?英語詞匯學(xué)2017年10月真題試題（00832）

英語詞匯學(xué)2017年10月真題試題及答案解析（00832）

英語詞匯學(xué)2017年10月真題試題及答案解析（00832），本試卷共51個小題，總共100分。

一、單項選擇題

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.Which of the following is NOT true about the definition of a word?

A.A word has a given meaning,
B.A word is a soundless unity.
C.A word is the minimal fee form of a language.
D.A word is a form that can function alone in a sentence.

2.Words may fall into content words and functional words by___.

A.notion
B.origin
C.function
D.use frequency

3. Newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings are_____.

A.slang
B.argot
C.neologisms
D.archaisms

4.The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe,___ and India.

A.Asia
B.Africa
C.the Near East
D.the Far East

5.There are such new words as fast food, talk shows, and open university in Modem English. These words show___.

A.the invasion of foreign counties
B.social, economic and political changes
C.the influence of other cultures and languages
D.the rapid development of modem science and technology

6.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.English is more closely related to German than French.
B.Modern English is considered to be an analytic language,
C.The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.
D.The four major foreign contributions to English vocabulary in earlier times are Latin, French, Scandinavian and Italian.

7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is_____ .

A.morpheme
B.affixes
C.root
D.stem

8. There is/are___ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: cats, boss work, geese,tried.,

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4

9.Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?

A.bossy
B.widen
C.happy
D.worker

10.The word that has a prefix of size is_____.

A.misconduct
B.devalue
C.anti-nuclear
D.mini-election

11.The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called_____.

A.prefixation
B.compounding
C.conversion
D.clipping

12. The following words are formed by chipping, EXCEPT_____.

A.phone
B.motel
C.dorm
D.flu

13. In word meaning, the relationship between language and the word is_____ by means of which, a speaker indicates which things in the world are being talked about.

A.reference
B.concept
C.sense
D.motivation

14. Which of the following examples shows that every word that has meaning has sense, but not every word has reference?

A.argue, quarrel
B.probable, but
C.pavement, sidewalk
D.much time, many people

15. In modern English some words were created by imitating the natural sounds or noises, and the sounds suggest their meanings, like bang, croak, and buzz. These words are_____ motivated.

A.onomatopoeically
B.morphologically
C.semantically
D.etymologicaly

16. The central meaning of the word face is_____.

A.a surface of a thing
B.the front of the head
C.the functional surface
D.the appearance

17.Words like bow that bending bending the head as a greeting and bow that means the device used as shooting arrows are called___.

A.synonyms
B.homographs
C.homophones
D.antonyms

18.Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in denotation?

A.extend-increase
B.homely-domestic
C.policeman-cop
D.sense- meaning

19.The word liquor once meant liquid, but now means alcoholic drink. This is an example of_____of word-meaning

A.extension
B.narrowing
C.transfer
D.degradation

20. For the word nice, is original meaning was "ignorant, then changed to "foolish” and now it means "delightful, pleasant". This process is_____of word- meaning.

A.extension
B.elevation
C.transfer
D.degradation

21._____ reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word car, from " a two-wheel cart drawn by horses and used in war" to "automobile".

A.Class
B.Technical
C.Psychological
D.Historical

22. The context where the meaning of a word is influenced by the structure in which it occurs is called _____ context.

A.non-linguistic
B.lexical
C.semantic
D.grammatical

23. That landlord means differently in western countries and in China shows that context has some effect on the meaning of words.

A.grammatical
B.lexical
C.linguistic
D.extra-linguistic

24.Ambiguity often arises due to_____, as is shown in the sentence "The fish is ready to eat."

A.polysemy
B.homonomy
C.grammatical structure
D.lexical structure

25. The idiom “___” is an idiom nominal in nature.

A.white elephant
B.up in the air
C.market
D.tooth and nail

26. The idiom “____”is an example of euphemism.

A.as mute as a fish
B.earn one"s bread
C.powder one"s nose
D.crocodile tears

27.The following are rhetorical features of idioms EXCEPT_

A.literary expressions
B.figures of speech
C.phonetic manipulation
D.lexical manipulation

28. The reader cannot find pronunciation or meanings or usage but other information in______.

A.desk dictionaries
B.linguistic dictionaries
C.encyclopedia
D.pocket dictionaries

29.Which of the following is the best- known unabridged dictionary?

A.The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Ninth Edition(1996)
B.Websters Third New international Dictionary
C.Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
D.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, New Edition (1987)

30.Usage notes in LDCE New Edition (1987) cover the following EXCEPT______.

A.Difficult grammar and stylistic points
B.Difference between British and American usages
C.discrimination between synonyms and near-synonyms
D.examples selected from actual usage, not invented by compilers

二、填空題

Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (15%)

11.In different languages the same concept can be represented by different______.For example, woman becomes “Frau” in German, and “femme”in French.

12.In Old English period, the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the English vocabulary It brought many ______terms such as altar, amen and candle.

13. The basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a______.

14.According to the position which affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses prefixation and ______.

15.______accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning.

16.Antonyms can be classified into three major groups: contradictory terms, contrary terms and ______terms.

17.The word journal originally denoted mere "daily paper", but now has come to include "periodical".______of meaning is reflected in this example.

18. The word do conveys a number of meanings, but it means differently in "do one"s teeth" and"do science at school". This example shows that______context will determine exactly what a word means.

19. Structural______ is reflected in such idioms a by twos and threes, tit for tat, whose word order cannot be changed.

110. American dictionaries contain more______information in the main body than the British, for example, names of famous people, places of historical interest and the like.

三、名詞解釋

Define the following terms. (15%)

21. creation

22. compounding

23. radiation

24.context (in a narrow sense)

25.metonymy

四、簡答題

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%)

31.What is affix? How to group affixes according to their functions?

32.What"s the difference between prefixes and suffixes?

33.What are the major sources of English synonyms?

34.Explain how context clues are used in the sentence "Their greatest, fear was of a conflagration since. fire would destroy their, flimsy wooden settlement before help could arrive".

五、分析題

Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%)

41.famous, skinny, notorious, slender, pigheaded, determinedGive the definition of affective meaning of words and use the above words to illustrate the two categories of the affective words.

42.Use the following two groups of sentences as examples to illustrate how to use superordinates and subordinates.(a) There was a fine rocking- chair that his further used to sit in, a desk where he wrote letters a nest of small tables and dark bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past.(b)1) Trees surround the water near our summer place,2) Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin