英语词汇学试题汇编Chapter 1 Basic Concept of Words and Vocabulary1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. The English language is noted for its modest borrowings.B. Loan words only refer to those borrowings in form.C. Loan words are all unrecognizable as being foreign in origin.D. Loan words can be grouped according to manner of borrowing.2. The term "vocabulary "is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that_____.A. it can refer to the common core of a languageB. it can refer to the total number of the words in a languageC. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical periodD. it can stand for words in a given dialect or field3. A word is a symbol that________.A. is used by the same speech communityB. represents something else in the worldC. is both simple and complex in natureD. shows different ideas in different sounds4. Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because theyA. are complex words.B. are technical wordC. refer to the commonest things in life.D. denote the most important concepts.5. The basic word stock forms the common____of the language.6. The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or____. 7．Pronouns and numerals enjoy nation-wide use and stability, but have limited_____________概念：jargonChapter 2 The Development of the English Vocabulary1. __is considered to be a highly-inflected language.A Old English B. Middle EnglishC. Early Modem EnglishD. Late Modem English2. The introduction of______ at the end of the'-6th century had a great impact on the English vocabulary.A. printing, B Christianity C. French words D. all the above3. Though still at work today, ___can hardly compare with what it was inthe past.A. word-formationB. borrowingC. derivationD. conversion4. Early Modern English refers to the language spokenA. from 1066 to 1500B. from 1150 to 1500C. from 1500 to 1700D. from 1600 to 18005. Old English has a vocabulary of about_______words.A. 30,000 to 40,000B. 50,000 to 60,000C. 70,000 to 80,000D. 80,000 to 90,0006. Besides French words, English also absorbed as many as 2,500 words of___in the Middle English period.A. Dutch originB. Danish originC. Latin originD. Greek origin概念：Germanic，Old English简答：Is it true that archaic and obsolete words in English will remainfor ever out of use?Chapter 3 Word Formation I1. A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is thought to be----- .A. affixationalB. derivationalC. freeD. bound2. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationshipsare known as____A. bound rootsB. free morphemesC. inflectional morphemesD. derivational affixes3. ______are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separatewords.A. RootsB. StemsC. Affixes D, Compounds4. Bound morphemes include two types: bound root and____5. Almost all affixes are_____________ morphemes because few can be usedas independent words.概念：morphs，allomorph，morpheme简答：1。

What is the difference between partial and full conversion?Explain with two examples.2．How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?Chapter 4 Word Formation II1. Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?A. extra-B. pro-C. re-D. semi-2. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?A. DormB. motelC. Gent "D. Zoo”简答：How would you explain the difference between back formation andsuffixation? Give example to illustrate your point.分析：Analyze the morphological structures of the following words andpoint out the types of the morphemes.__unbearable, international, ex-prisoner.Chapter 5 Word Meaning1. The relationship between the linguistic sign and a referent is___A. conventionalB. non-conventionalC. concreteD. specific2. Which of the following statements is true?A. Every word has reference.B Every word has sense.C. Every word is semantically motivated.D. Every word is conceptually motivated.3. The relationship between words and things in the world is establishedby means of_____A reference B. sense C. concept D. meaning4. Which of the following statements is Not true?A. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.C. Concept is universal to all men alike.D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.5. The word "laconic" is_____A. onomatopoeically motivatedB. morphologically motivatedC. semantically motivatedD. etymologically motivated6. Conceptual meaning is also known as _______meaning.7. _________meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.概念：semantic motivation，colocative meaning简答：What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrate your point.分析：The 'pen' is mightier than the 'sword'.Explain what 'pen' and 'sword' mean respectively using the theory of motivation,Chapter 6 Sense Relations and Semantic Field1. The way to define an antonym is based on___.A. contradictionB. contrariness C oppositeness D. relativeness2. According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classifiedinto____.A. perfect homonymsB. homonymsC. homophonesD. all the above3. The fact that the whole vocabulary can be divided up into fields canbe exemplified by-----A Roger's Thesaurus B. Concise Oxford DictionaryC. New Webster's DictionaryD. Co-build Dictionary4. Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effectsof____.A. humorB. sarcasmC. ridiculeD. all the above 5．Antonyms are classified on the basis of概念：synonym简答：what's the fundamental difference between radiation and concatenation? Illustrate your point分析：1。