2006年4月广东自考英语词汇学真题00831

全国2006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 best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)

1. Extension can be illustrated by the following example: _________.（　　　）

A. butcher → one who kills goats   B. journal → periodical

C. companion → one who shares bread D. allergic → too sensitive to medicine

2. The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas, namely, _________.（　　　）

A. extension, increase and expansion

B. denotation, connotation and application

C. comprehension, understanding and knowing

D. polysemy, homograph and homophone

3. Affixes attached to other morphemes to create new words are known as  _________.（　　　）

A. inflectional affixes     B. derivational affixes

C. bound roots       D. free morphemes

4. Ambiguity often arises due to polysemy and  _________.（　　　）

A. synonymy        B. antonymy

C. homonymy       D. hyponymy

5. The semantic unity of idioms is reflected in the  _________ relationship between the literal meaning of each word and the meaning of the idiom as in “rain cats and dogs”.（　　　）

A. illogical       B. logical

C. mutual        D. natural

6. Idioms verbal in nature are  _________.（　　　）

A. verb phrases      B. phrasal verbs

C. verb idioms       D. all the above

7. The idiom “new brooms sweep clean” was created probably by  _________.（　　　）

A. seamen       B. housewives

C. farmers       D. hunters

8. The following are all denominal suffixes EXCEPT _________.（　　　）