词汇学自考试题集中Chapter 315. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound rootsB. free morphemesC. inflectional morphemesD. derivational affixesC20. Almost ,all affixes are ________morphemes because few can be used as independent words.BoundV. Define the following terms. (10%)45. allomorphSome morphemes, however,are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as allomorphs.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?Suggested answers: 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) tocreate new words.50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes.unbearable, international, ex-prisoner.suggested answers: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.19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be ______.Free13. Structurally a（）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morphemeB. stemC. wordD. compoundA14. Unlike affixes,（）are often free morphemes.A. suffixesB. prefixesC. inflectional morphemesD. rootsD46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples. Prefixation does not change the word-class of the the stem. It only modifies its meaning, e.g. treat—maltreat.Suffixation changes the word-class instead of its meaning.e.g. play-player.7. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.( )A. morphemeB. affixesC. rootD. stemA9. The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT ______.( ) A. packs B. bagsC. cheatsD. shipsB42. derivational affixAffixes added to other morphemes to create new words.7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.（）A．/t/ B．/g/C．/p/ D．/k/B8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（）A．one B．twoC．three D．fourC9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（）A．works B．prewarC．postwar D．bloodyAⅣ．Define the following terms.51．morphemeThe smallest functional unit in the composition of words.20085. The root of the word “antecedent”is ______. （）A. ante-B. -ced-C. -dentD. -entB16. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ________ morphemes.inflectional17. The chief function of ________ is not to change the word class of the stem, but to change its meaning.prefix46. What is suffixation? Give an example to illustrate your point46. Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to sterms. Suffixes generally change the word class. For example, “play” is a verb, but “player” becomes a noun when the suffix –er is ad ded to the stem “employ”.(chapter 1)2013年全国自考英语词汇学试题1. which of the following is NOT true?A. A word is the smallest free form of a LanguageB. A word is a sound unityC. A word has a given meaningD.A word can be used freely in a sentence2. By notion, words can be grouped into content words and functional words, which of the following words belongs to functional words?A. fiveB. Sun. C . Run D. And3. Which of the following words is neologism?A. Dip( p15)B. Thou,C. InternetD. Bottom line31. In terms of the origin of words,words may fall into native words and words.2012年7月全国自考英语词汇学试题1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and non basic vocabulary by ______. 【】A. use frequencyB. notionC. originD. grammar2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas, when it means “marijuana”, it is a ______. 【】 p14 chapter 1A. jargonB. terminologyC. slangD. argot3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expression “long time no see” is from ______. 【】 chapter 1A. LatinB. ChineseC. GreekD. French31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are ______.全国2011年4月自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码:00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT ______. ( )A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. New EnglishD. Modern English2. The definition of a word comprises the following points ______ . ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language(2) a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a sentenceA. (1) and (2)B. (1) (2) and (3)C. (2) (3) and (4)D. (1) (2) (3) and (4)3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______ . ( )A. productivityB. polysemyC. stabilityD. collocabilityChapter two:2000年4.The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.（）A. borrowingB. semantic changeC. creation of new wordsD. all the above7.Old English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.（）A. ItalicB. GermanicC. CelticD. Hellenic17.The language used in England between 450 and 1150 called _________________.C.B (Angles,Saxon, Jutes), Old English2004年6. The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are ______.A. the growth of science and technologyB.social, economic and political changesC. the influence of other cultures and languagesD. all the above7. Since the beginning of this century, ______ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary.A. word-formationB. borrowingC. semantic changeD. both B and CDA2005年8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（）看分布图或p24A. GermanB. FrenchC. ScottishD. Irish15. The four major foreign contributors to the English vocabulary in earlier times were French, Latin,（）p32A. Scandinavian and ItalianB. Greek and ScandinavianC. Celtic and GreekD. Italian and Spanish20. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to___________.A.B. 15002006年9.Both English and _________ belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.（）看分布图或p24A. CelticB. DansihC. FrenchD. Scottish16.The Norman Conquest in 1066 started a continual flow of ___________ words into English.B, (CELTIC --Scottish) (Italic---French), French.2008年3. Identify the word that is of Scandinavian origin among the following. （）p26A. SkirtB. DressC. ModelD. Status4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （）A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabularyC. The word cloak is of French origin.D. Modern English is a synthetic language.A.D２００９4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（）A．green revolution B．fast foodC．moon walk D．space shuttle6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（）A．four B．fellC．for D．autumn42．Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.B(social, economic,political…).D，creation20111. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT ______. ( )A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. New EnglishD. Modern English4. The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and ______ . ( )P23 A. IndiaB. the Far EastC. the West AsiaD. America5.In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and ______ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. ( )P28A. IndiaB. GermanC. RomanD. Chinese6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )A. Old English was a highly inflected language.B. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.D. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.C,A(P23),C,B(English, Latin,French)。