1、Ⅰ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A， B， C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. （30％） English lexicology is chiefly concerned with the basic （ ） of words in general and of English words in particular. 单选题 1分

2、Which of the following statements is NOT true？（ ） 单选题 1分

3、English words may fall into the basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary by （ ）. 单选题 1分

4、The world has about 3000 languages， which can be grouped into roughly 300 language families on the basis of similarities in their basic word stock and （ ）. 单选题 1分

5、In early Middle English period， English， Latin and （ ） existed side by side. 单选题 1分

6、New words or expressions like green revolution, space shuttle, moon walk come into present-day English vocabulary due to （ ）. 单选题 1分

7、For the words collection, idealistic, ex-prisoner,only collect, ideal, prison are （ ）. 单选题 1分

8、For the word contradiction, -dict is called a(n) （ ）. 单选题 1分

9、There is an inflectional affix in the word （ ）. 单选题 1分

10、The most productive means of vocabulary expansion in modern English are the following EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 1分

11、Of the following prefixes,（ ）is a prefix of attitude. 单选题 1分

12、Nouns like help, cheat are converted from verbs of the same form, indicating （ ）. 单选题 1分

13、The word like airmail is a(n) （ ） word, since one can figure out its meaning from each morpheme of the word. 单选题 1分

14、Which of the following words is NOT an onomatopoeically-motivated word?（ ） 单选题 1分

15、Pregnant, expecting, in the club can have the same conceptual meaning, but differ in their （ ） values. 单选题 1分

16、From 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 1分

17、The difference between rich and wealthy shows that synonyms may differ in （ ）. 单选题 1分

18、There was a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in, a nest of small tables and a dark, imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past.We can see coherence by （ ） in the above sentences. 单选题 1分

19、The word accident originally meant“event”, but now means“unfortunate event”only. This example shows （ ） of meaning. 单选题 1分

20、Which of the following words has NOT undergone extension of meaning?（ ） 单选题 1分

21、Pitiful originally meant"full of pity", but now has changed to"deserving pity". This example shows （ ）. 单选题 1分

22、Many familiar words have different meanings when they are used in different contexts. Study the following sentences carefully and decide in which sentence stage means“to plan,arrange and carry out”.（ ） 单选题 1分

23、The ball was attractive.The above sentence has ambiguity due to （ ）.  单选题 1分

24、（ ） is used as context clue in the following sentence: The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office and a school. 单选题 1分

25、The idiom tit for tat is not to be turned into tat for tit. This shows that （ ）. 单选题 1分

26、The English idiom"（ ）"means"something useless and unwanted but big and costly". 单选题 1分

27、The rhetorical device of rhyme is used in the idiom“（ ）”. 单选题 1分

28、Which of the following statements is NOT true?（ ） 单选题 1分

29、In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, one of the entries of the word blood says: [C] old use a fashionable young man. The information that is NOT provided under this entry is （ ）. 单选题 1分

30、Which of the following is NOT the proper Chinese equivalent for its English item?（ ） 单选题 1分

31、Ⅱ. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(15%) The specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades and professions communicate among themselves are referred to as （ ）. 填空题 2分

32、In modern times, the most important way of vocabulary expansion is （ ） of new words by means of word-formation. 填空题 2分

33、In the words or expressions desks, the children's library, happiest, -s,-'s,-est are called （ ） affixes. 填空题 2分

34、The prefixes in words like disobey, injustice, immature, unfair are （ ） prefixes. 填空题 2分

35、The synonymous pair like die-pass away has the same （ ） but different socio-cultural and stylistic values. 填空题 2分

36、Absolute synonyms are words which are identical in meaning in all aspects, i.e. both in grammatical meaning and （ ） meaning. 填空题 2分

37、Churl, hussy, wench, villain were originally neutral in color but have all down-graded as " ill-mannered or bad people". This example shows that the attitudes of （ ） have also made inroads into lexical meaning in the case of degradation. 填空题 2分

38、In some cases, the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs. This is what we call （ ） context. 填空题 2分

39、All sentence idioms are complete sentences. They are mainly proverbs and （ ）,including colloquialisms and catchphrases. 填空题 2分

40、For beginners and elementary learners,a （ ） dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language to understand fully a monolingual dictionary. 填空题 2分

41、Ⅲ. Define the following terms. (15%) dialectal words 简答题 3分

42、monomorphemic words 简答题 3分

43、etymological motivation 简答题 3分

44、degradation of meaning 简答题 3分

45、phrasal verbs 简答题 3分

46、IV. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (20%) What are the three channels through which modern English vocabulary develops? 简答题 5分

47、The following words are formed by means of suffixation. Group the following words into noun suffixes, verb suffixes and adjective suffixes. darken, economical, socialist, decision, beautify, modernize, adulthood, successful, childish 简答题 5分

48、What are the three classes that homonyms fall into, based on the degree of similarity? 简答题 5分

49、Explain the misunderstanding of the phrase “look out ”in the following situation: when someone on the second floor was ready to pour water out of the window, he called“Look out!” to warn the people outside in the street to go away. But the man on the first floor heard the cry and stretched his head out of the window just in time to receive the water. 简答题 5分

50、V. Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(20%) Comment on the following two sentences to illustrate the differences between conversion and affixation. A. They room right next to me. B. She tried to beautify her room with posters and plants. 简答题 10分

51、What is the fundamental difference between the processes of radiation and concatenation,and how are they closely related? 简答题 10分