英语词汇学2018年10月真题试题及答案解析（00832）

Illustrate the differences between synonyms by analyzing the following groups of synonyms

1) rich and wealthy

2) ask, beg and request

3) allow and let

1) nickname n.→ + to nickname

2) bottle feeding→to bottle

Use the above examples to discuss in what way compound verbs are generally formed?

What are the types of antonyms? Explain the types of antonyms with the following example，words: sell/buy, same/different old/young

How are context clues used in the sentence The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office, a village hall,l a medical centre, and a school?

dismembering (of idioms)

What are the three main sources of new words in Present-day English?

In what way are the underlined words formed in the following sentences?

1) He wolfed down his lunch.

2) There is no milk in the fridge.

3)The headmaster is an easy-going man.

4) You have to show your D before chocking in the hotel.

5)I promised to babysit for my neighbor this weekend.

associative meaning

stem .

degradation

borrowed words

For beginners, and elementary and lower-intermediate learners, a dictionary is essential as they do not know enough of the target language to understand fully a monolingual dictionary.

Unlike fee phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent_____， as is shown in the idiom "in a brown study", which cannot be changed into "in a brown hall”.

The process by which the word wife used to mean "woman", but now means“a married woman" is_____of word-meaning.

Linguistic context includes_____context, where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs.

Comic means "of comedy", while comical means "funny. This example shows that both -tie and -ical can be affixed to the some stem, but differ in_____.

The sense of an expression is is place in a system of___ relationship with other expressions in the language.

Words like bear which means both "a large heavy animal" and "to put up with" are called_____.

Morphemes which are independent of other morphemes are _____ morphemes.

It is generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the written record of the_____ form.

After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British lsles. Now people generally refer to Anglo Saxon as English.

In _____ the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language.

Usage notes and language notes in a dictionary explain the following EXCEPT____.

The flowing are some unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) EXCEPT_____.

Among the following idioms, “_____”. is an idiom adverbial in nature.

Al of the following are stylistic features EXCEPT _____.

Which of the following is NOT the role of context?

That the word do means different in "do a city", "do a sum" and "do the flowers" shows that,_____context affects the meaning of words.

Which of the following is a true idiom?

_____ reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word computer, from "a person who computes" to "Electronic machine".

Which of the following is the internal factor within the language system that causes changes in word-meaning?

As most words have more than one meaning. it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used in_____.

Which of the following pairs are absolute synonyms?

Which of the following is NOT the derived meaning of the word face?

The process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized is _____ of word meaning.

From a synchronic point of view, the basic meaning of a word is the_____.

The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In this sense, words have _____ motivation.

_____, which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.

Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the example of _____in word formation.

The following words are onomatopoetically motivated EXCEPT_____.

“A green hand is an inexperienced person", not a hand that is green in color. This example shows that compounds are different from free phrases in_____feature.

The following words have prefixes of time or order EXCEPT___.

Which of the following words is the example of free morphemes?

7Structurally, many words can be separated into even smaller meaningful units. For example, denaturalization can be broken down into___.

The morpheme of plurality /-s/ is pronounced as Is in cats, lzl in bags, and /iz/ in matches. This example shows___.

___means an old form which takes on a new meaning to meet the new need.

In Middle English vocabulary, we can find words relating to every aspect of human society,e. g government, law, food, fashion and so on. Which of the following words does NOT belong to them?

The language used between 1150 and 1500 is called___English.

Which of the following can NOT be defined as a word?

The difference between sound and form are NOT due to___.

Words may fall into native words and borrowed words by___.