1、英語詞匯學試題 課程代碼：008322002年4月1.According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into( ) A. perfect homonyms B. homonyms (書：homograph) C. homophones D. all the aboveKey: D, p 10049.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinate and subordinates.a. The man said he w

2、ould come to our school next week.b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.Key: p 117 Superordinate Subordinate 1) man scholar 2) come visit 3) school university 4) week Monday2003年4月4.The way to define an antonym is based on . ()AcontradictionBcontrarinessCoppositeness

3、DrelativenessKey: C p1115.The fact that the whole vocabulary can be divided up into fields can be exemplified by .()ARogets ThesaurusBConcise Oxford DictionaryCNew Websters DictionaryDCo-build DictionaryKey: A p12043.synonymKey: p10450.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of subordin

4、ates and superordinates.a. The girl got a book in the university.b. The girl borrowed a dictionary from the department.Key: P117-1182004年4月10. The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether _. A. they come from the same sourceB. they are correlated with one central meaningC.

5、they are listed under one headword in a dictionaryD. all the above Key: D p10250. Make a tree diagram to arrange the following words in order of hyponymy. apple, cabbage, food, vegetable, mutton, fruit, peach, meat, beef, orange, spinach, pork, celery Key: p132/2142005年4月1. There are two approaches

6、to the study of polysemy. They are（）A. primary and secondaryB. central and peripheralC. diachronic and synchronicD. formal and functionalKey: C p963. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（）A. absolute and relativeB. absolute and completeC. relative and nearD. complete and identi

7、calKey: A p10411. Sources of homonyms include（）A. changes in sound and spellingB. borrowingC. shorteningD. all of the aboveKey: D p10119. Radiation and _ are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.Key: concatenation p9848. What is polysemy? Illustrat

8、e your points.Key: p952006年4月2. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _.（）A. extension, increase and expansionB. denotation, connotation and applicationC. comprehension, understanding and knowingD. polysemy, homograph and homophoneKey: B p10747. What are the three areas

9、to account for the difference between synonyms? Illustrate your points.Key: p 10711. Motivation accounts for the connection between the word-form and _.（）A. its referent B. its referring expressionsC. its meaning D. its conceptKey: C p8344. conceptual meaningKey: p8750. Collocation can affect the me

10、aning of words.Comment on the statement with your own example.Key: p912006年7月Key: negative p115-116Key: diachronic & synchronic p962007年4月10As far as denotation is concerned, relative synonyms may differ _. （）Ain the diachronic approach Bin the stylistic and emotive colouring of words Cin usage

11、in simple terms Din the range and intensity of meaning Key: D p10720Relative synonyms also called _ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different degrees of a given quality. Key: near-synonym p10550Use examples to illustrate the similarity and difference between absolute synony

12、ms and relative synonyms. Key: P1052007年7月8One of the interesting features about a language is that there are a great many more _ than _ in it. （）Ahyponyms homonymsBhomonyms hyponyms Csynonyms antonymsDantonyms synonyms Key: C p11419. Antonyms are classified on the basis of _.Key: oppositeness p1114

13、9. Analyze and comment on the differences of synonyms in three ways. Key: denotation, connotation application p1072008年4月8. What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? （ ）A. Suffixation. B. Polysemy.C. Allomorph. D. Variation.Key: B p10319. Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pans

14、y, black, purple, etc, make up the _field of colours.Key: semantic p12020. Some words can have two different types of antonyms at the same time, one being _ and the other oppositeKey: negative p115-11644. concatenationKey: p852008年7月16. A common feature peculiar to all natural languages is _. ( ) A.

15、 homonymy B. hyponymy C. monosemy D. polysemyKey: D p10318. All the following words can be used as an antonym to the word “clear” EXCEPT _. ( ) A. dirty B. fussy C. guilty D. ambiguousKey: B p11346. Relative synonyms or _ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different shades of

16、meaning or different degrees of a given quality.Key: near-synonyms p10534. homophoneKey: p10061. Analyze and comment on the following two pairs of sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates:aTrees surround the water near our summer place.bOld elms surround the lake near our summer cabin.a

17、I met a writer who is the relation of a politician.bI met a newspaper reporter who is the brother of Senator Buckley.Key: p117-1192009年4月16Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of _.（）Aword formationBword meaningCmeaning changeDsense relations Key: B p1191

18、7When a word is first coined, it is always _.（）AsemanticBonomatopoeicCmonosemicDpolysemicKey: C p9518The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas the first is archaic, EXCEPT _.（）Aire/angerBrich/wealthyCforlorn/distressedDbliss/happinessKey: B p10946Per

19、fect homonyms and polysemants are fully _ with regard to spelling and pronunciation.Key: identical p10252homonymKey: p10058Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of antonyms. State your reason with one example.Contrary terms are no

20、n-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.Key: p15560Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.“Youre not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.Key: p1032009年7月

21、16. The word _ is an illustrative example of concatenation. （ ）A. neck B. boardC. candidate D. harvestKey: C p9917. Based on the degree of _, homonyms fall into three classes: perfect homonyms, homographs and homophones. （ ）A. intensity B. propertyC. similarity D. varietyKey: C p10018. Complete syno

