全国 2011 年 4 月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 put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. ( )A. Old English B. Middle EnglishC. New English D. Modern English2. The definition of a word comprises the following points _ . ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language(2) a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a sentenceA. (1) and (2) B. (1) (2) and (3)C. (2) (3) and (4) D. (1) (2) (3) and (4)3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is _ . ( )A. productivity B. polysemyC. stability D. collocability4. The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and _ . ( )A. India B. the Far East C. the West Asia D. America5. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and _ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. ( )A. India B. GermanC. Roman D. Chinese6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.D. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is _.( )A. morpheme B. affixesC. root D. stem8. There is/are _ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: hot, dog, feet, matches. ( )A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 49. The plural morpheme -s is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT _.( )A. packs B. bags C. cheats D. ships10. 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English vocabulary are produced through _ .( )A. affixation B. clippingC. compounding D. shortening11. The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called _. ( )A. prefixation B. suffixationC. acronymy D. conversion12. The method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes is called _. ( )A. back-formation B. clippingC. blending D. suffixation13. _ accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning. ( )A. Sense B. MotivationC. Concept D. Reference14. By _ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin. ( )A. onomatopoeic B. morphologicalC. semantic D. etymological15. In English there are _ types of motivation that concerns the relationship between the sign and meaning. ( )A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 516. What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? ( )A. Suffixation. B. Variation.C. Allomorph. D. Polysemy.17. Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the _ field of colours. ( )A. stylistic B. semanticC. elliptic D. syntactic18. What is applicable to contradictory terms of some antonyms may NOT be applicable to their _ terms? ( )A. connotative B. collocativeC. relative D. negative19. When a common word is turned into a proper noun, the meaning is _ accordingly. ( )A. related B. narrowedC. created D. suggested20. Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South? ( )A. Rattlesnake. B. Villain.C. Informer. D. Copperhead.21. People change word-meaning owing to various _ motives: love, respect, courtesy, suspicion, pessimism, sarcasm, irony, contempt, hatred, etc. ( )A. psychological B. socialC. communicative D. lexical22. In a narrow sense, context refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears and is known as _ context. ( )A. non-linguistic B. linguisticC. grammatical D. lexical23. Which of the following is one of the main functions of verbal context? ( )A. Elimination of ambiguity. B. Indication for referents.C. Provision of clues for inferring word-meaning. D. All the above.24. Which of the following is NOT true about extra-linguistic context? ( )A. It can be subdivided into grammatical context and non-linguistic context.B. It refers to physical situation or environment relating to the use of words.C. It embraces the people, time and place.D. It may extend to embrace the entire cultural background.25. The idiom fall into good hands is a _ as far as figures of speech are concerned. ( )A. synecdoche B. metaphorC. metonymy D. personification26. Flesh and blood is