​英语词汇学2017年4月真题试题（00832）

英语词汇学2017年4月真题试题及答案解析（00832）

英语词汇学2017年4月真题试题及答案解析（00832），本试卷共51个小题，总共100分。

一、单项选择题

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. English Iexicology is chiefly concerned with the basic ______of words in general and of English words in particular.

A.structures
B.relations
C.theories
D.equivalents

2.Which of the flowing statements is NOT true?

A.A word is the smallest form of a language.
B.A word is a sound unity.
C.A word has a given meaning.
D.A word can be used freely in a sentence.

3.English words may fall into the basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary by______.

A.notion
B.use frequency
C.origin
D.form

4. The world has about 3000 languages, which can be grouped into roughly 300 language families on the basis of similarities in their basic word stock and______.

A.grammar
B.construction
C.pronunciation
D.notion

5. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and______existed side by side.

A.French
B.German
C.Celtic
D.Danish

6.New words or expressions like green revolution space shuttle, moon walk come into present-day English vocabulary due to______.

A.the growth of globalization
B.social, economic and political changes
C.rapid growth of science and technology
D.the influence of other cultures and languages

7. For the words collection, idealist, ex-prisoner, only collect ideal, prison are______.

A.bound morphemes
B.free morphemes
C.grammatical words
D.functional words

8. For the word contradiction, -dict is called a(n)______.

A.free root
B.bound root
C.inflectional affix
D.derivational affix

9. There is an inflectional affix in the word______.

A.rainy
B.southward
C.predict
D.potatoes

10.The most productive means of vocabulary expansion in modern English are the following EXCEPT______.

A.affixation
B.compounding
C.conversion
D.blending

11.Of the following prefixes,______ is a prefix of attitude.

A.pro-(pro-student)
B.micro- (microcomputer)
C.mis- (misconduct)
D.non- (non-smoker)

12.Nouns like help, cheat are converted from verbs of the same form, indicating______.

A.state of mind
B.event or activity
C.result of the action
D.doer of the action

13.The word like airmail is a(n)______ word, since one can figure out its meaning from each morpheme of the word.

A.onomatopoeically- motivated
B.Morphologically -motivated
C.semantically-motivated
D.Etymologically- motivated

14.Which of the following words is NOT an onomatopoeically- motivated word?

A.miaow
B.miniskirt
C.cuckoo
D.quack

15.Pregnant, expecting，in the chub can have the same conceptual meaning. but differ in their___ values.

A.stylistic
B.affective
C.denotative
D.connotative

16.From the diachronic point of view,______is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word.

A.polysemy
B.homonymy
C.synonymy
D.antonymy

17.The difference between rich and wealthy shows that synonyms may differ in__.

A.the range of meaning
B.degree of intensity
C.connotation
D.application

18.There was a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in, a nest of small tables and a dark imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past.We can see coherence by____ in the above sentences.

A.antonymy
B.synonymy
C.homonymy
D.hyponymy

19.The word accident originally meant "event", but now means " unfortunate event" only. This example shows______of meaning.

A.extension
B.narrowing
C.degradation
D.transfer

20.Which of the following words has NOT undergone extension of meaning?

A.box: container made of boxwood-any container
B.layman: one who is not of clergy-non member of any profession
C.busybody: busy person +officious and meddlesome person
D.citizen: city dweller +inhabitant of a state or nation

21.Pityful originally meant “-full of pity". but now has changed to "deserving pity. This example shows______.

A.associated transfer
B.transfer of sensations
C.transfer between abstract and concrete meanings
D.transfer between subjective and objective meanings

22. Many familiar words have different meanings when they are used in different contexts. Study the following sentences carefully and decide in which sentence stage means "to plan, arrange and carry out.

A.The union kept plans alive to stage new strikes.
B.The scientists have added another stage to the rocket
C.Michael Jackson is a star of the stage, screen and television.
D.I believe in the national independence a the first stage of responsible self-government.

23.The ball was attractive.The above sentence has ambiguity due to______.

A.polysemy
B.homonymy
C.antonymy
D.grammatical structure

24.______is used as context clue in the following sentence: The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office and a school.

A.Definition
B.Hyponymy
C.Word structure
D.Relevant details

25.The idiom tit for tat is not to be turned into tat for tit. This shows that______.

A.many idioms are grammatically analysable
B.the word order of idioms cannot be inverted or changed
C.the meaning of an idiom is to a large extent unchangeable
D.the constituents of an idiom cannot be deleted or added to

26.The English idiom "______" means "something useless and unwanted but big and costly”.

A.white elephant
B.flesh and blood
C.an apple of discord
D.fly in the ointment

27.The rhetorical device of rhyme is used in the idiom “ ______ ."

A.rough and ready
B.wear and tear
C.screen and shout
D.bag and baggage

28.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Monolingual dictionaries are written in one language,
B.Bilingual dictionaries involve two languages.
C.An unabridged dictionary is an unshortened one.
D.Linguistic dictionaries concentrate on a particular area of language or knowledge.

29.In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, one of he entries of the word blood says: [c] old use a fashionable young man. The information that is NOT provided under this entry is___.

A.definition
B.usage
C.grammar
D.language notes

30.Which of the following is NOT the proper Chinese equivalent for its English item?

A.吃软不吃硬—— bully the weak but yield to one who fights back
B.布衣素食—— coarse clothes and simple fare
C.她很会哄孩子—— She has a way with children
D.没词儿—— be stuck for an answer

二、填空题

Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (15%)

11.The specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades and professions communicate among themselves are referred to as______.

12.In modern times, the most important way of vocabulary expansion is______of new words by means of word-formation.

13.In the words or expressions desks, the children’s library, happiest, -s, -s’, -est are called______affixes.

14.The prefixes in words like disobey injustice, immature, unfair are prefixes.

15.The synonymous pair like die -pass away has the same______but different socio- cultural and stylistic values.

16.Absolute synonyms are words which are identical in meaning in all aspects, i.e. both in grammatical meaning and ___meaning.

17.Churl, hussy, wench, villain were originally neutral in color but have all down-graded as ill-mannered or bad people". This example shows that the attitudes of______have also made inroads into lexical meaning in the case of degradation.

18.In some cases, the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs. This is what we call______context.

19.All sentence idioms are complete sentences. They are mainly proverbs and including colloquialisms and catchphrases.

110.For beginners and elementary learners, a______dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language to understand fully a monolingual dictionary.

三、名词解释

Define the following terms. (15%)

21.Dialectal words

22.monomorphemic words

23.etymological motivation

24.degradation of meaning

25.phrasal verbs

四、简答题

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (20%)

31.What are the three channel through which modem English vocabulary develops?

32.The following words are formed by means of suffixation. Group the following words into noun suffixes, verb suffixes and adjective suffixes..darken, economical, socialist, decision, beautify. modernize, adulthood, successful, childish

33.What are the three classes that homonyms fall into, based on the degree of similarity?

34.Explain the misunderstanding of the phrase “look out” in the following situation: when someone on the second floor was ready to pour water out of the window, he called "Loo out!" to warn the people outside in the street to go away. But the man on the first floor heard the cry and stretched his head out of the window. just in time to receive the water.

五、分析题

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

41.Comment on the following two sentences to illustrate the difference between conversion and affixation.A、They room right! next to me.B、She tried to beautify her room with posters and plants.

42.What is the fundamental difference between the process of radiation and concatenation, and how are they closely related?