I． Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement
1. Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of _________construct.
A. sound      B. form    C. morpheme  D. root
2.  Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_________ words. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals.
    A. functional  B. notional        C. empty          D. formal
3. The prefixes in the words of irresistible, nonclassical and apolitical are called _______.
A. reversative prefixes B. negative prefixes C. pejorative prefixes  D. locative prefixes
4. Utopia ,odyssey and Babbit are words from ________.
A.names of books  B. names of places  C. names of people  D. tradenames
5. The prefixes in words new-Nazi, autobiography and pan-European are ________.
A.negative prefixes  B. prefixes of degree or size
C. prefixes of time and order  D. miscellaneous prefixes
6. The suffixes in words clockwise, homewards are ______.
A. noun suffixes  B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes  D. adjective suffixes
7. The suffixes in words heighten, symbolize are ________.
  A. noun suffixes  B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes  D. adjective suffixes
8. A word is the combination of form and ________.
A. spelling    B. writing    C. meaning      D. denoting
9. Polysemy is  a common feature peculiar to ______.
A. English only  B. Chinese only   C. all natural languages  D. some natural languages
10. From the ______ point of view, polysemy is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word .
A. linguistic  B. diachronic  C. synchronic    D. traditional
11. _______ is a semantic process in which the primary meaning stands at the center and the secondary meanings proceed out of it in every direction like rayes.
A Radiation    B. Concatenation    C. Derivation    D. Inflection
12.  One important criterion to differentiate homonyms from polysemants is to see their ______.
A.  spelling          B. pronunciation      C. etymology    D.  usage
13.  The sense relation between the two words tulip and flower is _______.
A. hyponymy  B. synonymy        C. polysemy    D. antonymy
14. Composition and compounding in lexicology are words of _______.
A. absolute synonyms  B. relative synonyms  C. relative antonyms  D. contrary antonyms
15. As homonyms are identical in sound or spelling, particularly ______, they are often employed in a conversation to create puns for desired effect of humor, sarcasm or ridicule.
A. homographs   B. homophones  C. absolute homonyms  D. antonyms
16 Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_________ words. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals.
    A. functional  B. notional        C. empty          D. formal
17. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called _______words. Prepositions, conjunctions,  auxiliaries and articles belong to this category.
A. content    B. notional  C.    empty        D. new
18. The five Roamance languages , namely, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian all belong to the Italic through an intermediate language called _______.
A. Sanskrit    B. Latin      C. Celtic            D. Anglo-Saxon
19. The prefixed contained in unwrap,  de-compose and disallow are _________.
A. reversative prefixed  B. negative prefixes C. pejorative prefixes  D. locative prefixes
20.  ________ are contained in words trans-world, intra-party and forehead.
A. Prefixes of orientation and attitude B. Prefixes of time and order 
C. Locative prefixes              D. Prefixes of degree or size
21． The suffixes in words heighten, symbolize are ________.
  A. noun suffixes  B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes  D. adjective suffixes
22. A word is the combination of form and ________.
absolute relative
A. spelling    B. writing    C. meaning      D. denoting
23. Functional words possess strong _____ whereas content words have both meanings, and lexical meaning in particular.
        A. arbitrary meaning  B. conceptual meaning 
C. associative meaning    D. grammatical meaning 
24. From the ______ point of view, polysemy is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word .

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