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I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.（30%）1.Degradationcanbeillustratedbythefollowingexample().A.lewd→ignorantB.silly→foolishC.last→pleasureD.knave→boy2.Homophonesareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectsof().A.humourB.sarcasmC.ridiculeD.alltheabove3.Thefourmajormodesofsemanticchangesare().A.extension,narrowing,elevationanddegradationA.extension,generalization,elevationanddegradationB.extension,narrowing,specializationanddegradationC.extension,elevation,ameliorationanddegradation4.Theuseofonenameforthatofanotherassociatedwithitisrhetoricallycalled().A.synecdocheB.metonymyC.substitutionD.metaphor5.Idiomsadjectivalinnaturefunctionsas().A.adjectivesB.attributesC.modifiersD.words6.Grammaticalcontextrefersto()inwhichawordisused.A.vocabularyB.grammarC.semanticpatternD.syntacticstructure7.Intheidiom'ingoodfeather',wechange'good'into'high,full'withoutchangingmeaning.Thischangeofconstituentisknownas().A.additionB.replacementC.position-shiftingD.variation8.Thewordlaconicis().A.onomatopoeicallymotivatedB.morphologicallymotivatedC.semanticallymotivatedD.etymologicallymotivated9.CCELDisdistinctiveforits().A.cleargrammarcodesB.languagenotesC.usagenotesD.extracolumns10.WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?()A.DormB.motelC.GentD.Zoo11.OldEnglishhasavocabularyofabout()words.A.30,000to40,000B.50,000to60,000C.70,000to80,000D.80,000to90,00012.()areboundmorphemesbecausetheycannotbeusedasseparatewords.A.RootsB.StemsC.AffixesD.Compounds13.BesidesFrenchwords,Englishalsoabsorbedas2,500wordsof()intheMiddleEnglishperiod.A.DutchoriginB.DanishoriginC.LatinoriginD.Greekorigin14.Awordisasymbolthat().A．isusedbythesamespeechcommunityB．representssomethingelseintheworldC．isbothsimpleandcomplexinnatureD．showsdifferentideasindifferentsounds15.Somewordsinthebasicwordstockaresaidtobestablebecausethey().A.arecomplexwords.B.aretechnicalwordsC.refertothecommonestthingsinlife.D.denotethemostimportantconcepts.16.Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto().A.perfecthomonymsB.homonymsC.homophonesD.alltheabove17.Transferasamodeofsemanticchangecanbeillustratedbytheexample().A.adfor“advertisement”B.dishfor“foodC.fondfor“affectionate”D.aneditorialfor“aneditorialarticle18.Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover().A.thereader’sinterpretationB.theneighbouringwordsC.thewriter'sintentionD.theetymologyoftheword19.Whichofthefollowingisaprefixoftimeandorder?()A.extra-B.pro-C.re-D.semi-20.Whichofthefollowingdictionariesisnotaspecializeddictionary?()A.TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymologyB.Chamber’sEncyclopedicEnglishDictionary.C.LongmontDictionaryofPhrasalVerbs.D.Webster’sNewDictionaryofSynonyms.21.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrue?()A.Referenceistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.B.Therelationshipbetweenawordanditsreferentisarbitrary.C.Conceptisuniversaltoallmenalike.D.Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.22.Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningforms().A.physicalcontextB.grammaticalcontextC.lexicalcontextD.linguisticcontext23.“Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCentre.”Theclueprovidedinthecontextis().A.definitionB.explanationC.exampleD.hyponym24.Theterm“Vocabulary”isusedindifferentwaysbecauseofallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat().A.itcanrefertothecommoncoreofalanguageB.itcanrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguageC.itcanrepresentallthewordsusedinacertainhistoricalperiodD.itcanstandforwordsinagivendialectorfield25.Theidiomadarkhorseisa().A.simileB.metaphorC.metonymyD.personification26.Anidiomdiffersfromafreephraseinthattheformeris()andthelatterisnot.A.structurallychangeableB.semanticallyanalyzableC.structurallyfixedD.easilyunderstood27.Wecanworkoutthemeaningofheliocentricandgeocentricaccordingto().A.morphologicalstructureB.relevantdetailsC.grammaticalstructureD.physicalcontext28.Whatcausestheambiguityofthesentence”IlikeMarybetterthanJanet?()A.VocabularyB.SituationC.StructureD.Noneoftheabove29.EarlyModernEnglishreferstothelanguagespoken().A.from1066to1500B.from1150to1500C.from1500to1700D.from1600to180030.Affixesaddedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationsareknownas().A.boundrootsB.freemorphemesC.inflectionalmorphemesD.derivationalaffixesII.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.（10%）31.Theformwhichremainsafterremovinganinflectionalaffixiscalled________.32.Thewordswhichareinvolvedinconversionarenouns,verbsand________.33.Thestylisticfeaturesofwordsformtheir________meaning.34.________fieldreferstoasetofwordswhicharesemanticallyrelated.35.Themodesofsemanticchangeinwordsincludeextension,narrowing,________andsemantictransfer.36.________motivationreferstothewordswhosemeaningsaresuggestedbytheirmorphologicalstructure.37.________isoneofthethreekindsofmeaningwhichhasnothingtodowithlanguage.38.Thereisno________relationshipbetweensoundandformastheconnectionbetweenthemisarbitraryandconventional.39.Thethreemainfore