(1).Chook is a word of________, which means chicken.
A.American English正确答案D
B.British English
C.Scottish English
D.Australian English
(2).When dough and bread is used as a slang, it means _______。
A.money正确答案A
B.head
C.drunk
D.cooking utensil
(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.According to semanticists, a word is a unit of meaning.正确答案D
B.According to grammarians, a word is a free form that can function in a sentence.
C.In visual terms , a word can be defined as a meaningful group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.
D.In terms of spoken language, a word is viewed as a sound or combination of sounds which are made involuntarily with human vocal equipment.
(4).Between 1250 and 1500, with Britain having trade relations with the low countries, especially Holland, as many as 2,500 words of _______ origin found their way into English.
A.French正确答案B
B.Dutch
C.Latin
D.Scandinavian
(5).Which of the following is the new word resulting from rapid growth of science and technology in the English vocabulary?
A.fast food正确答案C
B.TV dinner
C.moon walk
D.stir fry
(6).The word denaturalization can be broken down into _______ minimal meaningful units.
A.four正确答案B
B.five
C.six
D.seven
(7).In the word internationalists, the root is _______。
A.inter-正确答案B
B.-nation-
C.- tion -
D.-s
(8).The word antecedent can be broken down into
A.ante-,-ced-,-ent正确答案A
B.ante-,-ce-,-dent
C.an-,-te-,-ced-,-ent
D.an-,-te-,-ce-,-dent
(9).Of the following words, the word“ _______ "does NOT have a derivational prefix.
A.prewar正确答案D
B.subsea
C.contradict
D.handcuff
(10).The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called _______。
A.affixation正确答案B
B.functional shift
C.compounding
D.phrase clipping
(11).The majority of prefixes are characterized by their non-class-changing nature. Accordingly, we shall classify prefixes on a _______ basis.
A.morphemic正确答案D
B.morphologic
C.syntactic
D.semantic
(12).Of the following words , the word" _______"is NOT a deverbal noun formed by suffixation.
A.decision正确答案B
B.friendship
C.existence
D.protection
(13).The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. Such words have_______ motivation.
A.onomatopoeic正确答案D
B.morphological
C.semantic
D.etymological
(14).The _______ meaning is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of word-meaning.
A.grammatical正确答案C
B.affective
C.conceptual
D.associative
(15).The word home, whose conceptual meaning is a "dwelling place", reminds readers of their "family , friends, warmth, safety", etc. This shows the _______ meaning of a word.
A.connotative正确答案A
B.stylistic
C.affective
D.collocative
(16).The primary meaning of the word neck is _______。
A.that part of the garment正确答案C
B.the narrowest part of anything: bottle, land or channel
C.that part of man or animal joining the head to the body
D.a narrow part between the head and body or base of any object
(17).Which of the following pairs of antonyms belongs to contradictory terms?
A.hot/warm正确答案D
B.sell/buy
C.husband/wife
D.true/false
(18).The pair of words flower/rose shows such a sense relation as________
A.polysemy正确答案D
B.synonymy
C.antonymy
D.hyponymy
(19).The word butcher began with the meaning of “one who kills goats", but now it means “one who kills animals". This process is called _______。
A.extension正确答案A
B.narrowing
C.elevation
D.degradation
(20).Which of the following words is an example of narrowing of word-meaning?
A.disease (meaning: discomfort →illness)正确答案A
B.journal (meaning: daily paper→ periodical)
C.knight (meaning: servant →rank below baronet)
D.company (meaning: one who shares bread →a company)
(21).From which of the following examples can we see transfer of sensations?
A.the lip of a wound正确答案D
B.the hope of a family
C.pitiful and doubtful
D.sweet music
(22).Which of the following statements is NOT true about lexical context?
A.It is one type of extra-linguistic context.正确答案A
B.It may provide clues for inferring word meaning.
C.It refers to the words that occur together with the word in question.
D.The meaning of the word is often affected and defined by the neighbouring words.
(23).What does the word quick mean in the following context?
John, one of the group, has just told a joke. Everyone laughs except Adam. Then Adam laughs. One of the students says: I do think Adam's quick .
A.Quick in development.正确答案D
B.Quick to hear the joke.
C.Slow in learning things.
D.Slow to understand the joke.
(24).What does the word do mean in the phrase do the flowers?
A.work out正确答案C
B.brush
C.arrange
D.study
(25).Which of the following is an idiom?
A.Till the cows come home.正确答案A
B.Till the sheep come home.
C.Till the horses come home.
D.Till the pigeons come home.
(26).Which of the following is NOT a variation of idiom?
A.synecdoche正确答案A
B.replacement
C.dismembering
D.shortening
(27).As cool as a cucumber is a _______
A.true idiom正确答案C
B.complete idiom
C.semi-idiom
D.regular combination
(28).Chop and change is an idiom _______ in nature.
A.verbal正确答案A
B.nominal
C.adjectival
D.adverbial
(29).Collins COBUILD English Usage is a(n) _______。
A.unbridged dictionary正确答案D
B.desk dictionary
C.pocket dictionary
D.specialized dictionary
(30).Which of the following is NOT usually included in the usage section of a dictionary?
A.style正确答案C
B.usage level
C.definition
D.colouring
(31).A(n)________ is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
word
(32).Modern English began with the establishment of________ in England.
printing
(33).A(n)________can be defined as a form to which affixes of any kind can be added, as is seen in agree, disagree, and disagreement.
stem
(34).Words formed from initial letters but pronounced as a normal word, for example radar (radio detecting and ranging) , is called _______。
acronyms
(35).Affective meaning indicates the speaker's _______ towards the person or thing in question.
attitude
(36).From the synchronic point of view, polysemy is viewed as the ________of various meanings of the same word in a certain historical period of time.
coexistence
(37).The original meaning of the word angel was "messenger", but now has been _______ to mean “messenger of God”.
elevated
(38).Context is very important for the understanding of word-meaning because the meaning is influenced immediately by the________ context ,and in many cases by the whole speech situation as well.
linguistic
(39).By grammatical functions, idioms can be classified into idioms nominal in nature, idioms adjectival in nature , idioms verbal in nature, idioms adverbial in nature and ________ idioms.
sentence
(40).There are two types of dictionaries: linguistic dictionaries and ________ dictionaries.
encyclopedic
(41).neologism
Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings.
(42).affixes
Affixes are forms that are attached to words or word elements to modify meaning or function.
(43).motivation
Motivation accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning.
(44).elevation (a type of word-meaning changes)
Elevation refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.
(45).idioms adverbial in nature
Idioms adverbial in nature contain numerous prepositional phrases, which in nature are cither adjectival or adverbial and in many cases have both functions at the same time.
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