自考词汇第四章练习题

第四章自测试题

I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that

would best complete the statement.

1. The differences between a compound and a free phrase lie in

A. grammatical features

B. phonetic featuresC. semantic features

D. all the above

2. Means of English word formation exclude

A. repetition and alliterationB. clipping, acronymy and blending

C. conversion and back formationD. affixation and compounding

3. The word

A. adjective and noun

B .verb and nounC. adjective and verb

D. noun and verb

4. In English words produced through affixation constituteof all the new words.

A.10% to 20%

B.20% to 30%C.30% to 40%

D.40% to 50%

5. The chief function of suffixation is to

A. change the word-classB. change the meaning of the stem

C. change the semantic function of the stemD. all the above

6. The most productive conversion takes place between

A. nouns and adjectivesB. nouns and verbsC. verbs and adjectivesD. none of the above

7. The chief function of predication is to change

A. the part of speech of the stemB. the meaning of the stem

C. the grammatical function of the stemD. the collocation of the stem

8. The overwhelming majority of blends are

A. adjectives

B. adverbialsC. verbs

D. nouns

9. The

A. reversative

B. orientation C. negative

D. pejorative

10. Words formed by acronymy can be divided into acronyms and initialisms depending on

A. the pronunciation of the wordsB .the spelling way

C. the grammatical functionD. none of the above

11.

Verb

compounds

are

not

as

common

as

noun

compounds

and

adjective

compounds .The

limited number of verbs are created either throughor

A.

blending,

clippingB.

conversion,

blendingC.

backformation,

clippingD.

conversion,

backformation

12. Conversion is generally considered to be aprocess whereby an item is adapted or converted to

a new class without the addition of an affix.

A. inflectional

B. derivationalC. negative

D. reversative

13. The conversion of two syllable nouns into verbs involves a change of

A. stress

B. functionC. pronunciation

D. spelling

14. The prefix in pseudo-friend is a

A. prefix of degree or sizeB. negative prefixC. pejorative prefixD. reversative prefix

15. Affixation is the formation of words by adding word-forming oraffixes to stems.

A. derivational

B. inflectionalC. bound

D. locative

16. Nouns partially converted from adjectives do not possess all the qualities a noun does. They

must be used together with

A. definite articles

B. adjectives C. single forms

D. plural forms

17. Incompounds, the adjective element cannot take inflectional suffixes.

A. noun-adjective

B. adjective-nounC. verb-adjective

D. adjective- verb

18. In compounds, the word stress usually occurs on

whereas in noun phrases ______--- is generally stressed if there is only one stress.

A. the first element, the second elementB. the second element, the first element

C. the first element, the first elementD. the second element, the second element

19. The most productive word formation is

A. affixation

B. compoundingC. conversion

D. blending

20. The three most productive means of word formation are

A. affixation, compounding and shorteningB. conversion, compounding and shortening

C. affixation, compounding and conversionD. affixation, compounding and back formation

21.

A. head + tail

B. head + headC .head + word

D. word + tail

22.

A. adjective compound

B. verb compoundC. noun compound

D. none of the above

mostly used in writing related to science and technology, and to newspapers and magazines.

A. Words from back formation

B. AcronymsC. Blends

D. Clipped words

24.

A. adjective compound

B. noun compoundC. verb compound

D. none of the above

25. Compounding, also called composition, is the formation of new words by joining two or more

A. bound roots

B. derivational morphemesC. stems

D. inflectional morphemes

26. We shall classify prefixes on a semantic basis intogroups.

A. sevenB. eightC. nine

D. eleven

27. Most compounds consist of onlystems.

A. two B. threeC. four

D. five

28. Back formation is the method of creating words by removing the

A. prefixes

B. supposed prefixesC. suffixes

D. supposed suffixes

the

process

of

forming

new

words

by

joining

the

initial

letters

of

names

of

social

and

political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms.

A. Initialism

B. AcronymC. Acronymy

D. Analogy

30. Back formation is considered to be the opposite process of

A. prefixation

B. compoundingC. clipping

D. suffixation

31.

A. converted wordB. word produced through back formationC. clipped wordD. blend

words pronounced letter by letter,

andare words pronounced as a normal word.

A. Initialisms, archaismsB. Acronyms, initialismsC. Initialisms, acronymsD. Blends, initialisms

33.

A. a word produced through suffixation, a free morpheme

B. a free morpheme, a word produced through back formation

C. a blend, a free morpheme

D. a blend, a word produced through back formation

34.

