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Lexicology Test (1) Class _______ Name_________ I. Multiple choices (40%)

1.More than one variant, which can realize some morphemes according to the position in a word, are termed .

A. phonemes B. allomorphs C. morphs D. phones

2. In the words \are .

A. prefixes B. suffixes C. free morphemes D. bound morphemes 3. is that part of the word that carries the fundamental meaning but has to be used in combination with other morphemes to make words.

A. Free root B. Bound root C. Morpheme D. Bound morpheme 4. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as .

A. morphemes B. derivational morphemes C. inflectional morphemes D. suffixes

5. is the basic form of a word, which can't be further analyzed without total loss of identity.

A. Stem B. Root C. Morpheme D. Affix

6. A may consist of a single morpheme as in \morphemes as in a compound like \

A. stem, root, root B. root, stem, stem C. stem, stem, root D. root, root, stem 7. is considered to be a highly-inflected language. A．Old English B．Middle English

C．Early Modern English D．Late Modern English

8.The introduction of at the end of the 6th century had a great impact on the English vocabulary.

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A．printing B．Christianity C．French words D．all the above 9. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A． The English language is noted for its modest borrowings. B． Loan words only refer to those borrowings in form. C． Loan words are all unrecognizable as being foreign in origin. D．Loan words can be grouped according to manner of borrowing. 10. Which of the following statements is Not correct? A. A word can be formed by two free morphemes

B. A word can be formed by a free morpheme and a bound morpheme C. A word can be formed by two bound morphemes D. A word can be formed by any two affixes. 11. The word ?shortenings? contains _____ morphemes. A. three B. four C. five D. six

12. It is estimated that English borrowings constitute ______of the modern English vocabulary.

A. 50 percent B. 50 percent C. 80 percent D. 65 percent

13. _____ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words. A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes D. Compounds

14. Besides French words, English also absorbed as many as 2,500 words of _____ in the Middle English period.

A. Dutch origin B. Danish origin C. Latin origin D. Greek origin 15. The Indo-European language family consists of________. A. all the languages in Europe and India

B. all the languages in India and some languages in Europe. C. most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and India.

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D. Some of the languages of Europe and all the languages of the Near East 16. The meanings of many compounds and derivatives are the total of the combined.

A. morphs B. allomorphs C. roots D. morphemes

17. When we use \mean \ . A. a green 'hand, a 'black horse B. a 'green hand, a 'black horse C. a green 'hand, a black 'horse D. a 'green hand, a black 'horse

18. Sometimes, the meaning of a compound can be inferred from its separate elements, for example, . A. hot dog B. red meat C. flower pot D. fat head

19. The following can be changed into plural forms by adding inflectional -s directly to their ends, except .

A. brother-in-law B. three—year-old C. major general D. new-born 20. Which of the following statements is false?

A. Conversion refers to the use of words of one class as that of a different class. B. Words mainly involved in conversion are nouns, verbs and adverbs.

C. Partial conversion and full conversion are concerned with adjectives when converted to nouns.

D. The conversion between nouns and verbs may involve a change of stress. 21. \ . A. Deverbal nouns B. Denominal nouns C. De-adjective nouns D. De-adverb nouns 22. Which of the following is incorrect? A. “airmail” means “mail by air”

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B. “reading-lamp” means “lamp for reading” C. “green horn” is the horn green in color D. “hopeless” is “without hope”

23．The English alphabet was adopted from _______.

A. Anglo-Saxon B. the Romans C. Greek D. Sanscrit 24. English is more closely related to ____________.

A. German than French. B. French to German C. Welsh than German D. Irish than Dutch

25. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is the

creation of new words by means of _______. A. translation-loans B. semantic loans C. word formation D. borrowings

26. The most productive conversion is the conversion that takes place between A. verbs and adjectives B. adjectives and verbs C. nouns and adjectives D. nouns and verbs 27. The word _____ is a front clipping.

A. Memo B. scope C. fan D. pop 28. The word “zoo” is a _____ clipping.

A. phrase B. front C. back D. front and back 29. Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of _____. A conversion B. compounding C. suffixation D. prefixation

30. _____ are words pronounced letter by letter, and _____ are words pronounced as a normal word.

A. Initialisms, acronyms B.Acronyms, initialisms C. Acronyms, blends D. Blends, initialisms 31.The following words have inflectional affixes EXCEPT ________. A. works B. worker C. working 32. “Dis-” in the word “disloyal” is a ________ prefix.

A. negative B. reversative C. pejorative D. locative

33 Shortening a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains is called ______.

A. blending B. clipping C. acronymy D. back-formation 34. Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping?

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D. worked

A. Dorm B. motel C. Gent D. Zoo

35. Since the beginning of this century, ______ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary.

A. word-formation B. borrowing C. semantic change D. both B and C

36. The word “AIDS” is a (n) ________.

A. initialism B. acronym C. derivative D. compound 37. The word “smog” is created by blending, with the structure of ________. A. head + tail B. head + head C. head + word D. word + tail

38. Verb compounds are not as common as noun compounds and adjective compounds. The limited number of verbs are created either through ______ or ______ . A. blending, clipping B. conversion, blending C. backformation, clipping D. conversion, backformation

39. Which of the following suffixes can be used to form both nouns and adjectives? ______

A. -ion. B. -ism. C. -ity. D. -ist.

40. The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /z/ after the following sounds EXCEPT

________.

A./z/ B./g/ C./d/

D./b/

II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (20%)

1. A word is the smallest unit of a language which stands alone to convey meaning. 2. Allomorphs usually occur at random, because they are not phonetically conditioned and unpredictable.

3. We might as well say free morphemes are free roots.

4. Words made up of only bound morphemes are rare in English. 5. In English, bound roots are either Latin or French.

6. Native words of English are words brought to Britain because of the Norman Conquest, thus known as Anglo-Saxon words.

7. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as Modern English.

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