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课程代码：00832

Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. C hoose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the brack et. (30%)

1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabula ry by ______. （）

A. use frequency

B. notion

C. origin

D. grammar

2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas, when it mean s “marijuana”, it is a ______. （）

A. jargon

B. terminology

C. slang

D. argot

3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing ma terial in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expression “long time no see” is from ____ __. （）

A. Latin

B. Chinese

C. Greek

D. French

4. The Germanic family consists of the four Northern European Languages: N orwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish, which are generally known as ______ la nguages. （）

A. Hellenic

B. Albanian

C. Celtic

D. Scandinavian

5. Which of the following is NOT the main source of new words? （）

A. The rapid development of modern science and technology.

B. Social, economic and political changes.

C. Environmental protection.

D. The influence of other cultures and languages.

6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （）

A. In modern times，borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern Engli sh vocabulary.

B. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.

C. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day Englis h is creation of new words by means of word-formation.

D. In early Middle English period，English，Latin，and Celtic existed side by side.

7. There are ______ free morphemic words in the following words：worker, c ar, impossible，anger, politely. （）

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

8. There is/are ______ stem(s)in the word“internationalists”（）

A 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

9. The past tense marker“-ed”is pronounced as/t/in the following words E XCEPT ______.（）

A. enabled

B. worked

C. jumped

D. helped

10. The most productive ways of word-formation in modern English are the f ollowing EXCEPT ______.（）

A. affixation

B. compounding

C. conversion

D. blending

11. The formation of new words by joining two or more stems is called ____ __. （）

A. clipping

B. compounding

C. acronymy

D. back-formation

12. The word “pop” belongs to ______ clipping. （）

A. front

B. back

C. front and back

D. phrase

13. The ______ meaning of words usually shows the attitude of approval of the speaker. （）

A. affective

B. appreciative

C. pejorative

D. connotative

14. Which of the following is NOT one of the associative meaning of a word?（）

A. Grammatical meaning.

B. Stylistic meaning.

C. Collocative meaning.

D. Connotative meaning.

15. ______ motivation explains the connection between the literal sense an

d figurativ

e sense o

f the word.（）

A. Morphological

B. Onomatopoeic

C. Semantic

D. Etymological

16. Antonyms are classified on the basis of ______ opposition. （）

A. semantic

B. euphemistic

C. idiomatic

D. grammatical

17. Lion，elephant，tiger, turtle，sheep and snake are ______ of animal. （）

A. hyponyms

B. synonyms

C. collocation

D. denomination

18. As far as denotation is concerned，relative synonyms may differ ______.（）

A. in the diachronic approach

B. in the stylistic and emotive colouring of words

C. in usage in simple terms

D. in the range and intensity of meaning

19. Borrowing has caused word-meaning changes，as indicated in“______ for merly meant animal，and later animal from Latin and beast from French found the ir way into English ______.”（）

A. deer

B. cattle

C. sheep

D. bird

20. There are generally two major factors that cause changes in meaning，e xtra-linguistic factors and ______ factors within the language system. （）

A. functional

B. external

C. meaningful

D. internal

21. ______ is a process by which a word of wider meaning acquires a specia lized sense. For example，the original meaning of the word“meat” was food and the modern meaning is edible flesh. （）

A. Conversion

B. Elevating

C. Narrowing

D. Formation

22. Which of the following is NOT a context clue? （）

A. Relevant details.

B. Sentence structure.

C. Synonymy.

D. Antonymy.

23. The sentence “I like Mary better than John’’ is ambiguous due to ___ ___. （）

A. grammatical context

B. polysemy

C. antonymy

D. hyponymy

24. In the sentence“Copernicus believed in a heliocentric universe，rathe r than in the geocentric theory”，the meaning of heliocentric call be inferred from the clue of ______.（）

A. relevant details

B. word structure

C. antonymy

D. hyponymy

25. “Tooth and nail” is all idiom ______ in nature. （）

A. verbal

B. nominal

C. adjectival

D. adverbial

26. Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom “w ear and tear”? （）

A. Rhyme.

B. Alliteration.

C. Juxtaposition.

D. Synecdoche.

27. The idiom “play fair” was created probably by______. （）

A. seamen

B. housewives

C. sportsmen

D. hunters

28. Encyclopaedic dictionaries can be further divided into encyclopaedia a nd ______

dictionaries. （）

A. 1inguistic

B. encyclopaedic

C. specialized

D. unabridged

29. LDCE is distinctive for the following features EXCEPT ______. （）

A. clear grammar codes

B. usage notes

C. 1anguage notes

D. extra column

30. Which of the following is NOT true for a Chinese-English Dictionary (r evised Edition) (CED) (1995)? （）

A. It is a bilingual dictionary.

B. It is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated.

C. It cuts off the previous alphabetical order of entries.

D. It boasts of the quality of the English equivalents it provides for its Chinese items.

Ⅱ. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions acc ording to the course book. (15%)

31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are _ _____.

32. If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle Engl ish was one of ______ endings.

33. Derivational affixes can be further divided into prefixes and ______.

34. “Motel” is a word formed through ______.

35. Words like “bang, pingpong, miaow” are examples of ______ motivation.

36. Contradictory terms do not show ______, as far as antonyms are concern ed.

37. Increased scientific knowledge and discovery are also important factor s that account for the

change of word ______.

38. Based on the ______ context, we can determine the meaning of “Sarcasm doesn’t become you” as “Sarcasm doesn’t suit you”.

39. “Sing a different tune” is an idiom ______ in nature.

40. British dictionaries gene rally use International Phonetic Alphabet to mark the ______.

Ⅲ. Define the following terms. (15%)

41. creation

42. conversion

43. homonymy

44. lexical context

45. deletion of idioms

Ⅳ. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%)

46. Please illustrate the logical relationships of the following terms: fr ee morphemes, bound root, derivational affixes, affixes, morphemes, inflectiona l affixes, bound morphemes.

47. Prefixation and suffixation are two subclasses of affixation. Please d efine prefixation and suffixation and explain the difference between them. Use “polite—impolite”, “happy—happiness” to illustrate your point.

48. What are the four main sources of English synonyms?

49. What are contextual clues? Guess the meaning of the words underlined i n the following sentences and tell what contextual clues have helped you in arr iving at the meaning.

(a) Their greatest fear was of a conflagration, since fire would destroy t heir flimsy wooden settlement before help could arrive.

(b) As the fighting on all fronts reached its peak, the economy neared its nadir.

V. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space g iven below. (20%)

50. Comment on the following groups of words to illustrate types of meanin

g of words and their relationship.

Group 1: “took, taught, became”

Group 2: “have, has, had, had, having”

51. Analyze and comment on three adjectives used in the following sentence s based on synonym difference in connotation.

[A] Look at that little boy.

[B] Look at that small boy.

[C] Look at that tiny boy.

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