English Lexicology Quiz 1
Chapter 1& Chapter 2 quiz
1. In Old English there was _______ agreement between sound and form. A. more B. little C. less D. gradual
2.The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.
A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above
3.Old English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.
A. Italic B. Germanic C. Celtic D. Hellenic 4.Which of the following words is a functional word? A. Often B. Never C. Although D. Desk
5. The term \EXCEPT that ______.
A. it can refer to the common core of a language
B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language
C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period D. it can stand for words in given dialect or field
6. Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important? A. Stability B. Collocability. C. Productivity. D. National character.
7. From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to ______ A. German B. French C. Scottish D. Irish
8. The written form of English is a(an) ______representation of the spoken form. A. selective B. adequate C. imperfect D. natural 9. Which of the following is NOT correct? A. A word is a meaningful group of letters. B. A word is a unit of meaning.
C. A word is a sound or combination of sounds.
D. A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence.
10．Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words? A．The rapid development of modern science and technology. B．Geographical and political changes.
C．The influence of other cultures and languages. D．Social and economic changes.
11. Words fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______. A. use frequency B. Notion C. productivity D. origin
12．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
13．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
A．form B．meaning C．look D．pronunciation
14. Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the followings EXCEPT____. A. kungfu B.TV dinner C. fast food D. Watergate
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English Lexicology Quiz 1
15. The differences between sound and form are due to the following EXCEPT ______. 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
16. With the growth of______, British tentacles began stretching out to every corner of the globe, thus enabling English to absorb words from all major languages of the world. A. civilization B. revolution C. colonization D. industrialization
17. The language used in England between 450 and 1150 is called old English. 18. The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or conventional. 19. According to semanticists, a word is a unit of meaning.
20. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to 1500. 21. A word is a minimal form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
22. In the Middle English period, the Norman Conquest started a continual flow of French words into English.
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