全国英语词汇学(00832)高等教育自学考试试题和答案.doc

　英语词汇学试卷　第 PAGE 7 页 共 NUMPAGES 9 页全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码：00832Ⅰ．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.（30%）1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（　　　）A．meaning B．SoundC．combination of sounds D．Group2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（　　　）A．more slowly than B．As quickly asC．more rapidly than D．Not so quickly as 3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（　　　）A．use frequency B．notionC．origin D．sound4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（　　　）A．green revolution B．fast foodC．moon walk D．space shuttle5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.（　　　）A．form B．meaningC．look D．pronunciation6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（　　　）A．four B．fellC．for D．autumn7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.（　　　）A．/t/ B．/g/C．/p/ D．/k/8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（　　　）A．one B．twoC．three D．four9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（　　　）A．works B．prewarC．postwar D．bloody10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.（　　　）A．compounding B．affixationC．conversion D．shortening11．The word “motel” is created by ______.（　　　）A．compounding B．clippingC．blending D．suffixation12．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.（　　　）A．acronymy B．clippingC．back-formation D．prefixation13．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.（　　　）A．grammatical meaning B．conceptual meaningC．associative meaning D．literal meaning14．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.（　　　）A．onomatopoeic B．morphologicalC．sem