2014年4高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试卷

2014年4高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试卷

(课程代码00832)

第一部分选择题

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternative

answers．Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethe

statementandputtheletterinthebracket．(30％)

1．Therearetwoapproachestothestudyofpolysemy．Theyare______.

A．primaryandsecondaryB．centralandperipheral

C．diachronicandsynchronicD．formalandfunctional[]

2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTastylisticfeatureofidioms?

A．ColloquialB．Slang

C．NegativeD．Literary[]

3．Synonymscanbeclassifiedintotwomajorgroups，thatis：_____.

A．absoluteandrelativeB．absoluteandcomplete

C．relativeandnearD．completeandidentical[]

4．IntheearlyperiodofMiddleEnglish，English，____existedsidebyside，

A．CelticandDanishB．DanishandFrench

C．LatinandCelticD．FrenchandLatin[]

5．Amonomorphemicwordisawordthatconsistsofasingle_______morpheme．

A．formalB．concrete

C．freeD．bound[]

6．WhchofthefollowinggroupsofwordsisNOTonomatopoeicallymotivated?

A，croak，drumB．squeak，bleat

C．buzz，neighD．bang，trumpet[]

7．LDCEisdistinctiveforits____.

A．CleargrammarcodesB．usagenotes

C．languagenotesD．alloftheabove[]

8．Fromthehistoricalpointofview,Englishismorecloselyrelatedto

A．GermanB．French

C．ScotttishD．Irish[]

9．WhichofthefollowingisNOTanacronym?

A．TOEFLB．ODYSSEY

C．BASICD．CCTV[]

10.Inthecoursebook，theauthorlists____typesofcontextcluesforinferringword

meaning．

A．eightB．six

C．sevenD．five[]

11．Sourcesofhomonymsinclude____.

A．changesinsoundandspellingB．borrowing

C．shorteningD．alloftheabove[]

12．ThewrittenformofEnglishisa(an)________representationofthespokenform．

A．selectiveB．adequate

C．imperfectD．natural[]

13．Structurallya____isthesmallestmeaningfulunitofalanguage．

A．molphemeB．stem

C．wordD．compound[]

14．Unlikeaffixes，____areoftenfreemorphemes．

A．sufrixesB．prefixes

C．inflectionalmorphemesD．roots[]

15．ThefourmajorforeigncontributorstotheEnglishvocabularyinearliertimeswereFrench.

Latin，____.

A．ScandinavianandItalianB．GreekandScandinavian

C．CelticandGreekD．ItalianandSpanish[]

第二部分非选择题

Ⅱ．Completetherollowingstaternentswithproperwordsor

expressionsaccordingtothecoursebook．

16．Thenamegiventothewideningofmeaningwhichsomewordsundergois____.

17．LongmanlexiconofContemporaryEnglishisa____dictionary．

18．Whenanewwordappearsforthefirsttime，theauthorusuallymanagestogivehintsor

____inthecontexttohelpthereaders．

19．Radiationand____arethetwocoinageswhichthedevelopmentofword

meaningfollowsfrommonosemytopolysemy．

20．MiddleEnglishreferstothelanguagespokenfrom1150to____.

Ⅲ．MatchthewordsorexplessionsinColumnAwiththosein

ColumnBaccordingto1)wordOrigin，2)wordformation.

and3)typesofSynonymsorantonyms．

AB

()21．skillA．back—formation

()22．babysitB．blendlng

()23．telequizC．Frenchorigin

()24．composition／compoundingD．SCandinavianorigin

()25．governmentE．clipping

()26．same／differentF.relativesynonyms

()27．gentG.Germanic

()28．EnglishH．absolutesynonyms

()29．change／alterI.contradictoryterms

()30．big／smallJ．contraryterms

IV．Smdythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1)

typesofboundmorphemesunderlined,2)typesof

meanings,3)processesofmeaningdevelopment，and4)

forlnationofeompounds．

31．neck→primarymeaning：thatpartofmanjoiningtheheadtOthebody；

asecondarymeaning：thenarrowestpartofanything．()

32．contradict()

33．mother：love，care()

34．upcoming()

35．windowshopping()

36．radlos()

37．propertydeveloper()

38．Candidate→earliermeaning：white-robed；

latermeaning：apersonproposedforaplace，awardetc．

()overcoat

39．handsomo-tyoewhter()man

40．northward()

V.Definethefollowingterms.

41.encyclopendia

42.borrcwed

43.blending

44.extension

45.phrasalverb

VI.Answerthefollowingquestingquestions.Youranswersshouldbe

Clearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.

46.whatisthedifferenceprefixationandsuffixation?Explainwithtwoexamples.

47.whatisextra-linguisticcontext?

48.whatispolysemy?Illustrateyourpoints.

VII.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.

49.Studythefollowingsentenceandtrytoguessthemeaningofthewordinitalics.Then

whatcontextualhelpyoutoworkoutthemeaning.

Carnivoresareverydangerous.Notlongago,atigerescapedfromthezooandkilledadogin

Thestreetandateit.

50.Connotativemeaningisnotstable.Commentonthisstatementwithoneexample.

英语词汇学答案(课程代码0832)

I．EachOfthesmtementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers．Choosetheonethat

wouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket．

1.C2.C3.A4.D5.C6.A7.D8.A9.B10.A

11.D12.C13.A14.D15.B

IICompletethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsOrexpressionsaccordingtothe

coursebook．

16．extension或generalization17．specialized

18．clues19．concatenation20．1500

III.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingtO1)

wordorigin，2)wordformation，and3)typesofsynonymsorantonyms．

21．D22．A

23．B24．H

25．C26．I

27．E28．G

29．F30．J

IV．Studythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1)typesofboundmorphemes

underlined，2)typesofmeanings，3)processesofmeaningdevelopment，and4)formationof

compounds．

31．radiation32．boundroot

33．connotativemeaning34．adv+v-ing

35．n+v-ing36．inflectionalaffix／inflectionalmorpheme

37．n+v-er3.concatenation

39．collocativemeaning40．suffix／derivationalaffix

V．Definethefollowingterms．

41．Anencyclopediaprovidesencyclopedicinformationconcerningeachheadword；itisnot

concernedwiththelanguageperse.

42．Borrowedwords,also，known，asloanwords，arewordstakenoverfromforeignlanguages．

43．Itreferstotheformationofnewwordsbycombiningpartsoftwowordsorawordwithapart

ofanotherword．

44．Extensionisaprocessbywhichawordwhichoriginallyhadaspecializedmeaninghasnow

becomegeneralized．

45.idiomcomposedofaverbplusaprepositionand／oraparticle．

VI.Answerthefollowingquestions．Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort．Writeyour

answersinthespacegivenbelow．

46．Prefixationdoesnotgenerallychangetheword-classofthestem；itonlymodifiesitsmeaning.

e.g．treat--maltreat

Suffixation，On，theotherhand，changestheword-classinsteadofitsmeaning.e.g．employ——

employer

47.(1)Knownasnon-linguisticcontextorcontextofsituation．

(2)components

a.participants(addresserandaddressee)

writerandreader

speakerandlistener／hearer

b.timeandplace

c.culturalbackground

48.要点：1)acommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages．

2)havemorethanonesense．

3)TheproblemofpolesemyCanbedealtwithfromtwoangles：diachronicapproachand

synchronicapproach．

VII．Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing．Writeyouranswersint