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信阳师范学院-英语词汇学
Which word that formerly meant animal, and later animal from Latin and beast from French found their way into English?( ) A.Deer B.Cattle C.Sheep D.Bird
n the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and ______ classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance. ( ) A.India B.German C.Roman D.Chinese
Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) A.Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) B.n early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side. C.The introduction of printing into England marked the begining of modern English period. D.The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.
The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.( ) A.morpheme B.affixes C.root D.stem
There is/are ______ monomorphemic word(s) in the following words: hot, dog, feet, matches. ( ) A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
Words can be classified according to the following criteria EXCEPT _________.( ) A.. notion B. use frequency C.foundation D.origin
Which of the following is NOT correct? _________( ) A.A word is a meaningful group of letters. B. A word is a unit of meaning. C.A word is a sound or combination of sounds. D.A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence.
If one wants to find out the minute difference between shades of meaning, the best source is _________.( ) A.a thesaurus B. a synonym finder C.an encyclopedia D.an encyclopedic dictionary
Which of the following can be said about a British Dictionary?( ) A. It is always better than an American dictionary. B.One can always expect to find American usages in it. C.One can never expect to find American usages in it. D. It tends to include more grammatical information
Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. ( ) A.use frequency B.notion C.productivity D.origin
Words like bear, nut, knocked out can be categorized as ______. ( ) A.terminology B.jargon C.slang D.neologisms
The plural morpheme "-s" is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT ______.( ) A.packs B.bags C.cheats D.ships
30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English vocabulary are produced through ______ .( ) A.affixation B.clipping C.compounding D.shortening
The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called ______. ( ) A.prefixation B.suffixation C.acronymy D.conversion
The method of creating words by removing the supposed suffixes is called ______. ( ) A.back-formation B.clipping C.blending D.suffixation