全国自考《英语词汇学00832》试题和答案.docx

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全国自考《英语词汇学00832》试题和答案

2012年4月全国自考《英语词汇学：

00832》试题和答案

全国2012年4月高等教育自学考试

《英语词汇学》试题和答案

课程代码：

00832

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.（30%）

1.Wordsofthebasicwordstockdenotethemostcommonthingsandphenomenaoftheworldaroundus.Whichofthefollowingwordsisrelatedtothenaturalphenomena?

A.FatherB.Fire

C.EvilD.Old

2.ThedifferencesbetweensoundandformareduetothefollowingEXCEPT.

A.thefactofmorephonemesthanlettersinEnglish

B.stabilizationofspellingbyprinting

C.influenceoftheworkofscribes

D.innovationsmadebylinguists

3.Therearefunctionalwordsinthefollowingsentence:

Itisfuntoplaywithchildren.

A.3B.4

C.5D.6

4.Thesurvivinglanguagefallintoeightprincipalgroups.Blato-Slavic,Indo-Iranian,ArmenianandAlbanianbelongtothe--------set.

A.EasternB.Southern

C.WesternD.Northern

5.Withthegrowthof------,Britishtentaclesbeganstretchingouttoeverycorneroftheglobe,thusenablingEnglishtoabsorbwordsfromallmajorlanguageoftheworld.

A.civilizationB.revolution

C.colonizationD.industrialization

6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.EnglishismorecloselyrelatedtoGermanthanFrench

B.ScandinavianlanguagesrefertoIcelandic,Norwegian,DanishandSwedish.

C.OldEnglishvocabularywasinessenceGermanicwithasmallquantityofwordsborrowedfromlatinandScandinavian.

D.MiddleEnglishabsorbedatremendousnumberofforeignwordsbutwithlittlechangeinwordendings.

7.Theword“recollection”comprises-----------morphems（s）

A.1B.2

C.3D.4

8.ThefollowingwordshaveinflectionalaffixesEXCEPT---------------

A.happierB.worker

C.harderD.taller

9.Whichofthefollowingwordsisaroot?

A.InternationalB.Nation

C.NationalD.Internationalists

10.TheexpansionofvocabularyinmodernEnglishdependschieflyon----------

A.borrowingB.sematicchange

C.word-formationD.revivingarchaicwords

11.Theword”brainstorming”belongsto------------

A.adjectivecompoundsB.nouncompounds

C.verbcompoundsD.adverbcompounds

12.----------doesnotgenerallychangetheword-classofthestembutonlymodifiesitsmeaning.

A.PrefixationB.Suffixation

C.AffixationD.Derivation

13.Awordisthecombinationofformand---------.

A.spellingB.pronunciation

C.meaningD.sound

14.------------istheresultofhumancognition,reflectingtheobjectiveworldinthehumanmind.

A.ReferenceB.Concept

C.SenseD.Motivation

15.Themeaninggiveninthedictionaryandformingthecoreofword-meaningis-------.

A.grammaticalmeaningB.lexicalmeaning

C.conceptualmeaningD.associativemeaning

16.Theoppositeofsemanticelevationinmeaningchangeiscalled-----------

A.derivationB.deterioration

C.purificationD.pejoration

17.Oneoftheinterestingfeaturesaboutalanguageisthatthereareagreatmanymore----------than---------init.

A.hyponyms…homonymsB.homonyms….hyponyms

C.synonyms…antonymsD.antonyms………synonyms

18.Relativesynonymsalsocalled-----------aresimilarornearlythesameindenotation,butembracedifferentdegreeofagivenquality.

A.close-synonymsB.respondent-synonyms

C.near-synonymsD.dependent-synonyms

19.Angel,martyrandparadisehavetheirmeaning----------becauseoftheinfluenceofChristianity.

A.elevatedB.degraded

C.narrowedD.extended

20.Word-meaningchangesbymodesofextension,narrowing,degradation,elevationand--------

A.senseB.reference

C.associationD.transfer

21.Thewell-knownsemanticistUllmannnotes,“languageismore----thancivilization,materialaswellasmoral.”

A.creativeBconservative

C.radicalD.constructive

22.WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthetypesofcontext?

A.LinguisticcontextB.Non-linguisticcontext

C.Extra-linguisticcontextC.Intra-linguisticcontext

23.WhichofthefollowingmayNOTleadtoambiguity?

A.GrammaticalstructureB.Polysemy

C.AntonymyD.Hyponymy

24.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutlinguisticcontext?

A.Itcanbesubdividedintogrammaticalcontextandlexicalcontext

B.Itembracesthepeople,timeandplace

C.Itreferstothewords,clauses,sentenceinwhichawordappears

D.Itmaycoveraparagraph,awholechapterandeventheentirebook

25.Theidiom”livebyone’spen”isa-------------asfarasfiguresofspeechareconcerned.

A.simileB.metaphor

C.metonymyD.personification

26.”Cutanddried”isanidiom------innature.

A.verbalB.nominal

C.adjectivalD.adverbial

27.Thechangeofidiom”Aroundpeginthesquarestofholes”fromtheoriginalformis---------.

