词汇学模拟试卷2及答案

1、英语词汇学 模拟试卷 （二）I. Choose the best answer and then put the letter of your choice in the given brackets. (30%)1. The prehistorical Indo-European parent language is thought to be a highly _language.A. advanced B. developedC. analytic D. inflected ( )2. The word “prediction” contains no _. A. free morphe

2、me B. stem C. bund morpheme D. root ( )3. The relationship between sound and meaning is _ and conventional. A. logical B. arbitrary C. objective D. consistent ( )4. The word “port” from “portus” is regarded as a _. A. semantic-loan B. neologism C. translation-loan D. denizen ( )5. Words created by a

3、dding word forming or derivational affixes to stems are called _. A. acronyms B. blends C. derivatives D. compounds ( )6. The word _ is regarded as a deverbal noun. A. popularity B. persistence C. productivity D. priestess ( )7. The word “disunite” contains a _ prefix. A. reversative B. pejorative C

4、. negative D. locative ( )8. Motivation refers to the connection between the linguistic symbol and its _. A. spelling B. sound C. meaning D. function ( )9. Extension of meaning is also known as _. A. specialization B. elevation C. generalization D. degradation ( )10. The words “husband” and “wife” a

5、re regarded as _ terms. A. relative B. contradictory C. contrary D. graded ( )11. The word “copperhead” was used to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South because of the _ reason. A. class B. historical C. social D. psychological ( )12. The meaning of a word may be influenced

6、by the structure where it occurs, which is called _ context. A. lexical B. grammatical C. linguistic D. non-linguistic ( )13. The idiom “heart and soul” is _ in nature. A. adjectival B. verbal C. adverbial D. nominal ( )14. The ambiguity of the sentence, “The ball is attractive,” is caused by _. A.

7、homonymy B. hyponymy C. polysemy D. synonymy ( )15. The main body of a dictionary is its _ of words. A. notes B. usage C. spelling D. definitions ( )II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions given in the course book. (15%)1. Bound morphemes include two types: bound root

8、and _.2. In compounds the word stress usually occurs on the _ element.3. Some differences between sound and meaning were created by the _, who made a living by writing for other people.4. All the words in a language make up its _.5. Pronouns and numerals enjoy nation-wide use and stability, but are

9、semantically monosemous and have limited _ and collocability. 6. Scottish and Irish belong to the Celtic family, but Danish and German belong to the _ family. 7. According to the _ which affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses: prefixation and suffixation. 8. Lexical meaning it

10、self embraces two components: _ meaning and associative meaning. 9. The most common types of word-meaning changes are _ and narrowing.10. Of the three types of homonyms, _ constitute the largest number and are most common.11. Transfer may also occur between abstract and _ meanings.12. Idioms are gen

11、erally felt to be _ and some are slang and colloquialisms.13. Synonyms may differ in the _ and intensity of meaning.14. So far as the language is concerned, a Chinese-English dictionary is regarded as a _ dictionary. 15. Compared with American dictionaries, British dictionaries, especially learners

12、dictionaries, include more _ information. III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and then put in the brackets the letter “T” if the statement is true or “F” if it is false. (15%)1. The Germanic tribes were thought to be the first peoples known to inhabit the British Isles. (

13、)2. The chief function of prefixes is to change the meanings of stems. ( )3. There is an inflectional morpheme in the word “internationalist”. ( )4. The French influence on English vocabulary was one of the significant points of the Middle English period. ( ) 5. Inflectional morphemes which are conf

14、ined to suffixes function as grammatical markers. ( )6. The words such as NATO, AIDS, BASIC and UFO are acronyms. ( )7. There are few words which have both the same conceptual meaning and the same stylistic meaning. ( )8. One of the features of the contradictory terms is that such antonyms are so op

15、posed to each other that they are mutually exclusive. ( )9. The same idiom may show stylistic differences when it is assigned different meanings. ( )10. The ambiguity of the sentence “The duck is too hot to eat,” is caused by inadequate grammatical context. ( )11. Encyclopedic dictionaries have the

16、characteristics of both linguistic dictionaries and encyclopedia. ( ) 12. Such words as “useless” and “bad-mouth” are regarded as morphologically motivated words. ( )13. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is generally known as a specialized dictionary. ( ) 14. In the idiom “sooner or later”,

17、 juxtaposition is used. ( ) 15. Linguistic context may include the whole cultural background. ( ) IV. Answer the following questions. (20%) 1. What is conceptual meaning? What are the characteristics of conceptual meaning? 2. What are the four major causes of the difference between sound and form?3.

18、 What is transfer? What are the four main types of transfer?4. What is the difference between denizens and aliens? 5. What are specialized dictionaries? What are their characteristics? V. Analyze and comment on the following. (20%) 1. Point out the formation of the following words. sitcom medicare p

19、ub quake NATO VOA 2. Read the following sentence carefully. If you find anything inappropriate, explain the reasons and then improve the sentence. Jackson is a very hard businessman. 英语词汇学 模拟试卷（二）参考答案I.选择题1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. DII. 填空题 1. affi

20、x 2. first 3. scribes 4. vocabulary 5. productivity 6. Germanic 7. positions 8. conceptual 9. extension 10. homophones 11. semantic 12. informal13. concrete 14. bilingual 15. grammaticalIII. 是非题 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T10. T 11. T 12. F 13. T 14. T 15. FIV. 问答题1. Conceptual meani

21、ng which is also known as denotative meaning is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of word-meaning. Being constant and relatively stable, conceptual meaning forms the basis for communication as the same word has the same conceptual meaning to all the speakers of the same language

22、.2. The first reason is that there are more phonemes than letters in English. Another reason is that the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years. The third reason is that some of the differences were created by the early scribes. The fourth reason is the borrowing.3. Tran

23、sfer or semantic transfer refers to a process of the change of word-meaning whereby a word used to designate one thing has been changed to mean something else. The four main types of semantic transfer are: associated transfer, transfer between abstract and concrete meanings, transfer between subject

24、ive and objective meanings, and transfer of sensations.4. Denizens which are words borrowed early in the past are now well assimilated into the English language and have come to conform to the English way of pronunciation and spelling, but aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original

25、 pronunciation and spelling and are immediately recognizable as foreign in origin.5. Specialized dictionaries concentrate on a particular area of language or knowledge, treating such diverse topics as etymology, synonyms, idioms, pronunciation, usage in language, and computer, engineering, literatur

26、e and a variety of other subjects. These dictionaries may not be very large in size, but each contains much more detailed information on the subject then you can find in a general unabridged one.V. 论述题1 1) Sitcom and medicare are blends. Sitcom is formed by combining the head of “situation” and that of “comedy”, and medicare is formed by combi