2009年4月自考00832英语词汇学试题及答案含解析

英语词汇学年月真题

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1、【单选题】Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitof______.

meaning

sound

A:

combinationofsounds

B:

group

C:

答D:案：A

2、【单选题】Thepronunciationhaschanged______spellingovertheyears.

moreslowlythan

asquicklyas

A:

morerapidlythan

B:

notsoquicklyas

C:

答D:案：C

3、【单选题】Wordsmayfallintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby

______.

usefrequency

notion

A:

origin

B:

sound

C:

答D:案：A

解析：课本第一章的内容，ClassificationofWords主要有三种，byusefrequency：

basicwordstockandnonbasicvocabulary；bynotion：contentwordsand

functionalwords；byorigin：nativewordsandborrowedwords．本题为第一种。

4、【单选题】Rapidgrowthofscienceandtechnologybreedssuchnewwordsasthe

followingEXCEPT______.

greenrevolution

fastfood

A:

moonwalk

B:

spaceshuttle

C:

D:

答案：B

5、【单选题】Semanticchangemeansanoldformwhichtakesonanew______to

meetthenewneed.

form

meaning

A:

look

B:

pronunciation

C:

答D:案：B

6、【单选题】RevivingarchaicwordsalsocontributetothegrowthofEnglish

vocabulary.Forinstance,inAmericanEnglish“fall”means______inBritish

English.

four

fell

A:

for

B:

autumn

C:

答D:案：D

7、【单选题】Thepluralmorpheme“-s”isrealizedby/s/afterthefollowing

soundsEXCEPT______.

/t/

/g/

A:

/p/

B:

/k/

C:

答D:案：B

解析：音素变体实例考察解析：音节/s//z//ʃ//tʃ/,/dʒ/之后发/-iz/，如：

classes,dishes,garages,damages,etc./g/为浊音，后跟/z/而非/iz/。

8、【单选题】Thereare______freemorphemicwordsinthefollowing:bird,man,

red,collection.

one

two

A:

three

B:

four

C:

答D:案：C

解析：对functionalword的把握句子中functionalwords包括介词、连词、冠词等。

9、【单选题】ThefollowingwordshavederivationalaffixesEXCEPT______.

works

prewar

A:

postwar

B:

bloody

C:

答D:案：A

10、【单选题】30%to40%ofthetotalnumberofnewwordsinEnglishare

producedthrough______.

compounding

affixation

A:

conversion

B:

shortening

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】Theword“motel”iscreatedby______.

compounding

clipping

A:

blending

B:

suffixation

C:

答D:案：C

12、【单选题】“BBC”isformedinthewayof______.

acronymy

clipping

A:

back-formation

B:

prefixation

C:

答D:案：A

13、【单选题】ThetypesofmeaningsincludethefollowingEXCEPT______.

grammaticalmeaning

conceptualmeaning

A:

associativemeaning

B:

literalmeaning

C:

D:

答案：D

14、【单选题】By______motivation,wemeanthatthemeaningofawordis

relatedtoitsorigin.

onomatopoeic

morphological

A:

semantic

B:

etymological

C:

答D:案：D

解析：本题考查第五章理据中拟声理据onomatopoeic、形态理据morphological、语态理

据semantic和词源理据etymological的概念理解和辨析。词源理据，从字面意思来讲，

是此的根源，题干中有itsorigin，因此选择Cetymological。

15、【单选题】______istheresultofhumancognition,reflectingtheobjective

worldinthehumanmind.

Reference

Concept

A:

Sense

B:

Motivation

C:

答D:案：B

解析：词语的意义可以从三个层面理解，前三个选项都是和意义有关的词语，第四个排

除，A选项指语言符号与客观世界的对应物，B选项指头脑中的认知，C选项指的是语言内

部的一种逻辑联系，因此B选项为答案。

16、【单选题】Semanticfield,accordingtothecoursebook,isalsoconsidered

anintegralpartof______.

wordformation

wordmeaning

A:

meaningchange

B:

senserelations

C:

答D:案：D

17、【单选题】Whenawordisfirstcoined,itisalways______.

semantic

onomatopoeic

A:

B:

monosemic

polysemic

C:

答D:案：C

18、【单选题】Thefollowingareallsynonymouspairs,butineachthesecondis

standardinusagewhereasthefirstisarchaic,EXCEPT______.

