[考研类试卷]英语专业语言学（综合）模拟试卷8.doc
[考研类试卷]英语专业语言学（综合）模拟试卷8
冬至的谚语一、简答题
1 Each of the following columns illustrates a different morphological process. Column I Column II Column III
mou/mice go/went 'record/re'cord
ride/rode is/was 'import/im'port
take/ took good/better 'convict/con'vict
man/men she/her 'imprint/im 'print
eat/ate am/are 'dispute/dis'pute
What morphological process is at work in each column?
Describe in your own words the difference between the process exemplified in Column I and that in Column II.
(3)Think of at least one more English example to add to each column.
2 Each of the following words can be either a noun or a verb. record outline report journey convict outrage exchange imprint answer remark contest import surpri retreat cripple
For each word, determine whether stress placement can be ud to make the distinction between the noun and the verb.
Think of two more English examples illustrating the process of stress shift to mark a category distinction.
3 In English, the suffix -er can be added to a place name. Examine the words in the two columns below.
Column A Column B
Londoner Glasgower
New Yorker Denverer
Berliner Sydneyer
Dubkiner Australiaer
Newfoundlander Victoriaer
Winnipeger Calcuttaer
New Zealander Bristoler
In general terms, what does the suffix -er mean in the words?
How is this -er different in meaning from the -er found in the words skater and walker?
(3)State the constraint on the distribution of -er illustrated above in your own words. Does this constraint also apply to the type of -er ud in the word skater?(Hint: What would you
call "one who discovers" or "one who ploughs"?)
4 Determine whether the words in each of the following groups are related to one another by process of inflection or derivation.
go, goes, going, gone
discover, discovery, discoverer, discoverable, discoverability
(3)lovely, lovelier, loveliest
inventor, inventor's, inventors, inventors'
democracy, democrat, democratic, democratize
5 Do you think that morphology and syntax should be treated as parate are as of study? Give reasons to support your views.
5 Place an asterisk next to any of the ntences that sound ungrammatical to you. Explain what makes the ntences ungrammatical.
6 The tutor told the students to study.
7 The tutor suggested the students to study.
文具盒
8 The customer asked for a cold beer.
9 The customer requested for a cold beer.
10 He gave the Red Cross some money.
11 He donated the Red Cross some money.
朴实近义词
12 The pilot landed the jet.尴尬英文
13 The jet landed.
引人注目的解释14 A journalist wrote the article.
15 The article wrote very well.
16 Julie is bored of her job.
17 Julie is tired of her job.
捕鱼高手
18 Mylf bit John.
掌声课文
19 I was surprid for you to get married.
20 Has the nur slept the baby yet?
21 Explain why the following ntence is ungrammatical. Which personal pronoun in English would have the same form whether it occupied the position of "us" or "she" below?
* Us visit she on Sundays.
22 5.List as many examples of the constituents as you can identify in
ntences(a)and(b)
below: NP, PP, VP.
List as many examples of the lexical categories as you can identify in
腿脚麻木
ntences(a)and(b): N, prep, V.
a. A Guns "N" Ros concert at an arena near ST. Louis ended in disaster after some 2500 fans staged a full-fledged riot.
b. The trouble started when Axl Ro asked venue curity to confiscate a camera he saw near the front of the stage.
23 What prescriptive rules for the "proper" u of English are not obeyed in the following ntences?
That's the girl I gave my roller skates to.
He wanted to simply borrow your car for an hour.
24 In the following ntence, the phra "in the car" could be ud(i)to show where the biting took place or(ii)to specify that it was the man in the car that was bitten. How would t
he tree diagrams for(i)and(ii)differ?
The dog bit the man in the car.
