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199601Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary（1987） has some unique features such as definition， extra column and（）.
199602Among the following words， “（）” does NOT have inflectional affixes.
199603The idiom “a bull in a china shop” was created probably by（）.
199604The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word is called （ ）.
199605The function of（） is mainly to change the grammatical function of the stem rather than its meaning.
199606Which term can be used to best describe the relationship between the underlined adjectives in “Unlike her gregarious sister， Jane is an unsociable person”？（）
199607Words produced through（） account for the largest part of the total number of new words through word-formation.
199608Missiles in the sentence “In the History Museum are exhibited all kinds of missiles.” is ambiguous due to（）.
199609In the sentence “ ‘Do get me a clop，’ she said， smacking her lips， but her brother， with a scornful glance up at the branches， said that there were none ripe yet.” The meaning of clop can be inferred from the clue of（）.
199610There is associated transfer， for example， the lip of a wound； the tongue of a bell；the（） of a plane， in which the meaning is transferred through association.
199611The associated transfer of meaning and euphemistic use of words are often due to（）factors.
199612Some words can have two different types of antonyms at the same time， one being（）and the other opposite.
199613The differences between synonyms boil down to three areas： denotation， connotation， and（）.
199614By notion， words can be grouped into content words and functional words. Which of the following words belongs to functional words？（）
199615By（）motivation， we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin.
199616Which of the following words is a neologism？（）
199617（）explains why a particular form has a particular meaning.（）
199618At the end of 6th century， Latin-speaking Roman missionaries under St. Augustine came to spread in Britain， the introduction of which had a great impact on the English vocabulary.（）
199619Which of the following is NOT true？（）
199620Which of the following is NOT true about Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English？（）
199621Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom “scream and shout”？（）
199622Social， economic and political changes bring about an increasing number of new words. Which of the following words is related to political changes？（）
199623Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic dictionaries？（）
199624“Up in the air” is an idiom in（）nature.
199625The plural morpheme is pronounced as /z/ in the following words EXCEPT（）
199626The root of the word “internationalist” is（）.
199627There are（） functional words in the following sentence： It is fun to play with children.
199628Word-meaning changes by modes of extension， narrowing， degradation， elevation and（）.
199629The surviving languages fall into eight principal groups. Balto-Slavic， Indo-Iranian， Armenian and Albanian belong to the（）set.
199630Angel， martyr and paradise have their meaning（） because of the influence of Christianity.
199631The idiom “live by one’s pen” is a（）as far as figures of speech are concerned.
199632Relative synonyms also called（） are similar or nearly the same in denotation， but embrace different degrees of a given quality.
199633（）does not generally change the word-class of the stem but only modifies its meaning.
199634Which of the following words is a root？（）
199635One of the interesting features about a language is that there are a great many more（） than（） in it.
199636The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on（）.
199637The well-known semanticist Ullmann notes， “language is more（）than civilization， material as well as moral.”
199638The word “brainstorming” belongs to（） .
199639（） is the result of human cognition， reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
199640The meaning given in the dictionary and forming the core of word-meaning is（）.
199641A word is the combination of form and（）.
199642With 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.
199643Words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us. Which of the following words is related to the natural phenomena？（）
199644Which of the following is true about an American Dictionary？（）
199645Which of the following dictionaries is NOT a bilingual dictionary？（）
199646The change of idiom “A round peg in the squarest of holes” from the original form is（）.
199647According to the textbook， the best-known unabridged dictionary is（）.
199648“Cut and dried” is an idiom（）in nature.
199649Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic context？（）
199650Which of the following may NOT lead to ambiguity？（）
199651Which of the following is NOT one of the types of context？（）
199652The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called（）.
199653The word “recollection” comprises（）morpheme（s）.
199654The differences between sound and form are due to the following EXCEPT（）.
199655Semantically， a word which is related to other words is related to them in（）.
199656In the earliest stage of English， the written form of a word should（） that of the oral form.
199657The plural morpheme“-s” is pronounced as /z/ in the following words EXCEPT（）.
199658（）consists of technical terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas as in medicine， mathematics， etc.
199659The sentence “The ball was attractive” is ambiguous due to（）.
199660The most productive means of word-formation are the following EXCEPT（）.
199661The antonyms used in the proverb “Speech is silver； silence is golden” are（）.
199662（） the derived meanings， no matter how many， are secondary in comparison.
199663Prefixes generally do not change the（） of the stem.
199664Grammarians insist that a word be a（） form that can function in a sentence.
199665The word “reading-lamp” is（） motivated.
199666The word “dorm” is formed by（）clipping.
199667In the sentence “East or west， home is best”， “home” has its（） meaning of “family， safety， love”， etc.
199668The synonymous pair of “ask-question” has the same（）.
199669The idiom “bed of dust” is a（） as far as figures of speech are concerned.
199670Which of the following is NOT one of the rhetoric characteristics of idioms in general？（）
199671Readers will usually find in a general dictionary the following areas of information of a word EXCEPT（） .
199672Reviving archaic words also contributes to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance， “loan”， which was prevalent in the thirteenth century， was replaced by “（） ” in American English.
199673Which of the following is one of the characteristics of idioms？（）
199674When we choose a dictionary， we should not pay attention to whether it is（）.
199675If we say that Old English was a language of（）endings， Middle English was one of leveled endings.
199676Among the following words only “（）” expresses the property of elevation.
199677Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary is a（n）（） dictionary.
199678Observation shows that it is much more common for word meanings to change in denotation from neutral to（） than it is for them to go the other way.
199679In Shakespearean line “Rats and mice and such small deer”， “deer” obviously designates “animal” in general. Therefore “deer” is a typical example of（）.
199680Which of the following is NOT one of the main functions of context？（）
199681There is/are（）free morphemic word（s） in the following words： wind， man， reddish， collection.
199682One important criterion to tell the fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is to see their（）.
199683“TV” is a（n）（）.
199684The plural morphme “-s” is realizd by/Iz/after the following sounds EXCEPT（）.
199685The prefix “mis-” in the word “mistrust” is a（）prefix.
199686??In modern times，（）is the most important way of vocabulary expansion.
199687The word “airmail” is（）motivated.
199688“Washing machine” is a word formed by（）.
199689“I"m sure that they will come today.”There are（）content words in the above sentence.
199690Words are arbitrary symbols with independent identities so far as their spelling and pronunciation is concerned. But（）， all words are related in one way or another.
199691The following words have inflectional affixes EXCEPT（）.
199692When we talk about a word in visual terms， a word can be defined as a（） group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.
199693The idiom “failure is the mother of success” is a（） as far as figures of speech are concerned.
199694In nothing flat as an idiom is（）in nature.
199695In the sentence “Just after two years he is quite a grown boy now.” The word grown can be classified into（）sense of transfer.
199696Which of the following is NOT one respect of the rhetorical features of idioms？（）
199697（） belongs to the sub-standard language， a category that seems to stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-group words.
199698Which of the following is NOT one of the meanings of “word meaning”？（）
199699In some cases， the meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs. This is called（）context.
199700In Shakespeare"s well-known Hamlet， rival means “（）”and jump means “just”.
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