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全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题 　　课程代码：00832 　　．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．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（　　　） 　　A．meaning B．sound 　　C．combination of sounds D．group 　　2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（　　　） 　　A．more slowly than B．as quickly as 　　C．more rapidly than D．not so quickly as 　　3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（　　　） 　　A．use frequency B．notion 　　C．origin D．sound 　　4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（　　　） 　　A．green revolution B．fast food 　　C．moon walk D．space shuttle 　　5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.（　　　） 　　A．form B．meaning 　　C．look D．pronunciation 　　6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（　　　） 　　A．four B．fell 　　C．for D．autumn 　　7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.（　　　） 　　A．/t/ B．/g/ 　　C．/p/ D．/k/ 　　8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（　　　） 　　A．one B．two 　　C．three D．four 　　9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（　　　） 　　A．works B．prewar 　　C．postwar D．bloody 　　10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.（　　　） 　　A．compounding B．affixation 　　C．conversion D．shortening 　　11．The word “motel” is created by ______.（　　　） 　　A．compounding B．clipping 　　C．blending D．suffixation 　　12．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（　　　） 　　A．acronymy B．clipping 　　C．back-formation D．prefixation 　　13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（　　　） 　　A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaning 　　C．associative meaning D．literal meaning 　　14．By ______ motivation, we mean th