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199501（）meaning indicates the speaker’s attitude towards the person or thing in questions.
199502Which of the following does NOT belong to the characteristics of the basic word stock？（）
199503Words “change”， “alter”， and “vary” are similar in denotation， but embrace different shades of meaning. They are（）.
199504From the historical overview of the English vocabulary， the period of Old English is（） .
199505Which of the following words does NOT have inflectional affixes？（）
199506Which of the following words is the example of blending？（）
199507When we choose a dictionary， we should pay attention to the following aspects EXCEPT（）.
199508Which of the following is NOT one of the major functions of context？（）
199509Which of the following words is NOT a noun compound？（）
199510The word “meat” originally meant “food”， but now has come to mean “flesh of animals”. This is an example to illustrate（）of meaning.
199511In the Western set，（） is the modern language derived from Hellenic.
199512Which of the following statements is NOT true about the English vocabulary？（）
199513“Through thick and thin” is a（n）（）.
199514The word “do” means “brush” in “do one’s teeth”， while it means “arrange” in “do the flowers”. The above example shows that（） affects the meaning of a word.
199515a） They chucked a stone at the cops， and then did a bunk with the loot. b） After casting a stone at the police， they absconded with the money. The above two sentences have the same conceptual meaning， but differ in（）meaning.
199516Which of the following is NOT one of the variations of idioms？（）
199517Which of the following words is NOT a stem？（）
199518The meaning of the word “criticize” has changed from “appraise” to “find fault with”. Such a change is called（）.
199519Which of the following is NOT true about a Chinese-English Dictionary（Revised Edition）（CED）（1995）？（）
199520Vocabulary is the most unstable element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and（）.
199521Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is the best-known（） dictionary.
199522“Dear” and “deer” are words identical in sound bat different in spelling and meaning. They are（）.
199523From the diachronic point of view，（）is assumed to be the result of growth and development of the semantic structure of one and same word.
199524Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the basic word stock？（）
199525The extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in word-meaning include the following EXCEPT（） .
199526The word that contains a prefix of degree is（）.
199527“A hot dog” is by no means a dog that is hot， but a typical American sausage in between two pieces of bread. This example illustrates the（） features of compounds.
199528Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of English new words？（）
199529In the sentence “In spite of fact that the fishermen were wearing sou’westers， the storm was so heavy that they were wet through”， the context clue used is（） .
199530The group of words which has the same grammatical meaning is “（）”.
199531Words are arbitrary symbols and are（） identities so far as their outer facet — spelling and pronunciation， is concerned.
199532The idiom “earn one’s bread” is a（）as far as figures of speech are concerned.
199533The word “denaturalization” can be broken down into “de-”， “nature”， “-al”， “-ize”， “-ation”， each having meaning of its own. These minimal meaningful units are known as（） .
199534When we use the “foot of the mountain”， we are comparing the lower part of the mountain to the foot of a human being. In this sense，the word “foot” conveys（）.
199535Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English（LDCE） New Edition（1987） was noted for the following aspects EXCEPT（）.
199536The language used between 450 and（）is called Old English.
199537The idiom “tooth and nail” is a（n）（）.
199538Which of the following parts is the root of the word “internationalists”？（）
199539Lexical context refers to the cases in which the meaning of a word is affected and defined by the（） .
199540When a common word is turned into a proper noun，the meaning is（）accordingly such as “the City”， which means the “business centre of London”.
199541Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of Scandinavian origin？（）
199542Which of the following words is an example of free morphemes？（）
199543The following are the translation-loans EXCEPT（） .
199544Which of the following is NOT one of the types of changes in word-meaning？（）
199545Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms（1978） is a（n）（）dictionary.
199546The verbal phrase “fall down” can be turned into a noun compound as（）
199547Which of the following words is an example of blending？（）
199548Which of the following words does NOT have a suffix？（）
199549Ambiguity often arises due to（）， as is shown in the sentence “He is a hard businessman”，in which “hard” can mean both “hardworking” and “difficult”.
199550Derivational affixes are affixes added to other morphemes to create new words. Which of the following words does NOT have a derivational affix？（）
199551“Comprehend” and “understand “are synonyms， but ” understand “ is used in a much more extended sense than comprehend. The above example shows there is difference in（）between near-synonyms.
199552Which of the following words contains a number prefix？（）
199553Which of the following is NOT one of the three good general dictionaries？（）
199554When a word was created， it was endowed with only one meaning， Which of the following is the primary meaning of the word “face”？（）
199555Of all the characteristics listed for the basic word stock the most important is（）
199556Words are（）symbols and independent identities so far as their outer facet 一 spelling and pronunciation， is concerned.
199557The change in the idiom “take short views” from the original form “take long views” is（）
199558The context clue in”it’s just one more incredible result of the development of microprocessors—those tiny parts of a computer commonly known as "silicon chip’”is（）
199559The five Romance languages， namely， Portuguese， Spanish， French， Italian， Romanian all belong to the Italic through an intermediate language called（）.
199560The word “mother” is often associated with “love””care”， “tenderness”， “forgiving”，etc. in this sense， the word “mother" conveys（）.
199561Which of the following words is NOT one of the aliens？（）
199562Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom bag and baggage？（）
199563The language used between 1150 and（）is called Middle English.
199564The following words are onomatopoetically motivated words EXCEPT（）
199565Which of the following is NOT one type of figures of speech？（）
199566The meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs. This is what we call（）context.
199567American dictionaries generally use（）to mark the pronunciation.
199568Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of French origin？（）
199569Readers will usually find the following areas of information of a word in a general dictionary EXCEPT（）
199570The word “journal” originally meant mere “daily paper"， but now has come to include any “periodical”.The above example reflects one type of changes in word meaning， that is（）.
199571How many free morphemic words are there in the following words： wind， man， reddish， collection？（）
199572Which of the following is one of the linguistic factors that cause the change of meaning？（）
199573Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms？（）
199574Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes？（）
199575Among the following words， “（）” contains a negative prefix.
199576From the viewpoint of word formation， the word “smog” is a（）.
199577Words that are identical only in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called（）.
199578Which of the following is partially converted？（）
199579There is an ambiguity in the sentence “He is a hard businessman” due to（）.
199580“Apple， pear， peach， orange， lemon， etc.” make up the（）of “fruit.
199581Which of the following statements is TRUE？（）
199582The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT（）。
199583The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT（）.
199584When a reader comes across the word “home” in his reading， the word may remind him of his family， friends， warmth， safety， etc. ” In this sense， the word “home” conveys（）.
199585Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese？（）
199586One can figure out the meaning of “airmail” to be “mail by air” by its（）.
199587Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT（）belong to lexical manipulation.
199588The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT（）。
199589“Woman” becomes “Frau” in German， “femme” in French and “fùnǔ” in Chinese. This example shows thatin different languages the same concept can be represented by different（）。
199590Idioms nominal in nature have a（n）（）as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences.
199591Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary？（）
199592Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues？（）
199593Generally， a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT（）.
199594Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT（）.
199595In grammatical context， the meaning of a word may be influenced by the（）in which it occurs.
199596The word “minister” originally meant“a servant”， but now has changed to“a head of a ministry”. This process of meaning change is called（）.
199597Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary， 3rd Edition（1980）， is among the best-known British（）dictionaries.
199598Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning？（）
199599How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words？ cats boss work improper tried（）
199600（）of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized.
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