fancy什么意思词汇学第二次测试1

2021年1月19日发(作者：活动管理)
I. Fill in the following blanks. (20
’
)
Polysemy is the ___1__ of long semantic development of a word. Diachronically,
a
polysemant
was
_2__when
it
was
first
created
and
it
became
__3___
gradually
when it acquired more and more meanings later on. The first meaning was the__4___
meaning and the rest were __5____ from it. Synchronically, a ___6__ has a number of
meanings that__7___ at the same time. Among them there is a meaning which is the
___8__ meaning, and the rest are all __9___ to it in one way or another and can be
___10__ back to the central meaning.



Synonymy deals with words that are the __11___or _12___ the same in meaning.
The words which are fully __13___ in meaning are called _14____ synonyms and all
the
others
are
__15___
synonyms.
__16___
synonyms
are
interchangeable
whereas
_17____ synonyms differ in such areas as _18_____, ___19__ (stylistic and affective),
and__20___.


II.
Decide whether the statements below are true or false.(10
’
)

(

)1. Perfect homonyms share the same spelling and pronunciation.

(

)2. Homonyms come mainly from borrowing, changes in sound and spelling, and
dialects.

(

)3. Homonyms are words whose meanings are closely related.
(

)4.
The
origins
of
the
words
are
a
key
factor
in
distinguishing
homonyms
from
polysemants.
(

)5. Most homonyms
are words that are the same in
spelling, but
differ in
sound
and meaning.


III.
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one
that would best complete the statement.
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1
’
*60=60
’
）

1.
Morphology
is
the
branch
of
grammar
which
studies
the
structure
or
forms
of
words, primarily through the use of _________construct.
A. word





B. form



C. morpheme

D. root

2.________ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form
and meaning of words.
A. Semantics


B. Linguistics



C. Etymology



D. Stylistics
3. Modern English is derived from the language of early ______ tribes.
A. Greek






B. Roman





C. Italian








D. Germanic
4.
Semantics
is
the
study
of
meaning
of
different
_________
levels:
lexis,
syntax,
utterance, discourse,

etc.
A. linguistic


B. grammatical



C. arbitrary






D. semantic
5. Stylistics is the study of style. It is concerned with the user
’
s choices of linguistic
elements in a particular________ for special effects
A. situation


B. context








C. time









D. place
6.
Lexicography
shares
with
lexicology
the
same
problems:
the
form,
meaning,
origins and usages of words, but they have a _______ difference.
A. spelling



B. semantic







C. pronunciation


D. pragmatic
7. Terminology consists of _______ terms used in particular disciplines and academic
areas.
A. technical



B. artistic








C. different






D. academic
8. __________refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular
arts, sciences, trades, and professions communicate among themselves.
A. Slang






B. Jargon








C. Dialectal words

D. Argot

9._________
belongs
to
the
sub-standard
language,
a
category
that
seems
to
stand
between
the
standard
general
words
including
informal
ones
available
to
everyone
and in-group words.


A. Jargon






B. Argot









C. Dialectal words

D. Slang
10.
Argot
generally
refers
to
the
jargon
of
_______.
Its
use
is
confined
to
the
sub-cultural groups and outsiders can hardly understand it.


A. workers




B. criminals







C. any person





D. policeman
11.________ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question.


A. Argot






B. Slang










C. Jargon








D. Dialectal words
12.
Archaisms
are
words
or
forms
that
were
once
in
_________use
but
are
now
restricted only to specialized or limited use.


A. common



B. little












C. slight








D. great
13. Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on
______meanings.
A. new





B. old














C. bad










D. good
14. Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_________ words. They
include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals.

A. functional


B. notional








C. empty









D. formal
15. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called
_______words.
Prepositions,
conjunctions,
auxiliaries
and
articles
belong
to
this
category.
A. content



B. notional

C. empty







D. new

16.A word is the combination of form and ________.
A. spelling



B. writing




C. meaning





D. denoting
17._______is
the
result
of
human
cognition,

reflecting
the
objective
world
in
the
human mind.
A. Reference



B. Concept


C. Sense



D. Context
18. Sense denotes the relationships _______the language.
A. outside




B. with





C. beyond


D. inside
19. Most English words can be said to be ________.

A. non-motivated

B. motivated


C. connected


D. related
20.
Trumpet
is a(n) _______motivated word.
A. morphologically

B. semantically


C. onomatopoeically


D. etymologically
21.
Hopeless


is a ______motivated word.
A. morphologically


B. onomatopoeically

C. semantically



D. etymologically
22.

In the sentence ‘ He is fond of pen ’ , pen is a ______ mot
ivated word.
A.
morphologically




B.
onomatopoeically

C.
semantically



D.
etymologically
23.

Walkman is a _______motivated word.
A.
onomatopoeically




B.
morphologically


C.
semantically



D.
etymologically
24.

Functional
words
possess
strong
_____
whereas
content
words
have
both