第一部分  选择题

Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)

1.According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into(      )

  A. perfect homonyms                B. homonyms

  C. homophones                     D. all the above

2.Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example(      )

  A. ad for “advertisement”         B. dish for “food"

  C. fond for “affectionate”         D. an editorial for “an editorial article"

3.It is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over(      )

  A. the reader’s interpretation      B. the neighbouring words

  C. the writer's intention          D. the etymology of the word

4.Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?

  A. extra-                         B. pro-

  C. re-                            D. semi-

5.Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary?

  A. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

  B. Chamber's Encyclopedic English Dictionary

  C. Longmont Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

  D. Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms

6.Which of the following statements is Not true?

  A. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.

  B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.

  C. Concept is universal to all men alike.

  D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.

7.The words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form(      )

  A. physical context                B. grammatical context

  C. lexical context                 D. linguistic context

8."Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Center. "The clue provided in the context is(      )

  A. definition                      B. explanation

  C. example                       D. hyponym

9.The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that(      )

  A. it can refer to the common core of a language

  B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language

  C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period

  D. it can stand for words in given dialect or field

10.The idiom "a dark horse" is a(      )

  A. simile                          B. metaphor

  C. metonymy                        D. personification

11.An idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is (      ) and the latter is not.

  A. structurally changeable         B. semantically analyzable

  C. structurally fixed              D. easily understood

12.We can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to(      )

  A. morphological structure         B. relevant details

  C. grammatical structure            D. physical context

13.What causes the ambiguity of the sentence ”I like Mary better than Janet"? (      )

  A. Vocabulary                      B. Situation

  C. Structure                       D. None of the above

14.Early Modern 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

15.Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as (      )

  A. bound roots                     B. free morphemes

  C. inflectional morphemes          D. derivational affixes

第二部分 非选择题

Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)

16._________________meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.

17.The word __________has the old meaning "servant" and the elevated meaning "head of a ministry".

18.The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or ______________.

19.When a word with more than one meaning is used in unclear context, it creates _______________.

20.Almost all affixes are __________morphemes because few can be used as independent words.

Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)rhetorical features of the idioms; 2)sense relations; 3)assimilation degree; 4)characteristics of the basic word stock and 5)motivation.(10%)

        A                           B

21.reiteration         (      )    A. high and low

22.repetition          (      )    B. pick and choose

23.juxtaposition       (      )    C. face to face

24.perfect homonym   (      )    D. Failure is the mother of success.

25.personification     (      )    E. hiss

26.portus            (      )    F. bear; bear

27.come            (      )    G. twitter

28.heart             (      )    H. cat

29.birds             (      )    I. port

30.snakes             (      )   J. heart and soul

Ⅳ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1)types of context clues; 2)types of word formation; 3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)

31.making a restatement of a new word or concept in familiar words (                  )

32.sitcom (                   )

33.the usual amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school (                   )

34.form cradle to grave (                   )

35.might and main (                   )

36.fax (                   )

37.disobey,impolite, (                   )

38.hussy:"housewife"→"a woman of low morals"(                   )

39.disease:"discomfort"→"illness"(                   )

40.fond:"foolish"→"affectionate"(                   )

Ⅴ.Define the following terms.(10%)

41.dictionary

42.pejoration

43.idioms nominal in nature

44.Germanic

45.allomorph

Ⅵ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(12%)

46.What are the stylistic features of idioms?

47. How would you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your point.

48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?

Ⅶ.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)

49.Comment on the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinate and subordinates.

a. The man said he would come to our school next week.

b. The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.

50.Analyes the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes.

  unbearable,  international,  ex-prisoner

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题参考答案

课程代码：00832

Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)

  1.D       2.B       3.B       4.C       5.B

  6.D       7.C       8.C       9.A       10.B

  11.C      12.A      13.C      14.C      15.C

Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)

  16. Grammatical  17. minister    18. conventional     19. ambiguity    20. bound

Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B. (10%)

  21.B       22.C       23.A       24.F       25.D

  26.I       27.H       28.J       29.G       30.E

Ⅳ.Study the following words and expressions and identify 1)types of context clues; 2)types of word formation; 3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.(10%)

31.explanation

32.head+head blending

33.hyponymy/hyponym

34.figure of speech; metonymy

35.phonetic manipulation/alliteration

36.back clipping

37.affixation, prefixation or negative prefixes

38.degradation

39.narrowing

40.elevation

Ⅴ.Define the following terms.(10%)

41. Dictionary is a book which presents in alphabetical order the words of a language, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation, meaning usage, etc.

42. Degradation or pejoration of meaning is the opposite of semantic elevation. It is a process whereby words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense.

43.(1)Each idiom has a noun as the key word.

   (2)Each functions as a noun/also knows as

      noun idioms.

44.a term used to refer to a branch of the Indo-European language family, which consists of English, German, Dutch, etc.

45.one of the variants that realize a morpheme

Ⅵ.Answer the following questions.(12%)

46.(1)Many idioms were created in different professions, so they were trade-or profession-related, colloquial and informal.

   (2)Now most become a part of the common core, neither formal nor informal.

   (3)There are still many colloquialisms, slang expressions, literary expressions comparatively small in number.

47.A)Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to bases.

   B)Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of suffixation; it's the method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes.

48.Inflectional affixes are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words.

Ⅶ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short Write your answers in the space given below.(18%)

49.要点：

  Superordinate      Subordinate

    1) man              scholar

    2) come              visit

    3) school           university

    4) week              Monday

50.

1)Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er).

2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves.

3)All the rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.