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《英语词汇学》课堂练习

I. Multiple Choice (1’×30)

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

need.

A．form B．meaning C．look D．pronunciation

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

______.

A．/t/ B．/g/ C．/p/ D．/k/

3．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red,

collection.

A．one B．two C．three D．four

4．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.

A．works B．prewar C．postwar D．bloody

5．The word “motel” is created by ______.

A．compounding B．clipping C．blending D．suffixation

6．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.

A．acronymy B．clipping C．initialism D．prefixation

7．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.

A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaning

C．associative meaning D．literal meaning

8．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.

A．onomatopoeic B．morphological

C．semantic D．etymological

9. 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

10. The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.

A．grammatical context B．polysemy

C．antonymy D．hyponymy

11. In the sentence “I like to see a movie”, there are ________ functional

words.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

12．The word “recollection” comprises ______ morphemes.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

13. “Dis-” in the word “disloyal” is a _____ prefix.

A. negative B. reversative C. pejorative D. locative

14. So far as stylistic meaning is concerned, “residence” is ________.

A. neutral B. informal C. colloquial D. formal

15. Words which are used to show the attitude of approval are ________.

A. appreciative B. pejorative C. connotative D. collocative

16. “Till the cows come home” is an idiom _____ in nature.

A. verbal B. nominal C. adjectival D. adverbial 17. 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

18. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _____ morpheme.

A. formal B. concrete C. free D. bound

19. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called

_____.

A. synecdoche B. metonymy C. substitution D. metaphor

20. Sources of homonyms include_____.

A. changes in sound and spelling B. borrowing

C. shortening D. all of the above

21. Structurally a _____ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.

A. morpheme B. stem C. word D. compound

22. Word formation excludes _____.

A. affixation and compounding B. conversion and shortening

C. clipping, acronymy and blending D. repetition and alliteration

23. The differences between compounds and free phrases show in _____ aspects.

A. phonetic B. semantic C. grammatical D. all the above

24. “Mouth” in “the mouth of river” is _____.

A. onomatopoetically motivated B. morphologically motivated

C. semantically motivated D. etymologically motivated

25. In compounds, the word stress usually occurs on _____ whereas in noun phrase

_____ is generally stressed if there is only one stress.

A. the first element/the second element

B. the second element/the first element

C. the first element/the first element

D. the second element/the second element

II. True or False.

26. Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.

27. Initialisms are words that are pronounced as normal words; acronyms are those

which are pronounced letter by letter.

28. Different contexts give a word different meanings.

29. Contrary terms are gradable and allow intermediate members in between.

30. Absolute or complete synonyms are words which are identical in meaning and

spelling.

31. Collocative meaning is the part of meaning a word acquires in its collocation, or

the meaning suggested by the words before or after the word in discussion.

32. The reference of a word to a thing outside the language is arbitrary and

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英语词汇学教程(练习答案)(1)解析

英语词汇学教程(练习答案)(1)解析

1 《英语词汇学教程》（2004 年版）练习答案

Chapter 1

7. Choose the standard meaning from the list on the right to match each of the slang

words on the left.

a. tart: loose woman

b. bloke: fellow

c. gat: pistol

d. swell: great

e. chicken: coward

f. blue: fight

g. smoky: police

h. full: drunk

i. dame: woman

j. beaver: girl

8. Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words.

haply = perhaps

albeit = although

methinks = it seems to me

eke = also

sooth = truth

morn = morning

troth = pledge

ere = before

quoth = said

hallowed = holy

billow = wave / the sea

bade = bid

12. Categorize the following borrowed words into denizens, aliens, translation loans,

and semantic loans.

Denizens: kettle, die, wall, skirt, husband

Aliens: confrere, pro patria, Wunderkind, mikado, parvenu

Translation loans: chopstick, typhoon, black humour, long time no see

大学英语词汇学练习题Test 6

大学英语词汇学练习题Test 6

Chapter 6: Test

ⅠAccording to the given meaning, Choose the proper form of the English idiom from the

four alternative answers.

1.forever

A. till cows come home B. till the cows come home

C. till bulls come home D. till the bulls come home

2.deep in thought

A. in a brown study B. in a red study C. in a green study D. in a dark study

3.Support only in words, not in fact

A. mouth service B. lip service C. brain trust D. mind trust

4.quite certainly

A. sure as egg is egg B. sure as a egg is a egg

C. sure as eggs are eggs D. sure as eggs is eggs

5.naked

A. in the air B. in the open C. in the raw D. in the straw

6.something useless and unwanted but big and costly

A. white elephant B. dark elephant C. white horse D. dark horse

英语词汇学自考题-20

英语词汇学自考题-20

英语词汇学自考题-20

(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)

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1.The word "idealistic" comprises ______ morphemes.

 A. 1

 B. 2

 C. 3

 D. 4

（分数：1.00）

A.

B.

C. √

D.

解析：[解析] 词素是指构词中的最小的功能单位。题干中的单词有idea-，-lis，-tic共3个词素。答案为C。

2.The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.

 A. morpheme

 B. affixes

 C. root

 D. stem

（分数：1.00）

A. √

B.

C.

D.

解析：[解析] 词素是构词中最小的功能单位。答案为A。

3.There is/are ______ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: hot, dog, feet, matches.

 A. 1

 B. 2

 C. 3

 D. 4

（分数：1.00）

A.

B. √

C.

D. 解析：[解析] 在句子中可以独立起作用的词叫单语词素。然而有些词素根据它们在词中位置的不同可由一个以上的不同的词素实现，这些不同的词素叫词素变体。表示名词复数的词素-s在不同的语言环境中有许多词素变体。比如在cats中是/s/，在bags中是/z/，在matches中是/iz/，故排除matches。名词复数词素的变体也有一些特殊情况，可以通过改变内部元音来实现名词复数，如foot-feet，man-men；或通过零形素来实现，如deer-deer，故排除feet。答案为B。

4.The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as/s/in the following words except ______.

词汇练习

词汇练习

1 Vocabulary

1. Complete the following sentences with the proper form of the given words.

hungry, struggle, whatever, expand, satisfy, suit,

confuse, nutrition, reduce, supply

1) Many African children die of because of lack of food.

2) Sydney's population rapidly in the 1960s.

3) Look, the fish for survival because the water level has dropped in the lake.

4) Yesterday 1 bought 10 flavors of ice-cream---enough ___my roommates.

5) My mother doesn’t I like me wearing short skirts to church he doesn’ t think that____ .

6) I am a bit . Is that her husband or her son she is with?

7) The plane speed as it was approaching the airport.

8) Our farm the market with fruits and vegetables.

9) If you are unable to attend the meeting, for ____reason, please let us know.

10) Housewives need to be more conscious of good so as to feed the family well.