英语试卷六

2005年7月高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题

课程代码：10059

一、选择填空题(请在下列各句的备选项中挑选一项正确的答案，使句子结构完整，意

思正确,并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共30分) 1.( ) are borrowings that have become naturalized or assimilated in English. A. Aliens B. Translational loans C. Denizens D. Semantic loans 2. Old English is a highly( )language just like modern German. A. agglutinative B. analytic C. isolating D. inflected

3. Derivational affixes can be further divided into _____and_____.( ) A. bound roots, suffixes B. prefixes, suffixes

C. bound roots, prefixes D. inflectional affixes, prefixes 4.( ) is a form to which affixes of any kind can be added. A. An inflectional affix B. A derivational affix C. A root D. A stem

5. Compounding, also called composition, is the formation of new words by joining two or more ( ).

A. bound roots B. derivational morphemes C. stems D. inflectional morphemes

6. The word “ runaway ” is formed by ( ), meaning “ out of control ”. A. acronymy B. compounding C. blending D. clipping

7. Words that have emotive values may fall into two categories: ____ or____.( ) A. lexical, grammatical B. appreciative, pejorative C. associative, conceptual D. stylistic, affective

8. ( ) is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages because overwhelming majority of words have more than one meaning.

A. Polysemy B. Hyponymy C. Synonymy D. Homonymy 9. “ Teacher ” and “ student ” are( ).

A. relative terms B. contrary terms C. contradictory terms D. superordinates

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10. The word “ voyage ” has changed its meaning from “ journey ” to “ journey by water ”, the process of which is called( ). A. extension B. narrowing C. elevation D. degradation 11. Meaning change in linguistic aspect is due to ( ).

A. psychological need B. the influx of borrowings C. analogy D. all the above

12. In a narrow sense, context refers to ____ context, and in a broad sense, it refers to ____ context.( )

A. non—linguistic, extra—linguistic B. linguistic, extra—linguistic C. grammatical, lexical D. lexical, conceptual

13. The stylistic features of idioms include ( ).

A. colloquialism B. slang C. literary expressions D. all the above 14. The idiom “ play fast and loose ” is ( ) as rhetorical colouring. A. rhyme B. alliteration C. reiteration D. juxtaposition 15. Linguistic dictionaries usually cover such areas as ( ). A. meaning and grammatical information B. usage and etymology C. spelling and pronunciation D. all the above

二、完型填空(请在下面一段文字后的各选项中，挑选一项正确的答案，使短文结构完

整， 意思正确，并将正确答案的序号填入括号内。每小题1分，共10分) Reference is the relationship between 16 and the world.‘By means of 17 , a speaker indicates which things in the 18 (including persons) are being talked about.’ In other words only when 19 has been established between the linguistic 20 and a referent, i. e. 21 , a phenomenon, a person, etc. does the sign become 22 . The form cat is meaningful 23 the language user 24 it conventionally to refer to the ‘25’ concerned. ( )16. A. meaning ( )17. A. sense ( )18. A. world

B. spelling B. thought

C. concept C. concept C. speech

D. language D. world D. language

B. reference

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( )19. A. an association ( )20. A. sign ( )22. A. true

( )21. A. an object ( )23. A. so that ( )24. A. reforms ( )25. A. substance

B. a requirement B. mark B. a subject B. existent B. but

B. employs

C. a connection C. graph C. a thing C. valuable C. because

D. a combination D. point D. an animal D. meaningful D. even though D. explains D. person

C. prescribes C. animal

B. living thing

三、判断题(判断下列句子是对还是错。在对的句子前面的括号内写“T”，在错的句子

前面的括号内写“F”。每小题1分，共10分)

( )26. In early Middle English period, English, Latin, and Celtic existed side by side. ( )27. In modern times, borrowing brings less than ten percent of Modern English

vocabulary.

( )28. Middle English absorbed a tremendous number of foreign words but with little

change in word endings.

( )29. Affective meaning refers to the part of the word—meaning which indicates the

attitude of the user.

( )30. The connotative meaning is also known as connotations, which are generally

found in the dictionary.

( )31. Contrary terms are non—gradable and allow intermediate members in between. ( )32. Antonyms deals with the relationship of semantic opposition. ( )33. Stylistically speaking, most idioms are neither formal nor informal.

( )34. Since each idiom is a semantic whole, each can be replaced by a single word. ( )35. Homonyms are words whose meanings are closely related. 四、术语解释(共15分)

A.术语填空(每小题1分，共5分)

在下面句子的空格中填上恰当的名词术语。

36._____ are borrowed words which have retained their orginal pronunciation and spelling. They are unassimilated foreign words

37.A _____ is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analysed without total loss of identity.

38._______________ is the formation of new words by adding prefixes to stems.

39.__________ refers to the stylistic features of words, which make them appropriate for different contexts.

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40._______________ is a process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized. B.术语定义(每小题2分，共10分) 写出下列术语的定义。 41.terminology 42.free morphemes 43.conversion 44.lexical meaning 45.degradation

五、简答题(每小题5分，共15分)

对下面的问题做简要回答。

46.What is the relationship between sound and meaning? 47.What is hyponymy? Use an example to illustrate it. 48.How is linguistic context classified? 六、分析题(20分)

在下面两题中任选一题作分析论述。如两题都答，以第49小题计分。

49.Study the following words and decide the type(s) of word formation. Explain the differences of the words in word formation.

WTO G-man NATO GRE TOEFL

50.The sudden death of his only child was a bolt from the blue to the old woman.

Pick out the idiom in the sentence. Explain its meaning, effect, grammatical structure and functions, and rhetorical features.

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