浙江省2007年7月高等教育自學(xué)考試
英語詞匯學(xué)試題
課程代碼：10059
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (15%, 1 point for each)
1．Which of the following is NOT true?【 】
A．A word is the smallest form of a language.
B. A word is a sound unit.
C. A word has a given meaning.
D. A word can be used freely in a sentence.
2. In the Eastern Set, _____ and _____ are each the only modern language respectively.【 】
A．Italic/Germanic
B. Albanian/American
C. Celtic/Hellenic
D. Balto-Slavic/Indo-Iranian
3. Modern English began with the establishment of _____ in English.【 】
A．printing
B. Bourgeois Revolution
C. Industrial Revolution
D. the Renaissance
4. Words involved in conversion are mainly 【 】
A．nouns, verbs and adverbs
B. nouns, adjectives and verbs
C. nouns, prepositions and verbs
D. adjectives, adverbs and verbs
5．Nouns partially converted from adjectives do not possess all the qualities a noun does. They must be used together with 【 】
A．plural forms
B. single forms
C. adjectives
D. definite articles
6．Back-formation usually involves _____ types of words.【 】
A．3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
7.Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: _____, semantic change and _____.【 】
A． exchange/conversion
B. compounding/borrowing
C. creation/borrowing
D. suffixation/creation
8.Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics of nouns and achieve a full noun status, thus known as 【 】
A．partial conversion
B. full conversion
C. functional shift
D. grammatical shift
9. English words can be motivated 【 】
A．phonologically
B. morphologically
C. etymologically
D. All the above
10. CED (1995) is noted for 【 】
A．18000 multi-character entries including catch phrases, sayings and proverbs
B. more faithful English equivalents for the Chinese items
C. abundant usage examples
D. All of the above
11. _____ is not a characteristic of basic word stock.【 】
A．Colloquialism
B. All natural character
C. Stability
D. Polysemy
12. Collocation can affect 【 】
A．the meaning of words
B. the structure of the sentences
C. the spelling of words
D. the function of words
13. The word which occurs before or after a word may affect its meaning from _____ context.【 】
A．physical
B. grammatical
C. lexical
D. linguistic
14．The idiom “a dark horse” is a 【 】
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. metonymy
D. personification
15. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as 【 】
A．bound roots
B. free morphemes
C. inflectional morphemes
D. derivational affixes
Ⅱ.Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%, 2 points for each)
16. Old English was a highly inflected language.【 】
17. The four major foreign contributors to English vocabulary in earlier times are Latin, French, Scandinavian and Italian.【 】
18. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.【 】
19. As a rule, the stress of compounds falls on the first element. 【 】
20. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs and stylistic features of words.【 】
21. In the phrase “the tongues of fire”, the word fire is semantically motivated. 【 】
22. Homonyms come mainly from borrowing, changes in sound and spelling, and dialects. 【 】
23. Words which have opposite meanings are called antonyms.【 】
24. If a word has synonyms, naturally it has antonyms.【 】
25. An idiom contains at least two words.【 】
Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B (10%, 1 point for each)
26.
terrestrial
A.
wave
27.
sage
B.
earthly
28.
fraternal
C.
buy
29.
chamber
D.
room
30.
purchase
E.
wise
31.
epoch
F.
brotherly
32.
billow
G.
begin
33.
foe
H.
Time
34.
interrogate
I.
Enemy
35.
commence
J.
ask
26.（ ）27.（ ）28.（ ）29.（ ）30. （ ）
31.（ ）32.（ ）33.（ ）34.（ ）35. （ ）
Ⅳ.Complete the following statements with proper expressions according to the textbook. (10%, 2 points for each)
36. Old English refers to the language used between ______.
37. Modern English is a (an) ______ language.
38. A word is a ______ free form that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
39. ______ is the connection between the linguistic symbol and the objective world.
40. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are ______.
Ⅴ.Study the following words and decide how each word is formed. (10%, 2 points for each)
Example: disobey (Affixation)
41. changeable （ ）
42. smog （ ）
43. donate （ ）
44. SALT （ ）
45. antinuclear （ ）
Ⅵ. Answer the following questions. (20%, 5 points for each)
46. What is concept?
47. What is the fundamental difference between the processes of radiation and concatenation?
48. What is the difference between superordinates and subordinates?
49. What are desk dictionaries?
Ⅶ.Analyze and comment on the given sentence(s). Pick out the idiom in the sentence, and point out its structure, grammatical function and figure of speech. (15%)
50. She told me that he could not make ends meet.
英語詞匯學(xué)試題
課程代碼：10059
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (15%, 1 point for each)
1．Which of the following is NOT true?【 】
A．A word is the smallest form of a language.
