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[自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语词汇学真题2011年04月 [自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语词汇学真题2011年04月 PAGE1 / NUMPAGES1 [自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语词汇学真题2011年04月 英语词汇学真题2011年04月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.问题:1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical periods EXCEPT ______.A.Old EnglishB.Middle EnglishC.New EnglishD.Modern English答案:C问题:2. The definition of a word comprises the following points ______. (1) a minimal free form of a language  (2) a sound unity  (3) a unit of meaning  (4) a form that can function alone in a sentence A.(1)and(2)B.(1), (2)and(3)C.(2), (3)and(4)D.(1), (2), (3)and(4)答案:D[解析] 根据对词所总结的定义“A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.”可知，本题的正确答案为D。问题:3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g., foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______.A.productivityB.polysemyC.stabilityD.collocability答案:A[解析] 英语中的基本词汇可以单独使用，也可以和其他的词根或词缀一起构成新词。这一点体现出了基本词汇的五个特征中的能产性，即“productivity”。问题:4. The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East and ______.A.IndiaB.the Far EastC.the West AsiaD.America答案:A问题:5. In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and ______ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance.A.IndiaB.GermanC.RomanD.Chinese答案:C[解析] 在现代英语初期，欧洲兴起了一场以学习古罗马和古希腊经典著作(ancient Greek and Roman classics)为中心的人文知识运动，这就是文艺复兴运动。问题:6. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Old English was a. highly inflected language.B.In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.C.The introduction of printing i