1、I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement.(30%) Which of the following is NOT true about the definition of a word?（ ） 单选题 1分

2、Words may fall into content words and functional words by （ ）. 单选题 1分

3、Newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings are （ ）. 单选题 1分

4、The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe,（ ）, and India. 单选题 1分

5、There are such new words as fast food, talk shows, and open university in Modem English .These words show （ ）. 单选题 1分

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

7、The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is （ ）. 单选题 1分

8、There is/are （ ） monomorphemic word(s)in the following words: cats, boss, work, geese, tried. 单选题 1分

9、Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?（ ） 单选题 1分

10、The word that has a prefix of size is （ ）. 单选题 1分

11、The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called （ ）. 单选题 1分

12、The following words are formed by clipping EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 1分

13、In word meaning, the relationship between language and the word is （ ）, by means of which, a speaker indicates which things in the world are being talked about. 单选题 1分

14、Which of the following examples shows that every word that has meaning has sense, but not every word has reference?（ ） 单选题 1分

15、In modern English some words were created by imitating the natural sounds or noises, and the sounds suggest their meanings, like bang, croak, and buzz. These words are （ ） motivated. 单选题 1分

16、The central meaning of the word face is （ ）. 单选题 1分

17、Words like bow that means bending the head as a greeting and bow that means the device used as shooting arrows are called （ ）. 单选题 1分

18、Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in denotation?（ ） 单选题 1分

19、The word liquor once meant liquid, but now means alcoholic drink. This is an example of （ ） of word-meaning. 单选题 1分

20、For the word nice, its original meaning was “ignorant”, then changed to"foolish"and now it means"delightful, pleasant". This process is （ ） of word-meaning. 单选题 1分

21、（ ） reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word car, from "a two-wheel cart drawn by horses and used in war"to"automobile". 单选题 1分

22、The context where the meaning of a word is influenced by the structure in which it occurs is called （ ） context. 单选题 1分

23、That landlord means differently in western countries and in China shows that （ ） context has some effect on the meaning of words. 单选题 1分

24、Ambiguity often arises due to （ ）,as is shown in the sentence“The fish is ready to eat.” 单选题 1分

25、The idiom"（ ）" is an idiom nominal in nature. 单选题 1分

26、The idiom “（ ）” is an example of euphemism. 单选题 1分

27、The following are rhetorical features of idioms EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 1分

28、The reader cannot find pronunciation or meanings or usage but other information in （ ）. 单选题 1分

29、Which of the following is the best-known unabridged dictionary?（ ） 单选题 1分

30、Usage notes in LDCE New Edition(1987) cover the following EXCEPT （ ）. 单选题 1分

31、II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (15%) In different languages the same concept can be represented by different （ ）.For example, woman becomes"Frau""in German, and"femme""in French. 填空题 2分

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

33、The basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a （ ）. 填空题 2分

34、According to the positions which affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses: prefixation and （ ）. 填空题 2分

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

36、Antonyms can be classified into three major groups: contradictory terms, contrary terms and （ ） terms. 填空题 2分

37、The word journal originally denoted mere"daily paper", but now has come to include "periodical".（ ） of meaning is reflected in this example. 填空题 2分

38、The word do conveys a number of meanings, but it means differently in"do one's teeth"and"do science at school". This example shows that （ ） context will determine exactly what a word means. 填空题 2分

39、Structural （ ） is reflected in such idioms as by twos and threes, tit for tat,whose word order cannot be changed. 填空题 2分

40、American dictionaries contain more （ ） information in the main body than the British, for example, names of famous people, places of historical interest and the like. 填空题 2分

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

42、compounding 简答题 3分

43、radiation 简答题 3分

44、context(in a narrow sense) 简答题 3分

45、metonymy 简答题 3分

46、Ⅳ. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.(20%) What is affix? How to group affixes according to their functions? 简答题 5分

47、What's the difference between prefixes and suffixes? 简答题 5分

48、What are the major sources of English synonyms? 简答题 5分

49、Explain how context clues are used in the sentence"Their greatest fear was of a conflagration ,since fire would destroy their flimsy wooden settlement before help could arrive". 简答题 5分

50、V. Analyze and comment on the following. (20%) famous, skinny, notorious, slender, pigheaded, determined Give the definition of affective meaning of words and use the above words to illustrate the two categories of the affective words. 简答题 10分

51、Use the following two groups of sentences as examples to illustrate how to use superordinates and subordinates. (a)There was a fine rocking-chair that his father used to sit in, a desk where he wrote letters,a nest of small tables and a dark bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past. (b)①Trees surround the water near our summer place. ②Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin. 简答题 10分