英语词汇学2015年10月真题试题及答案解析（00832）

Comment on the following piece of discourse in terms of superordinates and subordinates, so far as hyponymy is concerned."There was a fine rocking-chair that his father used to sit in, a desk where he wrote letters,a nest of small tables and a dark, imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past."

Take “The dog is chasing a cat” as an example to explain its grammatical meaning.

What does the underlined word mean and what contextual clue is used in the following sentence?"It is undesirable to write with too many (parentheses), a pair of brackets round words or phrases.”

What are the major sources of English synonyms?

Please explain the difference between the following two examples from the viewpoint of word formation.(1)single ( adjective) —>single (verb)(2)simple ( adjective) —>simplify (verb)

What is the difference between root and stem?

antonymy

idioms nominal in nature

extra-linguistic context

Bilingual dictionaries are written in____languages.

creation

clipping

Idioms consist of set phrases and short____, which are peculiar to the language in question and loaded with the native cultures and ideas.

The change of the meaning in the word “butcher”，which originally denoted “one who kills goats”，but has come to mean “one who kills animals” reflects____in the sense of word-meaning change.

Linguistic context can be subdivided into____context and grammatical context.

Tables, men and potatoes are all plural nouns, so we can say they have the same____meaning.

The development of word-meaning from monosemy to polysemy follows two courses, traditionally known as____and concatenation.

Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: creation, semantic____and borrowing.

"A green hand" means an “inexperienced person”,not “a hand that is green in color”. This example illustrates that compounds are different from free phrases in____unity.

Most morphemes are realized by____morphs like bird, tree, green, etc.Words of this kind are called monomorphemic words.

Archaisms are words no longer____in use or obsolete in use.

When we choose a dictionary, we should pay attention to the following aspects EXCEPT____.

Which of the following is NOT true about a Chines e-English Dictionary (Revised Edition) (CED) (1995)?

Webster's Third New International Dictionary is the best-known____dictionary.

“Through thick and thin” is a(n)____.

There is a____in the idiom “by hook and by crook” as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.

Which of the following is NOT one of the major functions of context?

Which of the following is NOT one of the variations of idioms?

The word “do” means “brush” in “do one’s teeth”，while it means “arrange” in “do the flowers”.The above example shows that____affects the meaning of a word.

In grammatical context, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the____ in which it occurs.

The word “meat” originally meant “food”，but now has come to mean “flesh of animals”. This is an example to illustrate____of meaning.

Words like “red, orange, yellow, green，black，etc.” make up the____of “colours”.

Vocabulary is the most unstable element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and____.

The meaning of the word “criticize” has changed from “appraise” to “find fault with”. Such a change is called____.

____meaning indicates the speaker's attitude towards the person or thing in questions.

Words “change”，“alter” and “vary” are similar in denotation，but embrace different shades of meaning. They are____.

Words identical both in sound and spelling, but different in meaning are____.

The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In other words the history of the word explains the meaning of the word. This is called____.

a) They chucked a stone at the cops, and then did a bunk with the loot,b) After casting a stone at the police, they absconded with the money.The above two sentences have the same conceptual meaning, but differ in____meaning.

Which of the following words is NOT a noun compound?

Which of the following words is the example of blending?

The word “sandwich” now denotes a popular fast food.It originates from John Montague, Fourth Earl of Sandwich in 18th century. This example shows one of the sources of English vocabulary is____.

Which of the following words is NOT a stem?

The word “idealistic” comprises____morpheme(s).

Which of the following words does NOT have inflectional affixes?

In the Western set,____is the modern language derived from Hellenic.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the English vocabulary?

From the historical overview of the English vocabulary, the period of Old English is____.

Which of the following is NOT true about the description of the relationship between sound and meaning?

Which of the following does NOT belong to the characteristics of the basic word stock?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?