[0057]《英语词汇学》

西南大学

网络与继续教育学院

课程代码：

0057

学年学季：

20192

单项选择题

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Only the headwaiter has some professional hotel ________ so the service is rather slow an

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training

instructing

learning

teaching

2

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The earliest known native language of England is ________.

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Celtic

Scottish

Saxon

Anglian

3

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Which of the following word is NOT a compound?

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darkroom

wet day

small talk

hot dog

4

、“ex

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in

ex-husband

reads ________ and means ________.

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/Iks/, “former”

/

eks/, “former”

/Iks/, “out”

/eks/, “out”

5

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Overjoyed to see his long-lost friend, Jimmy ________ a toast to the health of them all.

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suggested

spoke

proposed

raised

6

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Which of the following words has gone through the semantic change of pejoration?

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queen

nice

vulgar

picture

7

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When it comes to a family quarrel, Mr. Smith just ________.

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bury his head in the earth

bury his head in the sand

bury his head in the water

bury his head in the garden

8

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They all thought that she and her boyfriend were ________.

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birds of a kind

birds of a type

birds of a breed

birds of a feather

9

、We’ve all experienced unpleasant moments at which we have to _______.

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chew the bullet

bite the bullet

bite bullets

munch the bullet

10

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It is in the ________ that English became regularized

and standardized.

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Late Modern English Period

Middle English Period

borrowing processes of Greek element

Early Modern English Period

11

、I waited for Tom for ages, but he didn’t _________.

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turn in

turn up

turn on

turn out

12

、The antonym of “fresh” in “fresh bread” is ________.

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faded

stale

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tired

stuffy

13

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Choked

traffic

has

been

a(n) ________ to urban transportation system.

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archenemy

main enemy

major enemy

primary enemy

14

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American women were ________ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard strug

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refused

ignored

neglected

denied

15

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Which of the following words has gone through the semantic change of melioration? ______

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manuscript

marshal

bread

cunning

16

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Flying in an airplane was once thought to be an impossible ________.

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task

problem

promise

profession

17

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The scientists realized it would be too ________ to ship all people in one boat

because

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dangerous

risky

daring

bold

18

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I took the children to the zoo to ________ for the party they missed yesterday.

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make away

make up

make it

make of

19

、Didn’t you hear? Old Tom just ________. Are you going to his funeral?

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kicked a pail

kicked the bucket

kicked a bucket

kicked the pail

20

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John complained that there were several pages ________.

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判断题

missing

leaking

losing

dropping

21

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in vest

and

gamble

share the same conceptual

meaning, but differ in affective meaning

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A.√

B.×

2 2

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over

has the same meaning in the two sentences “Sam lives over the hill” and “Sam tu

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A.√

B.×

23

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In English vocabulary, there are no infixes at all.

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A.√

B.×

24

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An idiom is structurally invariable, thus no changes can be made in its actual use.

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A.√

B.×

25

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In AmE, the letter

“t”

in

water

,

writing

,

meter

are pronounced closer to /d/.

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A.√

B.×

26

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With the aid of jargons, people of certain field can communicate effectively and economi

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A.√

B.×

27

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Words in a language

are loosely or arbitrarily organized without a structure.