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英语词汇学复习题
英语词汇学复习题
(一)
I.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.CircleTorFasyouseefitonyouranswersheet.(10%)
1.Thebasicwordstockofalanguageischangingrapidlyallthetime.
2.Afreemorphemeisawordinthetraditionalsense.
3.ThetotalnumberoffunctionalwordsisverylimitedinEnglish.
4.EveryEnglishwordhasitsmotivation.
5.AlltheaffixesinEnglishareveryproductive.
6.Themeaningofaword,especiallythatofapolysemousword,isoftendeterminedbythecontextinwhichitappears.
7.Somesynonymsareconnectedwitheuphemismsandvulgarisms.
8.TheinteractionbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishislargelyfromwesttoeastnowadays.
9.Ifanativewordhasaborrowedsynonym,theforeignwordisalwaysmoreliterarythanthenativeone.
10.Asynchronicdictionaryisadictionaryofcontemporarywords.
II.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbycirclingA,B,CorDonyouranswersheet.(20%)
11.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagebeganwiththeconquestandsettlementofwhatisnowEnglandbythe_________.
(A)Romans
(B)Danish
(C)Angles,SaxonsandJutes
(D)Normans
12.Thesentence“Feelingfatigued,Tomretiredearly”isstylistically__________.
(A)colloquial
(B)slangy
(C)literary
(D)neutral
13.Amorphemeisatwo-facetlanguageunit,whichpossessesboth________.
(A)functionandmeaning
(B)lettersandmeaning
(C)syllableandmeaning
(D)soundandmeaning
14.Ahybridisawordmadeupofelementsbelongingtotwoormore_________.
(A)foreignlanguages
(B)differentlanguages
(C)Germaniclanguages
(D)Romancelanguages
15.InEnglishthemostproductivetypeofconversionisconversion__________.
(A)fromverbtoadjective
(B)fromadjectivetonoun
(C)fromnountoadjective
(D)fromnountoverb
16.Themajorityofback-formedwordsare___________.
(A)nouns
(B)adjectives
(C)verbs
(D)adverbs
17.“Statesman”isanappreciativewordwhereas“politician”isa_________.
(A)colloquialword
(B)derogatoryword
(C)purrword
(D)neutralword
18.“Happy”and“unhappy”are____________.
(A)non-gradableantonyms
(B)rootantonyms
(C)derivationalantonyms
(D)conversives
19.ThelanguagebroughttoNorthAmericabytheBritishexplorersintheseventeenthcenturybelongstotheearlystageof_______.
(A)OldEnglish
(B)MiddleEnglish
(C)ModernEnglish
(D)ContemporaryEnglish
20.“Corpse”originallymeantthehumanbody.Nowitmeansadeadbody.Thisisacaseof_______.
(A)restrictionofmeaning
(B)extensionofmeaning
(C)degenerationofmeaning
(D)elevationofmeaning
III.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingwordsisaA)simpleword,B)compoundword,C)derivedwordorD)shortenedform.Markyouranswerontheanswersheet.
21.taxi22.lady
23.modernize24.eager
25.friendship26.warship
27.German28.Frenchman
29.crocodile30.photo
IV.Explainthefollowingtermswithappropriateexamples.Doitontheanswersheet.(10%)
31.allomorph
32.derivation
V.Giveashortanswertothefollowingquestions.Doitontheanswersheet.(30%)
33.Themeaningofaploysemouswordisoftendeterminedbythelinguisticcontextinwhichitappears.Illustratethispointwithexamples.
34.Whatarethefourcommonesttendenciesofthechangeofwordmeaning?
VI.Givealongeranswer(150-200words)tothefollowingquestion.Doitontheanswersheet.(20%)
35.HowareantonymsclassifiedinEnglish?
英语词汇学复习题
(二)
I.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.CircleTorFasyouseefitonyouranswersheet.(10%)
1.Allthewordsinalanguagetogetherconstitutewhatisknownasitsbasicwordstock.
2.GreekborrowingsinEnglisharemostlywordsaboutthingsindailylife.
3.TheEnglishvocabularyisextremelyhomogeneous.
4.Contentwordsasaclassareusedmorefrequentlythanfunctionwords.
5.Inflectionalaffixeshaveonlygrammaticalmeanings.
6.Root,stemandbaserefertothesamething.
7.Theprefix“de-“ispolysemic.
8.ThereisanintrinsicconnectionbetweenthesoundsymbolandthesenseofallEnglishwords.
9.“Impossible”expressesastrongernegationthan“notpossible”.
10.Whenanidiomisreworded,itssenseisusuallydestroyed.
