试题一
第一部分 选择题
I。 Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers。 Choo the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket。（30%）
veromoda怎么读1。In Old English there was _______ agreement between sound form。
A。 more
B。 little
C. less
D。 gradual
2.Both LDCE and CCELD are _______。
tanabata
A. general dictionaries
日语入门
B. monolingual dictionaries
C。 both A and B
D. neither A and B
3.The word ”MINISKIRT" is _______.
北大考研成绩查询A. morphologically motivated
B. etymologically motivated
C。 mantically motivated
D。 none of the above
4.The most important way of vocabulary development in prent-day English is _______。
A。 borrowing
B。 mantic change
C。 creation of new words
D。 all the above
5.Generalization is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become ________。
A。 generalized
B. expanded
C. elevated
厦门英语培训机构
D。 degraded
匹克英文6。Some morphemes have _______ as they are realized by more than one morph accor
ding to their position in word.
A. alternative morphs
B。 single morphs
C. abstract units
D. discrete units
7.Old English vocabulary was esntially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.
A. Italic
B。 Germanic
C. Celtic
D。 Hellenic
8。Compounds are different from free phras in all the following ways EXCEPT _______。
A. mantics
B。 grammar
C. phonetics
D. lexicology
9。If two main constituents of an idiom share the same initial sound, it is called _______。
A。 repetition
B。 alliteration
C. rhyme
D。 none of the above
10。Which of the following words is a functional word?
A. Often
B。 Never
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C。 Although
D. Desk
11。Rhetorical features are shown in such respects of phonetic and lexical manipulation as well as _______.
A。 mantic unity
B. structural stability
C。 idiomatic variation
D. figure of speech
12。The advantage of classifying idioms according to grammatical functions is to _______.
A。 u idioms correctly and appropriately
B。 understand idioms correctly
C. remember idioms quickly
D. try a new method of classification
13。Borrowing as a source of homonymy in English can be illustrated by _______。
A. long（not short）
B。 ball(a dancing party）
C. rock（rock’n’roll）
D。 ad（advertiment）
14.The change of word meaning is brought about by the following internal factors EXCEPT _______.
A. the influx of borrowing
B。 repetition
C。 analogy
D。 shortening
15.Which of the following is NOT a component of linguistic context?
A。 Words and phras。
B. Sentences
C。 Text or passage
D. Time and place
第二部分 非选择题
II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the cour book。（10%）
16。Word-meaning changes by modes of extension, narrowing, degradation， elevation and ___________________。
17.The language ud in England between 450 and 1150is called _________________。
18.CCELD is a ________________ dictionary。
敏锐的意思
19.In the phra "the mouth of the river”,the word "mouth" is _________________ motivated。
20。Physical situation or environment relating to the u of words is ________________
context。
Ⅲ. Match the words or expressions in Column A with tho in Column B according to 1)types of meaning changes；
2）types of meaning；
3）language branches and 4）meaning and context。(10％）oop
tightlyA B
21.Scandinavian（ ） A.mill（place where things are made）
22.Germanic（ ） B。grammatical
23。extension（ ） C.double meaning
24.narrowing( ) D.Swedish
25.linguistic（ ） E.comprehend/understand
26。ambiguity（ ） F。Dutch
27.participants（ ） G.degermined
28。difference in denotation( ) H。pigheaded
29.appreciative（ ） I.non-linguistic
30.pejorative( ) J。iron（a device for smoothing clothes)
Ⅳ. Study the following words or expressions and identify 1）types of bound morphemes underlined， and 2）types of word formation or prefixes.（10％）
31。predict（ ）
32.motel（ ）
33.potatoes（ ）
34.blueprint（ )
35.preliminaries（ ）
36。Southward( ）
37。demilitarize( ）
38.hypernsityve（ ）
39.retell( )
40。multi-purpos（ ）
Ⅴ。Define the following terms。（10%）
41.acronymy
42。native words
43。elevation
44。stylistic meaning
45.monolingral dictionary
Ⅵ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should the clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.（12%）
46。How many types of motivation are there in English? Give ONE example for each type.
47.What are the major sources of English synonyms? Illustrate your points.
