English
Lexicology
Quiz
1
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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 "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons
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.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words?
A
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The rapid development of modern science and technology.
B
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Geographical and political changes.
C
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The influence of other cultures and languages.
D
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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
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The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.
A
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more slowly than
B
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as quickly as
C
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more rapidly than
D
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not so quickly as
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Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new
need.
A
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form
B
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meaning
C
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look
D
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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