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. There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are（　　　）
 A. primary and secondary     B. central and peripheral
 C. diachronic and synchronic     D. formal and functional
2. Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（　　　）
 A. Colloquial        B. Slang
 C. Negative        D. Literary
3. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（　　　）
 A. absolute and relative      B. absolute and complete
 C. relative and near       D. complete and identical
4. In the early period of Middle English, English,（　　　）existed side by side.
 A. Celtic and Danish      B. Danish and French
 C. Latin and Celtic       D. French and Latin
5. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （　　　）morpheme.
 A. formal         B. concrete
 C. free         D. bound
6. Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?（　　　）
 A. croak, drum        B. squeak, bleat
 C. buzz, neigh        D. bang, trumpet
7. LDCE is distinctive for its（　　　）
 A. clear grammar codes      B. usage notes
 C. language notes       D. all of the above
8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（　　　）
 A. German        B. French
 C. Scottish        D. Irish
9. Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（　　　）
 A. TOEFL        B.ODYSSEY
 C. BASIC         D. CCTV
10. In the course book, the author lists（　　　）types of context clues for inferring word meaning.
 A. eight         B. six
 C. seven         D. five
11. Sources of homonyms include（　　　）
 A. changes in sound and spelling    B. borrowing
 C. shortening        D. all of the above
12. The written form of English is a(an)（　　　）representation of the spoken form.
 A. selective        B. adequate
 C. imperfect        D. natural
13. Structurally a（　　　）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.
 A. morpheme        B. stem
 C. word         D. compound
14. Unlike affixes,（　　　）are often free morphemes.
 A. suffixes        B. prefixes
 C. inflectional morphemes     D. roots

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