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2006年7月高等教育自学考试 英语词汇学试题 课程代码：10059 I. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (15%, 1 point for each) 1. The Norman Conquest in 1066 introduced a large number of _____ words into the English vocabulary. A. Latin B. Greek C. Danish D. French 2. According to the textbook, the general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over _____. A. 500,000 B. 1,000,000 C. 200,000 D. 2,000,000 3. Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels:_____. A. creation, conversion and borrowing B. creation, semantic change and borrowing C. creation, borrowing and back-formation D. semantic change, borrowing and back-formation 4. Which of the following is NOT true?_____ A. A word is a sound unity. B. A word has a given meaning. C. A word can be used freely in a sentence. D. A word is the smallest form of a language. 5. Of the five characteristics listed for the basic word stock, the most important is _____. A. all national character B. productivity C. polysemy D. collocability 6. The meanings of etymologically motivated words relate directly to their _____. A. semantic change B. the morphemes combined C. origins D. word-formation 7. The differences between synonyms boil down to the three areas: _____. A. denotation, connotation and intensity B. connotation, intensity and application C. denotation, connotation and application D. connotation, implication and application 8. _____ of meaning is the process by which words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense. A. Extension B. Elevation C. Narrowing D. Degradation 9. Words like cuckoo, ping-pong are _____ motivated. A. onomatopoeically B. morphologically C. semantically D. etymologically 10. Antonyms are often used in proverbs to _____. A. express ideas economically B. express ideas easily C. form metaphors D. form antithesis to achieve emphasis 11. Associative mea