出自:信阳师范学院-英语词汇学

LDCE is distinctive for its（ ） A.clear grammar codes B.usage notes C.language notes D.all of the above
From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（ ） A.German B.French C.Scottish D.Irish
Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（ ） A.TOEFL B.ODYSSEY C.BASIC D.CCTV
In the course book, the author lists（ ）types of context clues for inferring word meaning. A.eight B.six C.seven D.five
Sources of homonyms include（ ） A.changes in sound and spelling B.borrowing C.shortening D.all of the above
The written form of English is a(an)（ ）representation of the spoken form. A.selective B.adequate C.imperfect D.natural
People change word-meaning owing to various ______ motives: love, respect, courtesy, suspicion, pessimism, sarcasm, irony, contempt, hatred, etc.（ ） A.psychological B.social C.communicative D.lexical
n a narrow sense, context refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears and is known as ______ context. ( ) A.non-linguistic B.linguistic C.grammatical D.lexical
Which of the following is one of the main functions of verbal context? ( ) A.Elimination of ambiguity. B.Indication for referents. C.Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. D.Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning.
Which of the following is NOT true about extra-linguistic context? ( ) A.it can be subdivided into grammatical context and non-linguistic context. B.It refers to physical situation or environment relating to the use of words. C.It embraces the people, time and place. D.It may extend to embrace the entire cultural background.
Linguistic context is also known as ______ context.（ ） A.social B.verbal C.lexical D.physical
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
Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（ ） A.Colloquial B.Slang C.Negative D.Literary
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
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
A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （ ）morpheme. A.formal B.concrete C.free D.bound
The idiom "fall into good hands" is a ______ as far as figures of speech are concerned. ( ) A.synecdoche B.metaphor C.metonymy D.personification
"Flesh and blood" is an idiom ______ in nature. ( ) A.verbal B.nominal C.adjectival D.adverbial
The change of idiom "velvet paws" from the original form is ______.( ) A.replacement B.position-shifting C.addition D.shortening
American dictionaries generally use ______ to mark the pronunciation. ( ) A.British Phonetic Alphabet B.American Phonetic Alphabet C.International Phonetic Alphabet D.Webster.s Phonetic Alphabet
Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important? （ ） A.Stability B.Collocability C.Productivity D.National character
The two major factors that cause changes in meaning are ______. （ ） A. historical reason and class reason B.historical reason and psychological reason C.class reason and psychological reason D.extra-linguistic factors and linguistic factors
The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether ______.（ ） A. they come from the same source B.they are correlated with one central meaning C.they are listed under one headword in a dictionary D.all the above
Degradation of meaning is the opposite of ______.（ ） A.semantic transfer B.semantic pejoration C.semantic elevation D.semantic narrowing
An idiom consists of at least two words. Each has a single meaning and often functions as one word. This is called _（ ） A. semantic unity B. structural stability C. structural stability D. none of the above
Which of the following suffixes can be used to form both nouns and adjectives? ______ （ ） A. -ion B. -ism. C. -ity D. -ist
Which of the following dictionaries is NOT a specialized dictionary? ( ) A.The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology B.Chamber.s Encyclopaedic English Dictionary C.Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs D.Webster.s New Dictionary of Synonyms
Usage notes of the dictionary explain ______. ( ) A.the slight difference between words of similar meanings B.difficult points of grammar and style C.important British and American differences D.all the above
n the sentence ―The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.‖, the word ―respectable‖ is used in the ______ sense of transfer.（ ） A.subjective B.objective C.sensational D.physical
Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（ ） A.Elimination of ambiguity. B.Indication of referents. C.Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. D.Provision of culture background for inferring word-meaning.
There are ______ major classes of compounds. （ ） A.two B.for C.three D.five
Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ） A.Connotative meaning refers to associations suggested by the conceptual meaning B.Stylistic meaning accounts for the formality of the word concerned. C.Affective meaning is universal to all men alike. D.Denotative meaning can always be found in the dictionary.
After the invading Germanic tribes settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out ______. （ ） A. Old English B.Middle English C.Anglo-Saxon D.Celtic
The idiom ―Jack of all trades‖ results from ______（ ） A.addition B.position-shifting C.dismembering D.shortening
______ are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes（ ） A. Free roots B. Free morphemes C.Bound morphemes D. Meaningful units
The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are ______.（ ） A. the growth of science and technology B.economic and political changes C.the influence of other cultures and languages D.all the above
The sentence ―I lost Betty‘s picture.‖ is ambiguous due to ______.（ ） A.grammatical context B.polysemy C.antonymy D.hyponymy
n the sentence ―An east o r north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou‘Wester usually brings rain.‖, the meaning of ―sou‘wester‖ can be inferred from the clue of ______.（ ） A.relevant details B.synonymy C.antonymy D.antonymy
The idiom ―toss and turn rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.（ ） A.alliteration B.metaphor C.metonymy D.metonymy
Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?（ ） A.Sentence idioms B.Idioms adverbial in nature. C.Clausal idioms. D.Idioms nominal in nature.
The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that___. （ ） A. it can refer to the common core of a language B.it can refer to the total number of the words in a language C.it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period D.it can stand for words in a given dialect or field
The idiom "a dark horse" is a___（ ） A.simile B. metaphor C.metonymy D. personification
An idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ___ and the latter is not. （ ） A. structurally changeable B.semantically analysable C.structurally fixed D.easily understood
We can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to___. （ ） A.morphological strucmre B.relevant details C. grammatical structure D.physical context
What causes the ambiguity of the sentence "I like Mary better than Janet"? （ ） A.Vocabulary B. Situation C.Structure. D.None of the above
Early Modem English refers to the language spoken___. （ ） A.from 1066 to 1500 B.from 1150 to 1500 C.from 1500 to 1700 D.from 1600 to 1800
The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.（ ） A.replacement B.addition C.shortening D.repetition
Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.（ ） A.spelling B.syntactical usage C.pronunciation D.definition
As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one（ ） A.A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995) B.Oxford Advanced Learner‘s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation C.A New English-Chinese Dictionary D.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation
Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.（ ） A.unabridged B.desk C.specialized D.encyclopedic
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