英语词汇学试题_全国2009年4月自考试卷

英语词汇学试题_全国2009年4月自考试卷

Ⅰ．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.（30%）
1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（　　　）
A．meaning B．sound
C．combination of sounds D．group
2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（　　　）
A．more slowly than  B．as quickly as
C．more rapidly than  D．not so quickly as
3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（　　　）
A．use frequency  B．notion
C．origin D．sound
4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（　　　）
A．green revolution B．fast food
C．moon walk  D．space shuttle
5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.（　　　）
A．form  B．meaning
C．look D．pronunciation
6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（　　　）
A．four B．fell
C．for D．autumn
7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．/t/ B．/g/
C．/p/ D．/k/
8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（　　　）
A．one B．two
C．three D．four
9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．works B．prewar
C．postwar D．bloody
10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.（　　　）
A．compounding B．affixation
C．conversion D．shortening
11．The word “motel” is created by ______.（　　　）
A．compounding B．clipping
C．blending D．suffixation
12．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（　　　）
A．acronymy B．clipping
C．back-formation D．prefixation
13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaning
C．associative meaning D．literal meaning
14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.（　　　）
A．onomatopoeic B．morphological
C．semantic D．etymological
15．______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.（　　　）
A．Reference B．Concept
C．Sense D．Motivation
16．Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of ______.（　　　）
A．word formation B．word meaning
C．meaning change D．sense relations
17．When a word is first coined, it is always ______.（　　　）
A．semantic B．onomatopoeic
C．monosemic D．polysemic
18．The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas the first is archaic, EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．ire/anger B．rich/wealthy
C．forlorn/distressed D．bliss/happiness
19．Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words were used in different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries.（　　　）
A．senses B．forms
C．dialects D．terms
20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally denoted mere “painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”（　　　）
A．extension B．elevation
C．narrowing D．degradation
21．In the sentence “The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.”, the word “respectable” is used in the ______ sense of transfer.（　　　）
A．subjective B．objective
C．sensational D．physical
22．Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（　　　）
A．Elimination of ambiguity.
B．Indication of referents.
C．Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning.
D．Provision of culture background for inferring word-meaning.
23．The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.（　　　）
A．grammatical context B．polysemy
C．antonymy D．hyponymy
24．In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou’Wester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “sou’wester” can be inferred from the clue of ______.（　　　）
A．relevant details B．synonymy
C．antonymy D．hyponymy
25．The idiom “toss and turn” is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.
（　　　）
A．alliteration B．metaphor
C．metonymy D．rhyme
26．Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?（　　　）
A．Sentence idioms. B．Idioms adverbial in nature.
C．Clausal idioms. D．Idioms nominal in nature.
27．The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．replacement B．addition
C．shortening D．repetition
28．Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.（　　　）
A．spelling B．syntactical usage
C．pronunciation D．definition
29．As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one（　　　）
A．A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995)
B．Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation
C．A New English-Chinese Dictionary
D．Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation
30．Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.（　　　）
A．unabridged B．desk
C．specialized D．encyclopedic

Ⅱ．Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. (10%)
A         B
（      ）31．She burst into passionate sobbing.  A．juxtaposition
（      ）32．He drops off to sleep, the lamb.  B．notional word
（      ）33．and  C．transfer of sensations
（      ）34．the man’s coat D．abstract to concrete
（      ）35．here and there E．derivational affix
（      ）36．moon F．alliteration
（      ）37．rough and ready G．functional word
（      ）38．ex-prisoner H．inflectional affix
（      ）39．fair and square I．associated transfer
（      ）40．Helen looks a fright in that old black dress. J．rhyme

Ⅲ．Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.（10%）
41．When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be defined as a ________ group of letters printed or (湖北自考网) written horizontally across a piece of paper.
42．Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.
43．We might say that free morphemes are free ________.
44．The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is called ________.
45．Semantic ________ refers to the mental associations suggested by the conceptual meaning of a word．
46．Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully ________ with regard to spelling and pronunciation.
47．Vocabulary is the most ________ element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and content.
48．Ambiguity often arises due