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199801When in a brown study is used as an idiom， brown cannot be replaced by red， green， etc. This shows that（） .

199802（）is used as context clues in the following 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.

199803I like Mary better than Jean. The above sentence has ambiguity due to（）.

199804Many familiar words have different meanings when they are used in different contexts. Study the following sentences carefully and decide in which sentence stage means "the theatre or ctingasaprofession".

199805The meaning of clear-sounding has changed from "sight" to "hearing". This example shows（） .

199806Which of the following words has undergone elevation of meaning？

199807The word picture originally denoted mere "painting"， but now has come to include "drawing" and even "photograph". This example shows（）of meaning.

199808Which of the following expressions does NOT use antonyms？

199809Horse， dog， pig are subordinates in relation to animal， which shows the sense relation of（） .

199810Which ofthe following statements is true？

199811The following are words of appreciative meanings EXCEPT（）.

199812The meaning given in the dictionary and forming the core of word-meaning is（） meaning.

199813（）is the result of human recognition， reflecting the objective world in the human mind.

199814Words like nylon， orlon. rayon are words from proper names， which were originally（）.

199815The prefixes bi-， multi-， semi- are（）prefixes.

199816Which ofthe following prefixes is a pejorative prefix？

199817There are inflectional affixes in the following words EXCEPT（）.

199818For the word antecedent， -ced - is called a（n）（）.

199819For the words idealistic， prisoner， individualist， only ideal， prison， individual are（）.

199820New words like Mao jackets， kungfu， black belt come into present-day English vocabulary due to　（）.

199821In the mid-seventeenth century，（）enabled English to absorb words from all major Languages of the world.

199822At the end of the 6th century Latin-speaking Roman missionaries spread Christianity and brought many（）terms such asabbot ， candle， alter.

199823Which ofthe following belongs to the common core ofthe English language？

199824The relationship between sound and meaning is（）because people ofthe same speech community have agreed to refer to the thing or the person with this cluster ofsounds.

199825Semantics is the study of（） of different linguistic levels： lexis， syntax， utterance，discourse， etc.

199826Which ofthe following is NOT the proper Chinese equivalent for its English item？

199827In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English， one ofthe entries of the word blood says： [C]old use a fashionable young man. The information that is NOT provided under this entry is（）.

199828The rhetorical device of rhyme is used in the idiom "（）".

199829The English idiom "（）" means "something useless and unwanted but big and costly"

199830The idiom tit for tat is not to be turned into tat for tit. This shows that（）.

199831（） is used as context clue in the following sentence： The village had most of the usual amenities： a pub， a library， a post office and a school.

199832The ball was attractive. The above sentence has ambiguity due to（）.

199833Many familiar words have different meanings when they are used in different contexts. Study the following sentences carefully and decide in which sentence stage means "to plan；， arrange and carry out". "

199834Pitiful originally meant "full of pity"， but now has changed to "deserving pity". This example shows（）.

199835Which of the following words has NOT undergone extension ofmeaning？

199836The word accident originally meant "event"， but now means "unfortunate event" only. This example shows（）of meaning.

199837There was a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in， a nest of small tables and a dark，imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold， and with it his own past. We can see coherence by（） in the above sentences.

199838The difference between rich and wealthy shows that synonyms may differ in（）.

199839From the diachronic point of view，（） is assumed to be the result of growth and development ofthe semantic structure ofone and same word.

199840Pregnant， expecting， in the club can have the same conceptual meaning， but differ in their（） values.

199841Which ofthe following words is NOT an onomatopoeically-motivated word？

199842The word like airmail is a（n）（） word， since one can figure out its meaning from each morpheme ofthe word.

199843Nouns like help， cheat are converted from verbs of the same form， indicating（）.

199844Of the following prefixes，（）is a prefix of attitude.

199845The most productive means of vocabulary expansion in modern English are the following EXCEPT（）.

199846There is an inflectional affix in the word（） .

199847For the word contradiction，　-dictis called a（n）（）.

199848For the words collection， idealistic， ex-prisoner， only collect， ideal， prison are（）.

199849New words or expressions like green revolution， space shuttle， moon walk come intopresent-day English vocabulary due to（） .

199850In early Middle English period， English， Latin and（） existed side by side.

199851The world has about 3000 languages， which can be grouped into roughly 300 language families on the basis ofsimilarities in their basic word stock and（）.

199852English words may fall into the basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary by（）.

199853Which ofthe following statements is NOT true？

199854English lexicology is chiefly concerned with the basic（）of words in general and of English words in particular.

199855Usage notes in LDCE New Edition（1987） cover the following EXCEPT（）.

199856Which of the following is the best-known unabridged dictionary？

199857The reader cannot find pronunciation or meanings or usage but other information in（）.

199858The following are rhetorical features of idioms EXCEPT（）.

199859The idiom“（）”is an example of euphemism.

199860The idiom“（） ”is an idiom nominal in nature.

199861Ambiguity often arises due to（）， as is shown in the sentence“The fish is ready to eat.”

199862That landlord means differently in western countries and in China shows that（） context has some effect on the meaning of words.

199863The context where the meaning of a word is influenced by the structure in which it occurs is called（） context.

199864（） reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word car， from “a two-wheel cart drawn by horses and used in war”to“automobile”.

199865For the word nice， its original meaning was“ignorant”，then changed to “foolish”and now it means“delightful， pleasant”.This process is（） of word-meaning.

199866The word liquor once meant liquid， but now means alcoholic drink. This is an example（） of word-meaning.

199867Which of the following groups of words shows difference of synonyms in denotation？

199868Words like bow that means bending the head as a greeting and bow that means the device used as shooting arrows are called（）.

199869The central meaning of the word face is（）.

199870In 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.

199871Which of the following examples shows that every word that has meaning has sense，but not every word has reference？

199872In word meaning， the relationship between language and the world is（）， by means of which，a speaker indicates which things in the world are being talked about.

199873The following words are formed by clipping EXCEPT（）.

199874The formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class is called（）.

199875The word that has a prefix of size is（）.

199876Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes？

199877There is/are（） monomorphemic word（s）in the following words： cats， boss， work， geese，tried.

199878The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is（）。

199879There are such new words as fast food， talk shows， and open university in Modern English. These words show（）.

199880The Indo-European Language is made up of most of the languages of Europe，（），and India.

199881Newly-created words or expressions， or words that have taken on new meanings are（）.

199882Words may fall into content words and functional words by（）.

199883Which of the following is NOT true about the definition of a word？

199884The following are the features of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English New Edition（1987） EXCEPT（）.

199885The main body of a dictionary is its（） of words.

199886The dictionary where the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language is（） .

199887The figure of speech used in the idiom a dark horse is（） .

199888Which of the following is an idiom verbal in nature？

199889Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms？

199890Context may prove extremely valuable in guessing the（） of a new word.

199891That the word paper means differently in “a sheet of paper”， “a white paper” and “a term paper” shows that（） context affects the meaning of words.

199892Without（）， there is no way to determine the very sense of a word that the speaker intended to convey.

199893Fortuitous formerly denoted "happening by chance" and later took on the meaning “fortunate”. Such change of word-meaning is caused by（） .

199894Which of the following is NOT the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning？

199895Word-meaning changes by modes of the following EXCEPT（） .

199896Which of the following deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion？

199897Which of the following is the primary meaning of the word face？

199898Words are arbitrary symbols and independent identities so far as their（） are concerned.

199899Which of the following words is NOT morphologically motivated？

199900Such synonymous pairs as die—pass away， quarrel—argue are examples to show that（） .

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