全国英语词汇学00832高等教育自学考试试题与答案
. 全国高等教育自学考试 英语词汇学试题00832 课程代码：Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative
answers. Choose the one Ⅰ． ）that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.（30% ）1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（Sound ．．meaning BAGroup ．C．combination of sounds D ）2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（ As quickly as B．A．more slowly than C．more rapidly than Not so quickly as D． ） 3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（ notion ． BA．use frequency sound C．origin ．Dfollowing as the science and technology breeds such new words 4．Rapid growth of ）（EXCEPT______. fast food B．A．green revolution space shuttle ．moon walk DC．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need. ．5 ）（ meaning ．form A． Bpronunciation ．DC．look Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in ．6 ）fallAmerican English “” means ______ in British English.（ fell B．A．four autumn Dfor ．C． is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______. ”The plural morpheme ．“-s7 ）（ A．/t/ B．/g/ /k/ ．C/p/ ．D.
. ）8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（ two one B．A．four C．D．three ）9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（ prewar works B．A．bloody C．postwar D．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______. 10． ）（ affixation compounding B．A．shortening C．conversion D． ）．The word “motel” is created by ______.（ 11clipping ．A．compounding Bsuffixation D．C．blending ）BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（ “12．clipping ．BA．acronymy prefixation ．back-formation C．D ）The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（ ．13conceptual meaning A．grammatical meaning B．literal meaning ．DC．associative meaning ）（14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.morphological ．onomatopoeic B．Aetymological C．semantic D．______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind. 15． ） （ Concept BReference ．A．Motivation DSense ．C．Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of ______. ．16 ） （ word meaning Bword formation A．． ．Cmeaning change Sense relations ．D.
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．When a word is first coined, it is always ______.（ ）17onomatopoeic A．B．semantic polysemic Dmonosemic ．C．The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas 18． the first is archaic, EXCEPT ______.（ ）rich/wealthy ．A．ire/anger Bbliss/happiness ．．forlorn/distressed DCShakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words 19． were used in different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries.（ ）Forms ．A．senses BTerms dialects ．DC．, which originally denoted mere ”20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture （ ）painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even “photographs”“elevation ．A．extension Bdegradation ．DC．narrowing word gentleman.”, the The old man, though poor, is a respectable In 21．the sentence “ ）“respectable” is used in the ______ sense of transfer.（ objective B．subjective ．Aphysical ．Csensational D． ）22．Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（ ．Elimination of ambiguity. AIndication of referents. B．Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. C．Provision of culture background for inferring word-meaning. ．D ） is ambiguous due to ______.（ ．23The sentence “I lost Betty's picture.”A．grammatical context B．polysemy D．hyponymy C．antonymy 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 ______.（ ） . .
synonymy B．A．relevant details hyponymy Dantonymy ．C． is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned. 25．The idiom “toss and turn” （ ）metaphor A．alliteration B．rhyme metonymy D．C． （ ）．26Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?Idioms adverbial in nature. A．Sentence idioms. B．Idioms nominal in nature. D．C．Clausal idioms. （ ）27．The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.addition A．replacement B．repetition ．C．shortening D （ ）28．Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.syntactical usage ．A．spelling Bdefinition ．DC．pronunciation As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most ．29 ） elaborately treated one（ (1995) ．A Chinese-English DictionaryAs Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation 'B．Oxford Advanced Learner A New English-Chinese DictionaryC． Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese TranslationD． ） (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.30．Collins COBUILD English Usage（ desk ．unabridged BA．D．specialized ．encyclopedic
2018年10月高等教育自学考试《英语词汇学》试题
2018年10月高等教育自学考试《英语词汇学》试题2018年10月高等教育自学考试《英语词汇学》试题课程代码：00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. One point is given to each correct choice. (1% X 30 = 30% )1. Which of the following can NOT be defined as a word?A. manB. forC. mentD. blackmail2. The differences between sound and form are NOT due toA. innovations made by linguistsB. stabilization of spelling by printingC. influence of the work of scribesD. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English3. Words may fall into native words and borrowed words byA. notionB. originC. functionD. use frequency4. means an old form which takes on a new meaning to meet the new need.A. BorrowingB. CreationC. Semantic changeD. Loaning5. The language used between 1150 and 1500 is calledEnglish.A. OldB. MiddleC. ContemporaryD. Modern6. In Middle English vocabulary, we can find words relating to every aspect of human society, e.g. government, law, food, fashion and so on. Which of the following words does NOT belong to them?A. wechatB. baconC. judgeD. power7. Structurally, many words can be separated into even smaller meaningful units. For example, denaturalization can be broken down intoA. de-, natura-, lize-, ationB. dena-, ture, al-, lize, ationC. de-, nature, al, ize, ationD. de-, natu, real, ize, ation8. The morpheme of plurality/-s/is pronounced as/s/in cats,/z/in bags, and/iz/in matches. This example showsA. morphemes are abstract unitsB. allomorphs are phonetically conditioned and thus predictableC. morphs are actual spoken, minimal carriers of meaningD. monomorphemic words coincide with words and function freely in a sentence9. Which of the following words is the example of free morphemes?A. menB. teethC. workerD. anger10. The following words have prefixes of time or order EXCEPTA. bilingualB. ex-studentC. foretellD. post-election11..4 green hand is an "inexperienced person", not a hand that is green in color. This exampleshows that compounds are different from free phrases in feature.A. phoneticB. semanticC. grammaticalD. lexical12. Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the example of in word formation.A. acronymyB. clippingC. compoundingD. conversion13. , which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.A. ReferenceB. MotivationC. SenseD. Concept14. The following words are onomatopoetically motivated EXCEPTA. blowB. quackC. miaowD. hiss15. The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In this sense, words havemotivation.A. onomatopoeicB. morphologicalC. semanticD. etymological16. From a synchronic point of view, the basic meaning of a word is theA. primary meaningB. derived meaningC. central meaningD. secondary meaning17. Which of the following is NOT the derived meaning of the word face?A. The front of the head.B. Outward aspect.C. A surface of a thing.D. The expression of the countenance.18. Which of the following pairs are absolute synonyms?A. large/tremendousB. stagger/reelC. alter/varyD. scarlet-fever/scarlatina19. The process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized is of word-meaning.A. transferB. elevationC. narrowingD. extension20. reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word computer, from "a person who computes" to "electronic machine".A. ClassB. HistoricalC. ScientificD. Psychological21. Which of the following is the internal factor within the language system that causes changes in word-meaning?A. AnalogyB. ContrastC. Historical reasonD. Psychological need22. As most words have more than one meaning, it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used inA. contextB. textsC. conversationD. writing23. That the word do means differently in "do a city", "do a sum" and "do the flowers" shows that context affects the meaning of words.A. extra-linguisticB. grammaticalC. lexicalD. semantic24. Which of the following is NOT the role of context?A. Elimination of ambiguity.B. Indication of referents.C. Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning.D. Simplification of meaning.25. Which of the following is a true idiom?A. make friends withB. break silenceC. in the rawD. turn over a new leaf26. Among the following idioms," "is an idiom adverbial in nature.A. flesh and bloodB. up in the airC. as poor as a church mouseD. tooth and nail27. All of the following are stylistic features EXCEPTA. colloquialismsB. slangC. literary expressionsD. rhymes28. In the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language.A. monolingual dictionariesB. bilingual dictionariesC. linguistic dictionariesD. encyclopedia dictionaries29. Usage notes and language notes in a dictionary explain the following EXCEPTA. important British and American differencesB. difficult points of grammar and styleC. information concerning the origins of wordsD. the slight differences between words of similar meanings30. The following are some unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary EXCEPTA. definitionB. extra columnC. usage examplesD. clear grammarII. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (1.5% × 10 = 15%)31. It is generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the written record of theform.32. After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as English.33. Morphemes which are independent of other morphemes are morphemes.34. Comic means "of comedy", while comical means "funny". This example shows that both-ic and -ical can be affixed to the same stem, but differ in35. The sense of an expression is its place in a system of relationship with other expressions in the language.36. Words like bear which means both "a large heavy animal" and "to put up with" are called37. The process by which the word wife used to mean"woman" but now means "a married woman" is of word-meaning.38. Linguistic context includes context, where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs.39. Unlike free phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent , as is shown in the idiom "in a brown study", which cannot be changed into "in a brown hall".40. For beginners, and elementary and lower-intermediate learners, a dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language to understand fully a monolingual dictionary.III. Define the following terms with one or two sentences. (3% × 5 = 15%)41. borrowed words42. stem43. associative meaning44. degradation45. dismembering (of idioms)IV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. (5% × 4 = 20%)46. What are the three main sources of new words in Present-day English?47. In what way are the underlined words formed in the following sentences?1) He wolfed down his lunch.2) There is no milk in the fridge.3) The headmaster is an easy-going man.4) You have to show your ID before checking in the hotel.5) I promised to babysit for my neighbor this weekend.48. What are the types of antonyms? Explain the types of antonyms with the following example words: sell/buy, same/different, old/young.49. How are context clues used in the sentence "The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office, a village hall, a medical centre, and a school."?V. Analyze and comment on the following. (10% × 2 = 20%)50. 1) nickname n.→to nickname2) bottle-feeding n.→to bottle-feedUse the above examples to discuss in what way compound verbs are generally formed?51. Illustrate the differences between synonyms by analyzing the following groups of synonyms.1) rich and wealthy2) ask, beg and request3) allow and let。
浙江省XX年7月自考英语词汇学试题及答案汇总(完整word版)
浙江省XX年7月自考英语词汇学试题及答案汇总 (完整word版)浙江省XX年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)idiom is characterized by ( ).A. semantic unityB. structural stabilityC. non-motivationD. all the above2. Which words belong to the functional words? ( )A. prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctionsB. articles, adjectives, pronounsC. adverbs, conjunctions, nounsD. prepositions, auxiliaries, articles3. A word is a symbol that ( ).A. is used by the same speech communityB. represents something else in the worldC. is both simple and complex in natureD. shows different ideas in different sounds4. “Phone”, “doc”, “sis” and “fridge” are examples of ( ) ?A. abbreviationB. shorteningC. clippingD. analogy5. Meaning is closely related to ( ).A. conceptB. contextualismC. implicatureD. symbolism6. ( ) is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.A. SimileB. SynecdocheC. OverstatementD. Metaphor7. Most English idioms are ( ) .A. opaqueB. transparentC. motivatedD. self-evident8. The pond was full of garbage, giving ( ) the worst smell that you can imagine.A. offB. overC. inD. up9. ( ) are morphemes used to express grammatical relationships between a word and its context.A. Grammatical morphemesB. Inflectional morphemesC. Bound morphemesD. A and B10. Stylistically, back-formed words are largely ( ) and some of them have not gained public acceptance.A. informalB. adjectivesC. human nounsD. formal11. The word “nose” in the phrase “the nose ofthe plane” is related to ( ).A. onomatopoeic motivationB. semantic motivationC. morphological motivationD. etymological motivation12. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )A. English is more closely related to German than French.B. Scandinavian languages refer to Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.C. Old English was not a highly inflected language.D. In early Middle English period, English, Latin, and French existed side by side.13. In the idiom “fortune’s wheel”, we change it into “wheel of fortune” without changing meaning. This change of constituent is known as ( ).A. replacementB. deletionC. position-shiftingD. dismembering14. “Marshal”, “lady”, and “fond”haveexperienced the process of ( ) of meaning.A. degradationB. elevationC. extensionD. narrowing15. The words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form ( ).A. grammatical contextB. lexical contextC. context of cultureD. extra-linguistic context16. According to the purpose of dictionaries we have ( ) dictionaries.A. monolingual, bilingual and multilingualB. synchronic and diachronicC. pocket, medium-sized and unabridgedD. general and specialized17. The rhetorical coloring of “Time and tide wait for no man.” is ( ) .A. rimeB. juxtapositionC. reiterationD. alliteration18. The majority of newly coined words are ( ) .A. adverbialsB. nounsC. verbsD. adjectives19. “Yahoo” is a ( ) motivated word.A. semanticallyB. etymologicallyC. onomatopoeticallyD. morphologically20. Much of this early excitement and expectation was met with successive breakthroughs in scientific research on plant gene transfer methods, identification of valuable genes, and the eventual performance of transgenic crops. How is the underlined word formed?( )A. compoundingB. blendingC. back-formationD. prefixationⅡ.Complete the following statements with properwords or expressions according to the course book.(10%)21. ________ began with the establishment of printing in England.22. According to the functions of affixes, we can put them into two groups: inflectional and ________ affixes.23. NATO stands for ________.24. Relative synonyms also called ________ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different degrees of a given quality.25 The idiom “Jack of all trades” is the shortened from “Jack of all trades and ________.”Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) rhetorical features of the idioms;2)sense relations;3)assimilation degree;4)characteristics of the basic wo来源:91考试网rd stock and motivation.(10%)A B( ) a morphological motivation( ) b translation loan( ) c acronym( ) d metaphor30. will and testament ( ) e sum and substance31. juxtaposition ( ) f repetition32. in the cradle ( ) g narrowing33. Nazi ( ) h rain or shine34. minibus ( ) I borrowed words35. Hidden Dragon, Crouched Tiger ( ) j semanticsⅣ.Define the following terms.(15%)36. Vocabulary37. Inflectional morphemes38. Affective meaning39. Amelioration40. Sentence idiomsⅤ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(15%)41. What are the foreign elements in the English vocabulary?42. What does the following verbs tell us?A man changes his habits, alters his conduct, and varies his manner of speaking.43. Analyse morphemes in the following words.individualistic characteristic inflectionalⅥ. Analyze the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)44. If some students ask you to recommend one or two good dictionaries to them, what would you recommend? Why?45. Determine the language from which each of the given words has been borrowed and translate them into Chinese.Original language Translation1. pizza2. gondola3. justice4. San Francisco5. lieutenant6. etc.7. government8. salon9. loquat10. archaeology。
2023年10月自学考试00832英语词汇学真题试题
