全国2007年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题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%)1Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical feature of idioms?（）APhonetic manipulation. BLexical manipulation.CFigures of speech. DPhrasal verbs. 2The sentence “I like Mary better than you.” is ambiguous due to _.（）Aextra-linguistic context Blexical context Cgrammatical context Dhomonymy 3Which of the following is NOT one of the obvious characteristics of the basic word stock?（）ACreativity. BStability. CDuality. DAll national character. 4Which of the following is NOT considered as an inflectional affix?（）A-es B-orC-est D-er5The following are user-friendly features of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, except _. （）Aextra column Bclear grammar codes Cusage notes Dlanguage notes 6Which of the following is a case of suffixation? （）AHemisphere. BAttempt. CNATO. DRespondent. 7Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words?（）AThe rapid development of modern science and technology. BGeographical and political changes. CThe influence of other cultures and languages. DSocial and economic changes. 8Websters New World Dictionary is a(n) _ dictionary. （）Aunabridged BdeskCpocket Dencyclopedic9Angel, martyr and paradise have their meanings _ because of the influence of Christianity.（）Aelevated Bdegraded Cnarrowed Dextended 10As far as denotation is concerned, relative synonyms may differ _. （）Ain the diachronic approach Bin the stylistic and emotive colouring of words Cin usage in simple terms Din the range and intensity of meaning 11Which of the following is NOT true about Old English? （）AUses of Old English borrowed heavily from Latin and other languages. BOld English has a vocabulary of about 50,000 to 60,000. COld English refers to the English language used from 450 to 1150. DOld English was a highly inflected language. 12Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions. Which of the following is NOT an example of neologisms? （）ASARS. BCan-opener. CFuturology. DFreak out. 13Which of the following words is morphologically motivated? （）ABlack market. BGreenhorn. CHopeless. DNeigh. 14In the sentence “Italian artists were more active in the quattrocento than in the sixteenth century which followed.” The meaning of quattrocento can be inferred from the clue of _. （）Adefinition Bexplanation Cexample Drelevant detail 15Tooth and nail is an idiom _ in nature. （）Anorminal Badjectival Cadverbial Dverbal II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)16The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is the _.17Word-meaning changes by modes of extension, narrowing, degradation, elevation and _.18In the word “post-war”, “post-” is a prefix of _. 19Functional words such as preparations, conjunctions, though having little lexical meaning, possess strong _meaning. 20Relative synonyms also called _ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different degrees of a given quality. III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) meaning of prefixes; 2) type of word formations; 3)types of meaning changes and 4) types of idioms. (10%)A B（）21Ultr- A. backformation （）22burgle B. initialism （）23pop C. transfer of sensation （）24clear-sounding D. before （）25VOAE. brim (waters edge the top edge of a cup)（）26fore-F. mistress （）27degradation G. succeed （）28kick the bucket H. clipping （）29extension I. die （）30make itJ. extreme IV. Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) historical stage of English vocabulary; 2) origins of homonyms; 3) types of meanings; 4) sources of synonyms; 5) causes of ambiguity and 6) types of motivations. (10%)31ball, ball （）32a hard businessman （）33friend or foe （）34miniskirt （）35an attractive ball（）36lie distort the fact （）37occupation-walk of life （）38coffee （）39mother (love, care)（）40enrich （）V. Define the following terms. (10%)41loan words42specialized dictionary43conversion 44lexical context45amelioration VI. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below. (12%)46What are bound morphemes? Illustrate your point. 47Why is context ve