词汇学期末试卷（B卷）
适用对象：2003级英语专业
1. choo the best answer to complete each statement.(15%)
1.Content words are ——
A. nouns, verbs, adjectives
B. nouns, adverbs, prepositions
C. conjunctions, prepositions, articles
D. verbs, pronouns, conjunctions
2 .Functional words are ——
A. adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions B .adjectives, nouns, articles
酱油鸡的做法C. articles, prepositions, conjunctions
D. verbs, pronouns, prepositions
3.——is not a characteristic of basic word stock.
A .Collocability B. Stability C .productivity D.Colloquialism
4. Conversion is a method ——
A .of turning words of one part of speech to tho of a different part of speech
B .of converting words of one meaning into different meaning
C .of deriving words through grammatical means
D .of changing words in morphological structure
5. Words involved in conversion are mainly ———
A .nouns , verbs ,adverbs B. nouns, adjectives, verbs
C .nouns, prepositions, verbs
D .adjectives, adverbs, verbs
6. Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of——
A .prefixation
B .suffixation C. acronymy D.conversion
7. Stylistically, back-formed words are largely——and some of them have not gained pubic acceptance.
A .formal B. informal C .adjective D .adverbs
8. Borrowing has always been an important channel of enriching English vocabulary. It is estimated that about —— of modern English vocabulary has come from French.
A .Eighty-five percent
B .fifty-six percent
C. Twenty-five percent D .venty-five percent
9.Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels:——, mantic change and ——.
A. exchange/ conversion
B. creation /borrowing
D. suffixation/ creation
10.The idiom, “A friend is need is a friend indeed”, analyzed from the rhetorical feature of idioms, is ——.
A .Alliteration
为什么单身B .Duplication of synonyms
C .Metaphor
D .Rhyme
11. The idiom,“ Time flies like a blink of eye”, analyzed from the rhetorical feature of
idioms, is——.
A. rhyme B .repetition C .Simile D. Duplication of synonyms
12. English words can be motivated——
A. phonologically B .morphologically C. etymologically D. All above.
13. Modern English is a(n)——language.
A .synthetic
B .analytic C. foreign D. historical盖伦皮肤
14.Bad on the degree of similarity, homonyms fall into _________.
A.Perfect homonyms B .Homographs C. Homophones D .All above
15.Synonyms can be defined as words different in sound and spelling but most alike in meaning. The sources of synonyms are _____.
A.Borrowing and Dialects and regional English
B.Figurative and euphemistic u of words
C.Coincidence with idiomatic expressions
D.All above
2. Tell whether the following statements are true or fal and write T(true) or F(fal)in the brackets.(10% )
1. A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function.( )
2. The relationship between sound and meaning is not arbitrary .( )
3. The characteristics of the basic word stock include stability, productivity, polymy, denizen, alien and collocability. ( )
4. Generally speaking, native words have a lower frequency of u than loan words. ( )
5. Prefixes don’t generally change part of speech whereas suffixes do. ( )
6. Borrowing is not a very important source of synonyms. ( )
7. The characteristics of idioms include mantic unity and structural stability, vividness. ( )
8. Elevation of meaning refers to the process by which words ri form humble, beginnings to positions of importance. ( )
9. Narrowing of meaning is a process by which a word, which originally had a
specialized, meaning has now, become generalized or has extended to cover a broader and often less definite concept. ( )
10. The word “result” always has a negative implication. “Conquence”, however, is affectively neutral. ( )
3. Match the terms in Column A with the words in Column
B.(10%)
A B
1. extension of meaning a. girl, liquor
2. narrowing of meaning b. companion, manuscript
3. elevation of meaning c. silly, lust
4. degradation of meaning d minister, angel兰花诗句经典名句
4. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the brackets. (15%)
1.The head of a large company has many_________.(responsible)
2.The slightest in handling the current financial crisis can result in a
huge damage on the country’s stock market. (careless)
3.In order to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, the government
has recently adopted a measure to rai income tax on tho———
international business people.(wealth)
4.It is such a complicated problem that I can’t understand it at
all.(philosophy)
5.The going artist Write to the Art school of Harvard. University for______
to the MA program.(admit)
6.As the society develops, there will be (marriage) between
people of different cultures and nationalities.关注拼音
7 We found that the plan Mr. Smith came up with was quite .(practice)
8. He’ll get if you keep disturbing him.(annoy)
9. The new machine doctors to detest cancer early.(able)
10. Some people regard mountain climbing as a risk of one’s life, but for all the , it’s a challenge to one’s courage and ability.( mountain)
11. We must be aware that peace with war.(exist)
12. Cars are furnished with glass to enable them to stand the rainy weather.(compound word with “proof”)
13. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima during World War Ⅱ.(atom)
14. The water is waist-deep. It’s for a small kid, to get too near its edge alone.(danger)
15. Before 1943, china, who people are peace-loving, was involved in_______War.(Japane)
5. Analyze the following words and find how they are formed, and put your answers in the brackets. The means of word-formation include(1)compounding,(2)suffixation,(3)prefixation,(4)acronymy,( 5)blending,(6)clipping,(7) back-formation.(10%)
Example:disobey(prefixation)
1.Time-consuming( )
2. edit( )3 .AIDS( )
4. motel( )
5. WHO( )
6.dorm( )
7. Gas( ) 8. participant( )9. Lab( )
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10. sonar( )11. BASIC( ) 12. Flu( )
13. NATO( )14 . baby-sit ( ) 15.Chunnel( )
家国16. ad( )17 .beg( ) 18. transplant( )
19.Postwar( ) 20. terrorism( )
6. Match the idioms on the left with the definition on the right.(10%)
1. rule of thumb a .think of or figure out an idea, plan
2. in deep water b. one try, two achievements
3. knock out c. through difficulties and hardships
4. through thick and thin d. in trouble or in a difficult situation
5. take the helm e .compensation
6. big fish f. disobey the rule ,unfair
7. come up with g .bad on experience or practice, not on principle or theory
8. hit below the belt h. in charge
9. kill two birds with one stone i. make somebody unconscious
10. make up for j. an influential person
7.Pick out the words that you think are converted in the following
ntences and tell how they are converted. Plea give your
explanation for each of the following converted words.
(10%)For example: He preferred moderns like Miro and Klee.
Modern= modern painters. Adjective→noun.
a.We can’t stomach such an insult.
b. Robert Acheson roomed right next to me.
c. He wolfed down his lunch.
d. I’m one of his familiars.
付园慧e. Come to the fire and have a warm.
f. He Helmeted at the chance and then he regretted for it.
g. The shoes were an excellent buy.
