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《英語詞匯學(xué)練習(xí)及答案》 自學(xué)考試 英語本科 Chapter One 一. Which of the following is Not true ? a. A word is the smallest form of a language. b. A word is a sound unity. c. A word has a given meaning . d. A word can be used freely in a sentence . 二. The differences between sound and form are due to a. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English. b. stabilization of spelling by printing. c. influence of the work of scribes. d. innovations made by linguists. 三. Of the five characteristics listed for the basic word stock, the most important is a. all national character b. productivity c. polysemy d. collocability 四. Complete the following statement by supplying an appropriate term for each blank: a. Borrowed word which still sound foreign and look foreign are _______ . b. There is no ____________ relationship between sound and __________ as the connection between them is ____________ and conventional . c. ___________ are borrowings that have bee naturalized or assimilated in English . d. Archaisms are words no longer in ___________ use or _________ in use . e. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are ________. ___________ words enjoy a _________ frequency in use than content words . f. A word whose meaning was borrowed from another language is called _________ . 五. Choose the standard word from the column on the right to match each of the slang words on the left. a. tart girl b. bloke police c. gat great d. swell drunk e. chicken coward f . blue loose woman g. smoky pistol h . full fight i. dame fellow j. beaver woman 六. Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words : 1. Haply = 7 albeit= 2. Methinks= 8 eke= 3. Sooth= 9 morn= 4. Troth= 10 ere= 5. Quoth= 11 hallowed= 6. Billow= 12. bade= 七. Group the following borrowed words into denizens,aliens translation loans and semantic loans : Confrere wall kettle skirt chopstick dream typhoon gift Pro patria husband die parvenu w