2009年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题(3)

C．forlorn/distressed D．bliss/happiness

19．Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words were used in

different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries.（ ）

A．senses

C．dialects B．forms D．terms

20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally denoted mere “painting”, but

now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”（ ）

A．extension

C．narrowing B．elevation D．degradation

21．In the sentence “The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.”, the word “respectable” is used in the

______ sense of transfer.（ ）

A．subjective

C．sensational B．objective D．physical

22．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.

23．The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.（ ）

A．grammatical context

C．antonymy B．polysemy D．hyponymy

24．In the sentence “An east or 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

C．antonymy B．synonymy D．hyponymy

25．The idiom “toss and turn” is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.

（ ）

A．alliteration

C．metonymy B．metaphor D．rhyme

26．Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?（ ）

A．Sentence idioms.

C．Clausal idioms.

全国2009年4月自考英语词汇学试题 B．Idioms adverbial in nature. D．Idioms nominal in nature. 3 27．The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.（ ）

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