全国高等教育自学考试
英语词汇学试题
课程代码： 00832
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% ）
1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______. （ ）
A．meaning B．Sound
C．combination of sounds D．Group
2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years. （ ）
A．more slowly than B．As quickly as
C．more rapidly than D．Not so quickly as
3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. （ ）
A．use frequency B．notion
C．origin D．sound
4 ． Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following
archaicEXCEPT______. （ ）
A．green revolution B．fast food
C．moon walk D．space shuttle
5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
（ ）
A．form B．meaning
C．look D．pronunciation
6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in
American English “fall ”means ______ in British English. （ ）
A．four B．fell
C．for D．autumn
7．The plural morpheme “-s”is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.
（ ）
A．/t/ B．/g/
C．/p/ D．/k/
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8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection. （ ）
A．one B．two
C．three D．four
9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______. （ ）
A．works B．prewar
C．postwar D．bloody
10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.
（ ）
A．compounding B．affixation
C．conversion D．shortening
11．The word “motel”is created by ______.（ ）
A．compounding B．clipping
C．blending D．suffixation
12．“BBC ”is formed in the way of ______. （ ）
A．acronymy B．clipping
C．back-formation D．prefixation
13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______. （ ）
A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaning
C．associative meaning D．literal meaning
14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin. （ ）
A．onomatopoeic B．morphological
C．semantic D．etymological
15．______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
（ ）
A．Reference B．Concept
C．Sense D．Motivation
16．Semantic field, according to the course book, is also considered an integral part of ______.
（ ）
A．word formation B．word meaning
C．meaning change D．Sense relations
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17．When a word is first coined, it is always ______. （ ）
A．semantic B．onomatopoeic
C．monosemic D．polysemic
18．The following are all synonymous pairs, but in each the second is standard in usage whereas
the first is archaic, EXCEPT ______. （ ）
A．ire/anger B．rich/wealthy
C．forlorn/distressed D．bliss/happiness
19．Shakespeare is difficult to understand than contemporary writings because many of his words
were used in different ______ from what they have now in dictionaries. （ ）
A．senses B．Forms
C．dialects D．Terms
20．The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally denoted mere
“painting ”, but now has come to include “drawings”and even p“hotographs”（ ）
A．extension B．elevation
C．narrowing D．degradation
21．In the sentence “The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.”, the word

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