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词汇学考试题型Ⅰ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.（2×15=30%） 1.In Old English there was _______ agreement between sound form.（ ） A. more B. little C. less D. gradual 2.Both LDCE and CCELD are _______.（ ） A. general dictionaries B. monolingual dictionaries C. both A and B D. neither A and B 3.The word MINISKIRT is _______.（ ） A. morphologically motivated B. etymologically motivated C. semantically motivated D. none of the above 4.The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.（ ） A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above 5.Beneralization is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become ________.（ ） A. generalized B. expanded C. elevated D. degraded 6.Some morphemes have _______ as they are realized by more than one morph according to their position in word.（ ） A. alternative morphs B. single morphs C. abstract units D. discrete units 7.Old English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.（ ） A. Italic B. Germanic C. Celtic D. Hellenic 8.Compounds are different from free phrases in all the following ways EXCEPT _______.（ ） A. semantics B. grammar C. phonetics D. lexicology 9.If two main constituents of an idiom share the same initial sound, it is called _______.（ ） A. repetition B. alliteration C. rhyme D. none of the above 10.Which of the following words is a functional word?（ ） A. Often B. Never C. Although D. Desk 11.Rhetorical features are shown in such respects of phonetic and lexical manipulation as well as _______.（ ） A. semantic unity B. structural stability C. idiomatic variation D. figure of speech 12.The advantage of classifying idioms according to grammatical functions is to _______.（ ） A. use idioms correctly and appropriately B. understand idioms correctly C. remember idioms quickly D. t