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I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.30%1.______istraditionallyusedforthestudyoftheoriginsandhistoryoftheformandmeaningofwords.A.StylisticsB.LinguisticsC.EtymologyD.Semantics2.ModernEnglishisderivedfromthelanguageofearly______tribes.A.GreekB.GermanicC.ItalianD.Roman3.Semanticsisthestudyofmeaningofdifferent_______levels:lexis,syntax,utterance,discourse,etc.A.linguisticB.grammaticalC.arbitraryD.semantic4.Stylisticsisthestudyofstyle.Itisconcernedwiththeuser’schoicesoflinguisticelementsinaparticular_______forspecialeffectsA.contextB.situationC.timeD.place5.Lexicographyshareswithlexicologythesameproblems:theform,meaning,originsandusagesofwords,buttheyhavea_______difference.A.spellingB.semanticC.pronunciationD.pragmatic6.Terminologyconsistsof_______termsusedinparticulardisciplinesandacademicareas.A.differentB.artisticC.technicalD.academic7.Archaismsarewordsorformsthatwereoncein_________usebutarenowrestrictedonlytospecializedorlimiteduse.A.commonB.littleC.slightD.great8.Neologismsarenewly-createdwordsorexpressions,orwordsthathavetakenon____meanings.A.newB.oldC.badD.good9.Contentwordsdenoteclearnotionsandthusareknownas_________words.Theyincludenouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbsandnumerals.A.functionalB.notionalC.emptyD.formal10.Functionalwordsdonothavenotionsoftheirown.Therefore,theyarealsocalled___words.Prepositions,conjunctions,auxiliariesandarticlesbelongtothiscategory.A.contentB.newCnotionalD.empty11.Itisassumedthattheworldhasapproximately_____languages,whichcanbegroupedintothebasisofsimilaritiesintheirbasicwordstockandgrammar.A.5000B.4000C.3000D.200012.TheprehistoricIndo-Europeanparentlanguageisthoughttobeahighly____language.A.inflectedB.derivedC.developedD.analyzed13.Afterthe___,theGermanictribescalledAngles,Saxons,andJutescameingreatnumbers.A.GreeksB.IndiansC.FrenchD.Romans14.Theintroductionof____hadagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.A.HinduismB.BuddhismC.ChristianityD.Islamism15.Inthe9thcenturythelandwasinvadedagainbyNorwegianandDanishVikings.Withtheinvaders,many_____wordscameintotheEnglishlanguage.A.GreekB.RomanC.CelticD.Scandinavian16.TheNormansinvadedEnglandfromFrancein1066.TheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowof______wordsintoEnglish.A.FrenchB.GreekC.RomanD.Latin17.Bytheendofthe_______century,Englishgraduallycamebackintotheschools,thelawcourts,andgovernmentandregainedsocialstatus.A.12thB.13thC.14thD.15th18.TheBalto-SlaviccomprisessuchmodernlanguagesasPrussian,Lithuanian,Polish,Czech,Bulgarian,Slovenianand_______.A.GreekB.RomanC.IndianD.Russian19.IntheIndo-IranianwehavePersian,Bengali,Hindi,Romany,thelastthreeofwhicharederivedfromthedeadlanguage_______.A.SanskritB.LatinC.RomanD.Greek20.Greekisthemodernlanguagederivedfrom_______.A.LatinB.HellenicC.IndianD.Germanic21.ThefiveRomancelanguages,namely,Portuguese,Spanish,French,Italian,RomanianallbelongtotheItalicthroughanintermediatelanguagecalled_______.A.SanskritB.LatinC.CelticD.Anglo-Saxon22.Theoriginalmeaningofmanuscriptis________.A.anyauthor’sworkB.handwritingC.anyauthor’sworksD.apieceofpaper23.Theextendedmeaningofjournalis______A.dailypaperB.anypaperC.magazinesD.periodical24.Theoriginalmeaningofwifeis_______.A.amarriedwomanB.ayoungwomanC.womanD.widowedwoman25.Theoriginalmeaningofsuccessis______.A.resultB.progressC.eventD.incident26.Loudcoloursbelongsto______.A.transferbetweenabstractandconcretemeaningsB.transferofsensationsC.transferfromobjectivetosubjectiveD.transferfromsubjectivetoobjective27.Jackofalltradesisanidiom________.A.nominalinnatureB.adjectivalinnatureC.verbalinnatureD.adverbialinnature()28.Spendmoneylikewaterisanexampleof_____.A．metaphorB.simileC.metonymyD.synecdoche29.Fromcradletograveisanexampleof_________.A.simileB.metaphorC.synecdocheD.metonymy()30.Byhookandbycrookisanexampleof________.A.alliterationB.rhymeC.reiterationD.repetitionII.Completethefollowingstatementsbychoosingawordorexpressionlistedbelow,accordingtothecoursebook.20%A.grammaticalB.culturalbackgroundC.contentD.elevationE.homonymy31.Vocabularyisthemostunstableelementofalanguageasitisundergoingconstantchangesbothinformand_____.32.Word-meaningchangesbymodesofextension,narrowing,degradation,____andtransfer.Ofthese,extensionandnarrowingarebyfarthemostcommon.33.Linguisticcontextcanbesubdividedintolexicalcontextand______context.34.Theextra-linguisticcontextmayextendtoembracetheentire_____,whichmayalsoaffectthemeaningofwords.35.Ambiguityoftenarisesduetopolysemyand_____.31.()32.()33.()34.()35.()A.lexicographyB.diachronicC.meaningsD.vocabularyE.morphological36.Lexicologyisabranchoflinguistics,inquiringintotheoriginsand_____ofwords.37.Englishlexicologyaimsatinvestigatingandstudyingthe______structuresofEnglishwordsandwordequivalents,theirsemantics,relations,historicaldevelopment,formationandusages.38.Englishlexicologyembracesotheracademicdisciplines,suchasmorphology,semantics,etymology,stylistics,_____.39.Therearegenerallytwoapproachestothestudyofwords,namelysynchronicand_______.40.Languagestudyinvolvesthestudyofspeechsou