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1、I. Choose the best from the four answers provided for each question. (20 points)1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? BA. Shakespeare ' spoem “ What' is a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet ” isa reflection of the conventionalist6pinion conce

2、rning the relati on ship betwee n sound and meaning.B. Facts have proved the naturalists to be valid concernin g the relationship between sound and meaning.C. The conventionalists hold that the relations between so und and meaning are conventional and arbitrary.D. The fact that words with the same m

3、eaning have differ ent phono logical forms in differe nt Ian guages supports the con ven ti on alists.2. The word “ brunch is formed from “ breakfast and “ luneh” .Such a process of word -formation is called CA. affixation B. back-formation C. blendingD. ab breviati on3. It 'esasy for us to asso

4、ciate “husband”with “wife ”Su.ch an association is an application of D .A. the minimal-contrast ruleB. the feature-deletion and -addition ruleC. the marking ruleD. the category preservation rule4. The pair of antonyms “teach learnb”elong to _C_A. complementariesB. contrariesC. conversivesD. None of

5、the above5. The derivational antonym of “pleasant is” BA. pleasureB. unpleasantC. disgustingD. not pleasant6. The pair of words “air heir ”belong to _CA. homographB. homophoneC. full homonymsD. none of the above7. The major difference between “propaganda ”and “publici ty ”lies in their B .A. distrib

6、utionB. emotional coloringC. stylistic coloringD. collocation8. The semantic relationship between “spinach a”nd “veget able ”is a kind of C .A. hyponymyB. antonymyC. synonymyD. homonymy9. are related in the same way as the pairof words “ Mystery:Clue ”are related to each other.A. Book: readerB. frui

7、t: bowlC. door: keyD. detective: crime10. The word “nice o”riginally meant “foolish a”nd, now it means “pleasant ”Th.is process of semantic change is called _ _C .A. degenerationB. generalizationC. elevationD. specialization11. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the formula “word -

8、concept referent ”？ DA. A concept is the base of the meaning of a word.B. A concept is an abstraction from the referents.C. The formula shows that the word refers to the referent through a concept.D. There is a direct relationship between a word and its r eferent.12. C means using a form that repres

9、entsone part of speech as another part of speech without changin g the form of the word.A. BlendingB. ConversionC. ShorteningD. Affixation13. The semantic feature used to distinguish between “bachelor ”and “spinster is”D .A. HumanB. AdultC. CommonD. Male14. is characterized by full inflections.A. Ol

10、d EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. Early Modern EnglishD. Modern English15. The word “gol-dcollar ”is created by imitating the word“ blu-ecollar ”Th. is kind of analogy is based on BA. numberB. colorC. oppositeness in meaningD. space16. In terms of register, most English idioms belong toA. colloquial Engl

11、ishB. common core of the English languageC. formal EnglishD. slang17. In the sentence “ thisis the face that has changed the future of the world ”, a(n) is used.A. metaphorB. metonymyC. synecdocheD. analogy18. In the following poem “Allthe world ' sa stage, / And all the men and women mere playe

12、rs, /They have their exits and entrances ”w, hat figure of speech is used?A. simileB. hyperboleC. metaphorC. personification19. Which of the following is an example of grammatical collocation?A. lift an embargoB. commit suicideC. avoid doingD. sound asleep20. Some puns are based on .A. synonymyB. hy

13、ponymyC. homonymyD. antonymyII. Judge whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the textbook. (20 points)21. According to modern lexicology, the minimal meaningf ul unit of a Ianguage is word.22. The same phrase can be either a free phrase or an i diom, depe nding on th

14、e meaning and con text.23. The word “ teacher is a tran spare nt word.24. The development of American English was plain sailin g. In other words, the attitudes of both British and America ns towards American English were always positive.25. An idiom composed of “noun+ and + noun” is alway s nominal

