Leicology-词汇学练习及答案.doc

Test of Lexicology 2
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.
1. Which words belong to the functional words (    A  )
A. prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctions
B. articles, adjectives, pronouns
C. adverbs, conjunctions, nouns
D. prepositions, auxiliaries, verbs
2. ___ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.〔 C 〕
A. Roots
B. Stems
C. Affixes
D. Compounds 
3. A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is thought to be( C ).
A．affixational   B．derivational   C．free     D．bound
4. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single ( C ) morpheme.
A. formal      B. concrete  C. free        D. bound
5. Which of the following is NOT true ( B )
 A. A word is a sound unity                       
B. A word has a given meaning
C. A word is the smallest form of a language  
D. A word can be used freely in a sentence
6. The following words have derivational affixes Except________. (    D  )
A. subsea                                                B. prewar
C. postwar                                              D. desks
7. Which of the following is not a compound ( B )
A. swimming pool B. king-hearted C. greenhouse D. International
8. The suffix “-tion〞 is a ____ suffix. (   D    )
A. adjective                                                B. verb
C. adverb                                              D. noun
9. From the sentences “Hand in your papers.〞 and “She papered the room green.〞, we can see such a means of word formation as________. ( C )
A. affixation                                             B. compounding
C. conversion                                          D. acronymy
10. “mis-“ in “misunderstand〞 is a ____________ prefix. ( C )
　　 A．negative B. pejorative C. reversative D. locative
11. Which of the following is not a major word-formation process ( D )
A. Compounding B. Derivation
C. Conversion D. Coinage
12. “Anti-〞 in “antihero〞 means______. ( A )
A. “against〞
B. “unconventional〞
C. “of or belonging to the hypothetical world of antimatter〞
D. “not〞
13. “-able〞 in “fashionable〞 is a(an) _____ suffix. ( D )
A. denominal B. deadjectival C. deverbal D. noun-forming
II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions.
1. According to the functions of affixes, we can put them into two groups: inflectional and ____derivational______affixes.
2. Bound morphemes include two types: bound root and ___ affixes______.
3. Words may fall into ___content _____words and functional words by notion.
4. Generally, prefixes only modify the ___lexical meaning_____of the stem.
5. Sometimes a word may undergo ____multiple______ conversion, which enables it to function as a member of several word-classes.
6. Affixation can be subdivided into ____prefixation_________ and ____suffixation________.
III. Term explanation
1. Compounding Compounding is a word-formation progress consisting of joining two or more bases to form a new unit, a compound word.
2. Derivation Derivation is generally defined as word-formation process by which new words are created by adding a prefix, or suffix, or both, to the base. Derivation may be defined as process of forming new words by the additional of word element, such as prefix, suffix or combining form, to an already existing word.
3. Conversion Conversion is a word formation process whereby a word of a certain word-class is shifted into a word of another word-class without the addition of an affix.
4. Word-formation rules The rules of word-formation define the scope and method whereby speakers of a language may create new word.
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