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1、10059# 英语词汇学试题 第 1 页 共 4 页2012 年 4 月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：10059I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (30%, 2 points for each)1. Old English, like modern _, was a highly inflected language. ( )A. Italian B. German
2、 C. Chinese D. Japanese2. Compounding is the formation of new words by joining two or more _. ( )A. words B. roots C. parts D. stems3. The written form of English is a(n) _ representation of the spoken form. ( )A. partial B. exactC. imperfect D. perfect4. Pretty and handsome share the _ meaning of g
3、ood-looking. ( )A. affective B. conceptual C. associative D. connotative5. The word naturalize can be broken down into _ morphemes. ( )A.2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 16. _ affixes can be further divided into prefixes and suffixes.( )A. Derivational B. Functional C. Inflectional D. Grammatical7. Reference is the r
4、elationship between _ and the world. ( )A. concept B. sense C. sign D. language8. Content words include but are not limited to_. ( )A. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbsB. nouns, verbs, prepositions, numeralsC. nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs 10059# 英语词汇学试题 第 2 页 共 4 页D. adjectives, adverbs, preposit
5、ions, numerals9. Of the following types of blends, it is correct in saying, in terms of quantity/productivity, where “ ” is read as “more in number”: ( )A. verbs adjectives nouns B. nouns adjectives verbsC. nouns verbs adjectives D. adjectives nouns verbs10. Conversion is considered to be a _ proces
6、s whereby an item is adapted to a new word class without the addition of an affix. ( )A. inflectional B. derivational C. grammatical D. functional11. _ antonyms such as employer/ employee consist of relational opposites. ( )A. Contrary B. Relative C. Contradictory D. Gradable12. It is noticeable tha
7、t _ meaning overlaps with stylistic and affective meanings. ( )A. denotative B. collocative C. connotative D. associative13. Borrowing has played a vital role in the development of vocabulary, especially in _ times. ( )A. later B. ancient C. earlier D. modern14. It is more appropriate in saying that
8、 _ meanings make up the word-meaning. ( )A. lexical and grammatical B. conceptual and connotativeC. conceptual and grammatical D. lexical and connotative15. Of the alternative adjectives in the sentence Look at that small / little / tiny boy, it is appropriate in saying that_. ( )A. small is appreci
9、ative, little is neutral, and tiny is derogatoryB. tiny is appreciative, little is neutral, and small is derogatoryC. little is appreciative, small is neutral, and tiny is derogatoryD. small is appreciative, tiny is neutral, and little is derogatoryII. Decide whether the following statements are tru
10、e or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%, 2 points for each)10059# 英语词汇学试题 第 3 页 共 4 页16. Many slang words are created by changing or extending the meaning of existing words.( )17. English has been the language of England for a comparatively long period. ( )18. Same in meaning but differen
11、t in form, -tion, -sion, and -ion do not belong to the same suffix. ( )19. Pavement in British English and sidewalk in American English have the same sense. ( )20. In the word internationalist, nation is both a root and a stem. ( )21. The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on
12、word-formation. ( )22. It is not likely that different lexical items may have the same grammatical meaning. ( )23. Compounds, such as silkworm and easy chair, function semantically as single words. ( )24. It is not the case that functional words possess strong grammatical meaning. ( )25. Of the thre
13、e types of homonyms, homophones constitute the largest number and are most common. ( )III. Complete the following statements with proper expressions according to the textbook. (10%, 2 points for each)26. In the Celtic branch, we find Scottish, _, Welsh, Breton, etc.27. The number of _ affixes is sma
14、ll and stable, making English one of the easiest languages to learn.28. A good piece of writing needs both _ and subordinates to achieve the desired effects.29. Modern English vocabulary develops through creation, semantic change, and _.30. Unlike reference, sense denotes the relationships _the lang
15、uage.IV. What do the following short forms stand for? (10%, 2 points for each)31. V-Day ( )32. cm ( )33. VIP ( )34. NATO ( )35. TEFL ( )V. Match Column A with Column B. (10%, 1 point for each)Section A:A (suffixation) B (grammatical function)( )36. booklet A. adjective10059# 英语词汇学试题 第 4 页 共 4 页( )37. clockwise B. noun and adjective( )38. beautify C. adverb( )39. simple-minded D. noun( )40. Australian E. verbSection B:A (words) B (stylistic features)( )41. domestic A. derogatory(
