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1、 陕西理工学院成教院英语词汇学自测题Self-Assessment Exx on English Lexicology一.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket. 1.Wordsfallintothebasicwordstockandnonbasicvocabularyby_.（） A.usefrequency B.notion C.productivity D.origin 2.
2、Wordslikebear,nut,knockedoutcanbecategorizedas_.（）A.terminology B.jargon C.slang D.neologisms 3.IdentifythewordthatisofScandinavianoriginamongthefollowing.（）A.Skirt B.Dress C.Model D.Status 4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?（） A.OldEnglishwasahighlyinflectedlanguage. B.Revivingarchaicorobsole
3、tewordsalsocontributetothegrowthofEnglishvocabularyC.ThewordcloakisofFrenchorigin.D.ModernEnglishisasyntheticlanguage.5.Therootoftheword“antecedent”is_.（）A.ante- B.-ced- C.-dent D.-ent6.Shorteningalongerwordbycuttingapartofftheoriginalandusingwhatremainsiscalled_.（）A.blending B.clipping C.acronymy D
4、.back-formation7.Associativemeaningofwordscomprisesthefollowingexcept_.（）A.connotativemeaningB.lexicalmeaningC.affectivemeaning D.collocativemeaning8.Whatisacommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages?（）A.Suffixation. B.Polysemy. C.Allomorph. D.Variation.9.Whichword thatformerlymeantanimal, andlatera
5、nimalfromLatinandbeastfromFrenchfoundtheirwayintoEnglish?（）A.Deer. B.Cattle. C.Sheep. D.Bird. 10.Whenawordwithmultiplemeaningsisusedinaninadequatecontext, thiswordmaycreate_.（）A.semanticmotivation B.degradation C.ambiguity D.extension11.Without_,thereisnowaytodeterminetheverysenseofthewordthatthespe
6、akerintendedtoconvey.（）A.context B.semanticunity C.structuralstability D.stylisticfeature 12.Idiomsmanifestsuchrhetoricalfeaturesasthefollowingexcept_.（）A.phoneticmanipulationB.lexicalmanipulationC.literaryexpressions D.figuresofspeech13.Accordingtoitsgrammaticalfunctions,idiomscanbeclassifiedintofi
7、vegroups.Theidiom“heartandsoul”belongsto_.（）A.idiomsnominalinnature B.idiomsadjectivalinnature C.idiomsverbalinnature D.idiomsadverbialinnature14.Themainbodyforadictionaryis_ofwords.（）A.spellings B.pronunciations C.definitions D.grammar 15.Readers cantfindpronunciationormeaningin_.（） A.LongmanDictio
8、naryofContemporaryEnglishwithChineseTranslationB.TheEncyclopediaAmericana C.ChambersEncyclopedicEnglishDictionaryD.CollinsCOBUILDEnglishLanguageDictionary二. Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook. 16.Affixeattachedtotheendofwordtoindicategrammaticalrelatio
9、nshipsareknownas_morphemes.17.Thechieffunctionof_isnottochangethewordclassofthestem,buttochangeitsmeaning.18.“Pavement”inBritishEnglishand“sidewalk”inAmericanEnglishhavethesame_.19.Red,scarlet,mauve,violet,lavender,pansy,black,purple,etc,makeupthe_fieldofcolour.20.Somewordscanhavetwodifferenttypesof
10、antonymsatthesametime,onebeing_ andtheotheropposite.三.MatchthewordsorexpressionsinColumnAwiththoseinColumnBaccordingto1)typesofmeanings;2)typesofmotivations;3)typesofdictionaries;4)originsofEnglishand5)typesofsenserelations.A B21.queer,odd A.onomatopoeticallymotivated()22.surplusvalue B.subordinateh
11、yponymy()23.miaow C.specializeddictionary()24.CED D.Greek()25.harddisk,CPUputer E.polysemy ()26.technology F.semanticallymotivated()27.LongmanDictionaryofPhrasalVerbs Grelativesynonym()28.Thepenismightierthanthesword. H.conceptualmeaning()29.gay-joyous,brilliantandhomosexual I.bilingualdictionary()3
