王迈迈英语

2002年上半年高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试

英语词汇学试卷（英语专业.本）

第一部分 选择题

Ⅰ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)

1. According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into ____.

A. perfect homonyms

B. homonyms

C. homophones

D. all the above [ ]

2. Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example:

A. ad for "advertisement"

B. dish for "food"

C. fond for" affectionate"

D. an editorial for "an editorial article" [ ]

3. It is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over______.

A. the reader's interpretation

B. the neighbouring words

C. the writer's mten6on

D. the etymology of the word [ ]

4 .Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?

A. extra-       B. pro-     C. re-       D. semi- [ ]

5. Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary?

A. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

B. Chamber's Encyclopedic English Dictionary

D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language. [ ]

7. The words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form __

A. physical context     B. grammatical context

C. lexical context     D. linguistic context [ ]

8. "Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Centre." The clue provided in the context is___.

A. definition B. explanation C. example D. hyponymy [ ]

9. The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that___.

A. it can refer to the common core of a language

B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language

C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period

D. it can stand for words in a given dialect or field [ ]

10. The idiom "a dark horse" is a___.

A. simile B. metaphor C. metonymy D. personification [ ]

11. An idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ___ and the latter is not.

A. structurally changeable

B. semantically analysable

C. structurally fixed

D. easily understood [ ]

12. We can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to___.

A. morphological strucmre

B. relevant details

C. grammatical structure

D. physical context [ ]

13. What causes the ambiguity of the sentence "I like Mary better than Janet"?

A. Vocabulary. B. Situation. C. Structure. D. None of the above. [ ]

14. Early Modem English refers to the language spoken___.

A. from 1066 to 1500

B. from 1150 to 1500

C. from 1500 to 1700

D. from 1600 to 1800 [ ]

15. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as

A. bound roots

B. free morphemes

C. inflectional morphemes

D. derivational affixes [ ]

Ⅱ. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)

16. _______ meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.

17. The word ____________has the old meaning "servant" and the elevated meaning "head of a ministry, ".

18. The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or_______.

19. When a word with more than one meaning is used in unclear context, it creates________

20. Almost ,all affixes are ________morphemes because few can be used as independent words.

III. Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)rhetorical features of the idioms; 2)sense relations; 3)assimilation degree; 4)characteristics of the basic word stock and 5)mofivafion .(10 %)

A               B

21. reiteration ( )               A. high and low

22. repetition ( )               B. pick and choose

23. juxtaposition ( )               C. face to face

24. perfect homonym ( )              D. Failure is the mother of success.

25. personification ( )               E. hiss

26. porms ( )               F. bear; bear

27. come ( )               G. twitter

28. heart ( )               H. cat

29. birds ( )               I. port

30. snakes ( )               J. heart and soul

IV. Study the following words and expressions and identify 1) types of context clues; 2) types of word formation; 3) types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms. (10%)

31. making a restatement of a new word or concept in fanfiliar words (        )

32. sitcom ( )

33. the usual amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school ( )

34. from cradle to grave ( )

35. might and main ( )

36. fax ( )

37. disobey, impolite, ( )

38. hussy: "housewife"→ "a woman of low morals" ( )

39. disease: "discomfort" → "illness" ( )

40. fond: "foolish" → "affectionate" ( )

V. Define the following terms. (10%)

41. dictionary

42. pejoration

43. idioms nominal in nature

44. Germanic

45. allomorph

VI. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)

46. What are the stylistic features of idioms?

47. How would you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your point.

48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?

Ⅶ. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (18%)

49. Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates.

a. The man said he would come to our school next week.

b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.

50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes.

unbearable, international, ex-prisoner.