词汇学答案.doc

2009年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英语词汇学试题
课程代码:00832
Ⅰ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that pletes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)
1. According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.( A )-6
A. meaning B. sound
C. combination of sounds D. group
2. The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.( C )-8
A. more slowly than B. as quickly as
C. more rapidly than D. not so quickly as
3. Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.(A )-11
A. use frequency B. notion
C. origin D. sound
4. Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.( B ).-30
A. green revolution B. fast food
C. moon walk D. space shuttle
5. Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
( B ).-31
A. form B. meaning
C. look D. pronunciation
6. Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.( D ).-32
A. four B. fell
C. for D. autumn
7. The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______( B )-38
A. /t/ B. /g/
C. /p/ D. /k/
8. There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.( C )-39
A. one B. two
C. three D. four
9. The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.( A )-41
A. works B. prewar
C. postwar D. bloody
10. 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.
( B )4-45
A. compounding B. affixation
C. conversion D. shortening
11. The word “motel” is created by ______.( C )-63
A. compounding B. clipping
C. blending D. suffixation
12. “BBC” is formed in the way of ______.( A )-66
A. acronymy B. clipping
C. back-formation D. prefixation
13. The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.( D ).-87
A. grammatical