22、nyms are identical both in grammatical meaning and lexical meaning, including _ and associative meanings. （ ）A. conceptual B. perceptualC. eventual D. actualKey: A p10546. In dictionaries, a _ has its meanings all listed under one headword whereas homonyms are listed as separate entries.Key: polysem

23、ant p10254. synchronic approachKey: p9761. Analyze and comment on the fundamental difference between the processes of radiation and concatenation with the words neck and treacle.Key: p982010年4月16. Words are arbitrary symbols with independent identities so far as their spelling and pronunciation is c

24、oncerned. But _, all words are related in one way or another.( ) A. linguistically B. semantically C. grammatically D. pragmaticallyKey: B p9517, _, the basic meaning of a word is the core of word-meaning called the central meaning. （ ） A. Onomatopoeically B. Diachronically C. Synchronically D. Etym

25、ologicallyKey: C p9718. One important criterion to tell the fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is to see their_. （ ） A. ideology B. etymology C. mythology D. methodologyKey: D p10260. Analyze and comment, with a diagram, on the italicized words increase, extend and expand in the

26、 following three sentences based on the concept of discrimination of synonyms.a The company has decided to increase its sales by ten per cent next year.b The owner of the restaurant is going to extend the kitchen by ten feet this year.c The metal will expand if heated.Key: p1082010年7月16. In modern E

27、nglish, an overwhelming majority of words are _.（ ）A. original B. initialC. polysemous D. periodicalKey: C p9517. _, the derived meanings, no matter how many, are secondary in comparison. （ ）A. Synchronically B. DiachronicallyC. Etymologically D. OnomatopoeticallyKey: A p9718. Want, wish, like and d

28、esire are synonyms, but as far as intensity is concerned, _ is the strongest of all. （ ）A. wish B. likeC. want D. desireKey: D p10946. Hyponymy can be described in terms of _ graphs, with higher-order superordinates above the lower subordinates.Key: tree-like 60. Analyze the following dialogue and c

29、omment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font. Customer: "How come your sausages taste like meat at one end, but like bread at the other? " Butcher replied: "Madam, in times like these no butchegr can make both ends meet. "Key: p1252011年4月10. 30% to 40% of the total nu

30、mber of new words in English vocabulary are produced through _ .( )A. affixation B. clippingC. compounding D. shorteningKey: A11. The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called _. ( )A. prefixation B. suffixationC. acronymy D. conversionKey: D12. The method of

31、 creating words by removing the supposed suffixes is called _. ( ) A. back-formation B. clipping C. blending D. suffixationKey: A34. The process of changing the word "possible" into "impossible" is called _.Key: prefixation47. Both initialisms and acronyms are formed to a certain

32、 extent from initial letters. Is there any difference between them? Illustrate your point with examples.Key: p6650. Comment on the following groups to illustrate the difference between partial and full conversion.Group 1: "white a white, final finals"Group 2: "rich the rich, wounded t

33、he wounded"Key: p582011年7月1. There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are（）A. primary and secondaryB. central and peripheralC. diachronic and synchronicD. formal and functional2. Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（）A. ColloquialB. SlangC. NegativeD. Lite

34、rary3. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（）A. absolute and relativeB. absolute and completeC. relative and nearD. complete and identical4. In the early period of Middle English, English,（）existed side by side.A. Celtic and DanishB. Danish and FrenchC. Latin and CelticD. Frenc

35、h and Latin5. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （）morpheme.A. formalB. concreteC. freeD. bound6. Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?（）A. croak, drumB. squeak, bleatC. buzz, neighD. bang, trumpet7. LDCE is distinctive for its（）A. clear gram

36、mar codesB. usage notesC. language notesD. all of the above8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（）A. GermanB. FrenchC. ScottishD. Irish9. Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（）A. TOEFLB.ODYSSEYC. BASICD. CCTV10. In the course book, the author lists（）types of c

37、ontext clues for inferring word meaning.A. eightB. sixC. sevenD. five11. Sources of homonyms include（）A. changes in sound and spellingB. borrowingC. shorteningD. all of the above12. The written form of English is a(an)（）representation of the spoken form.A. selectiveB. adequateC. imperfectD. natural1

38、3. Structurally a（）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morphemeB. stemC. wordD. compound14. Unlike affixes,（）are often free morphemes.A. suffixesB. prefixesC. inflectional morphemesD. roots15. The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French, La

39、tin,（）A. Scandinavian and ItalianB. Greek and ScandinavianC. Celtic and GreekD. Italian and Spanish. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%)16. The name given to the widening of meaning which some words undergo is_.17. Longman Lexicon of

40、 Contemporary English is a_ dictionary.18. When a new word appears for the first time, the author usually manages to give hints or _ in the context to help the readers. 19. Radiation and _ are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.20. Middle English

41、 refers to the language spoken from 1150 to_. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) word origin, 2) word formation, and 3) types of synonyms or antonyms. (10%)AB( ) 21. skill A. back-formation( ) 22. babysitB. blending( ) 23. telequizC. French origin( ) 24. composition/compounding D. Scandinavian origin( ) 25. government E. clipping( ) 26. same/ different F. relative synonyms( ) 27. gent G. Germanic( ) 28. English H. absolute synonyms( ) 29. change/ alter I. Contradictory terms( ) 30. big/ small J. contrary terms. Study the followi