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¢ñ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.(30%)
1. At the United States Embassy on May 22nd at 3:30pm, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Global Village of Beijing (GVB) will introduce their production of a 9 part agricultural video series to be broadcast on Chinese Central Television (CCTV) Summer 2002.
The underlined word here is a/an (      ).
 A. verb        B. adjective        C. noun        D. adverb
2. Roget's International Thesaurus is a (      ).
 A. notebook          B. text          C. words book           D. dictionary
3. ¡°-tion¡±, ¡°-ing¡±, and ¡°-s¡± belong to (      ).
 A. affixes          B. suffixes           C. roots          D. stems
4. ¡°Gay¡± is a synonym of (      ).
 A. joyful           B. joy          C. joyless          D. homosexual
5. Of the modes of wordª²meaning changes, (      ) are the most common.
 A. elevation and transfer          B. extension and narrowing
C. degradation and transfer         D. narrowing and degradation
6. Holiday-making is a (      ) motivated word.
 A. semantically           B. etymologically         
 C. onomatopoetically          D. morphologically
7. In the idiom ¡°all ears¡±, (      ) is used.
 A. metaphor          B. synecdoche          C. metonymy          D. euphemism
8. ¡°East/west¡± are (      ) antonyms.
 A. not           B. contradictory          C. contrary           D. relative
9. ¡°Look forward to¡± is an idiom (      ) in nature.
 A. adverbial           B. verbal          C. nominal          D. adjectival
10. (      ) is used in particular discipline and academic areas.
 A. Slang           B. Jargon          C. Terminology          D. Argot
11. Extra-linguistic context excludes (      ).
 A. clauses           B. time          C. place           D. people
12. The main body of a dictionary is (      ) of words.
 A. spelling          B. pronunciation      C. usage        D. definition
13. They saw her duck. This sentence is ambiguous because ¡°duck¡± is (      ).
 A. ambiguous           B. a noun          
C. a verb              D. either a noun or a verb
14. Associative meaning does not contain (      ) meaning.
 A. grammatical                B. stylistic          
C. connotative                 D. affective
15. Words that have emotive values may fall into two categories:      and    .(   )
 A. stylistic/collocative              B. pejorative/appreciative
C. adjectival/adverbial                D. nominative/substantive
16. Compounds and derived words are multi-morphemic and the meanings of many are the sum total of the (      )combined.
 A. roots          B. stems           C. morphs           D. morphemes
17. In spite of the disagreement between sound and form, (      ) of the English words fit consistent spelling patterns.
A. at least 90%     B. at least 70%   C. at least 80%       D. 60%
18. Linguistic context may cover the following except (      ).
A. a paragraph                B. a whole chapter         
C. the entire book            D. participants
19. Absolute synonyms are (      )
A. rare           B. numerous           C. common          D. popular
20. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?(      )
A. Lab.           B. Cent.          C. Zoo.          D. Ad.
¢ò.Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.(10%)
21. As is stated in Encyclopedia Americana, ¡°The English language has vast debts. In any dictionary some ________ % of the entries are borrowed. ¡°¡°
22. ________ are affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships.
23. When a connection has been established between the linguistic sign and ________does the sign become meaningful.
24. The development of word-meaning from monosemy to polysemy follows twocourses, traditionally known as ________ and concatenation.
25.Physical situation or environment relating to the use of words is________ context.
¢ó.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B according to 1) rhetorical features of the idioms;2)sense relations;3)assimilation degree; 4)characteristics of the basic word stock and motivation.(10%)
A                        ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B
26.poison (a drink)         ¡¡ (      )a part and parcel
27.terminology               ¡¡(      )b extension
28.alliteration              ¡¡(      )c The Pocket English-Chinese Gem
29.aliens                      (      )d metaphor
30.arm in arm                  (      )e Balto-Slavic
31. juxtaposition              (      )f repetition
32. black sheep                (      )g narrowing
33. pocket dictionary          (      )h weal and woe
34. companion (a company)      (      )I borrowed words
35. Czech                      (      )j special lexicology
¢ô.Define the following terms.(15%)
36. Basic Word Stock
37. Motivation
38. Homonym
39. Idiom
40. Desk dictionaries
¢õ.Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the space given below.(15%)
41. How would you explain the difference between prefixation and suffixation?
42. Explain the difference between Reference and Sense.
43. Explain the difference between encyclopedic dictionaries and encyclopedia dictionaries.
¢ö.Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.(20%)
44. Study the following dialogue and explain the rhetoric use.
¡°Why is Sunday the strongest day?¡±
¡°Because all the others are week days.¡±
45. Analyse the following forms and comment.
Easy come, easy go.
More haste, less speed.
here and there
give and take