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（2012-05-29）

Ⅰ．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.

1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（）

A．meaning B．sound

C．combination of sounds D．group

2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（）

A．more slowly than B．as quickly as

C．more rapidly than D．not so quickly as

3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（）A．use frequency B．notion

C．origin D．sound

4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（）

A．green revolution B．fast food

C．moon walk D．space shuttle

5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.

（）

A．form B．meaning

C．look D．pronunciation

6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（）

A．four B．fell

C．for D．autumn

7．The plural morpheme “-s”is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.

（）

A．/t/ B．/g/

C．/p/ D．/k/

8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（）A．one B．two

C．three D．four

9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（）

A．works B．prewar

C．postwar D．bloody

10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.

（）

A．compounding B．affixation

C．conversion D．shortening

11．The word “motel” is created by ______.（）

A．compounding B．clipping

C．blending D．suffixation

12．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（）

A．acronymy B．clipping

C．back-formation D．prefixation

13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（）A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaning

C．associative meaning D．literal meaning

14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.（）A．onomatopoeic B．morphological

C．semantic D．etymological

15．______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.

（）

A．Reference B．Concept

C．Sense D．Motivation

16．Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of ______.

（）

A．word formation B．word meaning

C．meaning change D．sense relations

17．When a word is first coined, it is always ______.（）

A．semantic B．onomatopoeic

C．monosemic D．polysemic

18．The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas the first is archaic, EXCEPT ______.（）

A．ire/anger B．rich/wealthy

C．forlorn/distressed D．bliss/happiness

19．Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words were used in different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries.（）

A．senses B．forms

C．dialects D．terms

20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally denoted mere “painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”（）A．extension B．elevation

C．narrowing D．degradation

21．In the sentence “The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.”, the word “respectable” is used in the ______ sense of transfer.（）

A．subjective B．objective

C．sensational D．physical

22．Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（）

A．Elimination of ambiguity.

B．Indication of referents.

C．Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning.

D．Provision of culture background for inferring word-meaning.

23．The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.（）A．grammatical context B．polysemy

C．antonymy D．hyponymy

24．In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou’Wester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “sou’wester” can be inferred from the clue of ______.（）

A．relevant details B．synonymy

C．antonymy D．hyponymy

25. 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

26. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single ______ morpheme.（）

A. formal

B. concrete

C. free

D. bound

27. ______ is considered to be a highly-inflected language.（）

A．Old English B．Middle English

C．Early Modern English D．Late Modern English

28.A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is thought to be______.（）

A．affixational B．derivational C．free D．bound

29．Which of the following is NOT considered as an inflectional affix?（）

A．-es B．-or C．-est D．-er

30. The word “stretched”is made up of two ______.（）

A. vowels

B. morphemes

C. syllables

D. phonemes

Ⅱ．Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. (10%)

A B

（）31．She burst into passionate sobbing. A．subjective

（）32．He drops off to sleep, the lamb. B．notional word

（）33．and C．transfer of sensations

（）34．the man’s coat D．abstract to concrete

（）35．The story sounds suspiciou. E．derivational affix

（）36．moon F．objective

（）37．Never run towards a dangerous animal. G．functional word

（）38．ex-prisoner H．inflectional affix

（）39．She had a good grasp of the subject. I．associated transfer

（）40．Helen looks a fright in that old black dress. J．concrete to abstract

Ⅲ．Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.（10%）

41．When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be defined as a ________ group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.

42．Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.

43．We might say that free morphemes are free ________.

44．The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is called ________. 45．Semantic ________ refers to the mental associations suggested by the conceptual meaning of a word．

46．Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully ________ with regard to spelling and pronunciation.

47．V ocabulary is the most ________ element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and content.

48．Ambiguity often arises due to ________ and homonymy.

49．Extension of meaning, also known as ________, is the name given to the widening of meaning

which some words undergo.

50. It is estimated that English borrowings constitute ________ percent of the modern English vocabulary.

Ⅳ．Define the following terms.（10%）

51．word

52．morpheme

53．homonym

54．elevation

55．linguistic context

Ⅴ．Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.

56．As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words?

57．Illustrate the relationship between sound and meaning with examples.

58．What are the two forms of acronymy? And answer it with examples.

59．What is word meaning and explain it with examples.

60. What are the three forms of antonyms? And answer it with examples.

Ⅵ．Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.

（20%）

61．Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.

—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”

—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.

(or a sentence:

One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but it surely warms you a cold winder day.

62. Context provides a variety of clues for inference of meaning. Guess the meaning of the words

in bold type and say what contextual clues have helped you in arriving at the meaning.(Choice one of the following to answer)

a. He was in a mood of euphoria, his happiness being the result of an announcement that he

had won the sweep-stakes.

b. Who was the architect that designed St. Paul’s Cathedral?

----The End

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