2005年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题及答案

全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题

课程代码：00832

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. There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are（ ） A. primary and secondary

B. central and peripheral D. formal and functional B. Slang D. Literary

B. absolute and complete D. complete and identical B. Danish and French D. French and Latin B. concrete D. bound B. squeak, bleat D. bang, trumpet B. usage notes D. all of the above B. French D. Irish B.ODYSSEY D. CCTV B. six D. five B. borrowing D. all of the above B. adequate D. natural

C. diachronic and synchronic A. Colloquial C. Negative

2. Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（ ）

3. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（ ） A. absolute and relative C. relative and near A. Celtic and Danish C. Latin and Celtic A. formal C. free

4. In the early period of Middle English, English,（ ）existed side by side.

5. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （ ）morpheme.

6. Which of the following groups of words is NOT onomatopoeically motivated?（ ） A. croak, drum C. buzz, neigh

7. LDCE is distinctive for its（ ） A. clear grammar codes C. language notes A. German C. Scottish A. TOEFL C. BASIC A. eight C. seven

8. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（ ）

9. Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（ ）

10. In the course book, the author lists（ ）types of context clues for inferring word meaning.

11. Sources of homonyms include（ ） A. changes in sound and spelling C. shortening A. selective C. imperfect

12. The written form of English is a(an)（ ）representation of the spoken form.