15、in nature.26. Written English is always formal, while oral English is always in formal.27. When you want to express your sympathy towards so mebody whose grandfather has just died, it ' proper for you tosay “lam very sorry that your grandpa has kicked the bucke t.28. In the word “ snatch ”th,e s

16、ound sequence “sn”can be associated with “quickmovement”. This is an example of “pri mary onomatopoeia ”.29. “”is an acronym because it is formed from the initial letters of words and pronounced as letters. T30. In English, the word “edit is”created by the deletion of the supposed suffix “or ”in the

17、 word “editor T”hi.s process i s called affixation. F31. In the sentence “itis possible that the local court will find for him”,the phrase “ findfor ”is an idiom.32. In terms of spelling, “honour ”is American English, an d “honor ”is British Engl ish.33. In English, absolute antonyms are more numero

18、us tha n relative synonyms.34. The central meaning of a word is always its primary meaning.35. The use of “ theKremlin ”for Russian government is c alled metonymy.36. The word “sanctuary o”riginally meant “ sacredplace ”, and later it is used to refer to “anyplace where refuge is pro vided ”T. his p

19、rocess of semantic change is called specializatio n.37. In terms of diction, the sentence “ penalties for overdu e books will be strictly enforced ”is written English.38. One of the differences between American English and British English lies in the form of subjunctive mood. For exa mple, the sente

20、nce “Imove that Mr. Smith be appointed Secr etary ”is British English, while “Imove that Mr. Smith should b e appoint ed Secretary ”is American English.39. In the group of words of “black,red, yellow and color “color is”the superordinate, and “black,red, yellow ”are the s ubordinates, or hyponyms.40

21、. Modern English lexicology belongs to general lexicolog y.III. Complete the following statements with proper wor ds or expressions according to the course book. (10 point s)41. A foreign language learner 'vsocabulary can be divide d into active vocabulary and vocabulary.42. Most of the English

22、native words are of _ origin.43. The first authoritative English dictionary is called , which was compiled by Johnson.44. “ ISBN” w hich stands for , is an initialism often seen the in back cover of a book.45. Small words have two features, that is, a _ of meanings and functions as well as flexibili

23、ty of usage.46. There are two types of collocations in English, that is, collocation and lexical collocation.47. Old English is a Ianguage, while modern English is mainly an analytic Ianguage.48. The variants of the same morpheme are called 49. is a figure of speech containing an implied comparis on

24、, in which a word or phrase ord in arily and pri marily used of one thing is applied to another.50. refers to the phenomenon that the same word has two or more different meanings.IV. Correct the linguistic errors in the following statem en ts with the help of your En glish-E nglish dicti on ary. Eac

25、 h statement contains only ONE error. (10 points)51. He can' find a good job because he lacks of skills.52. His theory based on a lot of data.53. He has the ability of repairing computers.54. She concerns her son' ssafety.55. It ' isot polite to intrude somebody when he or she is busy.56

26、. We should refrain our friends from smoking.57. I had my teacher to recommend some books to me.58. The compositions contained so few errors that the tea cher got the students correct one anot her' papers.59. I never regretted not to accept his offer, for it was no t where my interest lay.60. Th

27、e teacher is being con fused.V. Tran slate the followi ngsenten ces -into Chin ese, paying special attentionto idioms. (10 points)61. They came up with a plan for drastic pruning of the b loated institution.62. To Kate, calculating and cold, the most important thin g was power.63. Both were workahol

28、ics who thought nothing of being a t their desks at 6:30 a.m.64. There is nobody in our class but wishes to help you.65. For university students, the importanee of English and computer skill cannot be overestimated in modern society.VI. Answer the following questions. Your answer should b e clear an

29、d brief. (10 points)66. List seven differences between relative synonyms.67. In English, stative verbs usually cannot take the so-ca lled progressive aspect. But there are some exceptions. List t wo cases in which stative verbs may take the progressive asp ect.VII. Analysis and comment. (20 points)68. The