《英语词汇学》期末考试试卷附答案
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．(45％)
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．Scotttish 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. stemord D．compound
14．Unlike affixes，____are often free morphemes．
A．sufrixes B．Prefixes C．inflectional morphemes D．roots
15．The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French.
Latin，____.
A．Scandinavian and Italian B．Greek and Scandinavian
C．Celtic and Greek D．Italian and Spanish
第二部分非选择题B
Ⅱ．Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book．(25%)
16．The name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo
is .
17．Longman lexicon of Contemporary English is a dictionary．18．When a new word appears for the first time，the author usually manages to give hints or in the context to help the readers．
19．Radiation and are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy．
20．Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150
to .
Ⅲ．Match the words or explessions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)word Origin，2)word formation. and 3)types of Synonyms or antonyms．(30%)
A B
( )21．skill A．back—formation
( )22．babysit B．blendlng
( )23．telequiz C．French origin
( )24．composition／compounding D．Scandinavian origin
( )25．government E．clipping
( )26．same／different F. relative synonyms
( )27．gent G. Germanic
( )28．English H．absolute synonyms ( )29．change／alter I. contradictory terms ( )30．big／small J．contrary terms
英语词汇学答案
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.D
8.A
9.B 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D
15.B
16．extension 或generalization 17．Specialized 18．clues 19．concatenation 20．1500 21．D 22．A 23．B 24．H 25．C 26．I 27．E 28．G 29．F 30．J