2023年10月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码:008321.请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。
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I . Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(1%X30=30%)1.Chook is a word of _______, which means chicken.A.American EnglishB.British EnglishC.Scottish EnglishD.Australian English2.When dough and bread is used as a slang, it means_____.A.moneyB.headC.drunkD.cooking utensil3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.According to semanticists, a word is a unit of meaning.B.According to grammarians, a word is a free form that can function in a sentence.C.In visual terms, a word can be defined as a meaningful group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.D. In terms of spoken language, a word is viewed as a sound or combination of sounds which are made involuntarily with human vocal equipment.4. Between 1250 and 1500, with Britain having trade relations with the low countries, especially Holland, as many as 2,500 words of _______origin found their way into English.A. FrenchB. DutchC. LatinD.Scandinavian5. Which of the following is the new word resulting from rapid growth of science and technology in the English vocabulary?A. fast foodB. TV dinnerC. moon walkD.stir fry6. The word denaturalization can be broken down into_minimal meaningful units.A. fourB. fiveC. sixD. seven7. In the word internationalists, the root is__.A. inter-B. -nation-C.-tion-D.-s8. The word antecedent can be broken down into________.A. ante-,-ced-, -entB.ante-,-ce-,-dentC. an-,-te-,-ced-,-entD.an-,-te-,-ce-,-dent9. Of the following words, the word“_____” does NOT have a derivational prefix.B. subseaC.contradictD. handcuff10. The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called __.A. affixationB. functional shiftpoundingD. phrase clipping11. The majority of prefixes are characterized by their non-class-changing nature. Accordingly, we shall classify prefixes on a_____basis.A. morphemicB. morphologicC. syntacticD.semantic12. Of the following words, the word“_____”is NOT a deverbal noun formed by suffixation.A. decisionB. friendshipC.existenceD. protection13. The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. Such words have_____ motivation.A. onomatopoeicB. morphologicalC.semanticD.etymological14.The_meaning is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core ofword-meaning.A. grammaticalC. conceptualD. associative15. The word home, whose conceptual meaning is a “dwelling place”, reminds readers of their “family, friends, warmth, safety", etc. This shows the__meaning of a word.A. connotativeB. stylisticC. affectiveD. collocative16. The primary meaning of the word neck is_____.A. that part of the garmentB. the narrowest part of anything: bottle, land or channelC. that part of man or animal joining the head to the bodyD. a narrow part between the head and body or base of any object17. Which of the following pairs of antonyms belongs to contradictory terms?A. hot / warmB. sell/ buyC. husband / wifeD.true / false18. The pair of words flower /rose shows such a sense relation as_____.A. polysemyB. synonymyC. antonymyD. hyponymy19. The word butcher began with the meaning of “one who kills goats”, but now it means “one who kills animals”. This process is called____.A. extensionB. narrowingC.elevationD. degradation20. Which of the following words is an example of narrowing of word-meaning?A. disease (meaning: discomfort → illness)B. journal (meaning: daily paper→periodical)C. knight (meaning: servant→ rank below baronet)D. company (meaning: one who shares bread→ a company)21. From which of the following examples can we see transfer of sensations?A. the lip of a woundB. the hope of a familyC. pitiful and doubtfulD.sweet music22. Which of the following statements is NOT true about lexical context?A. It is one type of extra-linguistic context.B. It may provide clues for inferring word meaning.C. It refers to the words that occur together with the word in question.D. The meaning of the word is often affected and defined by the neighbouring words.23. What does the word quick mean in the following context?John, one of the group, has just told a joke. Everyone laughs except Adam. Then Adam laughs. One of the students says: I do think Adam's quick.A. Quick in development.B. Quick to hear the joke.C. Slow in learning things.D. Slow to understand the joke.24.What does the word do mean in the phrase do the flowers?A. work outB. brushC.arrangeD.study25.Which of the following is an idiom?A. Till the cows come home.B. Till the sheep come home.C. Till the horses come home.D. Till the pigeons come home.26.Which of the following is NOT a variation of idiom?A. synecdocheB. replacementC.dismemberingD. shortening27. As cool as a cucumber is a_____.A. true IdiomB. complete idiomC.semi-idiomD. regular combination28. Chop and change is an idiom ______in nature .A. verbalB. nominalC. adjectivalD. adverbial29. Collins COBUILD English Usage is a(n)______.A. unbridged dictionaryB. desk dictionaryC. pocket dictionaryD. specialized dictionary30. Which of the following is NOT usually included in the usage section of a dictionary?A. styleB. usage levelC. definitionD.colouring非选择题部分注意事项:用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上,不能答在试题卷上。
全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题(00832)
全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题(00832)全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。
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I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(30%)1. “Woman” becomes “Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “f ùnǔ” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______．A. sounds B．formsC. unities D．meanings2.The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______．A. fire B．hotC. photoscanning D．sister3.Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese?A. Bazaar. B．Kowtow.C. Rajah. D．Blitzkrieg.4.The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT ______．A. Europe B．the Far EastC. India D．the Near East5. Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary?A. The rapid development of modern science and technology.B． Social, economic and political changes.C. The invasion of foreign countries.D． The influence of other cultures and languages.6. Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT ______.A. creation B． borrowingC. semantic change D． lexical change7. How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words? cats boss work improper triedA.1.B.2.C.3.D.4.8. Among the following words, “______” does NOT have inflectional affixes.A. liked B．children’sC. happier D．it’s9. Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?A. Northward. B．Widen.C. Happy. D．Worker.10. Among the following words, “______ ” contains a negative prefix.A. amoral B． de-composeC. antiwar D． foretell11. From the viewpoint of word formation, the word “smog” is a ______.A. compound B． conversionC. clipping D． blending12. Which of the following is partially converted?A. A white. B．A drunk.C. The poor. D． Finals.13. One can figure out the meaning of “airmail” to be “mail by air”by its ______.A. onomatopoeic motivation B． morphological motivationC. semantic motivation D． etymological motivation14. When a reader comes across the word “home” in his reading, the word may remind him of his “family, friends, warmth, safety, etc. ”In this sense, the word “home” conveys ______.A. connotative meaning B．stylistic meaningC. affective meaning D．collocative meaning15. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs and stylistic features ofwords.B．Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.C. Affective meaning indicates the listener’s attitude towards the person or thing in question.D． Collocation cannot affect the meaning of words.16. Words that are identical only in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called ______.A. perfect homonyms B． homographsC. homophones D． homonyms17. The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT ______.A. denotation B． connotationC. reference D． application18. “Apple, pear, peach, orange, lemon, etc.” make up the ______ of “fruit”.A. synonyms B． homonymsC. superordinate term D． semantic field19. ______ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaninghas now become generalized.A.Degradation B． ElevationC. Extension D． Specilization20. Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning?A. Cultural reason. B． Historical reason.C. Class reason. D． Psychological reason.21. The word “minister” originally meant“a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry”. This process of meaning change is called ______．