全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试·英语词汇学试题

课程代码：00832

I. 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. sound

C. combination of sounds

D. group

2. The pronunciation has changed _________ spelling over the years. （　）

A. more slowly than

B. as quickly as

C. 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. notion

C. origin

D. sound

4. Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT _________. （　）

A. green revolution

B. fast food

C. moon walk

D. space shuttle

5. Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new _________ to meet the new need. （　）

A. form

B. meaning

C. look

D. pronunciation

6. Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means _________ in British English. （　）

A. four

B. fell

C. for

D. autumn

7. 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. two

C. three

D. four

9. The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT _________. （　）

A. works

B. prewar

C. postwar

D. bloody

10. 30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through _________. （　）

A. compounding

B. affixation

C. conversion

D. shortening

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