Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%, 2 points for each)
16. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.( )
17. In modern times, borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern English vocabulary.( )
18. Compounds are words formed by combining affixes and stems.( )
19. Middle English absorbed a tremendous number of foreign words but with little change in word endings.( )
20. Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.( )
21. By etymological motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin. ( )
22. Homonyms are words whose meanings are closely related.( )
23. Contradictory terms do not show degrees.( )
24. The unmarked term of an antonymous pair often covers the meaning of the marked.( )
25. Idioms are fixed in structure and so can never be changed.( )
Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B (10%, 1 point for each)
A B
26. |
cocks |
A. |
roar |
27. |
birds |
B. |
sing |
28. |
duck |
C. |
trumpet |
29. |
pigs |
D. |
neigh |
30. |
bees |
E. |
howl |
31. |
elephant |
F. |
buzz |
32. |
horses |
G. |
bleat |
33. |
sheep |
H. |
crow |
34. |
wolves |
I. |
Quack |
35. |
lion |
J. |
grunt |
26. ( )27. ( )28. ( )29. ( )30. ( )
31. ( )32. ( )33. ( )34. ( )35. ( )