英語詞匯學(xué)復(fù)習(xí)題(四)I.Someofthefollowingstatementsaretrue,andtheothersfalse.MarkyouranswerbywritingTorFonyouranswersheet.(10%)1.

ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagebeginswiththeconquestandsettlementofwhatisnowEnglandbytheAngles,SaxonsandtheJutesfromabout450AD.2.

Theallomorphsofamorphemeshowaslightdifferenceinsoundandmeaning.3.

Thethreemajorprocessesofword-formationarecompounding,blendingandconversion.4.

Acronymsdifferfrominitialismsinthattheyarepronouncedaswords.5.

Thedenotativemeaningofawordisitsdefinitiongiveninadictionary.6.

Polysemyistheexceptionandmonosemyistherule.7.

Homonymsarewordsdifferentinmeaningbutidenticalinspellingorsound.8.

Whenawordhasseveralmeanings,itwilldemandaseparateantonymineachsense.9.

Whenwesaycontextdeterminesthewordsense,wemeanthatitgivesasensetotheword.10.

Idiomsareusuallysemanticallyopaque.II.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbywritingA,B,C,orDonyouranswersheet.(20%)11.

TheEnglishlanguagehasvastdebts.ThemajorityofEnglishwordsareborrowedfrom_________.(A)Italian,SpanishandPortuguese(B)Anglo-SaxonandCeltic(C)Latin,FrenchandGreek (D)Hebrew,IndianandJapanese12.

“tain”in“contain”is_________.(A)afreeroot (B)aboundroot(C)aninflectionalaffix (D)aderivationalaffix13.

____________isnotacompound.(A)Airmail (B)Headache(C)Housekeeping (D)Telephone 14.

Amongthewordsinbrackets,__________isanounconvertedfromaverb.(A)Itisagood(buy). (B)Tomwent(home)early.(C)Theworkers(canned)apples. (D)Thebookisa(must)forstudents.15.

“TOEFL”isanexampleof___________.(A)initialism (B)blending(C)acronym (D)clipping16.

Thegroupofwords_______arenotsynonyms.(A)“agony,pain,twinge” (B)“holy,sacred,consecrated”(C)“rage,fury,indignation” (D)“doubt,suspect,distrust”17.

“Lend”and“borrow”formapairof___________.(A)conversives (B)complementaryantonyms(C)gradableantonyms (D)markedantonyms18.

Theword“silly”usedtomean“blessedandhappy”;nowitmeans“foolish”.Thisisanexampleof_____ofmeaning.(A)extension (B)degeneration(C)restriction (D)elevation19.

Thegroupofwords_______donotmakeupasemanticfield.(A)“train,plate,taxi” (B)“spinach,celery,cabbage”(C)“walk,trudge,saunter” (D)“rose,olive,purple”20.ThegreatlexicographerSamuelJohnsoncompiled__________in1755.(A)

“TheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage”(B)

“ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage”(C)

“LongmanModernEnglishDictionary”(D)“OxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionary”III.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingwordsisaA)simpleword,B)compoundword,C)derivedwordorD)shortenedform.Markyouranswersontheanswersheet.(10%)21.fax 26.exam22.recycle 27.culture23.dropout 28.fridge24.morning 29.setback25.lighter 30.scienceIV.Explainthefollowingtermswithappropriateexamples.Doitontheanswersheet.(10%)31.synonymy32.prefixationV.Giveashortanswertothefollowingquestions.Doitontheanswersheet.(30%)33.Whatisthedifferencebetweenaninflectionalaffixandaderivationalaffix?Illustrateyourpointswithexamples.34.Explainclippingandblendingandthedifferencebetweenthem.VI.Givealongeranswer(150-200words)tothefollowingquestion.Doitontheanswersheet.(20%)35.WhatarethecharacteristicsoftheAmericanEnglishandhowisitdifferentfromBritishEnglish?英語詞匯學(xué)參考答案(四)I.Someofthefollowingstatementsaretrue,andtheothersfalse.MarkyouanswerbycirclingTorFonyouranswersheet.(10%，每題１分)1T2F3F4T5T6F7F8T9F10TⅡ.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbycirclingA,B,C,orDonyouranswersheet.(20%)11C12B13D14A15C16D17A18B19A20BIII.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingwordsisaA)simpleword,B)compoundword,C)derivedwordorD)shortenedform.Markyouranswerontheanswersheet.(10%)21D22C23B24A25C26D27A28D29B30AIV.Explainthefollowingtermswithappropriateexamples.Doitontheanswersheet.(10%)31.Synonymyisthesemanticrelationofsimilarity.Forexample,thepairofwords“beautiful”and“pretty”.32.Prefixationistheadditionofaprefixtothebase.Prefixesmodifythemeaningofthebase,buttheydonotgenerallychangeitsword-class.“re-“in“rewrite”isatypicalexample.V.Giveashortanswertothefollowingquestions.Doitontheanswersheet.(30%)33.Whatisthedifferencebetweenaninflectionalaffixandaderivationalaffix?Illustrateyourpointswithexamples.Aninflectionalaffixservestoexpresssuchgrammaticalmeaningsasplurality,tense,andthecomparativedegree.Itdoesnotformanewwordwhenitisaddedtoanotherword,nordoesitchangetheword-class.Thepasttense–edortheirvariantsareanexample.Thenumberofinflectionalaffixesissmallandfixed.However,whenaderivationalaffixisaddedtoanothermorpheme,itderivesanewword.Afewexamplesaresuper+market,mini+carandde+value.Manyderivationalaffixeshavespeciallexicalmeaningsandtheirnumberismuchlargerthanthatofinflectionalaffixes.34.Explainclippingandblendingandthedifferencebetweenthem.Clippingmeansthedeletionofoneormoresyllablesfromaword(usuallyanoun),whichisalsoavailableinitsfullform.Examplesareplanefromairplane,phonefromtelephoneandtaxifromtaxicab.Whileblendingmeansanewwordisformedbycombiningthemeaningsandthesoundsoftwowords,oneofwhichisnotinfullformorbothofwhicharenotinfullforms:forexample,brunch(breakfast+lunch).VI.Givealongeranswer(150-200words)tothefollowingquestion.Doitontheanswersheet.(20%)35.WhatarethecharacteristicsoftheAmericanEnglishandhowisitdifferentfromBritishEnglish?ThecharacteristicsofAmerica