A. extension B． elevationC. degradation D． specialization22. In grammatical context, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the ______in which it occurs.A. structure B．sentenceC. phrase D．clause23. There is an ambiguity in the sentence “He is a hard businessman”due to ______.A. polysemy B． homonymyC. synonymy D． antonymy24. Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues?A. Definition. B． Polysemy.C. Synonymy. D． Antonymy.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms?A. The part of speech of each element in an idiom is very important. B． The constituents of idioms can’t be replaced.C. The word order in an idiom can’t be changed.D． An idiom functions as one word.26. Idioms nominal in nature have a(n) ______ as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences.A. verb B．adjectiveC. preposition D．noun27. Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT ______ belong to lexical manipulation.A. alliteration B． reiterationC. repetition D． juxtaposition28. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British ______ dictionaries.A. unabridged B．deskC. pocket D．bilingual29. Generally, a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT ______.A. spelling B． pronunciationC. definition D． syntactical rules30. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) has some unique features such as definition, extra column and ______.A. pronunciation B． grammar codesC. usage examples D． language codes非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。
浙江省2002年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码00832
浙江省2002年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码00832浙江省2002年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.(30%)1. Linguistic dictionaries usually do NOT cover such areas as ( )A. definitionsB. spellingC. usageD. sound2. This 9-segment series focuses on economically viable small-scale U.S. farms that have adoptedenvironmentally-innovative agricultural techniques.The underlined word is a ( ) word. A. nonce B. vogueC. fashionableD. coin3. If two main constituents of an idiom share the last vowel,it is called ( )A. rimeB. alliterationC. repetitionD. reiteration4. The rhetorical coloring of “as cool as cucumber”is ( )A. rimeB. juxtapositionC. reiterationD. alliteration5. The overwhelming majority of net terms are ( )A. adverbialsB. nounsC. verbsD. adjectives6. Sina in“/do c/8f12327667.html," is a ( )A. semanticallyB. etymologicallyC. onomatopoeticallyD. morphologically7. In the idiom “in low water",( ) is used.A. metonymyB. synecdocheC. metaphorD. euphemism8. “Cousin/sister" are ( ) antonyms.A. notB. contradictoryC. contraryD. relative9. “On line" is an idiom ( ) in nature.A. adverbialB. verbalC. nominalD. adjectival10. American English began to be known in the ( )A. 17th centuryB. 16 th centuryC. 18 th centuryD. Middle Ages11. A key component of the US system is extension agents that serve as bridges from researchers tofarmers by transferring new conservation technologies and techniques to farmers.There underlined word here is a/an ( )A. adverbB. nounC. verbD. adjective12. Other meanings apart from the primary meaning of a word were acquired by ( )A. analogyB. extensionC. narrowingD. all the above13. In the idiom“Failure is the mother of success,"( ) is used.A. synecdocheB. personificationC. simileD. metaphor14. The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs often involves a change of ( )A. spellingB. pronunciationC. functionD. stress15. Until 1066,the influence on English was mainly ( )A. FrenchB. GermanicC. LatinD. Celtic16. According to the linguistic approach used in dictionaries we have ( ) dictionaries.A. monolingual,bilingual and multilingualB. synchronic and diachronicC. pocket,medium-sized and unabridgedD. general and special17. The grammatical meaning of a word refers to that part of the meaning of the word whichindicates grammatical concept or relationship such as ( )A. part of speech of wordsB. singular and plural meaning of nounsC. tense meaning of verbs and their inflectional formsD. all the above18. The “de-" in “demilit arize" is a/an ( ) prefix.A. reversativeB. orientationC. pejorativeD. negative19. Generally,the number of the present-day English vocabulary is ( ) million.A. 2B. over 1C. 3D. 120. Words formed by acronymy can be divided into initialisms and acronyms depending on ( )A. the grammatical functionB. the pronunciationC. the spellingD. none of the aboveⅡ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)1. A word is a _______ free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.2. The prehistoric Indo-European parent language is thought to be a highly _______ language.3. Relative term is a type consisting of _______ such as parent/child,predecessor/successor.4. CCELD is _______ Dictionary.5. Suffix is the formation of new words by adding _______ to stems.Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) rhetorical features of the idioms;2)sense relations;3)assimilation degree;4)characteristics of the basic word stock and motivation.(10%)1. pick and choose ( )a might and main2. terminology ( )b extension3. alliteration ( )c simile4. IBM ( )d metaphor5. picture ( )e reiteration6. juxtaposition ( )f grammatical meaning7. as clear as day ( )g appreciative8. crocodile tears ( )h rain or shine9. -s ( )i initialism10. proud ( )j etymologyⅣ.Define the following terms.(15%)1. Perfect homonyms2. A bound root3. Denotative meaning4. Transfer5. ReferenceⅤ.Answer the following questions.Y our answers should be clear and short.Write your answers in the space given below.(15%)1. How do words change their meaning?What is radiation?2. Tell the meaning of the underlined morphemes:(1) dehydrate,deorbit,decentralize(2)educationwise,moneywise,drinkwise(3)malnutrition,maltreat,(4)peacenik,beatnik(5)piglet,booklet3. What's the difference between antonyms and adjectives plus“not"?Ⅵ.Analyze and comment on the following.Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)1. Comment on the following converted words.a. a white,finals,a Republican,valuables,b. the wounded,the poorer,the departed2. Animal names are often used in English idioms.Can you explain with five idioms how they are used for metaphorical effect?。
全国自考《英语词汇学》真题试题及答案重点
202X年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语词汇学卷子课程代码0832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the onethat best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. Which of the following words does NOT belong to terminology ( )A. Penicillin.B. Algebra.C. Symphony.D. Knife.2. In the sentence “I like to see a movie.〞, there are ________ functional words. ( )A.2B.3C.4D.53. Of the characteristics listed for the basic word stock, the most important is ________. ( )A. all national characterB. productivityC. polysemyD. collocability4. Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the following EXCEPT ________. ( )A. fast foodB. TV dinnerC. tahiniD. Watergate5. The prehistoric ________ parent language is thought to be a highly inflected language, which English originated from. ( )A. PrussianB. Indo-EuropeanC. CzechD. Russian6. The surviving languages accordingly fall into eight principal groups, which can be grouped into the ________ set and the Western set. ( )A. EasternB. AfricanC. AmericanD. Northern7. The plural morpheme “-s〞is realized by /z/ after the following sounds EXCEPT ________. ( )A./z/B./g/C./d/D./b/8. The word “recollection〞comprises ________ morphemes. ( )A.1B.2C.3D.49. The following words have inflectional affixes EXCEPT ________. ( )A. worksB. workerC. workingD. worked10. “Dis-〞in the word “disloyal〞is a ________ prefix. ( )A. negativeB. reversativeC. pejorativeD. locative11. The word “AIDS〞is a(n) ________. ( )A. initialismB. acronymC. derivativeD. compound12. The word “smog〞is created by blending, with the structure of ________. ( )A. head + tailB. head + headC. head + wordD. word + tail13. So far as stylistic meaning is concerned, “residence〞is ________. ( )A. neutralB. informalC. colloquialD. formal14. Words which are used to show the attitude of approval are ________. ( )A. appreciativeB. pejorativeC. connotativeD. collocative15. “Pavement〞in British English and “sidewalk〞in American English have the same ________.