2002年4月广东自考英语词汇学真题00831

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题

课程代码：00832

第一部分  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.According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into(      )

  A. perfect homonyms                B. homonyms

  C. homophones                     D. all the above

2.Transfer as a mode of semantic change can be illustrated by the example(      )

  A. ad for “advertisement”         B. dish for “food"

  C. fond for “affectionate”         D. an editorial for “an editorial article"

3.It is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over(      )

  A. the reader’s interpretation      B. the neighbouring words

  C. the writer's intention          D. the etymology of the word

4.Which of the following is a prefix of time and order?

  A. extra-                         B. pro-

  C. re-                            D. semi-

5.Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary?

  A. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

  B. Chamber's Encyclopedic English Dictionary

  C. Longmont Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

  D. Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms

6.Which of the following statements is Not true?

  A. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.

  B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.

  C. Concept is universal to all men alike.

  D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.

7.The words which occur before or after a word and may affect its meaning form(      )

  A. physical context                B. grammatical context

  C. lexical context                 D. linguistic context

8."Smith is an architect. He designed World Trade Center. "The clue provided in the context is(      )

  A. definition                      B. explanation

  C. example                       D. hyponym

9.The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that(      )

  A. it can refer to the common core of a language

  B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language

  C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period

  D. it can stand for words in given dialect or field

10.The idiom "a dark horse" is a(      )