C7 Test-1
I .Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choo the one that would best complete the statement.
1. In Hamlet, "rival" in "The rivals of my watch, hid them make haste." Means .
A. opinion B. partner
C. animal D. judgement
2. Which of the following words does not undergo the process of extension of meaning?
A. meat B. manuscript
C. picture D. journal
3. Which is an instance of words commonized from proper nouns?
A. feedback B. glass
bearded
C. lynch D. silver
4. The associated transfer of meaning and euphemistic u of words, etc. are often due to factor.
A. scientific B. internal
C. historical D. psychological
5. Word-meaning changes by modes of .
A. extension and narrowing
B. degradation and elevation
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C. transfer
D. all the above
6. "a boor" was merely "a peasant" and now means "a rude, ill-mannered person ", which
belongs to of word-meaning.
A. extension B. narrowing
C. elevation D. degradation
7. The original meaning of "shrewd" is "evil" or "wickedness" while modem meaning is "clever". This is of word-meaning.
A. extension B. elevationlevis
C. degradation D. transfer
8. The meanings of "lip" and "tongue" in "the lip of a wound" and "the tongue of a bell" have experienced .
A. extension B. elevation
C. associated transfer D. degradation
9. is not the narrowing of word-meaning.
A. Some phras are shortened and only one element of the original is left to retain the meaning of the whole
B. Material nouns are ud to refer to objects made of them
小学四年级教学计划C. A word of abstract meaning is ud as a concrete meaning
D. A common word is turned into a specific word
10. "silly" meant "happy" in old English, but now it means "foolish". This code of word-meaning change is .
A. elevation B. narrowing
汉语翻译成英语C. transfer D. degradation
11. "paper" in "a white paper" means .
A. newspaper
B. a t of questions ud as an exam
C. government documentstevejobs
D. essay written at the end of the term
12. "do" in "do a muum" means “ ”.
A. arrange B. study
C. clean D. visit
13. have experienced the extension of meanings.
A. Proper nouns in the past
B. Polymic words of modem English
C. Technical terms in the past
D. All the above不知道的英文
14. The original meaning of "nice" is "ignorant" or "foolish" and its modem meaning is "delightful" .This is of word meaning.
A. transfer B. degradation
C. elevation D. extension
15. During American Civil War, the word "copperhead", a venomous snake in the South of America, was endowed with the new meaning the northerners who were cretly aiding and abetting the south becau of .
A. historical reason B. class reason
C. religious reason D. psychological reason
16. Linguistic factors of word meaning change exclude .
A. internal factors within the language system
B. the influx of borrowing
C. analogy
D. grammar
17. In radiation, the condary meaning of a word is derived from the primary meaning of a word by .
A. extension B. specialization
C. transfer D. all the above
18. Of the modes 'of word-meaning changes, are the most common.
A. degradation and transfer
B. extension and narrowing
twistysC. elevation and transfer
D. narrowing and degradation
19. A legal term “alibi” signifying “plea that the accud is not at the place when the crime is committed” now means “excu.” This change of word-meaning is called
A. extension B. narrowing
C. degradation D. transfer
20. “minister” originally meant “rvant”. This process of meaning shift is called
A. extension B. narrowing
C. elevation D. transfer
21. “hope” has transferred from to .
A. concrete, abstract
B. abstract, concrete
C. appreciative, pejorative
borgiaD. pejorative, appreciative
22. is the most unstable element of a language.
A. Pronunciation B. Meaning
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C. Vocabulary D. Grammar
23. Some meanings remain much the same for a time, but often, a/an form or group of forms are presd into new rvice when a new linguistic need is felt.
