英语词汇学复习题

英语词汇学复习题(一)I.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.CircleTorFasyouseefitonyouranswersheet.(10%)1.Thebasicwordstockofalanguageischangingrapidlyallthetime.2.Afreemorphemeisawordinthetraditionalsense.3.ThetotalnumberoffunctionalwordsisverylimitedinEnglish.4.EveryEnglishwordhasitsmotivation.5.AlltheaffixesinEnglishareveryproductive.6.Themeaningofaword,especiallythatofapolysemousword,isoftendeterminedbythecontextinwhichitappears.7.Somesynonymsareconnectedwitheuphemismsandvulgarisms.8.TheinteractionbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishislargelyfromwesttoeastnowadays.9.Ifanativewordhasaborrowedsynonym,theforeignwordisalwaysmoreliterarythanthenativeone.10.Asynchronicdictionaryisadictionaryofcontemporarywords.II.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbycirclingA,B,CorDonyouranswersheet.(20%)11.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagebeganwiththeconquestandsettlementofwhatisnowEnglandbythe_________.(A)Romans(B)Danish(C)Angles,SaxonsandJutes(D)Normans12.Thesentence“Feelingfatigued,Tomretiredearly”isstylistically__________.(A)colloquial(B)slangy(C)literary(D)neutral13.Amorphemeisatwo-facetlanguageunit,whichpossessesboth________.(A)functionandmeaning(B)lettersandmeaning(C)syllableandmeaning(D)soundandmeaning14.Ahybridisawordmadeupofelementsbelongingtotwoormore_________.(A)foreignlanguages(B)differentlanguages(C)Germaniclanguages(D)Romancelanguages15.InEnglishthemostproductivetypeofconversionisconversion__________.(A)fromverbtoadjective(B)fromadjectivetonoun(C)fromnountoadjective(D)fromnountoverb16.Themajorityofback-formedwordsare___________.(A)nouns(B)adjectives(C)verbs(D)adverbs17.“Statesman”isanappreciativewordwhereas“politician”isa_________.(A)colloquialword(B)derogatoryword(C)purrword(D)neutralword18.“Happy”and“unhappy”are____________.(A)non-gradableantonyms(B)rootantonyms(C)derivationalantonyms(D)conversives19.ThelanguagebroughttoNorthAmericabytheBritishexplorersintheseventeenthcenturybelongstotheearlystageof_______.(A)OldEnglish(B)MiddleEnglish(C)ModernEnglish(D)ContemporaryEnglish20.“Corpse”originallymeantthehumanbody.Nowitmeansadeadbody.Thisisacaseof_______.(A)restrictionofmeaning(B)extensionofmeaning(C)degenerationofmeaning(D)elevationofmeaningIII.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingwordsisaA)simpleword,B)compoundword,C)derivedwordorD)shortenedform.Markyouranswerontheanswersheet.21.taxi22.lady23.modernize24.eager25.friendship26.warship27.German28.Frenchman29.crocodile30.photoIV.Explainthefollowingtermswithappropriateexamples.Doitontheanswersheet.(10%)31.allomorph32.derivationV.Giveashortanswertothefollowingquestions.Doitontheanswersheet.(30%)33.Themeaningofaploysemouswordisoftendeterminedbythelinguisticcontextinwhichitappears.Illustratethispointwithexamples.34.Whatarethefourcommonesttendenciesofthechangeofwordmeaning?VI.Givealongeranswer(150-200words)tothefollowingquestion.Doitontheanswersheet.(20%)35.HowareantonymsclassifiedinEnglish?英语词汇学复习题(二)I.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.CircleTorFasyouseefitonyouranswersheet.(10%)1.Allthewordsinalanguagetogetherconstitutewhatisknownasitsbasicwordstock.2.GreekborrowingsinEnglisharemostlywordsaboutthingsindailylife.3.TheEnglishvocabularyisextremelyhomogeneous.4.Contentwordsasaclassareusedmorefrequentlythanfunctionwords.5.Inflectionalaffixeshaveonlygrammaticalmeanings.6.Root,stemandbaserefertothesamething.7.Theprefix“de-“ispolysemic.8.ThereisanintrinsicconnectionbetweenthesoundsymbolandthesenseofallEnglishwords.9.“Impossible”expressesastrongernegationthan“notpossible”.10.Whenanidiomisreworded,itssenseisusuallydestroyed.II.Choosethecorrectanswer.Markyourchoiceontheanswersheet.(20%)11.MiddleEnglishbeganwiththe_________conquestofEnglandin1066.a.Greekb.Normanc.Danishd.Roman12.Newwordsinalanguagearealsoreferredtoas__________.a.archaismsb.neologismsc.colloquialismsd.euphemisms13.Theword“stretched”ismadeupoftwo__________.a.vowelsb.morphemesc.syllablesd.phonemes14.Thesuffix“-ling”asin“hireling”and“weakling”hasa_______shadeofmeaning.a.poeticb.euphemisticc.commendatoryd.derogatory15.Whichofthefollowingisanacronym?a.OPECb.CIAc.ISBNd.FBI16.“Bank”hasthemeaningof“landalongthesideofariver”and“aplaceinwhichmoneyiskeptandpaidout”.Thisisanexampleof___________.a.polysemyb.homonymyc.hyponymyd.homophony17.“Sow”(putseedsinsoil)and“sow”(afullygrownfemalepig)are_________.a.homophonesb.homographsc.hyponymsd.perfectsynonyms18.“Journey”originallymeant“aday’swalk”.Nowitmeans“distancetraveled”.Thisisacaseof_________.a.generalizationb.specializationc.pejorationd.amelioration19.Thebranchoflinguisticstreatingofwordoriginsiscalled_______.a.grammatologyb.phraseologyc.lexicologyd.etymology20.Theroot“-tain”asinmaintain,“retain”and“detain”means___________.a.toholdb.togivec.togetd.toputIII.Examinesthefollowingwordsanddecidewhethereachofthemisa:(A)simpleword,(B)derivedword,(C)compoundwordor,(D)shortenedword.(10%)21.memo26.radish22.lady27.tiger23.workman28.childhood24.worker29.teapot25.reddish30.uglifyIV.Explainthefollowingterms,givingappropriateexamples.Writeyouranswerontheanswe