C．narrowed                                              D．extended

10．As far as denotation is concerned, relative synonyms may differ ______. （　　　）

A．in the diachronic approach                      B．in the stylistic and emotive colouring of words

C．in usage in simple terms                         D．in the range and intensity of meaning

11．Which of the following is NOT true about Old English? （　　　）

A．Uses of Old English borrowed heavily from Latin and other languages.

B．Old English has a vocabulary of about 50,000 to 60,000.

C．Old English refers to the English language used from 450 to 1150.

D．Old English was a highly inflected language.

12．Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions. Which of the following is NOT an example of neologisms? （　　　）

A．SARS.                                                  B．Can-opener.

C．Futurology.                                           D．Freak out.

13．Which of the following words is morphologically motivated? （　　　）

A．Black market.                                        B．Greenhorn.

C．Hopeless.                                              D．Neigh.

14．In the sentence “Italian artists were more active in the quattrocento than in the sixteenth century which followed.” The meaning of quattrocento can be inferred from the clue of ______. （　　　）

A．definition                                              B．explanation

C．example                                                D．relevant detail

15．Tooth and nail is an idiom ______ in nature. （　　　）

A．norminal                                               B．adjectival

C．adverbial                                               D．verbal

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

16．The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is the ______________.

17．Word-meaning changes by modes of extension, narrowing, degradation, elevation and ______________.

18．In the word “post-war”, “post-” is a prefix of ______________.

19．Functional words such as preparations, conjunctions, though having little lexical meaning, possess strong ______________meaning.

20．Relative synonyms also called ______________ are similar or nearly the same in denotation, but embrace different degrees of a given quality.

III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to     1) meaning of prefixes; 2) type of word formations; 3)types of meaning changes and    4) types of idioms. (10%)

A                                                     B

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