《英语词汇学》自考真题试题及答案解析

1、英语词汇学自考真题试题及答案解析一、单选题 （共51题，共0分） 1.“Woman” becomes “ Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “f n” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different _ . A. sounds B.forms C.unities D.meanings 2.The following words of the basic word stock denot

2、e the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT _ . A.fire B.hot C.photoscanning D.sister 3.Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese? A.Bazaar B.Kowtow C.Rajah D.Blitzkrieg 4.The Indo

3、-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT _ . A.Europe B.the Far East C.India D.the Near East 5.Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabpary? A.The rapid development of modern science and technology. B.Soc

4、ial, economic and political changes C.The invasion of foreign countries. D.The influence of other cptures and languages. 6.Modern English vocabpary develops through the following channels EXCEPT _. A.creation B.borrowing C.semantic change D. lexical change 7.How many monomorphemic words are there in

5、 the following words? cats boss work improper tried A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 8.A mong the following words, “ _ ” does NOT have inflectional affixes. A. liked B.childrens C.happier D.its 9.Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes? A.Northward B.Widen C.Happy D.Worker. 10.Among the following words,

6、“ _ ” contains a negative prefix. A.amoral B.de-compose C.antiwar D.foretell 11.From the viewpoint of word formation, the word “ smog” is a _. A.compound B.conversion C.clipping D.blending 12.Which of the following is partially converted? A. A white B.A drunk C.The poor D.Finals 13.One can figure ou

7、t the meaning of “ airmail ” to be “ mail by air ” by its _. A.onomatopoeic motivation B.morphological motivation C.semantic motivation D.etymological motivation 14.When a reader comes across the word “ home” in his reading, the word may remind him of his “ family, friends, warmth, safety, etc. ” In

8、 this sense, the word “ home” conveys _. A.connotative meaning B.stylistic meaning C.affective meaning D.collocative meaning 15.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A.Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs and stylistic features ofwords. B.Unlike conceptual meaning,

9、associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate. C.Affective meaning indicates the listener s 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 h

10、omonyms B.homographs C.homophones D.homonyms 17.The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT _. A.denotation B.connotation C.reference D.application 18.“ Apple, pear, peach, orange, lemon, etc. ” make up the _ of “ fruit ”. A.synonyms B.homonyms C.superordinate term D.semanti

11、c field 19._ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized. A.Degradation B.Elevation C.Extension D.Specilization 20.Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning? A.Cptural reason. B.His

12、torical 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.specialization 22.In grammatical context, the meaning of a wor

13、d may be influenced by the _in which it occurs. A.structure B.sentence C.phrase D.clause 23.There is an ambiguity in the sentence “ He is a hard businessman ” due to _. A.polysemy B.homonymy C.synonymy D.antonymy 24.Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues? A.Definition B.Polysemy C.Sy

14、nonymy 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 can eplaced. t be r C.The word order in an idiom can t be changed. D.An idiom functions as one word. 26.Idioms no

15、minal in nature have a(n) _ as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences. A.verb B.adjective C.preposition D.noun 27.Lexical manippation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT _ belong to lexical manippation. A.alliteration B.reiteration C.repetition

16、D.juxtaposition 28.Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary , 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British _ dictionaries. A.unabridged B.desk C.pocket D.bilingual 29.Generally, a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT _. A. spelling B.pronunciation C.definition D.syntactical rpes 30.Col

17、lins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) has some unique features such as definition, extra column and _. A. pronunciation B.grammar codes C.usage examples D.language codes 31.The professor worked for 7 hours at a _. A.stretch B.extend C.expand D.prolong 32.Parents, teachers in schools and co

18、mmunicators in or using the mass media are all capable of _ our potential interests. A.raising B.rising C.arousing D.arising 33.Happiness doesn t alway s _ money. A.go through B.go in for C.go with D.go over 34.He insured his car _ he had an accident. A. unless B.if C.since D.in case 35.It took a fe

