浙江省2003年7月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题
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. At the United States Embassy on May 22nd at 3:30pm, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Global Village of Beijing (GVB) will introduce their production of a 9 part agricultural video series to be broadcast on Chinese Central Television (CCTV) Summer 2002.
The underlined word here is a/an (      ).
 A. verb        B. adjective     C. noun        D. adverb

2. Roget's International Thesaurus is a (      ).
 A. notebook    B. text          C. words book  D. dictionary

3. “-tion”, “-ing”, and “-s” belong to (      ).
 A. affixes     B. suffixes      C. roots       D. stems

4. “Gay” is a synonym of (      ).
 A. joyful      B. joy           C. joyless     D. homosexual

5. Of the modes of word?meaning changes, (      ) are the most common.
 A. elevation and transfer          B. extension and narrowing
C. degradation and transfer         D. narrowing and degradation

6. Holiday-making is a (      ) motivated word.
 A. semantically           B. etymologically         
 C. onomatopoetically      D. morphologically

7. In the idiom “all ears”, (      ) is used.
 A. metaphor          B. synecdoche          C. metonymy          D. euphemism

8. “East/west” are (      ) antonyms.
 A. not           B. contradictory          C. contrary           D. relative

9. “Look forward to” is an idiom (      ) in nature.
 A. adverbial           B. verbal          C. nominal          D. adjectival

10. (      ) is used in particular discipline and academic areas.
 A. Slang           B. Jargon          C. Terminology          D. Argot

11. Extra-linguistic context excludes (      ).
 A. clauses           B. time          C. place           D. people

12. The main body of a dictionary is (      ) of words.
 A. spelling          B. pronunciation      C. usage        D. definition

13. They saw her duck. This sentence is ambiguous because “duck” is (      ).
 A. ambiguous          B. a noun          
C. a verb              D. either a noun or a verb

14. Associative meaning does not contain (      ) meaning.
 A. grammatical                B. stylistic          
C. connotative                 D. affective

15. Words that have emotive values may fall into two categories:      and    .(   )
 A. stylistic/collocative              B. pejorative/appreciative
C. adjectival/adverbial                D. nominative/substantive

16. Compounds and derived words are multi-morphemic and the meanings of many are the sum total of the (      )combined.
 A. roots          B. stems           C. morphs           D. morphemes

17. In spite of the disagreement between sound and form, (      ) of the English words fit consistent spelling patterns.
A. at least 90%     B. at least 70%   C. at least 80%       D. 60%

18. Linguistic context may cover the following except (      ).
A. a paragraph                B. a whole chapter         
C. the entire book            D. participants

19. Absolute synonyms are (      )
A. rare           B. numerous           C. common          D. popular

20. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?(      )
A. Lab.           B. Cent.          C. Zoo.          D. Ad.

Ⅱ.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)
21. As is stated in Encyclopedia Americana, “The English language has vast debts. In any dictionary some ________ % of the entries are borrowed. ““
22. ________ are affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships.
23. When a connection has been established between the linguistic sign and ________does the sign become meaningful.
24. The development of word-meaning from monosemy to polysemy follows twocourses, traditionally known as ________ and concatenation.
25.Physical situation or environment relating to the use of words is________ context.
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 motivation.(10%)
A                                 B
26.poison (a drink)            (      )a part and parcel
27.terminology                 (   来源：www.91exam.org   ) b extension
28.alliteration                (      )c The Pocket English-Chinese Gem
29.aliens                      (      )d metaphor
30.arm in arm                  (      )e Balto-Slavic
31. juxtaposition              (      )f repetition
32. black sheep                (      )g narrowing
33. pocket dictionary          (      )h weal and woe
34. companion (a company)      (      )I borrowed words
35. Czech                      (      )j special lexicology

Ⅳ.Define the following terms.(15%)
36. Basic Word Stock
37. Motivation
38. Homonym
39. Idiom
40. Desk dictionaries

Ⅴ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(15%)
41. How would you explain the difference between prefixation and suffixation?
42. Explain the difference between Reference and Sense.
43. Explain the difference between encyclopedic dictionaries and encyclopedia dictionaries.

Ⅵ.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)
44. Study the following dialogue and explain the rhetoric use.
“Why is Sunday the strongest day?”
“Because all the others are week days.”
45. Analyse the following forms and comment.
Easy come, easy go.
More haste, less speed.
here and there
give and take