II.Choosethecorrectanswer.Markyourchoiceontheanswersheet.(20%)
11.MiddleEnglishbeganwiththe_________conquestofEnglandin1066.
a.Greekb.Norman
c.Danishd.Roman
12.Newwordsinalanguagearealsoreferredtoas__________.
a.archaismsb.neologisms
c.colloquialismsd.euphemisms
13.Theword“stretched”ismadeupoftwo__________.
a.vowelsb.morphemes
c.syllablesd.phonemes
14.Thesuffix“-ling”asin“hireling”and“weakling”hasa_______shadeofmeaning.
a.poeticb.euphemistic
c.commendatoryd.derogatory
15.Whichofthefollowingisanacronym?
a.OPECb.CIA
c.ISBNd.FBI
16.“Bank”hasthemeaningof“landalongthesideofariver”and“aplaceinwhichmoneyiskeptandpaidout”.Thisisanexampleof___________.
a.polysemyb.homonymy
c.hyponymyd.homophony
17.“Sow”(putseedsinsoil)and“sow”(afullygrownfemalepig)are_________.
a.homophonesb.homographs
c.hyponymsd.perfectsynonyms
18.“Journey”originallymeant“aday’swalk”.Nowitmeans“distancetraveled”.Thisisacaseof_________.
a.generalizationb.specialization
c.pejorationd.amelioration
19.Thebranchoflinguisticstreatingofwordoriginsiscalled_______.
a.grammatologyb.phraseology
c.lexicologyd.etymology
20.Theroot“-tain”asinmaintain,“retain”and“detain”means___________.
a.toholdb.togive
c.togetd.toput
III.Examinesthefollowingwordsanddecidewhethereachofthemisa:
(A)simpleword,(B)derivedword,(C)compoundwordor,(D)shortenedword.(10%)
21.memo26.radish
22.lady27.tiger
23.workman28.childhood
24.worker29.teapot
25.reddish30.uglify
IV.Explainthefollowingterms,givingappropriateexamples.Writeyouranswerontheanswersheet.(15%)
31.conversion
32.boundmorpheme
33.elevationofmeaning
V.Giveabriefanswertothefollowingquestions.Writeitonyouranswersheet.(20%)
34.Whatisthedifferencebetweenpolysemyandhomonymy?
35.SaysomethingaboutthemotivationofEnglishwords.
VI.Expoundthefollowingquestioninabout200words.Writeitinthespaceprovidedonyouranswersheet.(25%)
GrammaticalMeaningandLexicalMeaning
英语词汇学复习题(三)
I.Someofthefollowingstatementsaretrue,andtheothersfalse.MarkyouranswerbywritingTorFonyouranswersheet.(10%)
1.ThetransitionalperiodfromOldEnglishtoModernEnglishisknownasMiddleEnglish(1100-1500),whichischaracterizedbythestronginfluenceofFrench.
2.WordsofAnglo-Saxonoriginareloanwords.
3.AnallomorphistheminimalmeaningfulunitoftheEnglishlanguage.
4.Todaythelargestnumberofnewwordsareformedbycompounding.
5.Acronymyandderivationareallprocessesofshorteningwordsorwordgroups.
6.Genuinecoinageisnotrare.
7.Componentialanalysisenablesustohaveanexactknowledgeoftheconceptualmeaningofwords.
8.Polysemyisanessentialfeatureofalanguage’seconomyandefficiency.
9.Homophonesarewordsidenticalinspellingbutdifferentinmeaning.
10.Allwordshaveantonyms.
II.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbywritingA,B,C,orDonyouranswersheet.(20%)
11.A_____ofsheepisgrazinginthefields.
(A)flock(B)herd
(C)shoal(D)swarm
12.Whenyouhaveaprobleminyourstudy,youmayasktheteacherforhelp.“Ask”heremeans_______.
(A)invite(B)demand
(C)require(D)request
13.Heisoneofmyfastfriends.“Fast”heremeans__________.
(A)rapid(B)steadfast
(C)secure(D)sensitive
14.“Married”and“single”formapairof_________.
(A)conversives(B)complementaryantonyms
(C)gradableantonyms(D)markedantonyms
15.___________isnotapairofhomophones.
(A)air,heir(B)dear,deer
(C)son,sun(D)tear,tear
16.Theidiomaticexpressionin“myoldmanhaskickedthebucket”means_______.
(A)mydaddyhasstruckapailwithhisfeet
(B)myoldbuddyhasgonetogetthebucket
(C)myoldfatherhaspassedaway
(D)myoldpailhasbeendamaged
17.________isnotaBritishexpression.
(A)tube(B)pub
(C)railroad(D)taxi
18.Theprefixintheword______doesnotchangeittoadifferentword-class.
(A)endanger(B)unearth
(C)antiwar(D)unfair
19.“Donate”resultingfrom“donation”isanexampleof_________.
(A)clipping(B)compounding
(C)reduplication(D)back-formation
20.________isnotapairofcontrastingwords.
(A)High,bright(B)Empty,full
(C)Rough,gentle(D)Fair,dark
III.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingwordsisaA)simpleword,B)compoundword,C)derivedwordorD)shortenedform.Markyouranswerontheanswersheet.
21.handwriting26.microwave
22.ordinary27.plane
23.defrost28.airline
24.retire29.blackboard
25.exam30.unable
IV.Explainthefollowingtermswithappropriateexamples.Doitontheanswersheet.(10%)
31.polysemy
32.neoclassicalformation
V.Giveashortanswertothefollowingquestions.Doitontheanswersheet.(30%)
33.Whatisthedifferencebetweenafreerootandaboundroot?
34.Explaincompoundingandderivationandthedifferencebetweenthem.
VI.Givealongeranswer(150-200words)tothefollowingquestion.Doitontheanswersheet.(20%)
35.Whatarethecausesoftherapidgrowthofpresent-dayEnglishvocabulary?
英语词汇学复习题(四)
I.Someofthefollowingstatementsaretrue,andtheother
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