《英语词汇学》课堂练习I. Multiple Choice (1’×30)1. Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.A．form B．meaning C．look D．pronunciation 2．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/ after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.A．/t/ B．/g/ C．/p/ D．/k/3．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.A．one B．two C．three D．four4．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.A．works B．prewar C．postwar D．bloody5．The word “motel” is created by ______.A．compounding B．clipping C．blending D．suffixation 6．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.A．acronymy B．clipping C．initialism D．prefixation 7．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaningC．associative meaning D．literal meaning8．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.A．onomatopoeic B．morphologicalC．semantic D．etymological9. The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally denoted mere “painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” a nd even “photographs”A．extension B．elevation C．narrowing D．degradation 10. The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.A．grammatical context B．polysemyC．antonymy D．hyponymy11. In the sentence “I like to see a movie”, there are ________ functionalwords.A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 512．The word “recollection” comprises ______ morphemes.A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 413. “Dis-” in the word “disloyal” is a _____ prefix.A. negativeB. reversativeC. pejorativeD. locative14. So far as stylistic meaning is concerned, “residence” is ________.A. neutralB. informalC. colloquialD. formal15. Words which are used to show the attitude of approval are ________.A. appreciativeB. pejorativeC. connotativeD. collocative16. “Till the cows come home” is an idiom _____ in nature.A. verbalB. nominalC. adjectivalD. adverbial17. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is________.A. absolute and relativeB. absolute and completeC. relative and nearD. complete and identical18. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _____ morpheme.A. formalB. concreteC. freeD. bound19. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called_____.A. synecdocheB. metonymyC. substitutionD. metaphor20. Sources of homonyms include_____.A. changes in sound and spellingB. borrowingC. shorteningD. all of the above21. Structurally a _____ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morphemeB. stemC. wordD. compound22. Word formation excludes _____.A. affixation and compoundingB. conversion and shorteningC. clipping, acronymy and blendingD. repetition and alliteration23. The differences between compounds and free phrases show in _____ aspects.A. phoneticB. semanticC. grammaticalD. all the above24. “Mouth” in “the mouth of river” is _____.A. onomatopoetically motivatedB. morphologically motivatedC. semantically motivatedD. etymologically motivated25. In compounds, the word stress usually occurs on _____ whereas in noun phrase_____ is generally stressed if there is only one stress.A. the first element/the second elementB. the second element/the first elementC. the first element/the first elementD. the second element/the second elementII. True or False.26. Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.27. Initialisms are words that are pronounced as normal words; acronyms are thosewhich are pronounced letter by letter.28. Different contexts give a word different meanings.29. Contrary terms are gradable and allow intermediate members in between.30. Absolute or complete synonyms are words which are identical in meaning andspelling.31. Collocative meaning is the part of meaning a word acquires in its collocation, orthe meaning suggested by the words before or after the word in discussion.32. The reference of a word to a thing outside the language is arbitrary andconventional.33. Clipping is a way of making new words which involves the shortening of a longerword by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead.34. Compounds are words formed by combining affixes and stems.35. The importance of clue lies in the fact that it can help us in arriving at themeanings of words.36. A word which has more than one meaning can have more than one antonym.37. The pejorative are those words which imply some negative connotations fordisapproval, contempt or criticism.38. Open compounds look like free phrases as the elements forming each word are written separately.39. In English most of the literary words are of French, Latin or Greek origin.40. Content words belong to a relatively small and permanent set of words, incomparison to function words.III. Matching41. perfect homonym 42. acronym 43. blending44. clipping 45. contraries 46. conversives 47. degradation 48. elevation49. narrowing 50. extensionA. date dateB. silly ( from “happy” to “foolish”)C. NATOD. like-dislikeE. gentF. fond (from “foolish” to “affectionate”)G. disease (from“discomfort” to “illness”)H. lady (from “hostess” to “woman”)I. telequiz J. husband-wifeIV. Study the following words and decide how each word is formed. (2’×10) Example: disobey (prefixation)51. postwar ( ) 52. chunnel ( )53. UFO ( ) 54. outbreak ( )55. flu ( ) 56. edit ( )57. NA TO ( ) 58. greedy ( )59. pink-collar worker ( ) 60. snowball(v.) ( )V. Gap-filling61. In general, there are two main types of morphemes: _______, _________.62.Middle English is characterized by the strong influence of _________ followingthe Norman Conquest in 1066.63. Modern English vocabulary develops through three modes：creation, semanticchange and _________.64. There are two types of linguistic context: _________, _________.65. The three major processes of word formation are_______, ________, ________.66. Lexical meaning itself has two components: __________ and associativemeaning.67. Statesman and politician differ in ______meaning.68. There are three types of antonyms: ____________, ____________, _________. V. Short Answer questions69. What is the publicly accepted definition of a word?70. What is the relationship between sound and meaning? Give examples to illustrateit.71. How are English words classified? (Y ou should employ at least four criteria.)。