2023年自考专业英语英语词汇学提分冲刺试卷1

自考专业(英语)英语词汇学提分冲刺试卷1

一、单项选择题。以下各小题所给出的四个选项中，只有一项最符合题目要求。

1、Lexicologyinquiresintothe______andmeaningsofwords.()

A．relations

B．disciplines

C．origins

D．development

2、ThereasonforthatmoreandmoredifferencesoccurbetweensoundandformisthattheEnglishalphabetwasadoptedfromthe______.()

A．Pacifics

B．Germanics

C．Celtics

D．Romans

3、______arewordsorformsthatwereonceincommonusebutarenowrestrictedonlytospecializedorlimiteduse.()

A．Neologisms

B．Archaisms

C．Jargons

D．Terminologies

4、Itisassumedthattheworldhasapproximately3000(someputit5000)languages,whichcanbegroupedintoroughlylanguagefamiliesonthebasisofsimilaritiesintheirbasicwordstockandgrammar.()

A．500

B．4000

C．300

D．2000

5、Theintroductionofattheendofthe6thcenturyhadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.()

A．printing

B．Christianity

C．Frenchwords

D．alltheabove

6、TheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowofFrenchwordsintoEnglish.ofthemarestillinusetoday.()

A．Eighty-fivepercent

B．Fifty-sixpercent

C．Seventy-twopercent

D．Seventy-fivepercent

7、______meansanoldformwhichtakesonanewmeaningtomeetthenewneed.()

A．Creation

B．Semanticchange

C．Borrowing

D．Derivation

8、Chieflyfoundinderivedwords,boundmorphemesinclude______.()

A．boundroots

B．inflectionalaffixes

C．derivationalaffixes

D．alltheabove

9、Ofthefollowingword-formationprocesses,isthemostproductive.()

A．clipping

B．blending

C．initialism

D．derivation

10、Whichofthefollowingprefixescannotbeusedtoindicatetimeandorder?()

A．Ex-.

B．Fore-.

C．Post-.

D．Para-.

11、Thedifferencesbetweencompoundsandfreephrasesshowinaspects.()

A．phoneticfeatures

B．semanticfeatures

C．grammaticalfeatures

D．alltheabove

12、Whichofthefollowingwordsisnotformedthroughclipping?()

A．Dorm.

B．Motel.

C．Gent.

D．Zoo.

13、Back-formationisconsideredtobetheoppositeprocessof______.()

A．prefixation

B．suffixation

C．acronymy

D．conversion

14、Unlikereference,"sense"denotestherelationshipsthelanguage.()

A．inside

B．outside

C．between

D．outof

15、______referstothatpartofthemeaningofthewordwhichindicatesthefollowingrelationshipssuchasword-class,tensemeaning,etc.()

A．Lexicalmeaning

B．Conceptualmeaning

C．Grammaticalmeanings

D．Associativemeaning

16、Normally,weclassifystylesinto______.()

A．general,neutral,informal

B．formal,neutral,informal

C．frozen,casual,intimate

D．poetic,colloquial,slang

17、Indiachronicapproach,othermeaningsapartfromtheprimarymeaningofawordwereacquiredby()

A．extension

B．narrowing

C．analogy

D．alltheabove

18、Thefundamentaldifferencebetweenhomonymsandpol-ysemantsiswhether______.()

A．theycomefromthesamesource

B．theyarecorrelatedwithonecentralmeaning

C．theyarelistedunderoneheadwordinadictionary

D．alltheabove

19、Thewaytodefineanantonymisbasedon______.()

A．contradiction

B．contrariness

C．oppositeness

D．relativeness

20、Themeaningofpicturechangedbythemodeof()

A．extension

B．narrowing

C．degradation

D．elevation

21、Themeaningof"fond"changedfrom"foolish"to"affectionate"bymodeof()

A．extension

B．narrowing

C．elevation

D．degradation

22、Extra-linguisticfactorsofword-meaningchangeinclude______.()

A．historicalreason

B．psychologicalreason

C．classreason

D．alltheabove

23、Extra-linguisticcontextexcludes.()

A．people

B．time

C．place

D．clauses

24、______mayproveextremelyvaluableinguessingthemeaningsofnewwords.()

A．Grammar

B．Context

C．Pronunciation

D．Ambiguity

25、Whichisnottrueofidioms?()

A．Theyaregrammaticallyanalyzable.

B．Theirwordordercannotbeinverted.

C．Anidiomisasemanticunity.

D．Thestructureofanidiomisusuallyunchangeable.

26、______aremainlyproverbsandsayings.()

A．Idiomsnominalinnature

B．Idiomsverbalinnature

C．Idiomsadverbialinnature

D．Sentenceidioms

27、Idiomsmanifestapparentrhetoricalcolouringwhichdoesn'tinclude______.()

A．phoneticmanipulation

B．lexicalmanipulation

C．stylisticmanipulation

D．figuresofspeech

28、Thechangesinconstituentsofidiomsexclude______.()

A．replacement

B．additionordeletion

C．repletion

D．dismembering

29、Thebest-knownunabridgeddictionaryis______.()

A．Webster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary

B．TheWordBookDictionary

C．TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymology