英语2010级英语词汇学练习题(生)

1ExercisesofEnglishLexicology:ACoursebookI.MultipleChoices.(1’×10=10’)ChoosetherightanswerineachofthefollowingsentencesandwriteonAnswerSheet.Thereisonlyonerightanswerineachquestion.1.isthestudyofthewholehistoryofwords.A.LexicologyB.EtymologyC.PhonologyD.Morphology2.arewordslikepronouns,prepositions,demonstrative,determiners,conjunctions,auxiliaryverbs,andsonon.A.GrammaticalwordsB.DerivationalwordsC.CommonwordsD.Structuralwords3.Whichisaboundmorphemeinfollowingchoices?A.childB.potC.domD.bug4.Whichisafreemorphemeinfollowingchoices?A.ceiveB.mitC.emD.cat5.referstothekindofmeaningapieceoflanguageconveysaboutthesocialcircumstancesofitsuse.A.ConceptualmeaningB.SocialmeaningC.ConnotativemeaningD.Reflectedmeaning6.referstothesituationinwhichawordhastwoormoredifferentmeanings.A.PolysemyB.HomonymyC.InflectionD.Derivation7.Thethreewordsright,riteandwritearespeltdifferentlybutpronouncedthesame.Wecalltheyare.A.polysemyB.homographC.homophoneD.polygraph8.Englishbelongstoinitsdevelopment.A.ItalicB.GermanicC.EuropeD.NorthIndia9.Englishlanguagebeganfrom.A.43ADB.410ADC.450ADD.10thcentury10.inEnglishareallsuffixesthatoccurattheveryendofaword.A.InflectionsB.DerivationsC.CompoundsD.Clippings11.A(n)doesnothaveahead,anditsmeaningcannotbeliterallyguessedfromitsconstituentparts.A.endocentriccompoundB.exocentriccompoundC.copulativecompoundD.appositionalcompound12.referstotheprocessofcombiningpartsoftwowordstoformathirdwordwhichcontainssomeofthemeaningofeachpart.A.ConversionB.ShorteningC.BlendingD.Compounding13.Whichoneisnotrightinfollowingclippings?A.delifromdeliciousnessB.flufrominfluenzaC.planfromaeroplaneD.causefrombecause14.referstothenotionofinclusionwherebywecansaythat‘anXisakindofY’.A.MeronymyB.HyponymyC.SynonymD.Antonymy15.referstotherelationshipofoppositenessofmeaningbetweenwords.A.MeronymyB.HyponymyC.SynonymD.Antonymy16.canbeseenasaphenomenonofhumancognition.A.MeronymyB.HyponymyC.MetaphorD.Analory17.expressinfewwordsatruthwhichrelatestoeverydayexperience.A.ProverbsB.IdiomsC.CollocationsD.Phrases18.Adialectthatisassociatedwithaparticularsocialgroupcanbetermeda.A.jargonB.tabooC.slangD.sociolect219.isoftendefinedasthelanguagepeculiartoatrade,profession,orothergroup.A.JargonB.TabooC.SlangD.Sociolect20.Whichtypedoesnotbelongtomeaningshifts?A.broadeningB.narrowingC.ameliorationD.projectionII.FillingtheBlanks.(1’×10=10’)Fillthefollowingblanksaccordingtotheknowledgeoflexicology.WritetheanswersonAnswerSheet.1.Intraditionalgrammar,eightpartsofspeecharedistinguishedinEnglish:noun,pronoun,adjective,verb,adverb,preposition,conjunction,andinterjection.2.Wordscanalsobeclassifiedintolexicalwordsandgrammaticalwords.3.Morphemescanbeclassifiedintoboundmorphemesandfreemorphemes.4.Morphemesmayalsobeclassifiedintoderivationalmorphemesandinflectionalmorphemes.5.Leech(1981)distinguishesseventypesofmeaninginlanguage:conceptualmeaning,connotativemeaning,socialmeaning,affectivemeaning,reflectedmeaning,collocativemeaning,andthematicmeaning.6.Threetypesofaffixesareprefix,suffixandinfix.7.Othertypesofaffixesareinflectionalaffixesandderivationalaffixes.8.ThefourhistoricalperiodsofEnglishareOldEnglishperiod,MiddleEnglishperiod,EarlyModernEnglishperiod,ModernEnglishperiod.9.ThedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishareinvocabulary,spellingandpronunciation.10.Accordingtoconstituentelements,compoundscanbedividedintofourmajortypes.Theyarenouncompounds,verbcompounds,adjectivecompoundsandpronouncompounds.11.Therearefourmajorkindsofconversion:fromnountoverb,fromverbtonoun,fromadjectivetonounandfromadjectivetoverb.12.AccordingtoJacksonandAmvela(2000),synonymyisoftwotypes:strictsynonymyandloosesynonymy.13.AccordingtoJacksonandAmvela(2000),idiomshavetwomajorfeatures:ambiguity,andsyntacticpeculiarities.14.JacksonandAmvela(2000)classifymultiwordverbsintophrasalverbs,prepositionalverbs,andphrasal-prepositionalverbs.15.Sincemostwordshavemorethanonemeaning,thedefinitionsareusuallygroupedtogetherinsomeorder.Therearethreekindsoforder:historicalorder;frequency-determinedorderandlogicalorder.16.Basedonmedia,dictionariescanbeclassifiedintoelectronicdictionariesandprintdictionaries.17.Learner’sdictionariesaredesignedtoservetheneedsoflearnerswhosenativelanguageisnotEnglishbutwhoareattheintermediateortheadvancedstageoflanguagelearning.18.Children’sdictionariesareintendedforchildrenwhoarenativespeakers.19.TheOxfordEnglishDictionaryisthegreatestofallunabridgedEnglishdictionaries.20.Metaphorisoftenconsideredasavariationintheexpressionofmeanings.III.TrueorFalseQuestions.(1’×10=10’)JudgethefollowingstatementsandmarkTforrightoneandForwrongone.WritetheanswersonAnswerSheet.()1.Semanticsisdefinedasthestudyofmeaning.()2.Wordisusedtraditionallytorefertoasequenceoflettersboundedbytime.()3.Generallyspeaking,lexicalwordsarenouns,verbs,adjectives,andadverbs.()4.Therelationshipofreferenceholdsbetweenanexpressionandwhatthatexpressionstandsforonparticularoccasionsofitsutterance.()5.Socialmeaningreferstothekindofmeaningapieceoflanguageconveysaboutthenatural3circumstancesofitsuse.()6.Aff