ire/anger

rich/wealthy

A:

forlorn/distressed

B:

bliss/happiness

C:

答D:案：B

19、【单选题】Shakespeareisdifficulttounderstandthancontemporarywritings

becausemanyofhiswordswereusedindifferent______fromwhattheyhavenow

indictionaries.

senses

forms

A:

dialects

B:

terms

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】Themodeof______iswellreflectedintheword“picture”,

whichoriginallydenotedmere“painting”,butnowhascometoinclude

“drawings”andeven“photographs”.

extension

elevation

A:

narrowing

B:

degradation

C:

答D:案：A

21、【单选题】Inthesentence“Theoldman,thoughpoor,isarespectable

gentleman.”,theword“respectable”isusedinthe______senseoftransfer.

subjective

objective

A:

sensational

B:

physical

C:

D:

答案：B

22、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftherolesofcontext?

Eliminationofambiguity.

Indicationofreferents.

A:

Provisionofcluesforinferringword-meaning.

B:

Provisionofculturebackgroundforinferringword-meaning.

C:

答D:案：D

23、【单选题】Thesentence“IlostBetty’spicture.”isambiguousdueto

______.

grammaticalcontext

polysemy

A:

antonymy

B:

hyponymy

C:

答D:案：B

24、【单选题】Inthesentence“Aneastornorth-eastwindbringscolddry

weathertoEngland,butasou’Westerusuallybringsrain.”,themeaningof

“sou’wester”canbeinferredfromtheclueof______.

relevantdetails

synonymy

A:

antonymy

B:

hyponymy

C:

答D:案：C

25、【单选题】Theidiom“tossandturn”isa(n)______asfarasrhetorical

featuresofidiomsareconcerned.

alliteration

metaphor

A:

metonymy

B:

rhyme

C:

答D:案：A

26、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthetypesofidioms?

Sentenceidioms.

Idiomsadverbialinnature.

A:

B:

Clausalidioms.

Idiomsnominalinnature.

C:

答D:案：C

27、【单选题】Thefollowingareallvariationsofidioms,EXCEPT______.

replacement

addition

A:

shortening

B:

repetition

C:

答D:案：D

28、【单选题】Generallyspeaking,adictionarywillcoverthefollowingcontent

EXCEPT______.

spelling

syntacticalusage

A:

pronunciation

B:

definition

C:

答D:案：B

29、【单选题】AsageneralChinese-Englishdictionary,______isthemost

completeandup-to-date,mostelaboratelytreatedone

AChinese-EnglishDictionary(1995)

OxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglishwith

A:

ChineseTranslation

B:

ANewEnglish-ChineseDictionary

LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishwithChineseTranslation

C:

答D:案：A

30、【单选题】CollinsCOBUILDEnglishUsage(1992),isa(n)______dictionary.

unabridged

desk

A:

specialized

B:

encyclopedic

C:

答D:案：C

解析：本题考查第十章对各种字典的进行辨析，本题有关专用字典的内容，因此考生应该

在复习期间留意课本的例子，就很容易选出C。

31、【问答题】MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththewordsinColumnBaccording

to1)typesoftransfer;2)rhetoricalfeaturesofidioms;3)typesofvocabulary

bynotion;and4)thefunctionofaffixes.A31.Sheburstintopassionate

sobbing.32．Hedropsofftosleep,thelamb.33．and34．theman’scoat

35．hereandthere36．moon37．roughandready38．ex-prisoner39．fairand

square40.Helenlooksafrightinthatoldblackdress.BA．juxtaposition

B．notionalwordC．transferofsensationsD．abstracttoconcrete

E．derivationalaffixF．alliterationG．functionalwordH．inflectionalaffix

I．associatedtransferJ．rhyme

答案：31.C32.I33.G34.H35.A36.B37.F38.E39.J40.D

32、【问答题】Asfarasgrowthofpresent-dayEnglishvocabularyisconcerned,

whatarethethreemainsourcesofnewwords?

答案：Theyaretherapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology;

social.economicandpoliticalchanges;theinfluenceofotherculturesand

languages.

33、【问答题】Whatarethesemanticfeaturesofcompounds?Giveanexampleto

illustrateyourpoint.

