A. root B. stem
C. base D. affix
7. There are three kinds of compounds. The word “airconditioner” is a(n) ____________. ( )
A. solid compound B. hyphenated compound
C. open compound D. none of the above
8. Which of the following belongs to the word formation of acronym? ( )
A. TOFEL B. BBC
C. WTO D. CEO
9. There are four common types of clipping. The word “dorm” is a ____________ word.( )
A. front clipping B. back clipping
C. front and back clipping D. phrase clipping
10. Motivation accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning. There are four types of motivations. The word “mouth” in the phrase “the mouth of the river” is ____________.( )
A. onomatopoeically motivated B. morphologically motivated
C. semantically motivated D. etymologically motivated
11. The four major modes of semantic change are ____________. ( )
A. extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation
B. extension, generalization, elevation and degradation
C. extension, narrowing, specialization and degradation
D. extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation
12. In the following sentence, choose the best to match the meaning of “womanly”. “She would know he was alive and she would simply make waiting womanly and rational.” ( )
A. sensitively B. patiently
C. jealously D. attractively
13. “We can hear their gay laughter.” What does “gay” mean in the sentence? ( )
A. cheerful B. homosexual
C. thoughtless D. brilliant
14. The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called ____________. ( )
A. synecdoche B. metonymy
C. substitution D. metaphor
15. In terms of ____________ dictionary can be divided into monolingual dictionary, bilingual dictionary and multilingual dictionary. ( )
A. means B. size
C. coverage D. language
