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1111111111 1. As far as the origins of the words are concerned, English words can be classified into __b___. A. content words and functional wordsB. native words and borrowed wordsC. basic words and borrowed wordsD. loan words and dialectal words 2. A word is ___a__ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function. A. a minimal free form B. a basic part C. a minimal element D. a free element 3. English lexicology embraces __a___, semantics, etymology, stylistics, and lexicography. A. morphology B. phonology C. syntax D. pragmatics 4. The internal reason for the difference between sound and form is __d___. A. innovations made by linguistsB. influence of the work of scribesC. stabilization of spelling by printingD. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English 5. The relationship between sound and meaning is __c___ and conventional. A. logical B. objective C. arbitrary D. consistent 6. Pronouns and ___c__ are semantically monosemous and have limited productivity and collocability. adverbs B. adjectives C. numerals D. prepositions 7. Which of the following is not a functional word? d through B. But C. they D. four 8. Listed in the course book are __c___ features of native words. Five B. Six C. seven D. eight 9. _a____ are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. A. Aliens B. Denizens C. Semantic-loans D. Neologisms 10. The words borrowed from French or Latin are mostly __b___. A. neutral B. formal C. colloquial D. informal 11. There was _a___ agreement between sound and form in Old English than in Modern English. more B. little C. less D. a bit more 12. Nonbasic vocabulary includes all of the following except __b___. A. neologisms B. Anglo-Saxon words C. archaisms D. technical terms II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions given in the course book. 1