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