( ) A. motivation B. collocationC. senseD. connotation16. A common feature peculiar to all natural languages is ________. ( )A. homonymyB. hyponymyC. monosemyD. polysemy17. In both CCELD and LDCE, the most frequently used meaning of the word “gay〞is ________. ( )A. joyous and lively, merry, happyB. homosexualC. given to social life and pleasureD. bright, brilliant18. All the following words can be used as an antonym to the word “clear〞EXCEPT ________. ( )A. dirtyB. fussyC. guiltyD. ambiguous19. The change of word meaning is brought about by the following internal factors EXCEPT ________. ( )A. influx of borrowingB. analogyC. psychological factorsD. shortening20. A good example of ________ is the word “manuscript〞, which now means “writing by hand or typed with a type-writer or a word-processor〞, but its original meaning was “handwriting〞only.( )A. degradationB. elevationC. narrowingD. extension21. In the sentence “Never run towards a dangerous animal.〞, the word “dangerous〞is used in the ________ sense of transfer. ( )A. subjectiveB. objectiveC. sensationalD. physical22. The sentence “They saw her duck.〞is ambiguous due to ________. ( )A. grammatical contextB. lexical contextC. antonymyD. hyponymy23. The following are types of context EXCEPT ________. ( )A. linguistic contextB. non-linguistic contextC. syntactical contextD. extra-linguistic context24. In the sentence “The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office, a village hall, a medical centre, and a school.〞The meaning of amenity can be inferred from the clue of ________. ( )A. relevant detailsB. word structureC. antonymyD. hyponymy25. The idiom “hustle and bustle〞is a ________ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned. ( )A. simileB. repetitionC. reiterationD. personification26. Sentence idioms embrace the following sentence types EXCEPT ________. ( )A. declarative sentenceB. interrogative sentenceC. imperative sentenceD. simple sentence27. “Beyond the pale〞is an idiom ________ in nature. ( )A. verbalB. nominalC. adjectivalD. adverbial28. The following are the types of dictionary EXCEPT ________. ( )A. monolingual dictionaries and bilingual dictionariesB. linguistic and encyclopedic dictionariesC. specialized dictionariesD. Chinese and English dictionaries29. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1980) is a(n) ________ dictionary. ( )A. specializedB. deskC. pocketD. encyclopedic30. Usage notes of the dictionary explain the following aspects EXCEPT ________. ( )A. literal meanings of the wordsB. difficult points of grammar and styleC. important British and American differencesD. slight differences between words of similar meaningsII. Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of vocabulary by notion; 2) sources of synonyms; 3) types of motivation; and 4) types of transfer. (10%)A B( ) 31. morphological motivation A. laconic meaning “brief〞or “short〞( ) 32. associated transfer B. the foot of the mountain( ) 33. borrowing C. squeak/hiss( ) 34. etymological motivation D. You should address your remarks to the chair. ( ) 35. notional words E. charm/glamour( ) 36. abstract to concrete F. black market/greenhorn( ) 37. semantic motivation G. occupation/walk of life( ) 38. figurative use H. fire/flame/conflagration( ) 39. regional English I. This teaching assistant is an efficient help. ( ) 40. onomatopoeic motivation J. cloud/yellowIII. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)41. As defined in terms of spoken language, a word is viewed as a sound or ________ of sounds which are made voluntarily with human vocal equipment.42. Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: creation, ________ and borrowing.43. The ________ is the smallest functioning unit in the composition of words.44. Suffixation generally changes the grammatical function or word ________ of stems of words.45. ________ indicates the speaker’s attitude towards the person or thing in question.46. Relative synonyms or ________ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different shades of meaning or different degrees of a given quality.47. There are generally ________ major factors that cause changes in meaning.48. Physical situation or environment relating to the use of words is called ________ or non-linguistic context.49. Unlike free phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent ________.50. Three good general dictionaries are LDCE, CCELD and ________.IV. Define the following terms. (10%)51. bound root52. prefixation53. pejoration34. homophone55. grammatical contextV. Answer the following questions. Y our answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)56. What are the types of morphemes57. What is conceptual meaning of a word Give an example to illustrate your point.58. Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the changes in word meaning. State your reason with one example.Elevation or amelioration refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.59. What is semantic unity of idioms Explain it with one example.VI. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)60. Comment on the following 2 groups of words or sentences to illustrate the semantic features and grammatical features of compounds.Group 1: “red meat/hot dog〞Group 2: “He bad-mouthed me. / major generals〞61. Analyze and comment on the following two pairs of sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates:a]Trees surround the water near our summer place.b]Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin.a]I met a writer who is the relation of a politician.b]I met a newspaper reporter who is the brother of Senator Buckley.。
全国4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案解析历年试卷及答案解析
全国2018年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832第一部分选择题Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)1.According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into( )A. perfect homonymsB. homonymsC. homophonesD. all the above2.Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example( )A. ad for “advertisement”B. dish for “food"C. fond for “affectionate”D. an editorial for “an editorial article"3.It is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over( )A. the reader’s interpretationB. the neighbouring wordsC. the writer's intentionD. the etymology of the word4.Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?A. extra-B. pro-C. re-D. semi-5.Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary?A. The Oxford Dictionary of English EtymologyB. Chamber's Encyclopedic English DictionaryC. Longmont Dictionary of Phrasal VerbsD. Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms6.Which of the following statements is Not true?A. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.C. Concept is universal to all men alike.D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.7.The words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form( )A. physical contextB. grammatical contextC. lexical contextD. linguistic context8."Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Center. "The clue provided in the context is( )A. definitionB. explanationC. exampleD. hyponym9.The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that( )A. it can refer to the common core of a languageB. it can refer to the total number of the words in a languageC. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical periodD. it can stand for words in given dialect or field10.The idiom "a dark horse" is a( )A. simileB. metaphorC. metonymyD. personification11.An idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ( ) and the latter is not.A. structurally changeableB. semantically analyzableC. structurally fixedD. easily understood12.We can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to( )A. morphological structureB. relevant detailsC. grammatical structureD. physical context13.What causes the ambiguity of the sente nce ”I like Mary better than Janet"? ( )A. V ocabularyB. SituationC. StructureD. None of the above14.Early Modern English refers to the language spoken( )A. from 1066 to 1500B. from 1150 to 1500C. from 1500 to 1700D. from 1600 to 180015.Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound rootsB. free morphemesC. inflectional morphemesD. derivational affixes第二部分非选择题Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)16._________________meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.17.The word __________has the old meaning "servant" and the elevated meaning "head of a ministry".18.The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or ______________.19.When a word with more than one meaning is used in unclear context, it creates _______________.20.Almost all affixes are __________morphemes because few can be used as independent words. Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)rhetorical features of the idioms; 2)sense relations; 3)assimilation degree; 4)characteristics of the basic word stock and 5)motivation.