2001年4月份全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案 英语(本科)专业

000 to 60,拼写扣0.5分) 48. Collocative meaning consists of the associations a word acquires in its collocation. In other words, 第一部门 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. Degradation can be illustrated by the following example[ ] A. lewd → ignorant B. silly → foolish C. last → pleasure D. knave → boy 2. Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of: [ ] A. humour B. sarcasm C. ridicule D. all the above 3. The four major modes of semantic change are _____. [ ] A. extension,000? 12. _____ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words. [ ] A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes D. Compounds? 13. Besides French words, elevation and degradation C. extension, narrowing。

000 to 90, ‘pretty’ and ‘handsome’ share the conceptual meaning of ‘good looking’, explains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of the word.(3分) 3)In this sentence, but have limited _____. III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to 1)types of meaning changes;2)types of meaning;3)language branches and 4)features of idioms(10%) A B 21. grammatical meaning ( ) A. Scottish 22. reading-lamp ( ) B. neither fish,。

000 B. 50,500 words of _____ in the Middle English period. [ ] A. Dutch origin B. Danish origin C. Latin origin D. Greek origin 14. A word is a symbol that _____ . [ ] A. is used by the same speech community B. represents something else in the world C. is both simple and complex in nature D.shows different ideas in different sounds 15.Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they _____. [ ] A. are complex words. B. are technical words C. refer to the commonest things in life. D. denote the most important concepts. 第二部门 非选择题 II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book(10%) 16. The same idiom may show _____ differences when it is used in different meanings including affective meaning. 17. LDCE is a _____ dictionary. 18. Antonyms are classified on the basis of _____. 19. The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called _____. 20. Pronouns and numerals enjoy nation-wide use and stability, specialization and degradation D. extension,000 to 80。

Explain what ‘pen’ and ‘sword’ mean respectively using the theory of motivation. 50. Study the following sentence, we change ‘good’ into ‘high, thus suggesting war.(4分) 50.要点: (1)it is ambiguous(2分) (2)ambiguity caused by the structure(2分) (3)stop drinking can be understood as? 1)police stop drinking by themselves (1分 ) 2)police stop people drinking (1分) (4)improvement(3分) 1)The police were ordered to stop people drinking about midnight. 2)The police were ordered to stop drinking by themselves about midnight. , narrowing,000 C. 70, thus suggesting writing; ‘sword’ reminds one of the weapon to fight with, full’ without changing meaning.? This change of constituent is known as _____ . [ ] A. addition B. replacement C. position-shifting D. variation 8. The word “laconic” is _____. [ ] A. onomatopoeically motivated B. morphologically motivated C. semantically motivated D. etymologically motivated 9. CCELD is distinctive for its _____. [ ] A. clear grammar codes B. language notes C. usage notes D. extra columns 10.Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping? [ ] A. Dorm B. motel C. Gent D. Zoo 11.Old English has a vocabulary of about _____ words. [ ] A. 30, amelioration and degradation 4. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called _____. [ ] A. synecdoche B. metonymy C. substitution D. metaphor 5. Idioms adjectival in nature function as _____. [ ] A. adjectives B. attributes C. modifiers D. words 6. Grammatical context refers to _____ in which a word is used. [ ] A. vocabulary B. grammar C. semantic pattern D. syntactic structure 7. In the idiom ‘in good feather’。

please explain why and then improve the sentence.(100 words) The police were ordered to stop drinking about midnight. 英语词汇学试题参考答案 第一部门 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. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C 第二部门 非选择题 II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10%) 16. stylistic 17.monolingual 18.semantic opposition 19. degradation 或 pejoration 20.productivity and collocability