英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題匯編

PAGEPAGE7英語(yǔ)詞匯學(xué)試題匯編Chapter1BasicConceptofWordsandVocabulary1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECT?A.TheEnglishlanguageisnotedforitsmodestborrowings.B.Loanwordsonlyrefertothoseborrowingsinform.C.Loanwordsareallunrecognizableasbeingforeigninorigin.D.Loanwordscanbegroupedaccordingtomannerofborrowing.2.Theterm"vocabulary"isusedindifferentwaysbecauseofallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat_____.A.itcanrefertothecommoncoreofalanguageB.itcanrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguageC.itcanrepresentallthewordsusedinacertainhistoricalperiodD.itcanstandforwordsinagivendialectorfield3.Awordisasymbolthat________.A.isusedbythesamespeechcommunityB.representssomethingelseintheworldC.isbothsimpleandcomplexinnatureD.showsdifferentideasindifferentsounds4.SomewordsinthebasicwordstockaresaidtobestablebecausetheyA.arecomplexwords.B.aretechnicalwordC.refertothecommonestthingsinlife.D.denotethemostimportantconcepts.5.Thebasicwordstockformsthecommon____ofthelanguage.6.Therelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningisarbitraryor____.7．Pronounsandnumeralsenjoynation-wideuseandstability,buthavelimited_____________概念：jargonChapter2TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabulary1.__isconsideredtobeahighly-inflectedlanguage.AOldEnglishB.MiddleEnglishC.EarlyModemEnglishD.LateModemEnglish2.Theintroductionof______attheendofthe'-6thcenturyhadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.A.printing,BChristianityC.FrenchwordsD.alltheabove3.Thoughstillatworktoday,___canhardlycomparewithwhatitwasinthepast.A.word-formationB.borrowingC.derivationD.conversion4.EarlyModernEnglishreferstothelanguagespoken A.from1066to1500B.from1150to1500C.from1500to1700D.from1600to18005.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofabout_______words.A.30,000to40,000B.50,000to60,000C.70,000to80,000D.80,000to90,0006.BesidesFrenchwords,Englishalsoabsorbedasmanyas2,500wordsof___intheMiddleEnglishperiod.A.DutchoriginB.DanishoriginC.LatinoriginD.Greekorigin概念：Germanic，OldEnglish簡(jiǎn)答：IsittruethatarchaicandobsoletewordsinEnglishwillremainforeveroutofuse?Chapter3WordFormationI1.Amorphemethatcanstandaloneasawordisthoughttobe.A.affixationalB.derivationalC.freeD.bound2.Affixesaddedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas____A.boundrootsB.freemorphemesC.inflectionalmorphemesD.derivationalaffixes3.______areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.A.RootsB.StemsC.AffixesD,Compounds4.Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:boundrootand____5.Almostallaffixesare_____________morphemesbecausefewcanbeusedasindependentwords.概念：morphs，allomorph，morpheme簡(jiǎn)答：1。Whatisthedifferencebetweenpartialandfullconversion?Explainwithtwoexamples.2．Howdoyoudistinguishinflectionalaffixesandderivationalaffixes?Chapter4WordFormationII1.Whichofthefollowingisaprefixoftimeandorder?A.extra-B.pro-C.re-D.semi-2.WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?A.DormB.motelC.Gent"D.Zoo”簡(jiǎn)答：Howwouldyouexplainthedifferencebetweenbackformationandsuffixation?Giveexampletoillustrateyourpoint.分析：Analyzethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.__unbearable,international,ex-prisoner.Chapter5WordMeaning1.Therelationshipbetweenthelinguisticsignandareferentis___A.conventionalB.non-conventionalC.concreteD.specific2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Everywordhasreference.BEverywordhassense.C.Everywordissemanticallymotivated.D.Everywordisconceptuallymotivated.3.Therelationshipbetweenwordsandthingsintheworldisestablishedbymeansof_____AreferenceB.senseC.conceptD.meaning4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrue?A.Referenceistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.B.Therelationshipbetweenawordanditsreferentisarbitrary.C.Conceptisuniversaltoallmenalike.D.Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.5.Theword"laconic"is_____A.onomatopoeicallymotivatedB.morphologicallymotivatedC.semanticallymotivatedD.etymologicallymotivated6.Conceptualmeaningisalsoknownas_______meaning.7._________meaningreferstothepartofspeech,tensesofverbs,etc.概念：semanticmotivation，colocativemeaning簡(jiǎn)答：Whatiscollocativemeaning?Giveoneexampletoillustrateyourpoint.分析：The'pen'ismightierthanthe'sword'.Explainwhat'pen'and'sword'meanrespectivelyusingthetheoryofmotivation,Chapter6SenseRelationsandSemanticField1.Thewaytodefineanantonymisbasedon___.A.contradictionB.contrarinessCoppositenessD.relativeness2.Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto____.A.perfecthomonymsB.homonymsC.homophonesD.alltheabove3.ThefactthatthewholevocabularycanbedividedupintofieldscanbeexemplifiedbyARoger'sThesaurusB.ConciseOxfordDictionaryC.NewWebster'sDictionaryD.Co-buildDictionary4.Homophonesareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectsof____.A.humorB.sarcasmC.ridiculeD.alltheabove5．Antonymsareclassifiedonthebasisof概念：synonym簡(jiǎn)答：what'sthefundamentaldifferencebetweenradiationandconcatenation?Illustrateyourpoint分析：1。Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsubordinatesandsuperordinates.a.Thegirlgotabookintheuniversity.b.Thegirlborrowedadictionaryfromthedepartment.2.Commentonthefollowingpairsofsentencesintermsofsuperordinatesandsubordinates.a.Themansaidhewouldcometoourschoolnextweek.b.ThevisitingscholarsaidhewouldvisitouruniversitynextMonday.Chapter7ChangesinWordMeaning1.Transferasamodeofsemanticchangecanbeillustratedbytheexample:A.adfor"advertisement"B.dishfor"food"C.fondfor"affectionate"D.aneditorialfor"aneditorialarticle"2.DegradationcanbeillustratedbythefollowingexampleA.lewd→ignorantB.silly→foolishC.last→pleasureD.knave→boy3.Thefourmajormodesofsemanticchangeare____.A.extension,narrowing,elevationanddegradationB.extension,generalization,elevationanddegradationC.extension,narrowing,specializationanddegradationD.extension,elevation,ameliorationanddegradation4.Thedegradedmeaning"sexualdesire"oftheword"lust"comesfromitsoldmeaning_____5.Theword______hastheoldmeaning'servant"andtheelevatedmeaning"headofaministry".6．Theoppositeofsemanticelevationinmeaningchangeiscalled________概念：pejoration，transferChapter8MeaningandContext1.Context_____meaning.A.explainsB.interpretsC.definesDalltheabove2.Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover___.A.thereader'sinterpretationB.theneighboringwordsC.thewriter'sintentionD.theetymologyoftheword3.Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningform___.A.physicalcontextB.grammaticalcontextC.lexicalcontextD.linguisticcontext4."Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCentre."Theclueprovidedinthecontextis____A.definitionB.explanationC.exampleD.hyponymy5.Wecanworkoutthemeaningof“heliocentric”and“geocentric”accordingtoA.morphologicalstructureB.relevantdetailsC.grammaticalstructureD.physicalcontext5.Whatcausestheambiguityofthesentence"IlikeMarybetterthanJanet"?A.Vocabulary.B.Situation.C.Structure.D.Noneoftheabove.6.Grammaticalcontextrefersto_____inwhichawordisused.A.vocabularyB.grammarC.semanticpatternD.syntacticstructure6.Whenawordwithmorethanonemeaningisusedinunclearcontext,itcreates___簡(jiǎn)答：Whatistheroleofcontext?