one of the modes of vocabulary development)42. conversion43.hyponomy44. linguistic context45. phrasal verbsIV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short, Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . (20%)46. Explain the logical relationships of the following terms: free morphemes, affix, morphemes, bound root, bound morphemes47.