2007年4月浙江自考英语词汇学真题00831

全国2007年4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．Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical feature of idioms?（　　　）

A．Phonetic manipulation. B．Lexical manipulation.

C．Figures of speech. D．Phrasal verbs.

2．The sentence “I like Mary better than you.” is ambiguous due to ______.（　　　）

A．extra-linguistic context B．lexical context

C．grammatical context D．homonymy

3．Which of the following is NOT one of the obvious characteristics of the basic word stock?

（　　　）

A．Creativity. B．Stability.

C．Duality. D．All national character.

4．Which of the following is NOT considered as an inflectional affix?（　　　）

A．-es B．-or

C．-est D．-er

5．The following are user-friendly features of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, except ______. （　　　）

A．extra column B．clear grammar codes

C．usage notes D．language notes

6．Which of the following is a case of suffixation? （　　　）

A．Hemisphere. B．Attempt.

C．NATO.   D．Respondent.  

7．Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words?（　　　）

A．The rapid development of modern science and technology.

B．Geographical and political changes.

C．The influence of other cultures and languages.

D．Social and economic changes.