出自:信阳师范学院-英语词汇学

When a word with multiple meanings is used in an inadequate context, this word may create ______. （ ） A.semantic motivation B.degradation C.ambiguity D.extension
Without ______, there is no way to determine the very sense of the word that the speaker intended to convey.（ ） A.context B.semantic unity C.structural stability D.stylistic feature
Idioms manifest such rhetorical features as the following except______.（ ） A. phonetic manipulation B.lexical manipulation C. literary expressions D.figures of speech
According to its grammatical functions, idioms can be classified into five groups. The idiom ―heart and soul‖ belongs to ______. （ ） A.. idioms nominal in nature B. idioms adjectival in nature C.idioms verbal in nature D.idioms adverbial in nature
The main body for a dictionary is ______ of words. （ ） A.spellings B.pronunciations C.definitions D.grammar
Readers can‘t find pronunciation or meaning in ______. （ ） A. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation B.The Encyclopedia Americana C.Chamber‘s Encyclopedic English Dictionary D.Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary
The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT ______. ( ) A.Old English B.Middle English C.New English D.Modern English
The definition of a word comprises the following points ______ . ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language (2) a sound unity (3) a unit of meaning (4) a form that can function alone in a sentence A.(1) and (2) B.(1) (2) and (3) C.) (3) and (4) D.(1) (2) (3) and (4)
Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______ . ( ) A.productivity B.polysemy C.stability D.collocability
The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and ______ . ( ) A.India B.the Far East C.the Far East D.America
Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ） A.Old English was a highly inflected language. B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary C.The word cloak is of French origin. D. Modern English is a synthetic language.
The root of the word ―antecedent‖ is ______. （ ） A. ante- B. -ced- C. -dent D. -ent
Shortening a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains is called ______（ ） A. blending B.clipping C.acronymy D. back-formation
Associative meaning of words comprises the following except ______. （ ） A. connotative meaning B. lexical meaning C.affective meaning D.collocative meaning
What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? （ ） A.Suffixation. B. Polysemy C. Allomorph. D. Variation.
Which word that formerly meant animal, and later animal from Latin and beast from French found their way into English?（ ） A.Deer B.Cattle C.Sheep D.Bird
n the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and ______ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. ( ) A.India B.German C.Roman D.Chinese
Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) A.Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) B.n early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side. C.The introduction of printing into England marked the begining of modern English period. D.The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.
The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.( ) A.morpheme B.affixes C.root D.stem
There is/are ______ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: hot, dog, feet, matches. ( ) A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
Words can be classified according to the following criteria EXCEPT _________.（ ） A.. notion B. use frequency C.foundation D.origin
Which of the following is NOT correct? _________（ ） A.A word is a meaningful group of letters. B. A word is a unit of meaning. C.A word is a sound or combination of sounds. D.A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence.
If one wants to find out the minute difference between shades of meaning, the best source is _________.（ ） A.a thesaurus B. a synonym finder C.an encyclopedia D.an encyclopedic dictionary
Which of the following can be said about a British Dictionary?（ ） A. It is always better than an American dictionary. B.One can always expect to find American usages in it. C.One can never expect to find American usages in it. D. It tends to include more grammatical information
Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. （ ） A.use frequency B.notion C.productivity D.origin
Words like bear, nut, knocked out can be categorized as ______. （ ） A.terminology B.jargon C.slang D.neologisms
The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT ______.（ ） A.packs B.bags C.cheats D.ships
30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English vocabulary are produced through ______ .( ) A.affixation B.clipping C.compounding D.shortening
The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called ______. ( ) A.prefixation B.suffixation C.acronymy D.conversion
The method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes is called ______. ( ) A.back-formation B.clipping C.blending D.suffixation
The semantic unity of idioms is reflected in the _________ relationship between the literal meaning of each word and the meaning of the idiom as in ―rain cats and dogs‖.（ ） A.illogical B.logical C.mutual D.natural
Idioms verbal in nature are _________.（ ） A. verb phrases B. phrasal verbs C.verb idioms D.all the above
The idiom ―new brooms sweep clean‖ was created probably by _________.（ ） A.seamen B.housewives C.farmers D.hunters
The following are all denominal suffixes EXCEPT _________.（ ） A. –ful B. –wise C. –less D. –ike
Both English and _________ belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.（ ） A.Celtic B.Dansih C.French D.Scottish
Chiefly found in derived words, bound morphemes include _________.（ ） A. bound roots B.inflectional affixes C.derivational affixes D.all the above
____ accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning. ( ) A.Sense B.Motivation C.Concept D.Reference
By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin.（ ） A.onomatopoeic B.morphological C.semantic D.etymological
etymological concerns the relationship between the sign and meaning. ( ) A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? ( ) A.Suffixation B.Variation C.Allomorph D.Polysemy
Unlike affixes,（ ）are often free morphemes. （ ） A.suffixes B.prefixes C. inflectional morphemes D.roots
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
Extension can be illustrated by the following example: _________.（ ） A. butcher → one who kills goats B. journal → periodical C.companion → one who shares bread D. allergic → too sensitive to medicine
The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _________.（ ） A. extension, increase and expansion B.denotation, connotation and application C.comprehension, understanding and knowing D. polysemy, homograph and homophone
Affixes attached to other morphemes to create new words are known as _________.（ ） A. inflectional affixes B.derivational affixes C.bound roots D.free morphemes
Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?（ ） A. croak, drum B. squeak, bleat C.buzz, neigh D.bang, trumpet
Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the ______ field of colours‘. ( ) A.stylistic B.semantic C.elliptic D.syntactic
What is applicable to contradictory terms of some antonyms may NOT be applicable to their ______ terms? ( ) A.. connotative B.collocative C.relative D.negative
When a common word is turned into a proper noun, the meaning is ______ accordingly. ( ) A.related B.narrowed C.created D.suggested
Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South? ( ) A.Rattlesnake B.Villain C.Informer D.Copperhead
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