1《英语词汇学》模拟试卷(三)I.Choosethebestanswerandthenputtheletterofyourchoiceinthegivenbrackets.(30%)1.Englishwordsmayfallintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby______.A.usefrequencyB.originC.pronunciationD.notion()2.Therewas______agreementbetweensoundandforminOldEnglishthaninModernEnglish.A.lessB.abitlessC.moreD.abitmore()3.TheearlyinhabitantsoftheBritishIsleswere______.A.ScandinaviansB.RomansC.GermansD.Celts()4.ModernEnglishisregardedasa/an_______language.A.analyticB.inflectedC.syntheticD.advanced()5.Theword“internationalist”doesnotcontaina/an______.A.boundmorphemeB.stemC.inflectionalmorphemeD.freemorpheme()6.Theprefix“dis-“in“disloyal”isa______prefix.A.reversativeB.negativeC.pejorativeD.locative()7.Theword“dorm”isformedbyclippingthe______.A.backofaphraseB.frontofawordC.backofawordD.frontofaphrase()8.Theoverwhelmingmajorityofblendsare______.A.nounsB.adverbsC.verbsD.adjectives()9.Wordsarebutsymbols,manyofwhichhavemeaningonlywhentheyhaveacquired______.A.motivationB.referenceC.conceptsD.association()10.Thestatusofwordseitherassuperordinateorsubordinateis______tootherwords.A.stableB.fixedC.consistentD.relative()11.Themeaningof“lip”in“thelipofawound”hasexperienced_____.A.associatedtransferB.degradationC.extensionD.elevation()12.Linguisticcontextmaycoverthefollowingexcept______.A.aparagraphB.participantsC.awholechapterD.theentirebook()213.Ambiguityarisesduetothefollowingexcept______.A.homonymyB.polysemyC.synonymyD.structure()14.Intheidiom“fromcradletograve”,______isused.A.personificationB.metaphorC.synecdocheD.metonymy()15.Theoretically,a/an______dictionaryisacompleterecordofallthewordsinuse.A.deskB.unabridgedC.pocketD.specialized()II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsgiveninthecoursebook.(15%)1.Norwegian,Icelandic._______________andSwedisharegenerallyknownasScandinavianlanguages.2.Englishwordsmayfallintocontentwordsandfunctionalwordsby____________.3.Nowpeoplegenerallyreferto___________________asOldEnglish.4.ModernEnglishvocabularydevelopsthroughthreechannels:creation,__________changeandborrowing.5.Pronounsand__________enjoynation-wideuseandstability,butaresemanticallymonosemousandhavelimitedproductivityandcollocability.6.OldEnglishwasahighly_________________languagelikemodernGerman.7.Blendingistheformationofnewwordsbycombining________________oftwowordsorawordplusapartofanotherword.8.Semanticmotivationexplainstheconnectionbetweenthe_______________senseandfigurativesenseoftheword.9.Synonymscanbeclassifiedintotwogroups:__________________synonymsandrelativesynonyms..10.Whenwetalkaboutcontext,weusuallythinkof_________________context,hardlyawareofthenon-linguisticcontext..11.Themore_______________theidioms,themorefixedthestructure.12.Changesofwordmeaningaredueto_____________factorsandextra-linguisticfactors.13.Synonymsmaydifferintherangeand_________________ofmeaning.14.Themeaningofawordmaybeinfluencedbythe______________inwhichitoccurs.Thisiscalledgrammaticalcontext.15.Sofarasthelanguageisconcerned,LongmanDictionaryofPhrasalVerbsisregardedasa__________________dictionary.III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandthenputinthebracketstheletter“T”ifthestatementistrueor“F”ifitisfalse.(15%)1.Prepositions,conjunctions,pronouns,numeralsandarticlesallbelongtofunctionalwords.()2.Withthedevelopmentofthelanguage,moreandmoredifferencesarosebetweensoundandform.()3.Thechieffunctionofsuffixesistochangethemeaningsofstems.()4.Thereisnofreemorphemeintheword“prediction”.()35.Therearemanywordswhichhaveboththesameconceptualmeaningandthesamestylisticmeaning.()6.ThewordssuchasBBC,VOA,NATOandUFOareinitialisms.()7.Grammaticalmeaningofawordbecomesimportantonlywhenitisusedinactualcontext.()8.Suchwordsas“miniskirt”and“reading-lamp”areregardedasmorphologicallymotivatedwords.()9.Radiationdescribesasemanticprocesswhereeachofthelatermeaningsisrelatedonlytotheprecedingonelikechains.()10.Theambiguityofthesentence“Isawherduck,”isthoughttobecausedbyinadequategrammaticalcontext.()11.Extra-linguisticcontextcanexercisegreaterinfluenceonthemeaningsofwordsthanwerealize.()12.Intheidioms,suchas“screamandshout”,“pickandchoose”and“oddsandends”,alliterationisused.()13.Idiomsareexpressionswhichareeasilyunderstandablefromtheliteralmeaningsofindividualwords.()14.LDCEisfamousforitswidecoverageofnewwords,newmeaningsandnewusages.()15.Specializeddictionarieshavethecharacteristicsofbothlinguisticdictionariesandencyclopedia.()IV.Answerthefollowingquestions.(20%)1.Whatistherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaning?Giveexamplestoillustrateyourpointofview.2.Whatisconversion?Whatarethecharacteristicsofconversion?43.Whatisreference?Whatarethecharacteristicsofreference?4.Whatarethetwomajorfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaning?Howaretheyclassified?5.Whatisadictionary?Whatistherelationshipbetweenadictionaryandlexicology?5V.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.(20%)1.Analyzethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandthenpointoutthetypesofmorphemes.lion-heartedcontradictionworkers2.Readthesentencecarefully.Ifyoufindanythinginadequate,explainthereasonsandthenimp