A. front clippingB. front and back clippingC. phrase clippingD .back clipping

35. Compounds can be written

A. solid

B. hyphenatedC. open

D. all the above

36.

A. denominal nouns

B. deverbal nounsC. de-adjective nouns

D. both A and B

37.

A. deverbal adjective suffixB. adverb suffixC. denominal adjective suffixD. both B and C

38.

Words

produced

through

affixation,

compounding

and

conversion

constituteof

the

total

number of new wordsrespectively.

A.30% to 40%; 28% to 30%; 26%B.40% to 50%; 30% to 40%; 28%

C.20% to 30%; 15%; 10%D.50% to 60%; 15%; 5%

39. Shortening includesand

A. back formation, blendingB. clipping, blendingC. Acronymy, clippingD. initialisms, acronyms

40.

A. pejorative

B. reversativeC. negative

D. both B and C

II.

Complete

the

following

statements

with

proper

words

or

expressions

according

to

the

course book.

1. In English, suffixes are eitheror derivational morphemes.

2. According to thewhich affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses: prefixation

and

suffixation.

can classify prefixes on abasis into nine groups.

4. The primary function ofis to change the grammatical function of stems.

5. The derived forms from

6. On abasis suffixes can be grouped into noun suffixes verb suffixes, adjective suffixes, etc.

7. Words formed through composition are called

8. The most productive compounds areand adjectives.

9. Conversion is also calledshift.

10. Conversion is to change a word class without the addition of an affix and thus known as

11. Compounds can be written solid, and open.

12. When converted

of nouns, so

they are

converted nouns.

13. In back formation, the removed suffixes are not true suffixes butparts of the words.

14. Back formation usually involves the following types of words: abstract nouns, human nouns,

compound nouns and

15.

16.

Stylistically,

back-formed

words

are

largelyand

some

of

them

have

not

gained

public

acceptance.

17.

the sentence,

from

19.

Words

like

stand-by

,

lay-by

,

teach-in

and

are

all

converted

fromverbs.

20.

In

some

cases,

conversion

is

accompanied

by

certain

changes

in

terms

of

pronunciation

or

spelling or

distribution.

21 .The most common changes in some converted words in terms of pronunciation or spelling or

stress distribution are:

voiceless to voiced consonant, to end stress.

deserves noting that conversion is not only a change of grammatical function of the lexical

item involved but with it

the different range ofthat it originally carried.

23. Both

24. In modem times, people tend to bein writing and speech to keep up with the tempo of new life

style. To

save time one is likely to clip words that are frequently used.

25.

26. On a semantic basis, the prefixes such as

ng is the formation of a new word by combiningof two words or a word plus a part of

another word.

28. On a semantic basis the prefix

29.

of fabric.

30. If the conversion involves the change of a noun into a verb, the stress of the word with two

syllables fall on the

syllable when the word is used as a verb.

III.

Match

the

morphemes

or

words

in

Column

A

with

those

in

Column

B

according

to

(1)types of word formation;(2)types of prefixes; (3)types of suffixes; (4)types of blending

and (5)types of clipping.

A

B

1. scope

A. compounding

2. slurbB. verb suffix

3. mass-productionC. back clipping

4. D Notice

D. initialism

5. laze

E. partial conversion

6. lunarnautF. front and back clipping

7. -domG. front clipping

8. fore-

H. prefix of orientation and attitude

9. arch-

I. head + tail blending

10. -entJ. back-formation

11. a given

K. head + word blending

12. - (i) fyL. denominal noun suffix

13. sitcomM. word + tail blending

N locative prefix

15.p.c.

O. prefix of degree or size

16. fridgeP. acronym

17. auto camp

Q. full conversion

rich

R. head + head blending

-

S. deverbal adjective suffix

20. -able

T. deverbal noun suffix

IV

.

Study

the

following

morphemes

or

words

and

identify

(1)types

of

word

formation;

(2)types of prefixes; (3)types of suffixes;(4)types of blending and (5)types of clipping.

1. uni-

(

)

2. -let

(

)

3. taxi(

)

(

)

5. record(

)

(

)

7. copter

(

)

8. fore-

(

)

9. -ish

(

)

10. red tape

(

)

11. black(n. )

(

)

(

)

13. tourmobile (

)

14. tele-

(

)

15.-wise

(

)

16. contra-

(

)

(

)