英语词汇学 英语词汇学习题3及答案.docxVIP

试题三

第一部分 选择题

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.(30%)

Accordingtothedegreeofsimilarity,homonymscanbeclassifiedinto( )

perfecthomonyms B.homonyms

C.homophones D.alltheabove

Transferasamodeofsemanticchangecanbeillustratedbytheexample( )

adfor“advertisement” B.dishfor“food

C.fondfor“affectionate” D.aneditorialfor“aneditorialarticle

Itisageneralbeliefthatthemeaningdoesnotexistintheworditself,butitratherspreadsover( )

thereader’sinterpretation B.theneighbouringwords

C.thewritersintention D.theetymologyoftheword4.Whichofthefollowingisaprefixoftimeandorder?

A.extra- B.pro-

C.re- D.semi-

Whichofthefollowingdictionariesisnotaspecializeddictionary?

TheOxfordDictionaryofEnglishEtymology

ChambersEncyclopedicEnglishDictionary

LongmontDictionaryofPhrasalVerbs

WebstersNewDictionaryofSynonyms6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNottrue?

Referenceistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworld.

Therelationshipbetweenawordanditsreferentisarbitrary.

Conceptisuniversaltoallmenalike.

Sensedenotestherelationshipsoutsidethelanguage.

Thewordswhichoccurbeforeorafterawordandmayaffectitsmeaningform( )

physicalcontext B.grammaticalcontext

C.lexicalcontext D.linguisticcontext

Smithisanarchitect.HedesignedWorldTradeCenter.Theclueprovidedinthecontextis( )

definition B.explanation

C.example D.hyponym

ThetermvocabularyisusedindifferentwaysbecauseofallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat( )

itcanrefertothecommoncoreofalanguage

itcanrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage

itcanrepresentallthewordsusedinacertainhistoricalperiod

itcanstandforwordsingivendialectorfield10.Theidiomadarkhorseisa( )

A.simile B.metaphor

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