英语词汇学试卷

英语词汇学试卷英语词汇学试卷 (课程代码课程代码 0832) 

第一部分第一部分 选择题选择题

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 [ C ] 

2． Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms? 

A．Colloquial B．Slang C．Negative D．Literary [ C ] 

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 [ A ] 

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 [ D ] 5． A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single_______morpheme．

A．formal B．Concrete C．free D．bound [ C ] 

6． Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?

A，croak，drum B．squeak，bleat 

C．buzz，neigh D．bang，trumpet [ A ] 

7．LDCE is distinctive for its____. 

A．Clear grammar codes B．usage notes C．language notes D．all of the above [ D ] 

8． From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to 

A．German B．French C．Scotttish D．Irish [ A ] 

9． Which of the following is NOT an acronym?

A．TOEFL B．ODYSSEY C．BASIC D．CCTV [ B ] 

10. In the course book，the author lists____types of context clues for inferring word 

meaning．

A．eight B．Six C．seven D．five [ A ] 

11．Sources of homonyms include____. 

A．changes in sound and spelling B．borrowing 

C．shortening D．all of the above [ D ] 

12．The written form of English is a(an)________representation of the spoken form．

A．selective B．Adequate C．imperfect D．natural [ C ] 

13．Structurally a____is the smallest meaningful unit of a language．

A．morpheme B．Stem C. stemord D．compound [ A ] 

14．Unlike affixes，____are often free morphemes．

A．sufrixes B．Prefixes C．inflectional morphemes D．roots [ D ] 

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 [ B] 

第二部分 非选择题B Ⅱ．Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course

book． (10%)

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． (10%)

A B 

( D )21．skill A．backback——formation ( A )22．babysit B．blendlng 

( B )23．telequiz C．French origin 

( H )24．composition／compounding D．Scandinavian origin 

( C )25．government E．clipping 

( I )26．same／different F. relative synonyms 

( E )27．gent G. Germanic 

( G )28．English H．absolute synonyms ( F )29．change／alter I. contradictory terms 

( J )30．big／small J．contrary terms 

IV．Smdy the following words or expressions and identify 1)types of bound morphemes underlined, 2)

types of meanings,3)processes of meaning development，and 4)formation of compounds． (10%)

31．neck→primary meaning：that part of man joining the head to the body；

a secondary meaning：the narrowest part of anything．(Metaphor) 

32．contradict ( ) 

33．mother：love，care ( connotative meaning ) 

34．upcoming ( conpound ) 

35．window shopping ( ) 

36．radlos ( ) 

37．property developer ( ) 

38．Candidate→earlier meaning：white-robed；

later meaning：a person proposed for a place，award etc． ( )overcoat 

39．handsomo-tyoewhter ( )man 

40．northward ( ) 

V. Define the following terms. (10%)

41.encyclopendia 

42.borrcwed 

43.blending 

44.extension 

45.phrasal verb 

VI. Answer the following questing questions. Your answers should be Clear and short. Write your

answers in the space given below. (20%)

46.what is the difference prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples. 

47.what is extra-linguistic context? 

48.what is polysemy? Illustrate your points.

VII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%)

49. Study the following sentence and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then

what contextual help you to work out the meaning.