全国月自考英语词汇学真题试题

1、全国2012年7月自考英语词汇学真题试题课程代码：00832 .Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%) 1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by _. （） A. use frequency B. no

2、tion C. origin D. grammar 2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas, when it means “marijuana”, it is a _. （） A. jargon B. terminology C. slang D. argot 3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the pattern

3、s taken from another language. For example, the English expression “long time no see” is from _. （） A. Latin B. Chinese C. Greek D. French 4. The Germanic family consists of the four Northern European Languages: Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish, which are generally known as _ languages. （） A

4、. Hellenic B. Albanian C. Celtic D. Scandinavian 5. Which of the following is NOT the main source of new words? （） A. The rapid development of modern science and technology. B. Social, economic and political changes. C. Environmental protection. D. The influence of other cultures and languages. 6. W

5、hich of the following statements is NOT true? （） A. In modern times，borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern English vocabulary. B. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian. C. The most important mode of vocabulary dev

6、elopment in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation. D. In early Middle English period，English，Latin，and Celtic existed side by side. 7. There are _ free morphemic words in the following words：worker, car, impossible，anger, politely. （） A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 8. There is

7、/are _ stem(s)in the word“internationalists” （） A 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 9. The past tense marker“-ed”is pronounced as/t/in the following words EXCEPT _.（） A. enabled B. worked C. jumped D. helped 10. The most productive ways of word-formation in modern English are the following EXCEPT _.（） A. affixation

8、B. compounding C. conversion D. blending 11. The formation of new words by joining two or more stems is called _. （） A. clipping B. compounding C. acronymy D. back-formation 12. The word “pop” belongs to _ clipping. （） A. front B. back C. front and back D. phrase 13. The _ meaning of words usually s

9、hows the attitude of approval of the speaker. （） A. affective B. appreciative C. pejorative D. connotative 14. Which of the following is NOT one of the associative meaning of a word? （） A. Grammatical meaning. B. Stylistic meaning. C. Collocative meaning. D. Connotative meaning. 15. _ motivation exp

10、lains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of the word.（） A. Morphological B. Onomatopoeic C. Semantic D. Etymological 16. Antonyms are classified on the basis of _ opposition. （） A. semantic B. euphemistic C. idiomatic D. grammatical 17. Lion，elephant，tiger, turtle，sheep an

11、d snake are _ of animal. （） A. hyponyms B. synonyms C. collocation D. denomination 18. As far as denotation is concerned，relative synonyms may differ _.（） A. in the diachronic approach B. in the stylistic and emotive colouring of words C. in usage in simple terms D. in the range and intensity of mea

12、ning 19. Borrowing has caused word-meaning changes，as indicated in“_ formerly meant animal，and later animal from Latin and beast from French found their way into English _.”（） A. deer B. cattle C. sheep D. bird 20. There are generally two major factors that cause changes in meaning，extra-linguistic

13、factors and _ factors within the language system. （） A. functional B. external C. meaningful D. internal 21. _ is a process by which a word of wider meaning acquires a specialized sense. For example，the original meaning of the word“meat” was food and the modern meaning is edible flesh. （） A. Convers

14、ion B. Elevating C. Narrowing D. Formation 22. Which of the following is NOT a context clue? （） A. Relevant details. B. Sentence structure. C. Synonymy. D. Antonymy. 23. The sentence “I like Mary better than John is ambiguous due to _. （） A. grammatical context B. polysemy C. antonymy D. hyponymy 24

15、. In the sentence“Copernicus believed in a heliocentric universe，rather than in the geocentric theory”，the meaning of heliocentric call be inferred from the clue of _.（） A. relevant details B. word structure C. antonymy D. hyponymy 25. “Tooth and nail” is all idiom _ in nature. （） A. verbal B. nomin

16、al C. adjectival D. adverbial 26. Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom “wear and tear”? （） A. Rhyme. B. Alliteration. C. Juxtaposition. D. Synecdoche. 27. The idiom “play fair” was created probably by_. （） A. seamen B. housewives C. sportsmen D. hunters 28. Encyclopaed

17、ic dictionaries can be further divided into encyclopaedia and _ dictionaries. （） A. 1inguistic B. encyclopaedic C. specialized D. unabridged 29. LDCE is distinctive for the following features EXCEPT _. （） A. clear grammar codes B. usage notes C. 1anguage notes D. extra column 30. Which of the follow

18、ing is NOT true for a Chinese-English Dictionary (revised Edition) (CED) (1995)? （） A. It is a bilingual dictionary. B. It is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated. C. It cuts off the previous alphabetical order of entries. D. It boasts of the quality of the English equivalents

19、it provides for its Chinese items. . Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (15%) 31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are _. 32. If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle English was on

20、e of _ endings. 33. Derivational affixes can be further divided into prefixes and _. 34. “Motel” is a word formed through _. 35. Words like “bang, pingpong, miaow” are examples of _ motivation. 36. Contradictory terms do not show _, as far as antonyms are concerned. 37. Increased scientific knowledg

21、e and discovery are also important factors that account for the change of word _. 38. Based on the _ context, we can determine the meaning of “Sarcasm doesnt become you” as “Sarcasm doesnt suit you”. 39. “Sing a different tune” is an idiom _ in nature. 40. British dictionaries gene rally use Interna

22、tional Phonetic Alphabet to mark the _. . Define the following terms. (15%) 41. creation 42. conversion 43. homonymy 44. lexical context 45. deletion of idioms . Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%) 46. Please illu

23、strate the logical relationships of the following terms: free morphemes, bound root, derivational affixes, affixes, morphemes, inflectional affixes, bound morphemes. 47. Prefixation and suffixation are two subclasses of affixation. Please define prefixation and suffixation and explain the difference between them. Use “politeimpolite”, “happyhappiness” to illustrate your point. 48. What are the four main sources of English synonyms? 49. What are contextual clues? Guess the meaning of the words under