2008年4月广东自考英语词汇学真题00831

全国2008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. Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. （      ）

A. use frequency B. notion

C. productivity D. origin

2. Words like bear, nut, knocked out can be categorized as ______. （      ）

A. terminology   B. jargon

C. slang   D. neologisms

3. Identify the word that is of Scandinavian origin among the following. （      ）

A. Skirt B. Dress

C. Model   D. Status

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? （      ）

A. Old English was a highly inflected language.

B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary

C. The word cloak is of French origin.

D. Modern English is a synthetic language.

5. The root of the word “antecedent” is ______. （      ）

A. ante-   B. -ced-

C. -dent   D. -ent

6.Shortening a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains is called ______. （      ）

A. blending   B. clipping

C. acronymy   D. back-formation

7. Associative meaning of words comprises the following except ______. （      ）

A. connotative meaning   B. lexical meaning

C. affective meaning   D. collocative meaning

8. What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? （      ）