词汇学练习
ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY
I. Multiple Choice
1. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _____ morpheme.
A. formal
B. concrete
C. free
D. bound
2. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called _____.
A. synecdoche
B. metonymy
C. substitution
D. metaphor
3. Which of the following is NOT an acronym?
A. TOEFL
B. SARS
C. BASIC
D. CCTV跨国公司论文
4. Structurally a _____ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.
A. morpheme
B. stem
C. word
D. compound
5. Word formation excludes _____.
A. affixation and compounding
B. conversion and shortening
C. clipping, acronymy and blending
D. repetition and alliteration
6. The differences between compounds and free phrases show in _____ aspects.
A. phonetic
B. semantic
C. grammatical
D. all the above
7. “Mouth” in “the mouth of river” is
_____.
A. onomatopoetically motivated
B. morphologically motivated
C. semantically motivated
D. etymologically motivated
8. The “de-” in “decompose” is a(n)
_____ prefix.
A. negative
B. pejorative
腕表式激光仪C. reversative
D. orientation
9. The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs involves a change of _____.
A. spelling
B. pronunciation
C. stress
D. function
10. In compounds, the word stress
usually occurs on the _____
element, whereas in noun phrase
the _____ element is generally
stressed if there is only one stress.
A. first/second
B. second/first
C. first/first
D. second/second
11. Motivation accounts for connection
between the linguistic symbol and
_____.
A. its meaning
B. its sound
C. its form
D. none of the above
12. “Paper” in “a white paper” means
侯永庭_____.
A. an essay written at the end of the
term
B. a government document
C. newspaper
D. a set of questions used as an
exam
13. “Law-a biding” is _____.赵金铎
A. an adjective compound
B. a noun compound
C. a verb compound
D. none of the above
14. “_____” is not a
morphologically-motivated word.
A. Black market
B. Airmail
C. Reading-lamp
D. Hopeless
15. Associative meaning comprises several types except _____ meaning.
A. connotative
B. stylistic
C. affective
D. lexical
湖南工业职业技术学院学报16. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?
A. Dorm
B. Motel
C. Gent
D. Zoo
17 . _____ are bound morphemes
because they cannot be used as
separate words.
A. Roots
B. Stems
C. Affixes
D. Compounds
II. True or False.
18. Unlike conceptual meaning,
associative meaning is unstable and
indeterminate.
19. Initialisms are words that are
pronounced as normal words;
acronyms are those which are
pronounced letter by letter.
20. The conversion between nouns and verbs may involve a change of stress.
21. The reference of a word to a thing
outside the language is arbitrary
and conventional.
22. Compounds are words formed by
combining affixes and stems.
23. Clipping is a way of making new
words which involves the
shortening of a longer word by
cutting a part off the original and
using what remains instead.
24. Some idioms deny analysis in terms
of grammar.
25. Open compounds look like free
phrases as the elements forming
each word are written separately. 26. Content words belong to a
relatively small and permanent set
of words, in comparison to function words.
dna病毒III. Write out in full the following
shortened words:
EEC, OPEC, PRC, TEFL, AIDS, memo, fridge
IV. Form negatives of each of the following words by using one of these prefixes
dis-, il-, im-, non-, un-, in- , ir- . smoker capable practical obey security relevant mature ability officially willingness legal agreement logical loyal convenient
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