成人高等教育大学英语 3

一、单选题（每题2分，共25小题，总分50分） 1. Tom: You are playing guitar so well. Can you read music? Charles: No, I don’t. I just listen to songs on the radio and then play them until they sound right. Tom: ________ Charles: No, really. (2分) A You’re lying. B You’re kidding. C You are boasting. D You’re cheating. 2. Wendy: Have you been to the new bakery on the corner? Arthur: NO, how is it? Wendy: It is heaven! ________! (2分) A Their cakes are to strive for B Their cakes are to pay for C Their cakes are to struggle for D Their cakes are to die for 3. Kate: Do you mind opening the door for me? Bob: ________. (2分) A It’s nothing B That’s all right C Yes, I’ll do it D Not at all 4. ______ explains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of the word. (2分) A Etymological motivation B Onomatopoeic motivation C Morphological motivation D Semantic motivation 5. Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics of nouns and achieve a full noun status, thus known as ______________. (2分) A partial conversion B full conversion C functional shift D grammatical shift 6. There ______ pepper, salt, mustard and sometimes vinegar on the table. (2分) A are B being C is D be 7. The relationship between the word-form and meaning is _____. Most words can be said to be______. (2分) A prescriptive, motivated B prescriptive, non-motivated C arbitrary, motivated D arbitrary, non-motivated 8. Please remind me ______ the director at 10. (2分) A by seeing B to seeing C seeing D to see 9. More than one variant, which can realize some morphemes according to the position in a word, are termed ______. (2分) A phoneme B allomorphs C morphs D phones 10. ______ is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of word-meaning. (2分) A Grammatical meaning B Denotative meaning C Associative meaning D Connotative meaning 11. The words what have emotive content in themselves are said to contain ____ meaning. (2分) A collocative B affective C stylistic D denotative 12. An affix that indicates grammatical relationships is ______. (2分) A a derivational affix B a free morpheme C an inflectional affix D an inflectional root 13. Connie: Are you doing pottery? It looks like fun! Frank: ________ Connie: Boy, would I? Thanks. (2分) A Would you like to try it? B Have you ever learned how to do it? C Would you please give me a hand? D Would you please not to bother me? 14. In the words "recollection, idealistic, and ex-prisoner", "re-, -ion, -ist, -ic, ex-, and -er" are. (2分) A prefixes B suffixes C free morphemes D bound morphemes 15. If I ______ your address, I would have visited you. (2分) A know B knew C have known D had known 16. Colleague A: You got a perm. I love it. Colleague B: Thanks. ______ (2分) A Come on, you’re just trying to be polite. B I had it done just yesterday. C Donna’s wedding is tomorrow, isn’t it? D Hope I don’t look too different. 17. Which of the following belongs to a semantic field? (2分) A steed, charger, palfrey, plug, nag B pony, mustang, mule, stall, mare C policeman, constable, bobby, cop D domicile, residence, abode, home 18. Phone caller: Hello. Could I please speak to Helen? Helen: ______. (2分) A It’s me B Speaking C I am Helen D This is me 19. Jane: Carol, you look very well. Carol: Thank you, Jane. You look Wonderful too. Your weekend tennis must have done you good. Jane: ________. (2分) A That’s very kind of you B I don’t believe it. You are flattering me C You think so? That’s encouraging D Are you kidding? Thank you anyway 20. It was long supposed ______ the main difference between animals and plants was that animals could move about. (2分) A what B that C which D because 21. Customer: ______ Saleswoman: Yes, they are on the third floor. (2分) A Hello, how can I find emergency room? B Miss, this is Holiday Inn. C Excuse me. Do you sell bathing suits? D Excuse me. Where are your cosmetics, please. 22. The mother and father ______ the nucleus, or the center, of the nuclear family. (2分) A are considered B in the form of C form D forms 23. Which of the following words does NOT belong to terminology? ____________ (2分) A penicillin B algebra C symphony D anode 24. Which one belongs to absolute synonyms ______. (2分) A compound and composition B room and chamber C ask and question D understand and comprehend 25. ______ three days to go before the final exams, shouldn’t you work harder? (2分) A On B With C By D In 二、判断题（每题2分，共25小题，总分50分） 1. Shortening includes clipping and blending. (2分) 正确 错误 2. Homonyms are descendants of different sources whereas a polysemant is a word of the same source which has acquired different meanings in the course of development. (2分) 正确 错误 3. Borrowing is a very important source of synonyms. (2分) 正确 错误 4. “Radiation” showing that the derived meanings of a polysemantic word are not directly related to the primary meaning. (2分) 正确 错误 5. The origins of the words are a key factor in distinguishing homonyms from polysemants. (2分) 正确 错误 6. The marked term of each pair of antonyms covers the sense of the unmarked term. (2分) 正确 错误 7. A word which has a synonym naturally has an antonym. (2分) 正确 错误

8. Base is what remains of a word after the removal of all affixes. (2分) 正确 错误 9. Native words are neutral in style. (2分) 正确 错误 10. Words created by compounding occupy the highest percentage of the English vocabulary. (2分) 正确 错误 11. Native words enjoy the same features as the basic word stock and more. (2分) 正确 错误 12. Stem is a form to which affixes of any kind can be added. (2分) 正确 错误 13. Policeman, constable, bobby and cop are synonyms differing in intensity. (2分) 正确 错误 14. Parent—child and husband—wife are two pairs of converses. (2分) 正确 错误 15. The beginning of the Middle English Period was marked by the Norman Conquest which brought many Latin words into the English language. (2分) 正确 错误 16. Componential analysis is to break down the conceptual sense of a word into its minimal distinctive components. (2分) 正确 错误 17. “Can-opener” used as slang to mean “all-purpose key”. (2分) 正确 错误 18. Homonyms come mainly from borrowing, changes in sound and spelling, and dialects. (2分) 正确 错误 19. Words of the basic word stock are mostly root words or monosyllabic words, so they have strong productivity. (2分) 正确 错误 20. Celtic language made great contributions to the expansion of the English vocabulary. (2分) 正确 错误 21. Hyponymy deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion. (2分) 正确 错误 22. Word-building and word-formation are relative synonyms. (2分) 正确 错误 23. If the words differ in range and intensity of meaning, the words are not identical in denotation. (2分) 正确 错误 24. Grammatical meaning of a word includes part of speech, tense meaning, and stylistic coloring. (2分) 正确 错误 25. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is morpheme. (2分) 正确 错误