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199401
The word silly used to mean happy, but now means foolish. This serves as an example of() of word-meaning
199402
The word disease once meant discomfort but now means illness. This is an example of() of word-meaning.
199403
Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in connotation?
199404
Which of the following deals with the relationship of semantic opposition?
199405
Words like dear that means a loved person and deer that means kind of animal are called()
199406
In the phrasethe tongues of fire", the word tongues is() motivated.
199407
The() of an expression is its place in a system of semantic relationship with other expressions in the language.
199408
The process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of social and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms is called()
199409
The following words are the results from blending EXCEPT()
199410
The following words have number prefixes EXCEPT()
199411
The basic form of a word which can"t be further analyzed without total loss of identity is a()
199412
Among the following words,() does NOT have inflectional affixes.
199413
Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as()
199414
In the early Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and Roman classics. This is known in history as()
199415
After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as() English.
199416
Words like foot or dog can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. footage and dogfight. This shows that the basic word stock has the characteristics of()
199417
Words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use are()
199418
Which of the following CANNOT be defined as a word?
199419
The dictionary like Webster"s Third New International Dictionary, which is large in scope and size, containing at least 200,000 headwords, is() dictionaries.
199420
Which of the following is a specialized dictionary?
199421
The target population of() dictionaries are general native speakers or second language and foreign learners who have reached the intermediate and advanced stages.
199422
Which figure of speech is used in the idiom as dead as a doornail?
199423
Which of the following idioms reflects that many idioms are grammatically unanalysable?
199424
The structural stability of idioms is reflected in the following aspects EXCEPT()
199425
In which of the following sentences, the word become means "happen to often in a bad way"?
199426
The word paper means"government document"in()
199427
Grammatical context refers to the cases where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the() in which it occurs
199428
Which of the following is NOT the extra-linguistic factor that causes changes in meaning?
199429
Poison once meant simply "drink", but now means"poisonous drink". This is an example of() of meaning.
199430
The process by which words of good origin fall into ill reputation or non-affective words come to be used in derogatory sense is() of word meaning.
199431
Which of the following words is contradictory antonyms?
199432
Which of the following pairs of synonyms comes from the source of borrowing?
199433
Words that are identical both in sound and spelling but different in meaning are()
199434
Which of the following examples shows that every word that has meaning has sense, but not every word has reference?
199435
Among the following, "()"is NOT morphologically motivated.
199436
Associative meaning is the()meaning supplemented to the conceptual meaning.
199437
Economic means "in the economy"while economical means"money-saving". This example shows that both-ic and-ical can be affixed to the same stem, but differ in()
199438
To shorten a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead is called()
199439
Among the following words,()has a negative prefix.
199440
How many morphemes are there in the word denaturalization?
199441
The morphemes which are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word are known as()
199442
Monomorphemic words are realized by single morphs such as()
199443
The formation of new words by using the existing materials, namely roots, affixes and other elements is called() in modern English vocabulary development.
199444
The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East,and()
199445
Words borrowed early in the past and now well assimilated into the English language are called()
199446
The English vocabulary can be classified by different criteria and for different purposes. Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by()
199447
Which of the following is true about sound and meaning?
199448
If one knows the conceptual meaning offable, fiction,story, tale, but wants to find out the difference between them, the best choice is a dictionary of synonyms, which is a()dictionary.
199449
As the() dictionary is intended for the use of high school students, it is easy to read and so appropriate for Chinese readers.
199450
Which of the following is NOT a bilingual dictionary?
199451
The rhetoric device used in the idiom up and down is().
199452
The following idioms show that many idioms are grammatically unanalysable EXCEPT
199453
The lionsshare cannot be turned into the share ofthe lion, which indicates().
199454
Context clues include the following EXCEPT()
199455
In which of the following phrases,does the word do means"arrange"?
199456
When a word with multiple meanings is used in inadequate(),it creates ambiguity.
199457
The following are linguistic factors that cause the change of word meaning EXCEPT()
199458
Which of the following examples shows degradation of word meaning?
199459
The process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance is() of meaning.
199460
Which of the following pairs is NOT contrary antonyms?
199461
The word face has more than ten meanings, but diachronically it has one primary meaning, which is().
199462
Words that are different in sound and spelling but most nearly alike or exactly the same in meaning are().
199463
In modern English some words were created by imitating the natural sounds or noises,and the sounds suggest their meanings, like bang, croak, and buzz. These words are()motivated.
199464
(), which is beyond language, is the result of human cognition,reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
199465
He bad-mouthedme.This example shows that compounds are different from free phrases in()features.
199466
Of the following words,"()"is the result from blending.
199467
Which of the following words has a prefix of size?
199468
Which of the following words is NOT a stem?
199469
Which of the following words does NOT have prefixes?
199470
The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is().
199471
There are such new words as soy milk,talk shows,and teleguiz in Modern English.These words show()
199472
In Middle English vocabulary, we can find words relating to every aspect of human society, e.g. government, law,food, fashion and so on. Which of the following words does NOT belong to them?
199473
Technical terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas, such as penicillin in medicine and orchestra in music, are called().
199474
Of the following prefixes,()is a prefix of degree.
199475
In the sense relations, the words right and write belong to().
199476
The Indo-European is made up of most of the languages of the following areas EXCEPT().
199477
Associative meaning comprises the following types EXCEPT().
199478
Purse for “money”, dish for “food” are all instances of()transfer.
199479
In the 9th century, England was invaded by Norwegian and Danish Vikings and many() words came into the English language.
199480
The rhetorical device of alliteration is used in the idiom().
199481
Root words like man, earth, anger are also called().
199482
()is used as context clue in the following sentence: It’s just one more incredible result of the development of microprocessors — those tiny parts of a computer commonly known as “silicon chips”.
199483
From much money, many books, we can see that even in the same language the same() can be expressed in different words.
199484
English words may fall into content words and functional words by().
199485
New words or expressions like astrobiology, earthrise, open heart surgery come into present-day English vocabulary due to().
199486
The English idiom()means “relatives or family”.
199487
There are()morphemes in the words collection, idealistic, prisoner.
199488
Which of the following words has NOT undergone narrowing of meaning?()
199489
()explains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of a word.
199490
When you see “theatre AmE theater” in a dictionary, you can get information of().
199491
Which of the following is a stem in the word internationalists?()
199492
The definition of a word comprises the following points EXCEPT().
199493
The word silly used to mean “happy”, but now means “foolish”. This example shows() of meaning.
199494
Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and()of words.
199495
Words like “red, orange, yellow, green, black, etc.” make up the()of “colors”.
199496
The word “sandwich” now denotes a popular fast food. It originates from John Montague, Fourth Earl of Sandwich in 18th century. This example shows one of the sources of English vocabulary is() .
199497
Words identical both in sound and spelling, but different in meaning are().
199498
The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In other words the history of the word explains the meaning of the word. This is called().
199499
Which of the following is NOT true about the description of the relationship between sound and meaning?()
199500
There is a?()in the idiom “by hook and by crook” as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.
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