?英語詞匯學(xué)2013年4月真題試題（00832）

英語詞匯學(xué)2013年4月真題試題及答案解析（00832）

英語詞匯學(xué)2013年4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(xiàng)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?

A.A word is the smallest free form of a language.
B.A word is a sound unity.
C.A word has a given meaning.
D.A word can be used freely in a sentence.

2. By notion, words can be grouped into content words and functional words. Which of the following words belongs to functional words?

A.Five.
B.Sun.
C.Run.
D.And.

3. Which of the following words is a neologism?

A.Dip.
B.Thou.
C.Internet.
D.Bottom line.

4. At the end of 6th century, Latin-speaking Roman missionaries under St. Augustine came to spread _____ in Britain, the introduction of which had a great impact on the English vocabulary.

A.Buddhism
B.Christianity
C.Catholicism
D.Islamism

5. Social, economic and political changes bring about an increasing number of new words. Which of the following words is related to political changes?

A.Moon walk.
B.Watergate.
C.Mao jackets.
D.Talk show.

6.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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

7.The root of the word "Internationalist" is _____.

A.inter
B.nation
C.tion
D.ist

8.There is(are) _____allomorphemic word(s) in the following words: cats, men, glass, worked.

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

9.The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as /z/ in the following words EXCEPT___.

A.beds
B.bags
C.cheats
D.bottles

10. Words produced through. _____account for the largest part of the total number of new words through word-formation.

A.conversion
B.compounding
C.shortening
D.affixation

11.The function of_____is mainly to change the grammatical function of the stem rather than its meaning.

A.affixation
B.prefixation
C.suffixation
D.derivation

12.The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word is called _____.

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

13.The singular and plural meaning of a noun is known as the_____ meaning of a word.

A.grammatical
B.lexical
C.conceptual
D.associative

14._____explains why a particular form has a particular meaning.

A.Reference
B.Concept
C.Sense
D.Motivation

15.By_____. motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin.

A.onomatopoeic
B.morphological
C.etymological
D.semantic

16.The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas: denotation, connotation, and _____.

A.application
B.lexical meaning
C.grammatical meaning
D.motivation

17.Unlike radiation where each of the derived meanings is directly connected to the primary meaning. _____describes a process where each of the later meaning is related only to the preceding one like chains.

A.back-formation
B.concatenation
C.association
D.extension

18.Which term can be used to best describe the relationship between the underlined adjectives in “Unlike her (gregarious) sister, Jane is an (unsociable)person"?

A.Synonymy.
B.Antonymy.
C.Homonymy.
D.Polysemy.

19.The associated transfer of meaning and euphemistic use of words are often due to_____factors.

A.scientific
B.internal
C.historical
D.psychological

20.Some words can have two different types of antonyms at the same time, one being_____ and the other opposite.

A.negative
B.positive
C.protective
D.appreciative

21.There is associated transfer, for example, the lip of a wound, the tongue of a bell, the _____of a plane, in which the meaning is transferred through association.

A.eyes
B.face .
C.nose
D.ears .

22.When a word with multiple meanings is used in inadequate context, it creates_____.

A.ambiguity
B.synonymy
C.context
D.hyponymy

23.Missiles in the sentence “In the History Museum are exhibited all kinds of missiles." is ambiguous due to _____.

A.grammatical structure
B.lexical context
C.homonymy
D.polysemy

24.In the sentence " "Do get me a clop. . she said, smacking her lips, bwr her brother, with a scornful glance up at the branches, said thai there were none ripe yet." The meaning of clop can be inferred from the clue of_____.

A.relevant details
B.word structure
C.antonymy
D.hyponymy

25.“Up in the air” is an idiom_____in nature.

A.verbal
B.nominal
C.adjectival
D.adverbial

26.Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom "scream and shout”?

A.Rhyme.
B.Reiteration.
C.Juxtaposition
D.Synecdoche.

27.The idiom "a bull in a china shop" was created probably by_____.

A.seamen
B.housewives
C.farmers
D.hunters

28.The main body of a dictionary is its_____of words.

A.spellings
B.pronunciations
C.definitions
D.usages

29.Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic dictionaries?

A.They aim at defining words and explaining their usages in the language.
B.They usually cover such areas as spelling, pronunciation, meaning. grammatical function,usage and etymology, etc.
C.They can be monolingual and bilingual.
D.They provide encyclopaedic information concerning each headword.

30.Which of the following is NOT true about Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English?

A.It is a desk dictionary.
B.It is noted for its elaborate grammar information.
C.It creates an extra column arranged alongside the definitions.
D.it is noted for its wide coverage of new words, new meanings and new usages.

二、填空題

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

11. In terms of the origin of words, words may fall into native words and_____words.

12.In the Western set of the language family,_____is the modern language derived from Hellenic.

13.Morphemes which cannot occur as separate words are_____ morphemes.

14.___is the process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of social and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms.

15.That part of the word meaning, which is suggested by the words before or after the word in discussion, is known as _____meaning.

16.Words of language can be classified into semantically related sets or_____.

17.Observation shows that it is much more common for word meanings to change in denotation from _____ to pejorative than it is for them to go the other way.

18.Based on the _____ context, we can determine the meaning of "do fish" as "cook".

19."White elephant" is an idiom _____ in nature.

110.Webster"s New Dictionary of Synonyms is a(n)_____dictionary.

三、名詞解釋

Define the following terms. (15%)

21.semantic change

22.Compounding

23.Radiation

24.extra-linguistic context

25.idioms nominal in nature

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.Analyze "individualistic in terms of root and stem.

32.Both back-formation and back-clipping are ways of making words by removing the endings of words. Can you explain the difference? Illustrate your point with examples.

33.Group the following words into semantic fields initiated with the superordinate that covers each field.credit card, gas, go, hotel, liquid, matter, room service, run, walk

34.Can you determine the meaning of the words in bold type in each of the following sentences?Explain and make some alterations in the context so as to pin down the meaning. (a) They saw her duck (b) The ball was attractive.

五、分析題

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

41.Comment on the following 2 sentences to illustrate the features of aft meaning of words.Sentence 1 “One who is fill with ambition usually works hard.”Sentence 2 "Knowledge of inequality has stimulated envy, ambition and greed."

42.Analyze and comment on the word dull in the following sentences based on the characteristics of antonyms.[A] She became (dull) and silent during the last part of the journey.[B] I"m hearing a constant (dull)noise (whirring) that gets louder as I accelerate.[C]I got aright way to keep your face radiant and glowing even in this(dull) weather.[D] These factors affect both intelligent and(dull)children.