2009年4月全高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题.docVIP

全国2009年4月自考英语词汇学试题 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．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 that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.（　　　） A．onomatopoeic B．morphol