-
大学英语专业词汇学考试模拟试卷
(1)
I.
Choose
the
best
from
the
four
answers
provided
for
each
question.
(20
points)
1.
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
NOT
true?
B
A.
Shakespeare’s
poem
―What’s
in
a
name?
That
which
we
call
a
rose
/
By
any
other
name
would
smell
as
sweet‖
is
a
reflection
of
the
conventionalist’s
opinion
concerning
the
rel
ationship
between
sound
and
meaning.
B.
Facts
have
proved
the
naturalists
to
be
valid
concernin
g
the
relationship
between
sound
and
meaning.
C.
The
conventionalists
hold
that
the
relations
between
so
und
and
meaning
are
conventional
and
arbitrary.
D.
The
fact
that
words
with
the
same
meaning
have
differ
ent
phonological
forms
in
different
languages
supports
the
con
ventionalists.
2.
The
word
―brunch‖
is
formed
from
―breakfast‖
and
―lunc
h‖.
Such
a
process
of
word
-formation
is
called
___C________
_
.
A.
affixation
B.
back-formation
C.
blending
D.
ab
breviation
3.
It’s
easy
for
us
to
associate
―husband‖
with
―wife‖.
Suc
h
an
association
is
an
application
of
____D________
.
A.
the
minimal-contrast
rule
B.
the
feature-deletion
and
–
addition
rule
C.
the
marking
rule
D.
the
category
preservation
rule
4.
The
pair
of
anton
yms
―teach—learn‖
belong
to
___C___
______<
/p>
.
A.
complementaries
B.
contraries
C.
conversives
D.
None
of
the
above
5.
The
derivational
antonym
of
―pleasant‖
is
________B__
__
.
A.
pleasure
B.
unpleasant
C.
disgusting
D.
not
pleasant
6.
The
pair
of
words
―air
—
heir‖
belong
to <
/p>
___C_______
__
.
A.
homograph
B.
homophone
C.
full
homonyms
D.
none
of
the
above
7.
The
major
difference
between
―propaganda‖
and
―publici
ty‖
lies
in
their
_____B_______
.
A.
distribution
B.
emotional
coloring
C.
stylistic
coloring
D.
collocation
8.
The
semantic
relationship
between
―spinach‖
and
―veget
able‖
is
a
kind
of
_____C_______
.
A.
hyponymy
B.
antonymy
C.
synonymy
D.
homonymy
9.
____________
are
related
in
the
same
way
as
the
pair
of
words
―Mystery:
Clue‖
are
related
to
each
other.
A.
Book:
reader
B.
fruit:
bowl
C.
door:
key
D.
detective:
crime
10.
The
word
―nice‖
originally
meant
―foolish‖,
and
now
it
means
―pleasant‖.
This
process
of
s
emantic
change
is
called
_
__C____
.
A.
degeneration
B.
generalization
C.
elevation
D.
specialization
11.
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
NOT
true
about
t
he
formula
―word
–
concept
–
referent‖?
D
A.
A
concept
is
the
base
of
the
meaning
of
a
word.
B.
A
concept
is
an
abstraction
from
the
referents.
C.
The
formula
shows
that
the
word
refers
to
the
referent
through
a
concept.
D.
There
is
a
direct
relationship
between
a
word
and
its
r
eferent.
12.
____C________
means
using
a
form
that
represents
one
part
of
speech
as
another
part
of
speech
without
changin
g
the
form
of
the
word.
A.
Blending
B.
Conversion
C.
Shortening
D.
Affixation
13.
The
semantic
feature
used
to
distinguish
between
―ba
chelor‖
and
―spinster‖
is
_______D_____
.
A.
[Human]
B.
[Adult]
C.
[Common]
D.
[Male]
14.
____________
is
characterized
by
full
inflections.
A.
Old
English
B.
Middle
English
C.
Early
Modern
English
D.
Modern
English
15.
The
word
―gold
-
collar‖
is
created
by
imitating
the
word
―blue
-
collar‖.
This
kind
of
analogy
is
based
on
____B_______
_
.
A.
number
B.
color
C.
oppositeness
in
meaning
D.
space
16.
In
terms
of
register,
most
English
idioms
belong
to
__
__________
.
A.
colloquial
English
B.
common
core
of
the
English
language
C.
formal
English
D.
slang
17.
In
the
sentence
―this
is
the
face
that
has
changed
the
future
of
the
world‖,
a(n)
______
is
used.
A.
metaphor
B.
metonymy
C.
synecdoche
D.
analogy
18.
In
the
following
poem
―All
the
world’s
a
stage,
/
And
all
the
men
and
women
mere
players,
/They
have
their
exits
and
entrances‖,
what
figure
of
speech
is
used?
A.
simile
B.
hyperbole
C.
metaphor
C.
personification
19.
Which
of
the
following
is
an
example
of
grammatical
collocation?
A.
lift
an
embargo
B.
commit
suicide
C.
avoid
doing
D.
sound
asleep
20.
Some
puns
are
based
on
______
.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
上一篇：physical appearance1
下一篇：AD9852用法说明