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199907Martial arts from the Far East find their way into English vocabulary such as aikido， kungfu and black belt. These are just a few new words， but they will suffice to show（） .

199908In Old English period， the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many（） terms such as altar， amen and candle.

199909The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe， the Near East， and（）.

199910Words like man， fire， sun have been in use for centuries. This shows the basic word stock has the characteristics of（） .

199911Vocabulary can refer to the total number of the words in a language， and it can stand for all the words used（）， e.g. Old English vocabulary， Middle English vocabulary and Modem English vocabulary.

199912The following are some unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary（1987） EXCEPT（）.

199913Usage notes and language notes in a dictionary explain the following EXCEPT（）.

199914In（） the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language.

199915All of the following are stylistic features EXCEPT（）.

199916Among the following idioms， “（）’’ is an idiom adverbial in nature.

199917Which of the following is a true idiom？

199918Which of the following is NOT the role of context？

199919That the word do means differently in “do a city”，“do a sum” and “do the flowers” shows that（） context affects the meaning of words.

199920As most words have more than one meaning， it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used in（）.

199921Which of the following is the internal factor within the language system that causes changes in word-meaning？

199922（） reason is reflected in the meaning change of the word computer， from person who computes” to “electronic machine”.

199923The process by which a word which originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized is（）of word-meaning.

199924Which of the following pairs are absolute synonyms？

199925Which of the following is NOT the derived meaning of the word face？

199926From a synchronic point of view， the basic meaning of a word is the（）.

199927The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In this sense， words have（）motivation.

199928The following words are onomatopoetically motivated EXCEPT（）.

199929（）， which is beyond language， is the result of human cognition， reflecting the objective world in the human mind.

199930Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the example of（） in word formation.

199931A green hand is an “inexperienced person”， not a hand that is green in color. This example shows that compounds are different from free phrases in（） feature.

199932The following words have prefixes of time or order EXCEPT（）.

199933Which of the following words is the example of free morphemes？

199934The morpheme of plurality /-s/ is pronounced as /s/ in cats， /z/ in bags， and /iz/ in matches. This example shows（）.

199935Structurally， many words can be separated into even smaller meaningful units. For example，denaturalization can be broken down into（）.

199936The language used between 1150 and 1500 is called（）English.

199937（）means an old form which takes on a new meaning to meet the new need.

199938Words may fall into native words and borrowed words by（）.

199939The differences between sound and form are NOT due to（）.

199940Which of the following can NOT be defined as a word？

199941Words 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？

199942The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of French words into English.（） of them are still in use today.

199943Back-formation is considered to be the opposite process of（）.

199944Conversion is a method of（）.

199945The modes of modern English vocabulary grow through three major channels：（）， semantic change and（）.

199946The first people known to inhabit the British Isles were（）. Their languages were dialects of still another branch of the In-do-European Language Family（）.

199947（） are contrary terms.

199948The morpheme “-s” in “desks” is（） morpheme.

199949Which of the following is not associative meaning？

199950He?s nice， but he hasn?t much brain.（）

199951“die” and “pass away” are synonyms. They differ in（）.

199952“sow” （to plant seeds on the ground） and “sow” （fully grown female pig ）are called（）.

199953Motel is a/an ?（）.

199954According to the idiomaticity of idioms， idioms include（）.

199955Narrowing excludes（）.

199956The word “water” is（） ?motivated.

199957“child—parent” are（） antonyms.

199958“The birds sing to welcome the smiling year.” is an example of（）.

199959The first monolingual English dictionary was compiled in（）.

199960（） is a word-formation process by which a word is changed from one word-class into another without the change of form.

199961The discrete units which realize morphemes are known as（）.

199962The hyponyms of “vegetable” are（）

199963Which of the following is NOT studied in semantics？

199964There are two main approaches to the study of English words namely（）

199965Stylistic meaning may be defined as the feature of（） of words.

199966English words can be motivated（）.

199967Grammatical meaning does not include（）.

199968The derivational process， in which an item is converted to a new word class without the addition of an affix， is called（）.

199969Stylistic meaning refers to the features of（）of words.

199970Modern English began with the establishment of（） in England.

199971（） is not a characteristic of basic word stock.

199972Functional words are（）

199973Non-basic vocabulary includes（）

199974Some words in the basic word stock are said to be stable because they（）. [ ]

199975A word is a symbol that（）.

199976Besides French words， English also absorbed as many as 2，500 words of（） in the Middle English period. [ ]

199977（） are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words. [ ]

199978Old English has a vocabulary of about（） words. [ ]

199979Which of the following words is NOT formed through clipping？ [ ]

199980CCELD is distinctive for its（）. [ ]

199981The word "laconic" is（）. [ ]

199982In the idiom "in good feather"， we change "good" into "high， full" without changing meaning. This change of constituent is known as（） . [ ]

199983Grammatical context refers to（） in which a word is used. [ ]

199984Idioms adjectival in nature function as（）.

199985The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called（）. [ ]

199986The four major modes of semantic change are（）. [ ]

199987It seems first to have broken possession of a few minds in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as an accompaniment of the great advances in pure science.

199988It would be a shallow kind of optimism to assume that the introduction of the art of inventing has been as immediate and unmixed blessing to mankind.

199989In strict truth an invention is almost never the sole product of any one mind.

199990In my youth the lonely inventor who could not obtain a bearing was still figure of the imagination.

199991This idea of progress is in the scale of history a very new idea.

199992Far-reaching as many of them [Edison"s inventions] have been in their effect upon modern civilization， the total effect of Edison"s career surpasses of all of them.

199993I continued to（） his progress against the charts provided by the doctor.

199994In Washington

199995There was no one in the shop to（） me.

199996He shook hands with the visitors（） as to convey his apology.

199997It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions（） his name is associated.

199998Please add all the numbers（） and see what the total is.

199999He took possession（） the company.

200000When you（） your health， you are less worried about getting ill and not being able to support your family.

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