A.dismemberingB.position-shifting

C.additionD.shortening

28.Accordingtothetextbook,thebest-knownunabridgeddictionaryis-----------.

A.TheWordBookDictionary

B.TheEncyclopediaAmericana

C.Webster’sNewWorldDictionary

D.Webster’sThirdNewInternationalDictionary

29.WhichofthefollowingdictionariesisNOTabilingualdictionary?

AOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglishwithChineseTranslation.

B.ANewEnglish-ChineseDictionary.

C.LongmanDictionaryofPhrasalVerbs.

D.AChinese-EnglishDictionary（1995）.

30.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutanAmericanDictionary?

A.ItisalwaysbetterthanaBritishdictionary.

B.Itcontainsmoreencyclopedicinformationinthemainbody.

C.OnecanneverexpecttofindBritishusagesinit.

D.Itincludesmoregrammaticalinformation.

II.Completethefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebook.（15%）

31.Aworldisa-------formofalanguagethathasagivensoundandsyntacticfunction.

32.IntheMiddleEnglishperiod,theNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowof----------

WordsintoEnglish.

33.Thebasicformofawordwhichcannotbefurtheranalyzedwithouttotallossofidentityisacalleda-----------.

34.Themethodofcreationwordsbyremovingthesupposedsuffixesiscalled-------------.

35.Wordssuchas“vicious,tyrant,determined,famous,notorious”usuallyindicatethespeaker’sattitudetowardsthepersonorthinginquestion.Theyhave----------meaninginthemselves.

36.Awordwhichisrelatedtootherwordsisrelatedtothemin----------.

37.Carwhichusedtobea“two-wheelcartdrawnbyhorsesandusedin-------------“hastakenonthemeaning“automobile”withthedevelopmentofmoderncarindustry.

38.Inthesentence“Copernicusbelievedinaheliocentricuniverse,ratherthaninthegeocentrictheory.“,theword“heliocentric“isexplainedbytheclueof------------structure.

39.Duetostructural----------ofidioms,thewordorderoftheidiom“bytwosandthrees”cannotbeturnedinto“bythreesandtwos”.

40.Againstthetraditionalpracticeoflexicography,---------createsanextracolumnarrangedalongsidethedefinitions.

III.Definethefollowingterms.（15%）

41.archaisms

42.stem

43.grammaticalmeaning

44.amelioration

45.rhetoriccharacteristicsofidioms

IV.Answerthefollowingquestions.Youranswersshouldbeclearandshort.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.（20%）

46.WhatarethethreeperiodsinviewofthedevelopmentofEnglishvocabulary?

47.Whatisthedifferencebetweenpartialandfullconversion?

Explainthemwithexamples.

48.Theword“happy”hastwodifferenttypesofantonymsatthesametime,onebeingnegativeandtheotheropposite.Whatarethey?

49.Canyoudeterminethemeaningsofthefollowingsentences?

Explainandmakesomealterationsinthecontextsoastopindownthemeaning.

（a）Thefishisreadytoeat.

（b）IlikeMarybetterthanJean.

V.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowing.Writeyouranswersinthespacegivenbelow.（20%）

50.Commentonthefollowinggroupsofwordstoillustratesemanticfeaturesandgrammaticalfeaturesofcompounds.

Group1:

”agreenhand”,“flowerpot”

Group2:

“bad-mouth”,“new-borns”

51.Analyzeandcommentonthefollowingsentencesbasedontheconceptthatantonymsdifferinsemanticinclusion.

[A]Howtallishissister?

[B]Howshortishissister?

2012年4月全国自考英语词汇学答案

一

01-05：

BDAAC

06-10：

DCBBC

11-15：

BACBC

16-20：

DCCAD

21-25：

BDCBC

26-30：

CADCCB

二

31minimalfree32French33root34back-formation35affective

36sense37war38word39stability40CCELD

三

41Archaismsarewordsorformsthatwereonceincommonusebutarenowrestrictedonlytospecializedorlimiteduse.

42Astemcanbedefinedasafromtowhichaffixesofanykindcanbeadded.

43Grammaticalmeaningreferstothatpartofthemeaningofthewordwhichindicatesgrammaticalconceptorrelationshipssuchaspartofspeechofwords,singularandpluralmeaningofnouns,tensemeaningofverbsandtheirinflectionalforms.

44Elevationorameliorationreferstotheprocessbywhichwordsrisefromhumblebeginningstopositionsofimportance.

45Apartfromthestylisticfeatures,idiomsmanifestapparentrhetoricalcolouringinsuchrespectsasofphoneticmanipulation,lexicalmanipulationandfiguresofspeech.

四

46ThethreeperiodsofthedevelopmentofEnglishare1）OldEnglish,whichisthelanguageusedbetween450and1150andwhichhasavocabularyof50000-60000words;2）MiddleEnglish,whichreferstothelanguagespokenfrom1150-1500;3）ModernEnglish,whichisdividedbyearlymodernEnglish（1500-1700）andlatemodernEnglish（1700uptonow）.

47Whenadjectivesareconcertedintothenouns,somearecompletelychanged,thusknownasfullconversion,andotherarepartiallychanged,thusknownaspartialconversion.Adjectivew