1、Social,economic and political changes bring about such new words as the followings EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

2、State the roles of context in determination of word meaning. Illustrate your points with examples. 简答题 2分

3、In English there are （ ） types of motivation that concerns the relationship between the sign and meaning. 单选题 2分

4、People change word-meaning owing to various （ ） motives:love,respect，courtesy， suspicion， pessimism， sarcasm，irony， contempt， hatred， etc. 单选题 2分

5、The synonymous pair "die-pass away”has the same （ ） but different stylistic values. 填空题 2分

6、jargon 简答题 2分

7、associated transfer 简答题 2分

8、When a reader comes across the word"home”in his reading， the word may remind him of his family， friends， warmth， safety， etc. ＂In this sense， the word＂home＂conveys （ ）. 单选题 2分

9、Which the following statements is TRUE？（ ） 单选题 2分

10、Motivation accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its （ ）. 填空题 2分

11、Take"a laconic answer is a short answer”as an example to illustrate etymological motivation. 简答题 2分

12、The synonymous "ask-question”has the same （ ）. 单选题 2分

13、In the sentence"East or west, home is best＂,"home”has its （ ） meaning of＂family， safety，love＂，etc. 单选题 2分

14、Unlike conceptual meaning, （ ） meaning is open-ended and indeterminate. 填空题 2分

15、"Mary”and “much”both have the same concept,but collocate with different words， such as＂much time， much money＂， but＂many books， many people＂not vice versa. This example illustrates （ ）. 单选题 2分

16、The group of words which has the same grammatical meaning is"（ ）ˮ. 单选题 2分

17、Words are arbitrary symbols and are （ ） identities so far as their outer facet-spelling and pronunciation， is concerned. 单选题 2分

18、Form the diachronic point of view,（ ） is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word. 单选题 2分

19、"Dear＂and"deer＂are words identical in sound bat different in spelling and meaning. They are （ ）. 单选题 2分

20、The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins.In other words the history of the word explains the meaning of the word. This is called （ ）. 单选题 2分

21、a)The chucked a stone at the cops,and then did a bunk with the loot. b）After casting a stone at the police， they absconded with the money. The above two sentences have the same conceptual meaning， but differ in （ ） meaning. 单选题 2分

22、（ ） meaning indicates the speaker＇ s attitude towards the person or thing in questions. 单选题 2分

23、explains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of a word.（ ） 单选题 2分

24、From much money, many books，we can see that even in the same language the same （ ） can be expressed in different words. 单选题 2分

25、Associative meaning comprises the following types EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

26、The singular and plural meaning of a noun is known as the （ ） meaning of a word. 单选题 2分

27、Unlike radiation where each of the derived meaning is directly connected to the primary meaning，（ ） describes a process where each of the later meaning is related only to the preceding one like chains. 单选题 2分

28、Which of the following is one of the three channels through which modem English vocabulary develops？（ ） 单选题 2分

29、（ ），the basic meaning of a word is the core of word-meaning central meaning. 单选题 2分

30、Vocabulary is the most （ ） element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and content. 单选题 2分

31、In Shakespeare’s well-known Hamlet,rival means"（ ）”and jump means＂just＂. 单选题 2分

32、In modern English,word endings were mostly lost with just a few exceptions because English has evolved from a synthetic language to the present （ ） language. 填空题 2分

33、The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

34、The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe， the Near East， and （ ）. 单选题 2分

35、In the early period of Modern English,Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and （ ） classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. 单选题 2分

36、Which of the following statements is NOT true？（ ） 单选题 2分

37、Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South？（ ） 单选题 2分

38、The general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over one （ ） words. 填空题 2分

39、At the end of 6th century，Lain- speaking missionaries under St.Augustine came to spread Christianity in Britain. It brought many new ideas and customs and also many （ ）terms such as abbot， candle， altar， etc. 填空题 2分

40、The lndoEuropean language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

41、Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the presentday English vocabulary？（ ） 单选题 2分

42、Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

43、In Old English period， the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many new ideas and customs， and also many （ ） terms such as ＂candle， altar， amen＂. 填空题 2分

44、Reviving archaic words also contributes to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance， ＂loan＂， which was prevalent in the thirteenth century，was replaced by "（ ）˝ in American English. 单选题 2分

45、If we say that Old English was a language of （ ） endings, Middle English was one of leveled endings. 单选题 2分

46、From the historical overview of the English vocabulary.the language spoken from 1150 to 1500 is called （ ） English. 填空题 2分

47、The language used between 450 and （ ） is called Old English. 单选题 2分

48、Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of English new words？（ ） 单选题 2分

49、Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of Scandinavian origin？（ ） 单选题 2分

50、In the Western set, （ ） is the modern language derived from Hellenic. 单选题 2分

51、Which of the following statements is NOT true about the English vocabulary？（ ） 单选题 2分

52、From the historical overview of the English vocabulary,the period of Old English is （ ）. 单选题 2分

53、The Indo-European is made up of most of the languages of the following areas EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 2分

54、In the 9th century,England was invaded by Norwegian and Danish Vikings and many （ ） words came into the English language. 单选题 2分

55、Which of the following words is a neologism？（ ） 单选题 2分

56、At the end of 6th century， Latin-speaking Roman missionaries under St.Augustine came to spread （ ） in Britain， the introduction of which had a great impact on the English vocabulary. 单选题 2分

57、Social,economic and political changes bring about an increasing number of new words. Which of the following words is related to political changes？（ ） 单选题 2分

58、Which of the following statements is NOT true？（ ） 单选题 2分