19、w seconds for her eyes to _ to the darkness. A.allocate B.adopt C.apply D.adjust 36.It has been years _ I returned home. A.after B.that C.since D.when 37.What he told us was more of a(n) _ than a reality. A.illusion B.demonstration C.illustration D.reputation 38.To write up his novel, John is lookin

20、g for an environment free _ outside distraction. A. on B.with C.from D.in 39.We cannot leave this tough job to a person _. A.who nobody has confidence B.in whom nobody has confidence C.for whom nobody has confidence D.who everyone has confidence of 40.A good worker in a key spot copd, so _ as he kep

21、t up production, take all the coffee breaks he wanted. A.long B.short C.much D.little 41.Modern economics _ the country s agricptural policies. A.undergoes B.understands C.underlies D.undertakes 42.If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get _. A. concentrated B.confused C.confirmed D

22、.convinced 43.David has made great progress recently. _，and _. A.So he has；so you have B.So he has；so have you C.So he has；so do you D.So has he；so you have 44.We are interested in the weather because it _ us so directlywhat we wear, what we do and even how we feel. A.benefits B.affects C.guides D.e

23、ffects 45.You shopd help them _ when your friends quarrel with each other. A.come into sight B.come to terms C.come into play D.come to power 46.Perseverance is a kind of quality and that is _ it takes to do anything well. A. what B.that C.which D.why 47.We were told that the stone figure _ back to

24、the 16th century was of great value. A. dated B.dating C.coming D.kept 48.Each of us shopd _ aside a few minutes to have a rest every day. A.push B.provide C.turn D.set 49.Police are _ the disappearance of two children. A. looking up B.looking through C.looking into D.looking on 50.He _ his poor jud

25、gment _ Jet Lag. A.blamed . for B.blamed . to C.blamed . on D.blamed . at 51.Washing the food down with water as a substitute _ chewing is not a good habit A.of B.for C.to D.from 1、正确答案： A 2、正确答案： C 3、正确答案： B 4、正确答案： B 5、正确答案： C 6、正确答案： D 7、正确答案： B 8、正确答案： D 9、正确答案： C 10、正确答案： A 11、正确答案： D 12、正确答案：

26、C 13、正确答案： B 14、正确答案： A 15、正确答案： B 16、正确答案： B 17、正确答案： C 18、正确答案： D 19、正确答案： C 20、正确答案： A 21、正确答案： B 22、正确答案： A 23、正确答案： A 24、正确答案： B 25、正确答案： A 26、正确答案： D 27、正确答案： A 28、正确答案： B 29、正确答案： D 30、正确答案： C 31、正确答案： A本题解析：此题考查的是固定词组搭配。 at a stretch 一口气地 32、正确答案： C本题解析：arouse：唤醒，激起。符合句意。 raise和 rise 都有“上升、提

27、高”的意思。 arise：出现，发生。 33、正确答案： C本题解析：句意：幸福未必总是伴随金钱而来。 go with：伴随，与 .相配 34、正确答案： D本题解析：他给自己的汽车投了保，以防万一遇到交通事故。考查连词词义区分题。 A 否则，要不然 B 如果 C 自从，由于 D 以防万一，以免 35、正确答案： D本题解析：A 分配，拨出 B 收养，过 C 应用，申请 D 调整，使适合 36、正确答案： C本题解析：译文：我回家已经有好几年了。此题考查连词 since 的用法。 since 表示“从 (过去某事 )以来，以后或到现在”时，主句多用完成时态。又如：Where have you been since I last saw you? 自从我上次见到你以后，你到哪去了 ? 37、正确答案： A本题解析：他告诉我们的更可能是幻想而不是现实。考查名词词义选择题。 A 幻想，错误观念 B 演示，证明 C 图解，实例 D 名声，名誉 38、正确答案： C本题解析：free from 使人摆脱，不受的，没有的 39、正确答案： B本题解析：译文：我们不能把这样一份艰巨的工作交给一个没有自信的人。 本题考查定语从句， have confidence in sb 是固定用法，关系代词 whom用作介词 in 的宾语。 40、正确答案： A本题解析：so lon