词汇学试卷1.doc

北京林业大学2007—2008学年第一学期考试试卷
试卷名称:
英语词汇学
课程所在院系:
外语学院
考试班级:
英语04级
I. Give the origin of the following words. (10%)
. brother: Old English administration: French
1. son 2. write
3. skin 4. parliament
5. butcher 6. conviction
7. comedy 8. banana
9. casino 10. camel
II. Analyze the formation of the following words. (20%)
. indifference: in- + differ + -ence astrology: astro- + -logy
1. interchangeably 2. impressiveness
3. non-problematic 4. industrialization
5. outstanding 6. intercontinental
7. computerization 8. thematically
9. disconnected 10. southernmost
III. Give two examples for each of the following affixes. (20%)
. dis-: disinterested, disobey
1. bi- 2. de-
3. ex- 4. im-
5. mid- 6. -age
7. -ee 8. -ess
9. -ian 10. -ous
IV. Identify the word-formation processes involved in the italicized words. (10%)
. Laura parties every Saturday night.
parties: conversion (party n. à party v.), inflection (-es)
1. Another three weeks slipped by in much the same manner as my first month of unemployment.
2. Avery’s and Penelope’s families had been vacationing together since the two were toddlers.
3. The caller ID flashed with Lauren’s number.
4. I offered a dollar to a well-dressed man for a cigarette.
5. Most surprising was Philip.
V. What do the following abbreviations stand for? (10%)
. WWW: World Wide Web
1. BBC 2. EU
3. e-mai