西南大学2018年6月(0057)《英语词汇学》限时机考
西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
课程名称：(0057)《英语词汇学》 考试时间：90分钟 满分：100分
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一、解释题(本大题共5小题，每道题4.0分，共20.0分)
Define each of the following terms with illustrative examples when needed.
1. dictionary meaning
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2. clipping
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3. alien
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4. type
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5. specialization
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二、判断题(本大题共10小题，每道题2.0分，共20.0分)
Decide whether the following statements are true (“√” for true) or false (“×” for false).
1. The figurative use of words is an important cause for words to develop new meanings.
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2. According to the prototype theory, there exist no clear-cut boundaries between cognitive categories.
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3. In AmE, the letter “t” in water, writing, meter are pronounced closer to /d/.
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4. over has the same meaning in the two sentences “Sam lives over the hill” and “Sam turned over”.
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5. Words in a language are loosely or arbitrarily organized without a structure.
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6. Modern English has only eight inflectional suffixes and each can be added to a word only once.
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7. Celtic is a branch of the Indo-European Language Family.
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8. dies, died, dying, dead, etc. are different word forms of the same lexeme DIE.
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9. In English vocabulary, there are no infixes at all.
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10. invest and gamble share the same conceptual meaning, but differ in affective meaning.
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三、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每道题2.0分，共20.0分)
There are 10 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
1. American women were ________ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A.neglected
B.ignored
C.denied
D.refused
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2. The antonym of “fresh” in “fresh bread” is ________.
A.faded
B.stale
C.stuffy
D.tired
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3. John complained that there were several pages ________.
A.dropping
B.missing
C.losing
D.leaking
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4. Which of the following word is NOT a compound?
A.darkroom
B.small talk
C.wet day
D.hot dog
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5. We’ve all experienced unpleasant moments at which we have to _______.
A.chew the bullet
B.bite the bullet
C.bite bullets
D.munch the bullet
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6. It is in the ________ that English became regularized and standardized.
A.Late Modern English Period
B.Middle English Period
C.Early Modern English Period
D.borrowing processes of Greek element
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7. “ex-” in ex-husband reads ________ and means ________.
A./eks/, “out”
B./Iks/, “out”
C./Iks/, “former”
D./eks/, “former”
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8. Which of the following words has gone through the semantic change of pejoration?
A.picture
B.queen
C.nice
D.vulgar
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9. I’ll never buy a car, for it will only be a _________ to me.
A.hatched egg
B.sleeping dog
C.white elephant
D.fly in the ointment
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10. The earliest known native language of England is ________.
A.Celtic
B.Anglian
C.Saxon
D.Scottish
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四、翻译题(本大题共5小题，每道题4.0分，共20.0分)
Translate the following sentences into Chinese and pay special attention to the bold typed part.
1. The Giant Stone Buddha at Leshan is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site.
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2. Be polite, but don’t kowtow to him.
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3. One can not make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
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4. The young are always anxious at man’s estate.
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5. I don’t like him. He speaks with too many “ifs”, “ands” and “buts”.
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五、问答题(本大题共1小题，每道题20.0分，共20.0分)
Answer the following question with appropriate illustrations.
1. What is a word?
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