全国2012年7月高等教育自学考试

英语词汇学试题

课程代码：00832

I． Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)

1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. 

(      )

A. use frequency B. notion

C. origin D. grammar

2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas, when it means “marijuana”, it is a ______. (      )

A. jargon B. terminology

C. slang D. argot

3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expression “long time no see” is from ______. (      )

A. Latin B. Chinese

C. Greek D. French

4. The Germanic family consists of the four Northern European Languages: Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish, which are generally known as ______ languages. (      )

A. Hellenic B. Albanian

C. Celtic D. Scandinavian

5. Which of the following is NOT the main source of new words? (      )

A. The rapid development of modern science and technology.

B. Social, economic and political changes.

C. Environmental protection.

D. The influence of other cultures and languages.

6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? (      )

A. In modern times，borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern English vocabulary.

B. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.