《英语词汇学》期末考试试卷附答案

《英语词汇学》期末考试试卷附答案

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choose

theonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthe

bracket.(45%)

1.Therearetwoapproachestothestudyofpolysemy.Theyare.

A.primaryandsecondaryB.Centralandperipheral

C.diachronicandsynchronicD.Formalandfunctional

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTastylisticfeatureofidioms?

A.ColloquialB.SlangC.NegativeD.Literary

3.Synonymscanbeclassifiedintotwomajorgroups,thatis：.

A.absoluteandrelativeB.Absoluteandcomplete

C.relativeandnearD.Completeandidentical

4.IntheearlyperiodofMiddleEnglish,English,existedsidebyside,

A.CelticandDanishB.DanishandFrench

C.LatinandCelticD.FrenchandLatin

5.Amonomorphemicwordisawordthatconsistsofasinglemorpheme.

A.formalB.ConcreteC.freeD.bound

6.WhichofthefollowinggroupsofwordsisNOTonomatopoeicallymotivated?

A,croak,drumB.squeak,bleat

C.buzz,neighD.bang,trumpet

7.LDCEisdistinctiveforits.

A.CleargrammarcodesB.usagenotes

C.languagenotesD.alloftheabove

8.Fromthehistoricalpointofview,Englishismorecloselyrelatedto

A.GermanB.FrenchC.ScotttishD.Irish

9.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanacronym?

A.TOEFLB.ODYSSEYC.BASICD.CCTV

10.Inthecoursebook,theauthorliststypesofcontextcluesforinferringword

meaning.

A.eightB.SixC.sevenD.five

11.Sourcesofhomonymsinclude.

A.changesinsoundandspellingB.borrowing

C.shorteningD.alloftheabove

12.ThewrittenformofEnglishisa(an)representationofthespokenform.

A.selectiveB.AdequateC.imperfectD.natural

13.Structurallyaisthesmallestmeaningfulunitofalanguage.

A.morphemeB.StemC.stemordD.compound

14.Unlikeaffixes,areoftenfreemorphemes.

A.sufrixesB.PrefixesC.inflectionalmorphemesD.roots

15.ThefourmajorforeigncontributorstotheEnglishvocabularyinearliertimeswere

French.

Latin,.

A.ScandinavianandItalianB.GreekandScandinavian

C.CelticandGreekD.ItalianandSpanish

第二部分非选择题B

II,Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccording

tothecoursebook.(25%)

16.Thenamegiventothewideningofmeaningwhichsomewordsundergo

is.

17.LongmanlexiconofContemporaryEnglishisadictionary.

18.Whenanewwordappearsforthefirsttime,theauthorusuallymanagestogivehints

orinthecontexttohelpthereaders.

19.Radiationandarethetwocoinageswhichthedevelopment

ofwordmeaningfollowsfrommonosemytopolysemy.

20.MiddleEnglishreferstothelanguagespokenfrom1150

to.

III.MatchthewordsorexplessionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccording

tol)wordOrigin,2)wordformation,and3)typesofSynonymsorantonyms.(30%)

AB

()21.skillA.back-formation

()22.babysitB.blending

()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

英语词汇学答案

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