词汇学试卷2.doc

试卷2 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and mark the corresponding letter on your ANSWER SHEET. (1’x20=20’) There are two main approaches to the study of English words, namely_____．A． descriptive and prescriptive B． synchronic and diachronic C． spoken and written D． competence and performance 2．Which of the following is NOT studied in semantics　　　A． polysemy 　　B． language family 　　C． ambiguity 　　D． complementaries 3．The hyponyms of ‘vegetable’ are_____．　　A． banana, pear, jam 　　B． pear, apple and banana 　　C． cucumber, celery, peas 　　D． tree, pine, elm 4．_____is a word-formation process by which a word is changed from one word-class into another without the change of form．　　A． Blending 　　B． Affixation 　　C． Back-formation 　　D． Conversion 5．According to the degree of similarity, homonyms can be classified into_____．　 A． perfect homonyms 　 B． homograph 　 C． homophones　　 D． all the above 6．It is a general belief that the meaning does not exist in the word itself, but it rather spreads over_____．A． the readers interpretation B． the neighbouring words C． the writers intention D． the etymology of the word 7．Which of the following is a prefix of time and order　　A． extra- 　B． pro- 　C． re- 　D． semi- 8．Which of the following dictionaries is not a specialized dictionary　　 A． The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 　 B． Chambers Encyclopedic English Dictionary 　 C． Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs 　 D． Websters New Dictionary of Synonyms 9．“The birds sing to welcome the smiling year．” is an example of_____．　 A． euphemism　 B． metonymy 　 C． cynicism　 D． metaphor 10．The word “water” is_____motivated．　　A． phonetically 　　B． semantically 　　C． morphologically　　D． non- 11．“Give somebody an inch and hell take a mile．” is a_____．　　A． sentence idiom　　B． proverb 　　C． clause idiom D． both A and B 12．Which of the following is not associative meaning?　　　A．