英语词汇学试卷.doc

第三部分全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题 000 年全国高自考英语词汇学试卷第一部分选择题Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would plete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30% ) () Old English there was _______ agreement between sound form. A. more B. little C. less D. gradual () LDCE ELD are _______. A. general dictionaries B. monolingual dictionaries C. both A and B D. neither A and B () word "MINISKIRT" is_______. A. morphologically motivated B. etymologically motivated C. semantically motivated of the above () most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______. A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above () isa process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now e ________. A. generalized B. expanded C. elevated D. degraded () morphemes have _______ as they are realized by more than one morph according to their position in word. A. alternative morphs B. single morphs C. abstract units D. discrete units () English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian. A. Italic B. Germanic C. Celtic D. Hellenic () pounds are different from free phrases in all the following ways EXCEPT _______. A. semantics B. grammar C. ics D. lexicology () two main constituents of an idiom share the same initial sound, it is called _______. A. repetition B. alliteration C. rhyme of the above () of the following words isa functional word? A. Often B. Never C. Although D. Desk () features are shown in such respects of ic and lexical manipulation as well as_______. A. semantic unity B. structural stability C. idiomatic variation D. figure of speech () advantage of classifying idioms according to grammatical functions is to _______. A. use idioms correctly and appropriately B. understand idioms correctly C. remember idioms quickly D. t