词汇练习题整理（无答案版）
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Chapter 2 Basic concepts of words
Exercis
1. A word is _______ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic
function.
A. a minimal free form B. a smallest meaningful unit
C. an element which can not be further analyzed D. a grammatically minimal form
2. The symbolic connection of a word to a particular thing is almost always _______________.
A. logical B. arbitrary C. inherent D. automatic
3. In different languages, the same concepts can be reprented by different sounds, which show __________.
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芋头蒸多久 A. the relationship between sound and meaning can not be established. B. there are different logical relations between sound and meaning C. the relation between sound and meaning is a matter of convention D. the concepts are not really the same 4. Words may fall into ___________.
A. the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by u frequency B. content words and functional words by notion C. native words and borrowed words by origin. D. All of the above
5. Functional words do _______ work of expression in English on average than content words.
A. far more B. less C. equal D. similar
6. It is estimated that English borrowings constitute ______of the modern English
vocabulary.
A. 50 percent B. 50 percent C. 80 percent D. 65 percent 7. The English alphabet was adopted from _______.
A. Anglo-Saxon B. the Romans C. Greek D. Sanscrit
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T or F
1. A dog is called a “dog” becau the sound and the three letters that make up the word automatically suggest the animal in question.
2. A word is a smallest meaningful unit that has a sound unity and a grammatical function.
3. Vocabulary is a term that can only be ud to refer to the total number of words in a language.
4. .What is true of the basic word stock is also true of native words.
5. As the chief function of functional words is to express the relation between notions, the relation between words as well as between ntences, they are known as form words. 填空
1. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called e_________ words.
2. Words taken over from foreign languages are known as l_________ words
3. D_______ is words borrowed early in the past and now are well assimilated into the English language
4. A________ are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling and the words are immediately recognizable as foreign in origin.
5. A_____ refers to the jargon of criminals. Its u is confined to the sub-cultural groups, and outsiders can hardly understand it
Chapter 3 The development of the English Vocabulary
信号差怎么解决
Exercis
1. The Indo-European language family consists of________. A. all the languages in Europe and India
B. all the languages in India and some languages in Europe. C. most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and India.
D. Some of the languages of Europe and all the languages of the Near East
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2. The Eastern t of Indo-European language family includes such languages as _____. A. Polish, Welsh and Hindi B. English, French and Russian C. German, Persian and Irish
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D. Armenian, Albanian and Bulgarian
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3. The Germanic family consists of the four European languages: __________. A. Slovenian, Czech, Romany and Italic B. Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish C. Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Breton D. Portugue, Italian, English and German
4. _________ only made a small contribution to the English vocabulary. A. Latin B. Celtic C. Danish D. Spanish 5. The first peoples known to inhabit what is now England are ________. A. Anglo-Saxons B. French speaking Normans C. Celts D. Jutes 6. The most important mode of vocabulary development in prent-day English is the creation of new words by means of _______.
A. translation-loans B. mantic loans C. word formation D. borrowings 7. Old English has a vocabulary of about _____ words.
A. 30,000 to 40,000 B. 50,000 to 60,000 C. 70,000 to 80,000 D. 80,000 to 90,000 8. Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable becau they _____. A. are complex words. B. are technical words
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发菜汤士明 C. refer to the commonest things in life. D. denote the most important concepts. 9. Early Modem English refers to the language spoken___. A. from 1066 to 1500 B. from 1150 to 1500 C. from 1500 to 1700 D. from 1600 to 1800
