大学英语专业词汇学考试模拟试卷(1)

大学英语专业词汇学考试模拟试卷(1)

I. Choose the best from the four answers provided for each question. (20 points)

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? B A. Shakespeare’s poem ―What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet‖ is a reflection of the conventionalist’s opinion concerning the relationship between sound and meaning.

B. Facts have proved the naturalists to be valid concerning the relationship between sound and meaning.

C. The conventionalists hold that the relations between sound and meaning are conventional and arbitrary.

D. The fact that words with the same meaning have different phonological forms in different languages supports the conventionalists.

2. The word ―brunch‖ is formed from ―breakfast‖ and ―lunch‖. Such a process of word-formation is called ___C_________.

A. affixation B. back-formation C. blending D. abbreviation

3. It’s easy for us to associate ―husband‖ with ―wife‖. Such an association is an application of ____D________.

A. the minimal-contrast rule

B. the feature-deletion and –addition rule C. the marking rule

D. the category preservation rule

4. The pair of antonyms ―teach—learn‖ belong to ___C_________.

A. complementaries B. contraries C. conversives D. None of the above

5. The derivational antonym of ―pleasant‖ is ________B____.

A. pleasure B. unpleasant C. disgusting D. not pleasant

6. The pair of words ―air — heir‖ belong to ___C_________.

A. homograph B. homophone

C. full homonyms D. none of the above

7. The major difference between ―propaganda‖ and ―publicity‖ lies in their _____B_______.

A. distribution B. emotional coloring C. stylistic coloring D. collocation

8. The semantic relationship between ―spinach‖ and ―vegetable‖ is a kind of _____C_______.

A. hyponymy B. antonymy C. synonymy D. homonymy

9. ____________ are related in the same way as the pair of words ―Mystery: Clue‖ are related to each other.

A. Book: reader B. fruit: bowl C. door: key D. detective: crime

10. The word ―nice‖ originally meant ―foolish‖, and now it means ―pleasant‖. This process of semantic change is called ___C____.

A. degeneration B. generalization C. elevation D. specialization

11. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the formula ―word – concept – referent‖? D

A. A concept is the base of the meaning of a word. B. A concept is an abstraction from the referents. C. The formula shows that the word refers to the referent through a concept.

D. There is a direct relationship between a word and its referent.

12. ____C________ means using a form that represents one part of speech as another part of speech without changing the form of the word.

A. Blending B. Conversion C. Shortening D. Affixation

13. The semantic feature used to distinguish between ―bachelor‖ and ―spinster‖ is _______D_____.

A. [Human] B. [Adult] C. [Common] D. [Male]

14. ____________ is characterized by full inflections. A. Old English B. Middle English C. Early Modern English D. Modern English

15. The word ―gold-collar‖ is created by imitating the word ―blue-collar‖. This kind of analogy is based on ____B________.

A. number B. color

C. oppositeness in meaning D. space

16. In terms of register, most English idioms belong to ____________.

A. colloquial English

B. common core of the English language

C. formal English D. slang

17. In the sentence ―this is the face that has changed the future of the world‖, a(n) ______ is used.

A. metaphor B. metonymy C. synecdoche D. analogy

18. In the following poem ―All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women mere players, /They have their exits and entrances‖, what figure of speech is used?

A. simile B. hyperbole C. metaphor C. personification

19. Which of the following is an example of grammatical collocation?

A. lift an embargo B. commit suicide C. avoid doing D. sound asleep

20. Some puns are based on ______.

A. synonymy B. hyponymy C. homonymy D. antonymy

II. Judge whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the textbook. (20 points)

21. According to modern lexicology, the minimal meaningful unit of a language is word.

22. The same phrase can be either a free phrase or an idiom, depending on the meaning and context.

23. The word ―teacher‖ is a transparent word.

24. The development of American English was plain sailing. In other words, the attitudes of both British and Americans towards American English were always positive.

25. An idiom composed of ―noun + and + noun‖ is always nominal in nature.

26. Written English is always formal, while oral English is always informal.

27. When you want to express your sympathy towards somebody whose grandfather has just died, it’s proper for you to say ―I am very sorry that your grandpa has kicked the bucket.‖

28. In the word ―snatch‖, the sound sequence ―sn‖ can be associated with ―quick movement‖. This is an example of ―primary onomatopoeia‖.

