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浙浙00832#英语词汇学试题第4页（共4页）20084月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题00832Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)Wordsfallintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby .（ ）usefrequencyC.productivity

B.notionD.originWordslikebear,nut,knockedoutcanbecategorizedas .（ ）terminologyC.slang

B.jargonD.neologismsIdentifythewordthatisofScandinavianoriginamongthefollowing.（ ）SkirtC.Model

B.DressD.StatusWhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?（ ）OldEnglishwasahighlyinflectedlanguage.RevivingarchaicorobsoletewordsalsocontributetothegrowthofEnglishvocabularyThewordofFrenchorigin.ModernEnglishisasyntheticlanguage.Therootoftheword“antecedent”is .（ ）ante-C.-dent

B.-ced-D.-entShorteningalongerwordbycuttingapartofftheoriginalandusingwhatremainsiscalled .（ ）A.blendingC.acronymy

B.clippingD.back-formationAssociativemeaningofwordscomprisesthefollowingexcept .（ ）connotativemeaningC.affectivemeaning

B.lexicalmeaningD.collocativemeaningWhatisacommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages?（ ）Suffixation.C.Allomorph.

B.Polysemy.D.Variation.Whichwordthatformerlymeantanimal,andlater animalfromLatinandbeastfromfoundtheirwayintoEnglish?（ ）Deer.C.Sheep.

B.Cattle.D.Bird.Whenawordwithmultiplemeaningsisusedinaninadequatecontext,thiswordmaycreate .（ ）A.semanticmotivationC.ambiguity

B.degradationD.extensionWithout ,thereisnowaytodeterminetheverysenseofthewordthatthespeakerintendedtoconvey.A.contextC.structuralstability

B.semanticunityD.stylisticfeatureIdiomsmanifestsuchrhetoricalfeaturesasthefollowingexcept .（ ）A.phoneticmanipulationC.literaryexpressions

B.lexicalmanipulationD.figuresofspeechAccordingtoitsgrammaticalfunctions,idiomscanbeclassifiedintofivegroups.Theidiom“heartandsoul”belongsto .（ ）A.idiomsnominalinnatureC.idiomsverbalinnature

B.idiomsadjectivalinnatureD.idiomsadverbialinnatureThemainbodyforadictionaryis ofwords.（ ）A.spellingsC.definitions

B.pronunciationsD.grammarReaderscan’tpronunciationormeaningin .（ ）LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishwithChineseTranslationTheEncyclopediaAmericanaChamber’sEncyclopedicEnglishDictionaryCollinsCOBUILDEnglishLanguageDictionaryCompletethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.(10%)Affixesattachedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas morphemes.Thechieffunctionof isnottochangethewordclassofthestem,buttochangeitsmeaning.“Pavement”inBritishEnglishand“sidewalk”inAmericanEnglishhavethesame .Red,scarlet,mauve,violet,lavender,pansy,black,purple,etc,makeupthe fieldof‘colours.’Somewordscanhavetwodifferenttypesofantonymsatthesametime,onebeing andtheotheroppositeMatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofmeanings;2)typesofmotivations;3)typesofdictionaries;4)originsofEnglishand5)typesofsenserelations.(10%)A B( )21.queer,odd( )22.surplusvalue( )23.miaow( )24.CED( )25.harddisk,CPUetc.—computer( )26.technology( )27.LongmanDictionaryofPhrasal( )28.Thepenismightierthanthesword.( )29.gay-joyous,brilliantandhomosexual( )30.home/dwellingplace

onomatopoeticallymotivatedsubordinatehyponymyspecializeddictionaryGreekpolysemysemanticallymotivatedGrelativesynonymconceptualmeaningbilingualdictionaryGermanStudythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1)typesofcontext;2)typesofwordformation;3)causesofmeaningchange;4)typesofboundmorphemesunderlined.(10%)boob-head-onewhoreturnstoooftentojail ( )ascendant ( )lookout/lookout ( )descend ( )telequiz ( )landlord(inEnglishvs.inChinese) ( )acolourednail/acoppernail ( )tolerance ( )churl-badpeople ( )stockholder ( )Definethefollowingterms.(10%)creation(asamodeofvocabularydevelopment)freemorphemescollocativemeaningconcatenationgrammaticalcontextAnswerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeanswersinthespacegivenbelow.(12%)Whatissuffixation?GiveanexampletoillustrateyourpointWhatistheremarkablefeatureofLongmanLexiconofContemporaryEnglish?Supplytwoexamplestoillustratethattheinfluxofborrowingshascausedsomewordstochangeinmeaning.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.(18%)Explainthemeaningof