英语词汇学试题库

1英语词汇学试题库I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.1.Indifferentlanguage,thesameconceptcanberepresentedby_____andthesamesoundcanshow_____.A.samesounds/differentmeaningsB.differentsounds/differentmeaningsC.differentsounds/samemeaningsD.samesounds/samemeanings2.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilyismadeupofmostofthelanguagesinthefollowingplacesexcept_____.A.EuropeB.TheNearEastC.IndiaD.Africa3._____arewordsborrowedearlyinthepastandnowwellassimilatedintoEnglishlanguage.A.AliensB.DenizensC.TranslationsD.Semantic-loans4.Motivationaccountsforconnectionbetweenthelinguisticsymboland_____.A.itsmeaningB.itssoundC.itsformD.noneoftheabove5.“Bird”,“earth”,“nation”belongto_____.A.boundmorphemesB.freerootsC.derivationalaffixesD.boundroots6.Aconcepthas_____referringexpressions.A.oneB.manyC.afewD.noneoftheabove7.Thegrammaticalmeaningsofawordrefertothatofthemeaningofthewordwhichindicatesgrammaticalconceptorrelationshipsuchas_____.A.partofspeechofwordsB.singularandpluralmeaningofnounsC.tensemeaningofverbsandtheirinflectionalformsD.alltheabove8.Theproblemofinterrelationofthevariousmeaningsofthesamewordcanbedealtwithfrom______angles.A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four9.Inradiation,thesecondarymeaningofawordisderivedfromtheprimarymeaningofawordby______.A.transferB.extensionC.specializationD.alltheaboveandothers210.Alegalterm“Alibi”signifying“pleathatthattheaccusedisnotattheplacewhenthecrimeiscommitted”nowmeans“excuse”.Thischangeofword-meaningiscalled_____.A.transferB.narrowingC.extensionD.degradation11.Contextclueshave_____onesinall.A.sevenB.sixC.eightD.five12._____isthemostcompletedescriptionofwordsavailabletous.A.MinidictionaryB.DeskdictionaryC.PocketdictionaryD.Unabridgeddictionary13._____idiomsarecharacterizedbysemanticandstructuralstability.A.AlltheB.FewC.NoneofD.Notallthe14.Forbeginnersandelementaryandlower-intermediatelearners,_____dictionaryisessentialastheyhavenoenoughknowledgeofEnglish.A.amonolingualB.noneoftheaboveC.specializedD.bilingual15.DuringAmericanCivilWar,theword“Copperhead”,avenomoussnakeintheSouthofAmerica,wasendowedwiththenewmeaning“thenorthernerswhoweresecretlyaidingandabettingthesouth”becauseof_____.A.classreasonB.historicalreasonC.psychologicalreasonD.religiousreason16.Therelationshipbetweenthesoundandmeaningofawordis_____.A.logicalB.arbitrary,conventionalC.certainD.objective17.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilyismadeupofmostofthelanguagesinthefollowingplacesexcept_____.A.EuropeB.TheNearEastC.IndiaD.Africa18.Wordsproducedthroughaffixationconstitute_____ofallthenewwords.A.20%to30%B.30%to40%C.40%to50%D.10%to20%19.Thechieffunctionofprefixationisto_____.A.changemeaningsofthestemsB.changetheword-classofthestemC.changegrammaticalfunctionD.alltheabove20.The“house”in“thepeasanthousedhim”belongstotheconversion_____.A.betweennounandadjectiveB.betweennounandverbC.betweenverbandadjectiveD.noneoftheabove21.Aconcepthas_____referringexpressions.A.oneB.manyC.afewD.noneoftheabove22.Thegrammaticalmeaningsofawordrefertothatofthemeaningoftheword3whichindicatesgrammaticalconceptorrelationshipsuchas_____.A.partofspeechofwordsB.singularandpluralmeaningofnounsC.tensemeaningofverbsandtheirinflectionalformsD.alltheabove23.Theproblemofinterrelationofthevariousmeaningsofthesamewordcanbedealtwithfrom_____angles.A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four24.Inradiation,thesecondarymeaningofawordisderivedfromtheprimarymeaningofawordby_____.A.transferB.extensionC.specializationD.alltheaboveandothers25.Alegalterm“Alibi”signifying“pleathatthattheaccusedisnotattheplacewhenthecrimeiscommitted”nowmeans“excuse”.Thischangeofword-meaningiscalled_____.A.transferB.narrowingC.extensionD.degradation26.Contextclueshave_____onesinall.A.sevenB.sixC.eightD.five27._____isthemostcompletedescriptionofwordsavailabletous.A.MinidictionaryB.DeskdictionaryC.PocketdictionaryD.Unabridgeddictionary28._____idiomsarecharacterizedbysemanticandstructuralstability.A.AlltheB.FewC.NoneofD.Notallthe29.Forbeginnersandelementaryandlower-intermediatelearners,_____dictionaryisessentialastheyhavenoenoughknowledgeofEnglish.A.amonolingualB.noneoftheaboveC.specializedD.bilingual30.DuringAmericanCivilWar,theword“Copperhead”,avenomoussnakeintheSouthofAmerica,wasendowedwiththenewmeaning“thenorthernerswhoweresecretlyaidingandabettingthesouth”becauseof_____.A.classreasonB.historicalreasonC.psychologicalreasonD.religiousreason31.Indifferentlanguage,thesameconceptcanberepresentedby______andthesamesoundcanshow_______.A.differentsounds/differentmeaningsB.samesounds/differentmeaningsC.differentsounds/samemeaningsD.samesounds/samemeanings32._____arewordsborrowedearlyinthepastandnowwellassimilatedintotheEnglishlanguage.A.DenizensB.AliensC.TranslationsD.Semantic-loans33.Wordformationexcludes_________.A.affixationandcompoundingB.conversionandshorteningC.chipping,acronymyandblendingD.repetitionandalliteration434.Thedifferencesbetweencompoundsandfreephrasesshowin______aspects.A.phoneticfeaturesB.semanticfeaturesC.grammaticalfeaturesD.alltheabove