1、 全国 2011 年 7 月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832I. 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. (30 %)1. Grammarians insist that a word be a _ form that can function in a sentence. ( )A. small B. larg
2、eC. fixed D. free2. In the earliest stage of English, the written form of a word should _ that of the oral form. ( )A. agree with B. disagree withC. be the same as D. be different from3. _consists of technical terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas as in medicine, mathematics, etc.
3、( )A. Terminology B. JargonC. Slang D. Argot4. Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the followings EXCEPT_. ( )A. fast food B. TV dinnerC. Mao jackets D. Watergate5. Reviving archaic words also contributes to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, “loan”, whi
4、ch was prevalent in the thirteenth century, was replaced by “ _ ” in American English. ( )A. own B. letC. rent D. lend6. If we say that Old English was a language of _ endings, Middle English was one of leveled endings. ( )A. full B. shortC. long D. paralleled7. The plural morpheme“-s” is pronounced
5、 as /z/ in the following words EXCEPT _. ( )A. bottles B. eggsC. zoos D. maps8. There is/are _ free morphemic word(s) in the following words: wind, man, reddish, collection. ( )A. l B. 2C. 3 D. 49. The following words have inflectional affixes EXCEPT _. ( ) A. likes B. dislikeC. liking D. liked10. T
6、he most productive means of word-formation are the following EXCEPT _. ( )A. affixation B. blendingC. compounding D. conversion11. Prefixes generally do not change the _ of the stem. ( )A. meaning B. formC. word class D. pronunciation12. The word “dorm” is formed by _clipping. ( )A. back B. frontC.
7、phrase D. front and back13. The word “reading-lamp” is _ motivated. ( )A. onomatopoeically B. morphologicallyC. semantically D. etymologically14. The synonymous pair of “askquestion” has the same_. ( )A. motivation B. valueC. function D. concept15. In the sentence “East or west, home is best”, “home
8、” has its _ meaning of “family, safety, love”, etc. ( )A. grammatical B. connotativeC. stylistic D. collocative16. Semantically, a word which is related to other words is related to them in_。( )A. sense B. spellingC. morpheme D. root and stem17. _, the derived meanings, no matter how many, are secon
9、dary in comparison. ( )A. Synchronically B. DiachronicallyC. Etymologically D. Onomatopoeically18. The antonyms used in the proverb “Speech is silver; silence is golden” are _. ( )A. speech-silence B. golden-silverC. speech-silver D. silence-golden19. In Shakespearean line Rats and mice and such sma
10、ll deer, 6deer obviously designates animal in general. Therefore deer is a typical example of _. ( )A. extension B. elevation C. narrowing D. degradation20. Observation shows that it is much more common for word meanings to change in denotation from neutral to _ than it is for them to go the other w
11、ay. ( ) A. important B. agreeableC. respective D. pejorative21. Among the following words only“_ ” expresses the property of elevation. ( )A. lust B. criticizeC. knight D. silly22. Which of the following is NOT one of the main functions of context? ( )A. Elimination of ambiguity. B. Indication for r
12、eferents. C. Understanding of cultural background. D. Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. 23. Which of the following is NOT a context clue? ( )A. Definition. B. Example. C. Synonymy. D. Sentence structure. 24. The sentence “The ball was attractive” is ambiguous due to_. ( )A. grammatical
13、structure B. lexical contextC. homonymy D. polysemy25. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of idioms? ( )A. Semantic unity. B. Lexical manipulation. C. Phonetic unity. D. Structural variation. 26. Which of the following is NOT one of the rhetoric characteristics of idioms in general
14、?( )A. Stylistic features. B. Syntactical features. C. Rhetorical features. D. Occasional variations. 27. The idiom “bed of dust” is a _ as far as figures of speech are concerned. ( )A. simile B. metaphorC. metonymy D. personification28. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary is a(n) _ dictiona
15、ry. ( )A. unabridged B. deskC. pocket D. encyclopedic29. When we choose a dictionary, we should not pay attention to whether it is _. ( )A. monolingual or bilingual B. general or specializedC. early or late D. unabridged or abridged30. Readers will usually find in a general dictionary the following
16、areas of information of a word EXCEPT _ . ( )A. spelling B. definitionC. pronunciation D. difference with its synonyms II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. ( 15% )31. The jargon of criminals is generally referred as _. 32. From the hist
17、orical overview of the English vocabulary, the language spoken from 1150 to 1500 is called _ English. 33. The morpheme is the smallest _unit in the composition of words. 34. The formation of new words by joining two or more stems is called _. 35. Unlike conceptual meaning, _ meaning is open-ended an
18、d indeterminate. 36. From the _ point of view, polysemy is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word. 37. Changing in word _ has never ceased since the language came into being and will continue in the future. 38. Based on the _ context, we can
19、 determine the meaning of “do the flowers” as “ arrange the flowers”. 39. The stylistic features of idioms are _, slang and literary expressions. 40. The user-friendly features of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English are its clear grammar codes, _ and language notes. III. Define the following
20、terms. ( 15% )41. free morphemes42. allomorphs43. affixation44. polysemy45. linguistic contextIV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. ( 20% )46. What is the difference between root and stem?47. What is collocative meani
21、ng of a word? Please take “pretty” and “handsome” as an example to illustrate your point. 48. By the criterion of grammatical functions, idioms may be classified into five groups. Name the five groups and match the following expressions with them as their examples respectively. “white elephant” “loo
22、k into” “beyond the pale”“tooth and nail” “Never do things by halves. ”49. What contextual clues do you often use to help you in guessing the meanings of new words?Demonstrate these clues with examples. V. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. ( 20% )50.
23、Analyze and comment on the following TWO sentences to illustrate the differences between blending and clipping. The program will be telecast simultaneously to nearly 150 cities. It sounds much better in stereo. 51. Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font. A: “Why is Sunday the strongest day?”B: “Because all the others are week days. ”