分析：Studythefollowingsentence,payingspecialattentiontothewordsinitalics.Ifyoufindanythingwrong,pleaseexplainwhyandthenimprovethesentence.Thepolicewereorderedtostopdrinkingaboutmidnight.Chapter9EnglishIdioms1.Idiomsinthecoursebookareusedina___.A.broadsenseB.narrowsenseC.figurativesenseD.specialsense2.Structuralstabilitymeansthestructureofanidiomisgenerally____.A.movableB.unstablec.unchangeableD.ununderstandable3.Sentenceidiomscanbedividedinto___A.declarative,andimperativeB.interrogativeandexclamativeC.verbalandadverbialDbothAandB4.Theidiom"adarkhorse"isa____.A.simileB.metaphorC.metonymyD.personification5.Anidiomdiffersfromafreephraseinthattheformeris____andthelatterisnot.A.structurallychangeableB.semanticallyanalyzableC.structurallyfixedD.easilyunderstood6.Theuseofonenameforthatofanotherassociatedwithitisrhetoricallycalled___A.synecdocheB.metonymyC.substitutionD.metaphor7.Idiomsadjectivalinnaturefunctionas____.A.adjectivesB.attributesC.modifiersD.words8.Intheidiom'ingoodfeather',wechange'good'into'high,full'withoutchangingmeaning.Thischangeofconstituentisknownas___A.additionB.replacementC.position-shiftingD.variation9．Thesameidiommayshow_____differenceswhenitisusedindifferentmeaningsincludingaffectivemeaning.概念：variationofanidiom，idiomsnominalinnature簡(jiǎn)答：1。Whatarethestylisticfeaturesofidioms?2．Whatisdismembering?分析：Readtheextract,pickouttheidiomsandexplaintheirmeanings.Thenrewritetheextractinstandardnon-figurativelanguage.Samisgettingon,too.Hishairispepperandsalt,butheknowshowtomakeupforlosttimebytakingiteasy.Chapter10EnglishDictionary1.Whichofthefollowingdictionariesisnotaspecializeddictionary?A.TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymologyB.Chamber'sEncyclopedicEnglishDictionaryC.LongmanDictionary.ofPhrasalVerbsD.Webster'sNewDictionaryofSynonyms2.CCELDisdistinctiveforits_______________________A.cleargrammarcodesB.languagenotesC.usagenotesD.extracolumns3.Theheadword0rentriesaredefinedinthesamelanguageina_____dictionary.4．LDCEisa_________________dictionary.概念：dictionary，specializeddictionary，搭配：1.Matchthewords0rexpressionsincolumnAwiththoseincolumnBaccordingto1)senserelations，2)types0fcontext，and3)modesofword—meaningchanges．(10％)()21.differenceinconnotationA.fond(from"foolish"to"affectionate")()22.perfecthomonymB.homely/domestic()23.degradationC.date;date~()24.transferD.diseasing(from"discomfort'"to"illness"()25.elevationE.fabulous(from"resemblingafable"to"incredible"()26.narrowingFjournal(from"dailypaper"to"periodical"()27.extensionG.silly(from"happy"to"foolish")()28.generalizationH.pitiful(from"fullofpity"to"deservingpity"()29.grammaticalcontextI.Itwasaniceball.()30.lexicalcontextJ.Visitingauntscanbeboring.2.MatchthewordsincolumnAwiththoseincolumnBaccordingto1)rhetoricalfeatureoftheidioms;2)senserelations；3)assimilationdegree；14)characteristicsofthebasicwordstockand5)motivation．(10％)AB21.reiteration()A.highandlow22.repetition()B.pickandchoose23.juxtaposition()C.facetoface24.perfecthomonym()D.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.25.personification,()E.hiss26portus()F.bear,bear27.come()G.twitter28.heart()J.heartandsoul29.birds()Iport30.snakes()J.heartandsoul3.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofmeaningchanges;2)typesofmeaning;3)Languagebranchesand4)featuresofidioms.(lO%)AB21.grammaticalmeaning()A.Scottish22.reading-lamp()B,neitherfish,flesh,norfowl23.pen()C.morphologicallymotivated24.alliteration()D.headofastate25.differenceinconnotation()E.answer/respond26.elevation()F.etymologicallymotivated27.degradation()G.garage(aplaceforstoringcars)28.narrowing