答案：Everycompoundshouldexpressasingleideajustasoneword.For

example,"agreenhand"is"aninexperiencedperson",notahandthatisgreen

incolor.

34、【问答题】Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementistrueorfalse,basedon

yourunderstandingofthecharacteristicsofantonyms.Stateyourreasonwith

oneexample.Contrarytermsarenon-gradableandallowintermediatemembersin

between.

答案：False.Contrarytermsaregradableantonyms,differingindegreeof

intensity,soeachhasitsowncorrespondingopposite.Forexamplehotandwarm

aresynonyms.Theirdifference:iiesinintensity.Correspondingly,theyeach

haveadifferentantonym.Theoppositeofhotiscoldandthatofwarmiscool.

Wecannotregardcoolastheantonymofhotorcoldastheantonymofwarm.

(MOREEXAMPLESpoor/rich.destitute/opulent.)

35、【问答题】Howdoyouaccountforthecontextfunctionasindicationof

referents?

答案：Englisthasalargenumberofwordssuchasnow/then,

here/there,/you.this/that.whichareoftenusedtoreferdirectlytopeople,

time,place,etc.Withoutclearcontext.thereferencecar.beveryconfusing.

Forexample.thewordnowalwaysmeansthetimeofspeakingnaturailyreferring

toapasttimewhenthespeechtookpiaceinthepastorapresentmomentif

thepersonisspcaking.Itisthesamewithallreferringexpressions.Evena

phraselikethePrimeMinistermaybringahoutambiguiywithoutadequateverbal

context.foritcanbeusedtorefertoanyofthePrimneMinistersinBritish

history.

36、【问答题】Analyzethefollowingdialogueandcommentontherhetoricuseof

homonyminitalicizedfont.—“You’renoteatingyourfish,”awaitresssaid

toacustomer.“Anythingwrongwithit?”—“Longtimenosea.”thecustomer

replied.

答案：AshomonymsareidenticaiinsoundorspellingPatcularlyhomophones,

theyareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectofhumor,sarcasm

orridicule.Longtimenoseeisusuallysaidasaformofgreetingbetween

rwofriendswhentheymeetatteralongtime.Herethecustomercleverly

employedthestructureoftheidiontohisadvantagetocriticizeinahumorou

waythehadqualityofthefoxoxdservedattherestaurai:longtimenosea

implie.tirat'seafoodheptforalongtimeisnotfitforcating.

37、【问答题】Analyzethethreecausesofmeaningchangewithinthescopeofthe

linguisticfactors,basedonthegivenwordsbelow.（1）gold,bulb;（2）deer,

beast,animals;（3）fortuitous,fruition.

答案：(1)internalfactors.Suchchangeoccurswhenaphraseisshortenedto

onewordwhichretainsthemeaningofthewhole.e.g.poldisusedfor'gold

medal',andbulbfor'lighthulb'.(2)theinflux,ofborrowings:Suchchange

occurswhentheborrowingsareintroducedintoEnglishvocabulary.Forinstance.

deerformerlymeantanimal.andlateranimalfromLatinandbeastfromFrench

foundtheirwayintoEnglish.Asthethreetermsweresynonymous.animal

retainedtheoriginalmeaning.themeanungofdeerwasnarrowedandheast

changedincolour.(3)analogy:Suchchangeoccurswhenanalogyisused.For

instance,fortuitousformerlydenotedhappeningbychance.accidentalandlater

tookonthemeaningfortunateprobablybyanalogybecausethetwowordslook

similar.Itisthesainewithfruition,theoriginalmcaningheing'plcasure

obtainedfromusingorpossessingsomething.whichhadnothingtodowithfruit.

Itsmeaningof'thehearingoffruit'wasduetothelaterassociationwiuthe

wordfruit.

38、【填空题】Whenwetalkaboutawordinvisualterms,awordcanbedefined

asa________groupoflettersprintedorwrittenhorizontallyacrossapieceof

paper.

答案：meaningful

39、【填空题】ModernEnglishvocabularydevelopsthroughthreechannels:

________,semanticchangeandborrowing.

答案：creation

40、【填空题】Wemightsaythatfreemorphemesarefree________.

答案：roots

41、【填空题】Theformationofwordsbyaddingword-formingaffi