词汇学练习题
1. Inflectional affixes are tho affixes that are attached to the end of words to indicate .
A. lexical relationships
B. grammatical relationships
C. functional relationships
D. syntax structure
答案：B解析：（P41）词缀按照其功能可以分成两类：屈折词缀和派生词缀。屈折词缀是加在词的结尾表示语法关系的词缀，而派生词缀是和其他词素连接，生成新词的词缀。
2. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound.
B. A grapheme is the smallest unit of writing.
C. A meme is the smallest unit of meaning.2017高考英语答案
D. A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word. 答案：D解析：（P38）词素是最小的、有意义的语言单位。换句话说，词素是“在词语的构成中最小的、起作用的语言单位”。
3. Which of the following is a ca of suffixation? A. Hemisphere .B. Attempt .C. NATO. D. Respondent.
答案：D 解析：（P48～49）后缀法（suffixation）指的是通过给词干（stems）加后缀而形成新词的方法。题目中的“respondent”意为“应答者；被告”，是由respond通过增添后缀形成的。“hemisphere”是通过前缀法（prefixation）形成的；“NATO”是首字母拼音词（acronym）；“attempt”是通过转类法形成的。
4. The characteristic of native words is . A. neutral in style B. formal in style C. informal in style D. slangy in style
答案：A 解析：（P17）和外来语词不同的是，本族语词具有“文体中性”和“使用频繁”的特点。
5. __explains the connection between the literal n and figurative n of the word.
A. Etymological motivation
B. Semantic motivation
C. Morphological motivation
D. Onomatopoeic motivation
答案：B解析：（P85）语义理据指的是由词的概念意义激发出的对词的相关联想，它可以解释词的字面意义和比喻意义的联系。
6. The differences between synonyms boil down to the three areas: .
绯闻女孩第一季百度影音A. denotation,connotation and intensity
B. connotation,intensity and application
C. denotation,connotation and application
D. connotation,implication and application
答案：C解析：（P107～110）同义词之间的差异主要表现在以下几个方面：外延（denotation），内涵（connotation），以及各自的应用（application）。
7. Antonyms are often ud in proverbs to __
A. form antithesis to achieve emphasis
B. express ideas easily
C. form metaphors
D. express ideas economically
答案：A 解析：（P116）反义词（antonyms）常常被放置在一起形成对偶（antithesis）,以此起到强调的作用。许多格言、谚语都有此特征，例如：more haste,less speed（欲速则不达）。
8. The ntence "He is a big wheel." means .A. he has a big circle B. his legs are long C. his car has big wheels D. he is a very important person 答案D解析：（P174～175）题目中的“big wheel”是个习语，意思是“重要的人物”，多用于口语。
9. According to the textbook,the best-known unabridged dictionary is .
A. The Word Book Dictionary
B. The Encyclopedia Americana
C. Websters New World Dictionary
D. Websters Third New International Dictionary答案：D解析：(P186) 最具知名度的一本完整版大词典是《韦伯斯特新世界词典》（第三版），它拥有词条450,000个运动会广播稿
10. Which of the following can be said about a British dictionary?
A. It is always better than an American dictionary.
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B. One can always expect to find American usages in it.
C. One can never expect to find American usages in it.
D. It tends to include more
grammatical information.
答案：D （P190）与英国的词典相比，美国的词典包含更多百科全书的知识。英国词典，尤其是学生词典，所含语法信息较多。
11. The introduction of _____ had a great impact on the English vocabulary.
A. Hinduism
B. Christianity
C. Buddhism
D. Islam
rumored答案：B 解析：（P25）基督教（Christianity）的引入对英语的词汇影响很大，带来了诸
如abbot （修道院院长），candle（蜡烛），altar（圣坛）等词汇。
12. ____is the result of human cognition,reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
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A. Reference
B. Concept
C. Sen
D. Context 答案：B 解析：（P82）概念(concept)超越了语言本身，它是人们认知行为的结果，是客观世界在人脑中的反映。
在线词霸13. It is noticeable that ___ overlaps with stylistic and affective meanings becau in a n both stylistic and affective meanings are revealed by means of collocations. A. conceptual meaning B. grammatical meaning C. lexical meaning D. collocative meaning
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义（affective meaning）产生了重合，因为后二者的意义在某种程度上也是靠其搭配词语来体现的。
14. From a synchronic point of view,the word "wife"experienced the mantic change of .
A. extension
B. narrowing
C. elevation
D. degradation
答案：B ：（P137）从共时性（synchronic）角度来看，wife一词经历了意义的缩小；其原义为“妇女”，缩小后的意义为“妻子”。
15. Both LDCE and CCELD are__ A. general dictionaries B. monolingual dictionaries C. both A and B D. neither A nor B
答案：B解析：（P185)《朗文当代英文词典》（LDCE）和《科林斯英语词典》（CCELD)在英国出版，两者都是单语词典。
16. Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of __ .A. humour B. sarcasm C. ridicule D. all the above
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答案：D解析：（P102）同音异形异义词（homophones）根据其自身发音的特点，可以用来制造一些特定的文学效果，表达特殊的感情色彩，例如幽默、讽刺和嘲笑等。
17. The prehistoric Indo-European language is thought to be a highly language.
