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.According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.( )
A.meaning B.sound
C.combination of sounds D.group
2.The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.( )
A.more slowly than B.as quickly as
C.more rapidly than D.not so quickly as
3.Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.( )
A.use frequency B.notion
C.origin D.sound
4.Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.( )
A.green revolution B.fast food
C.moon walk D.space shuttle
5.Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.( )
A.form B.meaning
C.look D.pronunciation
6.Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.( )
A.four B.fell
C.for D.autumn
7.The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.( )
A./t/ B./g/
C./p/ D./k/
8.There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.( )
A.one B.two
C.three D.four
9.The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.( )
A.works B.prewar
C.postwar D.bloody
10.30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.( )
A.compounding B.affixation
C.conversion D.shortening