(10%)A B21.reiteration ( ) A. high and low22.repetition ( ) B. pick and choose23.juxtaposition ( ) C. face to face24.perfect homonym ( ) D. Failure is the mother of success.25.personification ( ) E. hiss26.portus ( ) F. bear; beare ( ) G. twitter28.heart ( ) H. cat29.birds ( ) I. port30.snakes ( ) J. heart and soulⅣ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1)types of context clues; 2)types of word formation; 3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)31.making a restatement of a new word or concept in familiar words ( )32.sitcom ( )33.the usual amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school ( )34.form cradle to grave ( )35.might and main ( )36.fax ( )37.disobey,impolite, ( )38.hussy:"housewife"→"a woman of low morals"( )39.disease:"discomfort"→"illness"( )40.fond:"foolish"→"affectionate"( )Ⅴ.Define the following terms.(10%)41.dictionary42.pejoration43.idioms nominal in nature44.Germanic45.allomorphⅥ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(12%)46.What are the stylistic features of idioms?47. How would you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your point.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?Ⅶ.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)ment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinate and subordinates.a. The man said he would come to our school next week.b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.50.Analyes the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes.unbearable, international, ex-prisoner全国2018年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题参考答案课程代码：00832Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)1.D2.B3.B4.C5.B6.D7.C8.C9.A 10.B11.C 12.A 13.C 14.C 15.CⅡ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)16. Grammatical 17. minister 18. conventional 19. ambiguity 20. boundⅢ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B. (10%)21.B 22.C 23.A 24.F 25.D26.I 27.H 28.J 29.G 30.EⅣ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1)types of context clues; 2)types of word formation; 3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)31.explanation32.head+head blending33.hyponymy/hyponym34.figure of speech; metonymy35.phonetic manipulation/alliteration36.back clipping37.affixation, prefixation or negative prefixes38.degradation39.narrowing40.elevationⅤ.Define the following terms.(10%)41. Dictionary is a book which presents in alphabetical order the words of a language, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation, meaning usage, etc.42. Degradation or pejoration of meaning is the opposite of semantic elevation. It is a process whereby words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense.43.(1)Each idiom has a noun as the key word.(2)Each functions as a noun/also knows asnoun idioms.44.a term used to refer to a branch of the Indo-European language family, which consists of English, German, Dutch, etc.45.one of the variants that realize a morphemeⅥ.Answer the following questions.(12%)46.(1)Many idioms were created in different professions, so they were trade-or profession-related, colloquial and informal.(2)Now most become a part of the common core, neither formal nor informal.(3)There are still many colloquialisms, slang expressions, literary expressions comparatively small in number.47.A)Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to bases.B)Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of suffixation; it's the method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes.48.Inflectional affixes are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to createnew words.Ⅶ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)49.要点：Superordinate Subordinate1) man scholar2) come visit3) school university4) week Monday50.1)Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er).2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves.3)All the rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.。
英语词汇学2019年4月真题
英语词汇学2019年4月真题2019年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语词汇学(课程代码：00832)注意事项：1.本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。
2.应考者必须按试题顺序在答题卡（纸）指定位置上作答，答在试卷上无效。
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第一部分选择题Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.You are to make the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. （1%×30=30%）1.Which of the following CANNOT be defined as a word?A. forB. fortuneC. misD. misfortune2.Words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use are .A. slangB. argotC. neologismsD. archaisms3. Words like foot or dog can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. footage and dogfight. This shows that the basic word stock hasthe characteristics of .A. productivityB. polysemyC. collocabilityD. stability4. After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as English.A. OldB. NewC. MiddleD. Modern5.Which of the following is NOT true?A. English is more closely related to German than French.B. Old English was a highly inflected language.C. Modern English is considered to be an analytic language.D. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.6.In the early Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and Roman classics. This is known in history as .A. IndustrializationB. Elizabethan AgeC. RenaissanceD. Victorian Age7.Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as .A. stemsB. allomorphsC. free morphemesD. bound morphemes8.Among the following words, does NOT have inflectional affixes.A. likedB. children'sC. happierD. it's9.The basic form of a word which can't be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a .A. morphB. allomorphC. rootD. stem10.The following words have number prefixes EXCEPT .A. bilingualB. multi-purposeC. tricycleD. post-election11.The following words are the results from blending EXCEPT .A. bicycleB. motelC. smogD. hamburger12.The process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of social and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms is called .A. prefixationB. acronymyC. blendingD. conversion13.The of an expression is its place in a system of semantic relationship with other expressions in the language.A. referenceB. conceptC. senseD. motivation14.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Collocation can affect the meaning of words.B. Motivation explains why a particular form has a particular meaning.C. By etymological motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word isrelated to its origin.D. The connotative meaning is also known as connotations, which are generallyfound in the dictionary.15.In the phrase "the tongues of fire", the word tongues is motivated.A. onomatopoeicallyB. morphologicallyC. semanticallyD. etymologically16.Words like dear that means a loved person and deer that means a kind of animal are called .A. synonymsB. homographsC. homophonesD. antonyms17.Which of the following deals with the relationship of semantic opposition?A. Synonymy.B. Antonymy.C. Polysemy.D. Hyponymy.18.Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in connotation?A. increase-expandB. unlike-dissimilarC. work-toilD. empty-vacant19. The word disease once meant discomfort, but now means illness. This is an example of of word-meaning.A. generalizationB. degradationC. elevationD. specialization20. The word silly used to mean happy, but now means foolish. This serves as an example of of word-meaning.A. extensionB. narrowingC. elevationD. degradation21. The associated transfer of meaning is often due to factors, as is shown in such words as angel, martyr and paradise, whose meanings are elevated because of the influence of Christianity.A. classB. scientificC. historicalD. psychological22.Grammatical context refers to the context where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the in which it occurs.A. meaning groupB. structureC. conversationD. culture23.That trade union means differently in western countries and in China shows thatcontext has some effect on the meaning of words.A. grammaticalB. lexicalC. linguisticD. extra-linguistic24. Ambiguity often arises due to , as is shown in the sentence" He is a hard business.A. polysemyB. synonymyC. antonymyD. homonomy25.The idiom Jack of all trades means the same as Jack of all trades and master of none. This example shows idioms may vary by means of .A. shorteningB. additionC. replacementD. position-shifting26.The noun phrase pepper and salt in "His hair is pepper and salt" functions as an idiom in nature.A. nominalB. verbalC. adverbialD. adjectival27. The rhetorical feature of idioms, , is used in such idioms as "chop and change", "bag and baggage".A. rhymeB. alliterationC. reiterationD. juxtaposition28. Dictionaries that are medium-sized ones containing words ranging from 50,000 to 150,000 are .A. unabridged dictionariesB. desk dictionariesC. pocket dictionariesD. specialized dictionaries29.The definitions in are all in full sentences and the definition itself throws light on the grammatical use of the word in question.A. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987)B. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, New Edition (1987)C. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1980)D. Webster's New World Dictionary, 2rd Collage Edition (1980)30.One can only find the English equivalents for its Chinese items such as 黄梁美梦，吃软不吃硬in ./doc/2f9900260.html,ELDB.CEDC.LDCED.NECD第二部分非选择题Ⅱ. Complete the following statements with proper words according to the course book. You are to fill each blank with ONE appropriate word on the ANSWER SHEET.(1.5%×10=15%)31.A word is a that stands for something else in the world, and there is no logical relationship between the sound and ne meaning.32.The introduction of into England marked the beginning of Modern English period.33.The morpheme is the functioning unit in the composition of words.34.To shorten a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead is called .35. , which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.36.A field is a meaning area where words share the same concept.37. Extension of meaning is found in many terms, as is shown in the word feedback, which originally is a term in computer science, but now is generalized to mean "response".38. The word paper has a number of meanings in the dictionary, but it means differently in "a white paper" and "todays paper". This example shows thatcontext affects the meaning of word.39. Many idioms are grammatically , as is shown in the idiom "diamond cut diamond", which is grammatically incorrect.40.The main body of a dictionary is its of words.Ⅲ.Define the following terms on the ANSWER SHEET. (3%×5=15%)41.semantic change42.affixation43.concatenation44. context (in a broad sense)45. sentence idiomsⅣ.Answer the following questions on the ANSWER SHEET. Your answers should be clear and short. (5%×4=20%)46.What is the difference between a free root and a bound root?47.Give the acronyms of the following phrases:1) Voice of America2) unidentified flying object3) teaching English as a foreign language4) Victory Day5) tuberculosis48.How do you understand the statement "true synonymy is non-existent"?49.Explain how context clues are used in the sentence "Perhaps the most startling theory to come out of kinesics, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Bird Whistell".V.Analyze and comment on the following on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%×2=20%) 50. Use the following groups of phrases to illustrate the definition and the overlapping feature of collocative meaning.a) pretty girl, pretty flower handsome boy, handsome carb) pretty woman, handsome woman51. Comment on the following two groups to illustrate the use of antonyms.(a) give and take, high and low(b) More haste, less speed./Easy come, easy go.。
2017年4月高等教育自学考试《 英语词汇学》试题
2017年4月高等教育自学考试《英语词汇学》试题课程代码：00832第一部分选择题(共30分)I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement. (30%)1. Which of the following is NOT true about the definition of a word?A. A word has a given meaning.B. A word is a soundless unity.C. A word is the minimal free form of a language.D. A word is a form that can function alone in a sentence.2. Words may fall into content words and functional words byA. notionB. originC. functionD. use frequency3. Newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings areA. slangB. argotC. neologismsD. archaisms4. The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe, ~, and India.A. AsiaB. AfricaC. the Near EastD. the Far East5. There are such new words as fast food, talk shows, and open university in Modern English.These words showA. the invasion of foreign countriesB. social, economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. the rapid development of modern science and technology6. Which of the following is NOT tree?A. English is more closely related to German than French.B. Modem English is considered to be an analytic language.C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modem English period.D. The four major foreign contributors to English vocabulary in earlier times are Latin, French,Scandinavian and Italian.7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words isA. morphemeB. affixesC. rootD. stem8. There is/are monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: cats, boss, work, geese, tried.A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 49. Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?A. bossyB. widenC. happyD. worker10. The word that has a prefix of size isA. misconductB. devalueC. anti-nuclearD. mini-election11. The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is calledA. prefixationB. compoundingC. conversionD. clipping12. The following words are formed by clipping EXCEPTA. phoneB. motelC. dormD. flu13. In word meaning, the relationship between language and the word is , by means of which,a speaker indicates which things in the world are being talked about.A. referenceB. conceptC. senseD. motivation14. Which of the following examples shows that every word that has meaning has sense, but notevery word has reference?A. argue, quarrelB. probable, butC. pavement, sidewalkD. much time, many people15. In modem English some words were created by imitating the natural sounds or noises, and thesounds suggest their meanings, like bang, croak, and buzz. These words are otivated.A. onomatopoeicallyB. morphologicallyC. semanticallyD. etymologically16. The central meaning of the word face isA. a surface of a thingB. the front of the headC. the functional surfaceD. the appearance17. Words like bow that means bending the head as a greeting and bow that means the device usedas shooting arrows are calledA. synonymsB. homographsC. homophonesD. antonyms18. Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in denotation?A. extend--increaseB. homely--domesticC. policeman--copD. sense--meaning19. The word liquor once meant liquid, but now means alcoholic drink. This is an example ofof word-meaning.A. extensionB. narrowingC. transferD. degradation20. For the word nice, its original meaning was "ignorant", then changed to "foolish" and now itmeans "deligfitful, pleasant". This process is of word-meaning.A. extensionB. elevationC. transferD. degradation21. reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word car, from "a two-wheel cart drawn by horses and used in war" to "automobile".A. ClassB. TechnicalC. PsychologicalD. Historical22. The context where the meaning of a word is influenced by the structure in which it occurs iscalled context.A. non-linguisticB. lexicalC. semanticD. grammatical23. That landlord means differently in western countries and in China shows that contexthas some effect on the meaning of words.A. grammaticalB. lexicalC. linguisticD. extra-linguistic24. Ambiguity often arises due to ~, as is shown in the sentence "Thefish is ready to eat."A. polysemyB. homonomyC. grammatical structureD. lexical structure25. The idiom" "is an idiom nominal in nature.A. white elephantB. up in the airC. make itD. tooth and nail26. The idiom" "is an example of euphemism.A. as mute as a fishB. earn one's breadC. powder one's noseD. crocodile tears27. The following are rhetorical features of idioms EXCEPTA. literary expressionsB. figures of speechC. phonetic manipulationD. lexical manipulation28. The reader cannot find pronunciation or meanings or usage but other information inA. desk dictionariesB. linguistic dictionariesC. encyclopediaD. pocket dictionaries29. Which of the following is the best-known unabridged dictionary?A. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Ninth Edition (1996)B. Webster ~ Third New International DictionaryC. Webster ~ Ninth New Collegiate DictionaryD. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, New Edition (1987)30. Usage notes in LDCE New Edition (1987) cover the following EXCEPTA. difficult grammar and stylistic pointsB. differences between British and American usagesC. discrimination between synonyms and near-synonymsD. examples selected from actual usage, not invented by compilers第二部分非选择题(共70分)II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (15%)31. In different languages the same concept can be represented by different Forexample, woman becomes "Frau" in German, and '~femme" in French.32. In Old English period, the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the Englishvocabulary. It brought many terms such as altar, amen and candle.33. The basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a。
