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全国2007年7月高等教育自学考试
英语词汇学试题
课程代码:00832
Ⅰ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)
1.The definition of a word comprises the following points except ________.( )
A.a sound unity
B.a minimal unit of meaning
C.a unit of meaning
D.a form that can function alone in a sentence
2.Words may be classified into content words and function words by ________. ( )
A.origin
B.notion
C.stability
D.use frequency
3.It’s said that modern English vocabulary develops through three channels. Which of the following is NOT one of them? ( )
A.Borrowing.
B.Semantic change.
C.Creation.
D.Blending.
4.What did modern English begin with? ( )
A.The establishment of printing.
B.The Norman invasion.
C.Britain’s trade relations with the low countries.
D.The Second World War.
5.Which of the following is NOT considered to be a stem? ( )
A.-tion.
B.Nation.
C.International.
D.National.
6.Which of the following is a case of conversion? ( )
A.Encourage.
B.Week.
C.Toothache.
D.Doubt.
7.Which of the following words is semantically motivated? ( )
A.Airmail.
B.Hiss.
C.Mouth in the phrase “the mouth of a river”.
D.Laconic in the phrase “a laconic answer”.
8.One of the interesting features about a language is that there are a great many more ________ than ________ in it. ( )
A.hyponyms … homonyms
B.homonyms … hyponyms
C.synonyms … antonyms
D.antonyms … synonyms
9.Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South? ( )
A.Rattlesnake.
B.Villain.
C.Informer.
D.Copperhead.
10.In a narrow sense, context refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears and is known as ________. ( )
A.non-linguistic context
B.linguistic context
C.extra-linguistic context
D.type of context
11.Ambiguity in a passage often occurs due to ________ and homonymy in an inadequate context. ( )
A.allomorph
B.variation
C.suffixation
D.polysemy
12.Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom “might and main”?( )
A.Rhyme.
B.Alliteration.
C.Juxtaposition.
D.Synecdoche.
13.The idiom “by twos and threes” shows the characteristics of idioms that ________. ( )
A.the words that make up the idiom have lost their individual identity in the idiom
B.idioms are semantically inexplicable
C.the word order in an idiom can’t be inverted or changed
D.idioms are grammatically unanalysable
14.CCELD is noted for its unique features except ________. ( )
A.definition
B.extra column
C.usage examples
D.complicated grammar codes
15.Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is the best-known ________. ( )
A.desk dictionary
B.pocket dictionary
C.unabridged dictionary
D.encyclopedic dictionary
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