2009年7月广东自考英语词汇学真题00831

全国2009年7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 may fall into native words and borrowed words by ______.（      ）

A. use frequency B. notion

C. origin D. sound

2. Which of the following words does NOT belong to jargon? （      ）

A. Orchestra. B. Bottom line.

C. Ballpark figures. D. Bargaining chips.

3. In the sentence “It is fun to play with children.”, there are ______ content words. （      ）

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

4. Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT ______.（      ）

A. open heart surgery B. fast food

C. moon walk D. space shuttle

5. Reviving archaic words also contributes to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, the Americans use “sick” for ______ in British English. （      ）

A. six B. ailment

C. throwing up D. ill

6. If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle English was one of ______ endings. （      ）

A. leveled B. short

C. long D. paralleled

7. The plural morpheme “-s” is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT ______. 

（      ）

A. packs B. bags

C. cheats D. ships

8. There are ______ free morphemic words in the following words: bird, man, red, turn.（      ）

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 D. 4

9. The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______. （      ）

A. subsea B. prewar

C. postwar D. desks

10. The suffix “-tion” is a ______ suffix. （      ）

A. adjective B. verb