词汇学模拟试卷2及答案

1《英语词汇学》模拟试卷（二）I.Choosethebestanswerandthenputtheletterofyourchoiceinthegivenbrackets.(30%)1.TheprehistoricalIndo-Europeanparentlanguageisthoughttobeahighly______language.A.advancedB.developedC.analyticD.inflected()2.Theword“prediction”containsno______.A.freemorphemeB.stemC.bundmorphemeD.root()3.Therelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningis______andconventional.A.logicalB.arbitraryC.objectiveD.consistent()4.Theword“port”from“portus”isregardedasa______.A.semantic-loanB.neologismC.translation-loanD.denizen()5.Wordscreatedbyaddingwordformingorderivationalaffixestostemsarecalled______.A.acronymsB.blendsC.derivativesD.compounds()6.Theword______isregardedasadeverbalnoun.A.popularityB.persistenceC.productivityD.priestess()7.Theword“disunite”containsa______prefix.A.reversativeB.pejorativeC.negativeD.locative()8.Motivationreferstotheconnectionbetweenthelinguisticsymbolandits______.A.spellingB.soundC.meaningD.function()9.Extensionofmeaningisalsoknownas______.A.specializationB.elevationC.generalizationD.degradation()10.Thewords“husband”and“wife”areregardedas______terms.A.relativeB.contradictoryC.contraryD.graded()11.Theword“copperhead”wasusedtorefertothosenorthernerswhoweresecretlyaidingtheSouthbecauseofthe______reason.A.classB.historicalC.socialD.psychological()12.Themeaningofawordmaybeinfluencedbythestructurewhereitoccurs,whichiscalled______context.A.lexicalB.grammaticalC.linguisticD.non-linguistic()213.Theidiom“heartandsoul”is______innature.A.adjectivalB.verbalC.adverbialD.nominal()14.Theambiguityofthesentence,“Theballisattractive,”iscausedby______.A.homonymyB.hyponymyC.polysemyD.synonymy()15.Themainbodyofadictionaryisits______ofwords.A.notesB.usageC.spellingD.definitions()II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsgiveninthecoursebook.(15%)1.Boundmorphemesincludetwotypes:boundrootand_________________.2.Incompoundsthewordstressusuallyoccursonthe_______________element.3.Somedifferencesbetweensoundandmeaningwerecreatedbythe____________,whomadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.4.Allthewordsinalanguagemakeupits__________________.5.Pronounsandnumeralsenjoynation-wideuseandstability,butaresemanticallymonosemousandhavelimited___________________andcollocability.6.ScottishandIrishbelongtotheCelticfamily,butDanishandGermanbelongtothe___________________family.7.Accordingtothe________________whichaffixesoccupyinwords,affixationfallsintotwosubclasses:prefixationandsuffixation.8.Lexicalmeaningitselfembracestwocomponents:__________________meaningandassociativemeaning.9.Themostcommontypesofword-meaningchangesare__________________andnarrowing.10.Ofthethreetypesofhomonyms,__________________constitutethelargestnumberandaremostcommon.11.Transfermayalsooccurbetweenabstractand________________meanings.12.Idiomsaregenerallyfelttobe__________________andsomeareslangandcolloquialisms.13.Synonymsmaydifferinthe________________andintensityofmeaning.14.Sofarasthelanguageisconcerned,aChinese-Englishdictionaryisregardedasa__________________dictionary.15.ComparedwithAmericandictionaries,Britishdictionaries,especiallylearner’sdictionaries,includemore____________information.III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandthenputinthebracketstheletter“T”ifthestatementistrueor“F”ifitisfalse.(15%)1.TheGermanictribeswerethoughttobethefirstpeoplesknowntoinhabittheBritishIsles.()2.Thechieffunctionofprefixesistochangethemeaningsofstems.()3.Thereisaninflectionalmorphemeintheword“internationalist”.()4.TheFrenchinfluenceonEnglishvocabularywasoneofthesignificantpointsoftheMiddleEnglishperiod.()35.Inflectionalmorphemeswhichareconfinedtosuffixesfunctionasgrammaticalmarkers.()6.ThewordssuchasNATO,AIDS,BASICandUFOareacronyms.()7.Therearefewwordswhichhaveboththesameconceptualmeaningandthesamestylisticmeaning.()8.Oneofthefeaturesofthecontradictorytermsisthatsuchantonymsaresoopposedtoeachotherthattheyaremutuallyexclusive.()9.Thesameidiommayshowstylisticdifferenceswhenitisassigneddifferentmeanings.()10.Theambiguityofthesentence“Theduckistoohottoeat,”iscausedbyinadequategrammaticalcontext.()11.Encyclopedicdictionarieshavethecharacteristicsofbothlinguisticdictionariesandencyclopedia.()12.Suchwordsas“useless”and“bad-mouth”areregardedasmorphologicallymotivatedwords.()13.TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymologyisgenerallyknownasaspecializeddictionary.()14.Intheidiom“soonerorlater”,juxtapositionisused.()15.Linguisticcontextmayincludethewholeculturalbackground.()IV.Answerthefollowingquestions.(20%)1.Whatisconceptualmeaning?Whatarethecharacteristicsofconceptualmeaning?2.Whatarethefourmajorcausesofthedifferencebetweensoundandform?43.Whatistransfer?Whatarethefourmaintypesoftransfer?4.Whatisthedifferencebetweendenizensandaliens?5.Whatarespecializeddictionaries?Whataretheircharacteristics?5V.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.(20%)1.Pointouttheformationofthefollowingwords.sitcommedicarepubquakeNATOVOA2.Readthefollowingsentencecarefully.Ifyoufindanythinginappropriate,explainthereasonsandthenimprovethesentence.Jacksonisaveryhardbusinessman.6《英语词汇学》模拟试卷（二）参考答案I.选择题1.D2.A3.