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历年月英语词汇学真题和标准答案（-）历年4月英语词汇学真题和答案(2008-2011)————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：2全国2008年4月历年自考英语词汇学真题课程代码：00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes thestatement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1.A 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.C 11.A 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.B1. Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. （）A. use frequencyB. notionC. productivityD. origin2. Words like bear, nut, knocked out can be categorized as ______. （）A. terminologyB. jargonC. slangD. neologisms3. Identify the word that is of Scandinavian origin among the following. （）A. SkirtB. DressC. ModelD. Status4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （）A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabularyC. The word cloak is of French origin.D. Modern English is a synthetic language.5. The root of the word “antecedent”is ______. （）A. ante-B. -ced-C. -dentD. -ent6.Shortening a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains is called ______. （）A. blendingB. clippingC. acronymyD. back-formation7. Associative meaning of words comprises the following except ______. （）A. connotative meaningB. lexical meaningC. affective meaningD. collocative meaning8. What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? （）A. Suffixation.B. Polysemy.C. Allomorph.D. Variation.9. Which word that formerly meant animal, and later animal from Latin and beast from French found their way into English?（）A. Deer.B. Cattle.C. Sheep.D. Bird.10. When a word with multiple meanings is used in an inadequate context, this word may create ______. （）A. semantic motivationB. degradationC. ambiguityD. extension11. Without ______, there is no way to determine the very sense of the word that the speaker intended to convey.A. contextB. semantic unityC. structural stabilityD. stylistic feature12. Idioms manifest such rhetorical features as the following except______. （）A. phonetic manipulationB. lexical manipulationC. literary expressionsD. figures of speech13. According to its grammatical functions, idioms can be classified into five groups. The idiom “heart and soul”belongs to ______. （）A. idioms nominal in natureB. idioms adjectival in natureC. idioms verbal in natureD. idioms adverbial in nature14. The main body for a dictionary is ______ of words. （）A. spellingsB. pronunciationsC. definitionsD. grammar15. Readers can’t find pronunciation or meaning in ______.（）A. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese TranslationB. The Encyclopedia AmericanaC. Chamber’s Encyclopedic English DictionaryD. Collins COBUILD English Language DictionaryII. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)16.inflectional 17.prefixes 18.sense 19.semantic 20.negative16. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ________ morphemes.17. The chief function of ________ is not to change the word class of the stem, but to change its meaning.18. “Pavement”in British English and “sidewalk”in American English have the same ________.19. Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the ________field of ‘colours’.20. Some words can have two different types of antonyms at the same time, one being ________ and the other opposite III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1 ) types of meanings;2) types of motivations; 3) types of dictionaries; 4) origins of English and 5)types of sense relations. (10%)21.G 22.J 23.A 24.I 25.B 26.D 27.C 28.F 29.E 30.HA B( )21. queer, odd A. onomatopoetically motivated( )22. surplus value B. subordinate hyponymy( )23. miaow C. specialized dictionary( )24. CED D. Greek( )25. hard disk, CPU etc. —computer E. polysemy( )26. technology F. semantically motivated( )27. Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs G relative synonym( )28. The pen is mightier than the sword. H. conceptual meaning( )29. gay-joyous, brilliant and homosexual I. bilingual dictionary( )30. home/dwelling place J. GermanIV . Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of context; 2) types of word formation; 3) causes of meaning change; 4 ) types of bound morphemes underlined. (10%)31. extra-linguistic factors-- psychological reason 32. derivational affix/prefix 33. extra-linguistic context 34. derivational affix/prefix 35. blending36. extra-linguistic context37. lexical context of linguistic context 38. bound root39. extra-linguistic factors-- class reason 40. compounding31. boob-head-one who returns too often to jail ( ) 32. ascendant( )33. look out/look out ( ) 34. descend ( ) 35. telequiz( ) 36. landlord (in English vs. in Chinese) ( ) 37. a coloured nail/a copper nail ( ) 38. tolerance( ) 39. churl-bad people ( ) 40. stockholder()V . Define the following terms. (10%)41. creation (as a mode of vocabulary development) 42. free morphemes 43. collocative meaning 44. concatenation 45. grammatical context41．Creation refers to the formation of new words by using the existing materials, namely roots, affixes and other elements.42. Free morphemes have complete meanings in themselves and can be used as free grammatical units in sentences. They are identical with root words.43. The word-meaning which is suggested by the words before or after the word in discussion.44. A semantic process in which each of the later meanings is related only to the preceding one like chains. 45. The meaning of a word that is influenced by the structure in which it occurs.VI. Answer the following questions. Y our answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)31. extra-linguistic factors-- psychological reason32. derivational affix/prefix 33. extra-linguistic context 34. derivational affix/prefix 35. blending36. extra-linguistic context37. lexical context of linguistic context 38. bound root39. extra-linguistic factors-- class reason 40. compounding46. What is suffixation? Give an example to illustrate your point46. Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to sterms.(1分) Suffixes generally change the word class.(1分) For example, “economy” is a verb, but “employer” becomes a noun when the suffix –er is added to the stem “employ”.(1分)47. What is the remarkable feature of Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English ?1）compiled on the principle of semantic field;(1分)2）some 15,000 items classified into fourteen semantic fields of a practical everyday nature;(1分) 3）subfields also included;(0.5分)4）semantically related words defining one another(0.5分)48. Supply two examples to illustrate that the influx of borrowings has caused some words tochange in meaning.. pig/pork, sheep/mutton(1分)In old English, animals and their meat shared the same name. with the Norman Conquest and borrowing of corresponding French words, the English words were kept only for live animals and the French words for the animals killed and brought to the table.(2分)VII. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below. ( 18 % )49. Explain the meaning of the phrase “a laconic answer”, using the theory of motivation.Laconic is derived from Lacons (1分), a tribe of people who were known for their “brevity of speech” (2分) and for their habit of never using more words than necessary. (2分) So laconic m eans “brief or short” (1分)，which is etymologically motivated.(1分) “A laconic answer” thus is “a short answer”.(1分)50. Study the following sentence: 1) pick out the idiom, 2) explain its origin, and 3) comment onthe use.David’s head was in the to ol-box, but his voice was heard saying, “T oo many cooks, better let me.”1）“too many cooks”, from “Too many cooks spoil the broth”. (3分)2）In the situation of disorder or chaos, when everyone tries to direct, the speaker manages to control the situation. (2分) 3）The use of the short form indicate the informal situation. (2分)4）This sentence implies the speaker and listeners are working or colleagues. (1分)2008年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题答案及评分参考Ⅰ Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)每小题2分1.A2.C3.A4.D5.B6.B7.B8.B9.A 10.C 11.A 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.BⅡ Complete the following statements with proper words orexpressions according to the course book.(10%)每小题2分，答错不给分，拼写错误最多给0.5分。