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1、英语词汇学复习题(五)I.Someofthefollowingstatementsaretrue,andtheothersfalse.MarkyouranswerbywritingTorFonyouranswersheet.(10%)1.      ThegreatmajorityofthebasicwordstockoftheEnglishlanguagearenativewords,thatis,wordsofAnglo-Saxonorigin.2.      Suffixationisdifferentfro

2、mconversioninthatitdoesnotchangetheword-classofthebase.3.      Wordsofasemanticfieldaresynonymous.4.      Clippinginvolvesthedeletionofoneormoresyllablesfromaword,whichisalsoavailableinitsfullform.5.      Contentwordshavelexicalmeaningbutnogrammaticalmeaning.6

3、.      Aparticularcharacteristicofcomponentialanalysisisthatitattemptstotreatcomponentsintermsofbinaryopposites.7.      Arootisthebasicunchangeablepartofaword.8.      ManyEnglishwordscannotbeanalyzedintermsofsemanticfeatures.9.      Allwordshaveantonyms.10.  T

4、heimpactofcontextonmeaningdiffersfromonewordtoanotherandfromoneinstanceorpassagetoanother.II.Thefollowingaremultiple-choicequestions.MarkyouranswerbywritingA,B,C,orDonyouranswersheet.(20%)11.  TheEnglishlanguagefrom______tothepresentiscalledModernEnglish.(A)45

5、0(B)1100(C)1500(D)180012.  Thesentence“Johnwasfiredforpettythieving.”Isstylistically________.(A)literal(B)colloquial(C)archaic(D)neutral13.  Ofthefollowingwords,_____isanacronym.(A)OPEC(B)CIA(C)stylistic(D)affective14.  Thedefinitionofawordgiveninthedictionary

6、iscalledits_____meaning.(A)connotative(B)denotative(C)stylistic(D)affective15.  Intermsofoppositenessofmeaning,________isapairofconversives.(A)  “deep”and“shallow”(B)  “present”and“absent”(C)  “love”and“hate”(D)“above”and“below”16.  Inthegroupofwords“ride,run,

7、walk,go,fly”,“go”isa________.(A)superordinateterm(B)hyponym(C)subordinateterm(D)hyponymy17.Theword“success”usedtomean“result,outcome”,nowitmeans“afavorableoutcomeorresult”.Thisisanexampleof__________ofmeaning.(A)elevation(B)degeneration(C)extension(D)restricti

8、on18.ThelanguagetheearlyimmigrantsbroughtthemtoAmericawasdifferentfrompresentEnglish;thegreatestdifferenceliesin________.(A)spelling(B)pronunciation(C)grammar(D)vocabulary19.______