英语词汇学复习题.doc

英语词汇学复习题.docFinal Exam of English Lexicology
Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(30%)
The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were
French, Latin, .
Scandinavian and Italian and Scandinavian
and Greek and Spanish
From the historical point of view,English is more closely related to.
German

Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?
extra-B .pro-C .re-D. semi-
Which of the following statements is Not true?
Reference is the relationship between language and the world.
The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.
Concept is universal to all men alike.
Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.
are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes.
Free roots morphemes
morphemes units
Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as.
bound roots morphemes morphemes affixes
The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas,namely,.
extension,increase and expansion
denotation,connotation and application
comprehension,understanding and knowing
polysemy,homograph and homophone
Grammatical meaning does not include.
part of speech forms
The idiom"a dark horse"is a .

The word"antecedent"comprises morphemes.

1 idiom"cut and dried"is an idiom in nature.

The word"slurb"is created by blending,with the structure of.
+tail +head +word +tail
Words which are used to show the attitude of approval are.
A. appreciative
the sentence"The old man,though poor,is a respectable gentleman”,the word“respec