29. ―V.O.A.‖ is an acronym because it is formed from the initial letters of words and pronounced as letters. T

30. In English, the word ―edit‖ is created by the deletion of the supposed suffix ―or‖ in the word ―editor‖. This process is called affixation. F

31. In the sentence ―it is possible that the local court will find for him‖, the phrase ―find for‖ is an idiom.

32. In terms of spelling, ―honour‖ is American English, and ―honor‖ is British English.

33. In English, absolute antonyms are more numerous than relative synonyms.

34. The central meaning of a word is always its primary meaning.

35. The use of ―the Kremlin‖ for Russian government is called metonymy.

36. The word ―sanctuary‖ originally meant ―sacred place‖, and later it is used to refer to ―any place where refuge is provided‖. This process of semantic change is called specialization.

37. In terms of diction, the sentence ―penalties for overdue books will be strictly enforced‖ is written English.

38. One of the differences between American English and British English lies in the form of subjunctive mood. For example, the sentence ―I move that Mr. Smith be appointed Secretary‖ is British English, while ―I move that Mr. Smith should be appointed Secretary‖ is American English.

39. In the group of words of ―black, red, yellow and color‖, ―color‖ is the superordinate, and ―black, red, yellow‖ are the subordinates, or hyponyms.

40. Modern English lexicology belongs to general lexicology.

III. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. (10 points)

41. A foreign language learner’s vocabulary can be divided into active vocabulary and ____________ vocabulary.

42. Most of the English native words are of ____________ origin.

43. The first authoritative English dictionary is called ____________, which was compiled by Johnson.

44. ―ISBN‖, which stands for ____________, is an initialism often seen the in back cover of a book.

45. Small words have two features, that is, a ____________ of meanings and functions as well as flexibility of usage.

46. There are two types of collocations in English, that is, ____________ collocation and lexical collocation.

47. Old English is a ____________ language, while modern English is mainly an analytic language.

48. The variants of the same morpheme are called ____________.

49. ____________ is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.

50. ____________ refers to the phenomenon that the same word has two or more different meanings.

IV. Correct the linguistic errors in the following statements with the help of your English-English dictionary. Each statement contains only ONE error. (10 points)

51. He can’t find a good job because he lacks of skills. 52. His theory based on a lot of data. 53. He has the ability of repairing computers. 54. She concerns her son’s safety.

55. It’s not polite to intrude somebody when he or she is busy.

56. We should refrain our friends from smoking.

57. I had my teacher to recommend some books to me. 58. The compositions contained so few errors that the teacher got the students correct one another’s papers.

59. I never regretted not to accept his offer, for it was not where my interest lay.

60. The teacher is being confused.

V. Translate the following sentences into Chinese, paying special attention to idioms. (10 points)

61. They came up with a plan for drastic pruning of the bloated institution.

62. To Kate, calculating and cold, the most important thing was power.

63. Both were workaholics who thought nothing of being at their desks at 6:30 a.m..

64. There is nobody in our class but wishes to help you. 65. For university students, the importance of English and computer skill cannot be overestimated in modern society.

VI. Answer the following questions. Your answer should be clear and brief. (10 points)

66. List seven differences between relative synonyms. 67. In English, stative verbs usually cannot take the so-called progressive aspect. But there are some exceptions. List two cases in which stative verbs may take the progressive aspect.

VII. Analysis and comment. (20 points)

68. The following is a paragraph from a Chinese student’s essay in CET-6 entitled ―Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? Make use of the relevant theory you have learned in this course to make a comment on the diction. Do you think this is a good paragraph? Why?

Because I think learning English is very important, especially to me. Well if you ask me why, I’ll tell you there are lots of reasons. Let’s look at something in job markets. And if you can’t speak English, you can’t get a good job. Don’t you believe? Then another is to communicate with foreigners. You know, if you can’t speak English, how can you make your ideas understood by them? Anyway, spoken English is getting more and more important. So a test of spoken English is necessary.

69. Now you have had a general knowledge of English lexicology. Which chapter do you think is especially useful to yo

u? And what are you going to do to improve your English in this aspect?

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