词汇学模拟试卷3及案答案.doc

《英语词汇学》模拟试卷 (三) I. Choose the best answer and then put the letter of your choice in the given brackets. (30%) 1. English words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. A. use frequency B. origin C. pronunciation D. notion ( ) 2. There was ______ agreement between sound and form in Old English than in Modern English. A. less B. a bit less C. more D. a bit more ( ) 3. The early inhabitants of the British Isles were ______. A. Scandinavians B. Romans C. Germans D. Celts ( ) 4. Modern English is regarded as a/an _______ language. A. analytic B. inflected C. synthetic D. advanced ( ) 5. The word “internationalist” does not contain a/an ______. A. bound morpheme B. stem C. inflectional morpheme D. free morpheme ( ) 6. The prefix “dis-“ in “disloyal” is a ______ prefix. A. reversative B. negative C. pejorative D. locative ( ) 7. The word “dorm” is formed by clipping the ______. A. back of a phrase B. front of a word C. back of a word D. front of a phrase ( ) 8. The overwhelming majority of blends are ______. A. nouns B. adverbs C. verbs D. adjectives ( ) 9. Words are but symbols, many of which have meaning only when they have acquired ______. A. motivation B. reference C. concepts D. association ( ) 10. The status of words either as superordinate or subordinate is ______ to other words. A. stable B. fixed C. consistent