12、0.home/dwellingplace J.German () 四.Studythefollowingwordsorexpressionsandidentify1)typesofcontext;2)typesofwordformation;3)causesofmeaningchange;4)typesofboundmorphemesunderlined.31.boob-head-onewhoreturnstoooftentojail ( )32.ascendant ( ) 33.lookout/lookout( ) 34.descend ( )35.telequiz ( )36.landlo
13、rd(inEnglishvs.inChinese) ( )37.acolourednail/acoppernail ( )38.tolerance ( )39.churl-badpeople ( )40.stockholder ( ) 五.Definethefollowingterms. 41.creation(asamodeofvocabularydevelopment)42.freemorphemes43.collocativemeaning44.concatenation45.grammaticalcontext 六.Answerthefollowingquestions .Youran
14、swersshouldbeclearandshort.(12%) 46.Whatissuffixation?Giveanexampletoillustrateyourpoint. 47.WhatistheremarkablefeatureofLongmanLexiconofContemporaryEnglish? 48.Supplytwoexamplestoillustratethattheinfluxofborrowingshascausedsomewordstochan-geinmeaning. 七.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.49.Explainthe
15、meaningofthephrase“alaconicanswer”,usingthetheoryofmotivation. 50.Studythefollowingsentence: 1)pickouttheidiom, 2)explainitsorigin, and3)commentontheuse. Davidsheadwasinthetool-box,buthisvoicewasheardsaying,“Toomanycooks,betterletme.” （注：以上题面/题干最好打印稿，但以下答案请手写填入相应位置，并添加封皮。） 附：英语词汇学自测题参考答案一、 选择题 1.A2.
16、C3.A4.D5.B6.B7.B8.B9.A10.C11.A12.C13.D14.C15.B二、填空题16.inflectional17.prefixes18.sense19.semantic20.negative三、 连线题21.G22.J23.A24.I25.B26.D27.C28.F29.E30.H 四、判断题31.extra-linguisticfactors-psychologicalreason32.derivationalaffix/prefix33.extra-linguisticcontext34.derivationalaffix/prefix35.blending 36.
17、extra-linguisticcontext 37.lexicalcontextoflinguisticcontext38.boundroot 39.extra-linguisticfactors-pounding 五、名词解释41Creationreferstotheformationofnewwordsbyusingtheexistingmaterials,namelyroots,affixesandother elements.42.Freemorphemeshavecompletemeaningsinthemselvesandcanbeusedasfreegrammaticaluni
18、tsinsentences.Theyareidenticalwithrootwords.43.Theword-meaningwhichissuggestedbythewordsbeforeorafterthewordindiscussion. 44.Asemanticprocessinwhicheachofthelatermeaningsisrelatedonlytotheprecedingonelikechains.45.Themeaningofawordthatisinfluencedbythestructureinwhichitoccurs. 六、问答题46.Suffixationist
19、heformationofnewwordsbyaddingsuffixestosterms.Suffixesgenerallychangethewordclass.Forexample,“economy”isaverb,but“employer”becomesanounwhenthesuffixerisaddedtothestem“employ”.piledontheprincipleofsemanticfield;some15,000itemsclassifiedintofourteensemanticfieldsofapracticaleverydaynature; subfieldsal
20、soincluded; semanticallyrelatedwordsdefiningoneanother.48.pig/pork,sheep/mutton.InoldEnglish,animalsandtheirmeatsharedthesamename.withtheNormanConquestandborrowingofcorrespondingFrenchwords,theEnglishwordswerekeptonlyforliveanimalsandtheFrenchwordsfortheanimalskilledandbroughttothetable. 七、分析题49.Lac
21、onicisderivedfromLacons,atribeofpeoplewhowereknownfortheir“brevityofspeech”andfortheirhabitofneverusingmorewordsthannecessary.Solaconicmeans“brieforshort”，whichisetymologicallymotivated.“Alaconicanswer”thusis“ashortanswer”. 50.“toomanycooks”,from“Toomanycooksspoilthebroth”.Theuseoftheshortformindicatetheinformalsituation.Thissentenceimpliesthespeakerandlistenersareworkingorcolleagues.
