chapter4 eercises词汇学练习chapter4 exercises词汇学练习.doc

Chapter 4 The Changing English Vocabulary l. Why are neologisms products of the constant change in the English language? 2. What is a new word according to The Oxford Dictionary of New Words published in 1998? 3. What is a new word according to The Oxford Essential Dic-tionary of New Words published in 2003? 4. Describe the definition of neologisms according to the author of this book? 5. There are two main sources of new words in the English vocabulary, what are they? 6. In which years did the following new words appear in the English vocabulary? 1) upload _________________ 2) webcam _________________ 3) webcast _________________ 4) read-only memory ( ROM) _________________ 5) search engine _________________ 6) spam _________________ 7) space walk _________________ 8) mad cow disease _________________ 9)AIDS(an abbreviation of ______) _________________ 10)SARS(an abbreviation of _______) _________________ 11) SIDS (an abbreviation of ________) _________________ 12) euro _________________ 13) nuclear winter _________________ 14) peace symbol _________________ 15) spokespeople _________________ 16) womens studies _________________ 17) B-school _________________ 18) homeschool _________________ 19) electronica _________________ 20) kung fu _________________ 21)e-book _ ________________ 22)e-commerce _________________ 23)ATM (an abbreviation of _________) _________________ 24)DVD (an abbreviation of _________) _________________ 25) light pollution _________________ 7. Do you know which test every student should take before the gr