B. A word is a sound unit.
C. A word has a given meaning.
D. A word can be used freely in a sentence.
2. In the Eastern Set, _____ and _____ are each the only modern language respectively.【 】
A．Italic/Germanic
B. Albanian/American
C. Celtic/Hellenic
D. Balto-Slavic/Indo-Iranian
3. Modern English began with the establishment of _____ in English.【 】
A．printing
B. Bourgeois Revolution
C. Industrial Revolution
D. the Renaissance
4. Words involved in conversion are mainly 【 】
A．nouns, verbs and adverbs
B. nouns, adjectives and verbs
C. nouns, prepositions and verbs
D. adjectives, adverbs and verbs
5．Nouns partially converted from adjectives do not possess all the qualities a noun does. They must be used together with 【 】
A．plural forms
B. single forms
C. adjectives
D. definite articles
6．Back-formation usually involves _____ types of words.【 】
A．3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
7.Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: _____, semantic change and _____.【 】
A． exchange/conversion
B. compounding/borrowing
C. creation/borrowing
D. suffixation/creation
8.Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics of nouns and achieve a full noun status, thus known as 【 】
A．partial conversion
B. full conversion
C. functional shift
D. grammatical shift
9. English words can be motivated 【 】
A．phonologically
B. morphologically
C. etymologically
D. All the above
10. CED (1995) is noted for 【 】
A．18000 multi-character entries including catch phrases, sayings and proverbs
B. more faithful English equivalents for the Chinese items
C. abundant usage examples
D. All of the above
11. _____ is not a characteristic of basic word stock.【 】
A．Colloquialism
B. All natural character
C. Stability
D. Polysemy
12. Collocation can affect 【 】
A．the meaning of words
B. the structure of the sentences
C. the spelling of words
D. the function of words
13. The word which occurs before or after a word may affect its meaning from _____ context.【 】
A．physical
B. grammatical
C. lexical
D. linguistic
14．The idiom “a dark horse” is a 【 】
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. metonymy
D. personification
15. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as 【 】
A．bound roots
B. free morphemes
C. inflectional morphemes
D. derivational affixes
Ⅱ.Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%, 2 points for each)
16. Old English was a highly inflected language.【 】
17. The four major foreign contributors to English vocabulary in earlier times are Latin, French, Scandinavian and Italian.【 】
18. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.【 】
19. As a rule, the stress of compounds falls on the first element. 【 】
20. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs and stylistic features of words.【 】
21. In the phrase “the tongues of fire”, the word fire is semantically motivated. 【 】
22. Homonyms come mainly from borrowing, changes in sound and spelling, and dialects. 【 】
23. Words which have opposite meanings are called antonyms.【 】
24. If a word has synonyms, naturally it has antonyms.【 】
25. An idiom contains at least two words.【 】
Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B (10%, 1 point for each)
26.
terrestrial
A.
wave
27.
sage
B.
earthly
28.
fraternal
C.
buy
29.
chamber
D.
room
30.
purchase
E.
wise
31.
epoch
F.
brotherly
32.
billow
G.
begin
33.
foe
H.
Time
34.
interrogate
I.
Enemy
35.
commence
J.
ask
26.（ ）27.（ ）28.（ ）29.（ ）30. （ ）
31.（ ）32.（ ）33.（ ）34.（ ）35. （ ）
Ⅳ.Complete the following statements with proper expressions according to the textbook. (10%, 2 points for each)
36. Old English refers to the language used between ______.
37. Modern English is a (an) ______ language.
38. A word is a ______ free form that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
39. ______ is the connection between the linguistic symbol and the objective world.
40. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are ______.
Ⅴ.Study the following words and decide how each word is formed. (10%, 2 points for each)
Example: disobey (Affixation)
41. changeable （ ）
42. smog （ ）
43. donate （ ）
44. SALT （ ）
45. antinuclear （ ）
Ⅵ. Answer the following questions. (20%, 5 points for each)
46. What is concept?
47. What is the fundamental difference between the processes of radiation and concatenation?
48. What is the difference between superordinates and subordinates?
49. What are desk dictionaries?
Ⅶ.Analyze and comment on the given sentence(s). Pick out the idiom in the sentence, and point out its structure, grammatical function and figure of speech. (15%)
50. She told me that he could not make ends meet.