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Model
Test 3
第一部分 选择题
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.
According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into
____.
A. perfect homonyms B. homonyms C.
homophones D. all the above [ ]
2.
Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the
example:
A. ad for
"advertisement" B. dish for
"food"
C. fond for"
affectionate" D. an editorial for "an
editorial article" [ ]
3. It
is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it
rather spreads
over______.
A. the reader's interpretation B.
the neighbouring words
C. the writer's
mten6on D. the etymology of the
word [ ]
4
.Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?
A.
extra- B. pro- C.
re- D. semi- [ ]
5.
Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized
dictionary?
A. The Oxford Dictionary of English
Etymology
B. Chamber's Encyclopedic English Dictionary
C. English-Chinese
Dictionary
D. The Medicine
Dictionary
6.
Which of the following is true?
A. Reference denotes
the relationship of signs with the outside world.
B. Meaning, concept and
reference are the same thing.
C. sense relation is the relation of words to
the things in the world
D. Sense denotes the relationships
outside the language. [ ]
7. The
words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form
__
A. physical
context B. grammatical
context
C. lexical
context D.
linguistic context [ ]
8.
"Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Centre." The clue provided in
the context
is___.
A.
definition B.
explanation C.
example D. hyponymy [ ]
9. 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
language
B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a
language
C. it can represent all the words used in a certain
historical period
D. it can stand for words in a given dialect or
field [ ]
10.
The idiom "a dark horse" is a___.
A.
simile B. metaphor C.
metonymy D. personification [ ]
11. An
idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ___ and the latter is
not.
A. structurally changeable B.
semantically analysable
C. structurally
fixed
D. easily understood [ ]
12. We
can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according
to___.
A. morphological structure B.
relevant details
C. grammatical
structure D. physical context [
]
13.
What causes the ambiguity of the sentence "I like Mary better than
Janet"?
A. Vocabulary. B.
Situation. C. Structure. D. None of the
above. [ ]
14.
Early Modem English refers to the language spoken___.
A. from
1066 to 1500 B. from 1150 to 1500
C. from 1500 to 1700 D. from 1600 to 1800 [
]
15.
Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are
known as
A. bound
roots
B. free morphemes
C. inflectional morphemes D.
derivational affixes [ ]
Ⅱ. Complete the following
statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.
(10%)
16. _______ meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs,
etc.
17. The word ____________has the old meaning "servant" and the elevated
meaning "head of a
ministry, ".
18. The
relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or_______.
19. When a
word with more than one meaning is used in unclear context, it
creates________
20. Almost ,all affixes are ________morphemes because few can
be used as independent
words.
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 5)mofivafion .(10
%)
A
B
21. reiteration (
)
A. high and low
22. repetition (
)
B. pick and choose
23. juxtaposition (
)
C. face to face
24. perfect homonym (
)
D. Failure is the mother of success.
25. personification (
)
E. hiss
26. porms (
)
F. bear; bear
27. come (
)
G. twitter
28. heart (
)
H. cat
29. birds (
)
I. port
30. snakes (
)
J. heart and soul
IV. Study the following words and
expressions and identify 1) types of context clues; 2) types of word formation;
3)types of word-meaning changes and 4)rhetorical features of idioms.
(10%)
31. making a restatement of a new word or concept in familiar words
( )
32. sitcom ( )
33. the usual
amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school ( )
34. from cradle to
grave ( )
35. might and main ( )
36. fax ( )
37. disobey, impolite, (
)
38. hussy: "housewife"→ "a woman of low morals" (
)
39. disease: "discomfort" → "illness" ( )
40. fond:
"foolish" → "affectionate" ( )
V.
Define the following terms. (10%)
41. dictionary
42. pejoration
43.
idioms nominal in nature
44. Germanic
45. allomorph
VI.
Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write
your answers in the space given below. (12%)
46. What are the stylistic
features of idioms?
47. How would you explain the difference between back
formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your
point.
48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational
affixes?
Ⅶ. Analyze and comment on the
following. Write your answers in the space given below. (18%)
49. Comment on
the following pairs of sentences in terms of superordinates and
subordinates.
a. The man said he would come to our school next week.
b.
The visiting scholar said he would visit our university next Monday.
50.
Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the
types of the morphemes.
unbearable, international,
ex-prisoner.
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