英语词汇学课件Chapter 1

A. slang B. Anglo-Saxon words C. argots D. neologisms

50. According to the origins of the words, English words can be classified into _________.

A. content words and functional words B. native words and borrowed words C. basic words and dialectal words D. loan words and dialectal words

51. Borrowings can be divided into _________.

A. aliens, semantic loans, translation loans, denizens

B. empty words, notional words, form words, content words C. blends, portmanteau words, acronyms, initialisms

D. derivatives, compounds, converted words and clipped words

52. Apart from the characteristics of basic vocabulary, native words have two other features, namely _________.

A. productivity and stability

B. neutrality in style and high frequency in use C. collocability and polysemy D. formality and arbitrariness

53. The word beaver (meaning \

A. a dialectal word B. argot C an archaism D. slang

54. AIDS as a nonbasic word is _________.

A. jargon B. an archaism C. a neologism D. slang

55. Form words include the following word classes except _________.

A. conjunctions B. auxiliaries C. prepositions D. adjectives

56. Vocabulary can refer to the following except _________.

A. the total number of the words in a language

B. all the words used in a particular historical period C. all the words of a given dialect D. most words a person knows

57. Kimono is a loan word from _________.

A. German B. French C. Spanish D. Japanese

58. _________ form the mainstream of the basic word stock.

A. Anglo-Saxon words B. French words C. Danish words D. Latin words 59. Black humour is _________.

A. a translation loan B. a semantic loan C. a denizen D. an alien

60. Pronouns and numerals are semantically _________ and have limited

A. polysemous; use and stability

B. monosemous; collocability and stability C. polysemous; use and productivity

D. monosemous; productivity and collocability

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61. Indigestion is _________.

A. jargon B. slang

C. terminology D. an archaism

62. By _________, words fall into functional words and content words.

A. use frequency B. notion

C. origin D. word formation

63. The symbolic connection between sound and meaning is almost always _________.

A. motivated B. arbitrary

C. logical D. unconventional

64. _________ are loan words that have become assimilated in English.

A. Denizens B. Semantic loans C. Translation loans D. Aliens

65. Smoky, which means \

A. slang B. argot C. loan D. jargon

66. Wherein which means \

A. slang B. archaic C. functional D. dialectal

67. The difference between sound and form due to all the following except _________.

A. more phonemes than letters

B. stabilization of spelling by printing C. change of spelling by early scribes D. development of pronunciation

68. A word is _________ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.

A. a smallest form B. a minimal free form C. a constituent form D. a separate part

69. In different languages, the same concept can be represented by _________ and the same sound can show _________.

A. different sounds/different meanings B. the same sounds/different meanings C. different sounds/the same meanings D. the same sounds/the same meanings 70. The internal reason for the difference between sound and form is _________.

A. stabilization of spelling by printing

B. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English C. influence of the work of scribes D. innovations made by linguists

71. In old English sound and form are _________.

A. different B. not the same

C. consistent greatly D. inconsistent greatly

72. Which is not the reason for the disagreement between sound and form?

A. the early scribes created some differences between sound and forms B. the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling C. the importance of government D. the borrowing

73. The relationship between the sound and meaning of a word is _________.

A. logical B. arbitrary, conventional C. predictable D. objective

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74. In spite of the disagreement between sound and form, _________ of the English words fit consistent spelling patterns.

A. only thirty percent B. at least seventy percent C. at least eighty percent D. sixty percent

75. The words of the basic word stock constitute _________ of the English vocabulary.

A. a small percentage B. a large percentage C. fifty percent D. ninety percent

76. _________ is the most important of all features of basic words.

A. Stability B. Productivity

C. Polysemy D. All national character

77. Words may fall into the basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary by _________.

A. use frequency B. notion C. origin D. meaning

78. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the basic word stock?

A. polysemy B. Colloquialism C. productivity D. stability

79. Non-basic vocabulary includes _________.

A. argot and jargon B. archaisms and neologisms C. technical terms D. all the above

80. _________ are words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use.

A. Neologisms B- Archaisms C. Jargon D. Terminology

81. Newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on new meanings are _________.

A. dialectal words B. jargon

C. argot D. neologisms

82. The expression \, belongs to _________.

A. slang B. terminology C. argot D. archaisms

83. Which category do the following words fall into: photoscanning, trigonometry, sonata and audiovisual?

A. Neologisms B. Jargon C. Terminology D. Slang

84. Which of the following is neologisms?

A. cocky B. E-mail C. aught D. symphony

85. By _________, words can be grouped into content words and functional words.

A usage B. origin C. notion D. Feature

86. Which types of words belong to functional words?

A. adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions B. adjectives, nouns, articles

C. articles, prepositions, conjunctions D. verbs, pronouns, prepositions

87. Which of the following is not content word?

A. five B. and

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C. earth D. never

88. Functional words are also called _________ words.

A. basic B. borrowed C. empty D. Compound

89. Which of the following words is a functional word?

A. always B. never C. though D. table

90. As far as the origins of the words are concerned, English words can be classified into _________and _________.

A. native words, borrowed words B. basic words, non-basic words C. content words, functional words D. formal words, informal words 91. Native words have _________ features.

A. two B. seven C. five D. six

92. Native words are words brought to Britain in the fifth century by _________ tribes.

A. Celts B. German C. Norwegian D. French

93. Which are the features of native words?

A. all national character B. neutral in style C. frequent in use D. all the above

94. The words borrowed from French or Latin are mostly _________.

A. colloquial B. informal C. formal D. slang

95. Loan words can be divided into four classes: _________.

A. Translation-loans, Denizens, Jargon and Semantic-loans B. Denizens, Translation-loans, Aliens and Semantic-loans C. Denizens, Collocation, Aliens and Translation-loans D. Denizens, Aliens, Jargon and Translation-loans

96. _________ are words borrowed early in the past and now well-assimilated into English language.

A. Denizens B. Aliens

C. Translation-loans D. Semantic-loans

97. If we classify English words by use frequency, the two types of words are __________.

A. the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary B. content words and functional words C. native words and borrowed words D. functional words and notional words

98. Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into __________ of words.

A. the lexical and grammar meanings B. the origins and meanings C. only the origins D. only the meanings

99. According to the textbook, the general estimate of the present- day English vocabulary is over __________.

A.10,000,000 B. 20,000,000 C.1,000,000 D. 2,000,000

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