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1、英语词汇学试题 课程代码:008322002年4月1.According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into( ) A. perfect homonyms B. homonyms (书:homograph) C. homophones D. all the aboveKey: D, p 10049.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinate and subordinates.a. The man said he w
2、ould come to our school next week.b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.Key: p 117 Superordinate Subordinate 1) man scholar 2) come visit 3) school university 4) week Monday2003年4月4.The way to define an antonym is based on . ()AcontradictionBcontrarinessCoppositeness
3、DrelativenessKey: C p1115.The fact that the whole vocabulary can be divided up into fields can be exemplified by .()ARogets ThesaurusBConcise Oxford DictionaryCNew Websters DictionaryDCo-build DictionaryKey: A p12043.synonymKey: p10450.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of subordin
4、ates and superordinates.a. The girl got a book in the university.b. The girl borrowed a dictionary from the department.Key: P117-1182004年4月10. The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether _. A. they come from the same sourceB. they are correlated with one central meaningC.
5、they are listed under one headword in a dictionaryD. all the above Key: D p10250. Make a tree diagram to arrange the following words in order of hyponymy. apple, cabbage, food, vegetable, mutton, fruit, peach, meat, beef, orange, spinach, pork, celery Key: p132/2142005年4月1. There are two approaches
6、to the study of polysemy. They are()A. primary and secondaryB. central and peripheralC. diachronic and synchronicD. formal and functionalKey: C p963. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:()A. absolute and relativeB. absolute and completeC. relative and nearD. complete and identi
7、calKey: A p10411. Sources of homonyms include()A. changes in sound and spellingB. borrowingC. shorteningD. all of the aboveKey: D p10119. Radiation and _ are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.Key: concatenation p9848. What is polysemy? Illustrat
8、e your points.Key: p952006年4月2. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _.()A. extension, increase and expansionB. denotation, connotation and applicationC. comprehension, understanding and knowingD. polysemy, homograph and homophoneKey: B p10747. What are the three areas
9、to account for the difference between synonyms? Illustrate your points.Key: p 10711. Motivation accounts for the connection between the word-form and _.()A. its referent B. its referring expressionsC. its meaning D. its conceptKey: C p8344. conceptual meaningKey: p8750. Collocation can affect the me
10、aning of words.Comment on the statement with your own example.Key: p912006年7月Key: negative p115-116Key: diachronic & synchronic p962007年4月10As far as denotation is concerned, relative synonyms may differ _. ()Ain the diachronic approach Bin the stylistic and emotive colouring of words Cin usage in s
11、imple terms Din the range and intensity of meaning Key: D p10720Relative synonyms also called _ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different degrees of a given quality. Key: near-synonym p10550Use examples to illustrate the similarity and difference between absolute synonyms a
12、nd relative synonyms. Key: P1052007年7月8One of the interesting features about a language is that there are a great many more _ than _ in it. ()Ahyponyms homonymsBhomonyms hyponyms Csynonyms antonymsDantonyms synonyms Key: C p11419. Antonyms are classified on the basis of _.Key: oppositeness p11149. A
13、nalyze and comment on the differences of synonyms in three ways. Key: denotation, connotation application p1072008年4月8. What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? ( )A. Suffixation. B. Polysemy.C. Allomorph. D. Variation.Key: B p10319. Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, b
14、lack, purple, etc, make up the _field of colours.Key: semantic p12020. Some words can have two different types of antonyms at the same time, one being _ and the other oppositeKey: negative p115-11644. concatenationKey: p852008年7月16. A common feature peculiar to all natural languages is _. ( ) A. homonymy B. hyponymy C. monosemy D. polysemyKey: D p10318. All the following words can be used as an antonym to the word “clear” EXCEPT _. ( ) A. dirty B. fussy C. guilty D. ambiguousK