英语词汇学历年试题(3)

8. Omega, Xerox and orlon are words from _________.

A. names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 9.Ex-student, foretell and post-election contain________.

A. negative prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size C. prefixes of time and order D. locative prefixes 10. Mackintosh, bloomers and cherub are from _______

A. names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 11. The prefixes in words new-Nazi, autobiography and pan-European are ________.

A. negative prefixes B. prefixes of degree or size

C. prefixes of time and order D. miscellaneous prefixes

12. The prefixes in words anti-government , prostudent and contraflow are _____-.

A. prefixes of degree or size B. prefixes of orientation and attitude C. prefixes of time and order D. miscellaneous prefixes 13. Utopia ,odyssey and Babbit are words from ________.

A. names of books B. names of places C. names of people D. tradenames 14. The suffixes in words clockwise, homewards are ______.

A. noun suffixes B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes D. adjective suffixes 15. The suffixes in words heighten, symbolize are ________.

A. noun suffixes B. verb suffixes C. adverb suffixes D. adjective suffixes

II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.

16. Affixation is generally defined as the formation of words by adding word-forming or derivational affixes to stem. This process is also known as_____.

17.Compounding , also called ________, is the formation of new words by joining two or more stems . Words formed in this way are called _________.

18. __________ is the formation of new words by converting words of one class to another class.

19. _________ is the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word . Words formed in this way are called blends or _____words.

20 A common way of making a word is to shorten a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains instead. This is called _______.

III. Match the words or expressions in Column A with those in Column B according to types of suffixation.

A B

21. Concrete denominal noun suffixes ( ) A. priceless 22. Abstract denominal noun suffixes ( ) B. downward 23. Deverbal noun suffixes(denoting people.) ( ) C. engineer 24. Deverbal nouns suffixes( denoting action, etc) （ ） D. darken 25. De-adjective noun suffixes （ ） Ｅ violinist 26. Noun and adjective suffixes ( ) F.happiness 27. Denominal adjective suffixes ( ) G. arguable 28. Deverbal adjective suffixes ( ) H.dependent 29. Adverb suffixes ( ) I. adulthood 30. Verb suffixes ( ) J. survival IV. Study the following words or expressions and identify 1) types of clipping 2) types of acronymy

and write the full terms.

31.quake ( ) 32. stereo ( ) 33. flu ( ) 34. pub ( ) 35. c/o ( )

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36. V-day ( ) 37. TB ( ) 38. disco ( ) 39.copter ( ) 40. perm ( ) V. Define the following terms .

41. acronymy 42. back-formation 43. initialisms 44. prefixation 45. suffixation VI. Answer the following questions with examples.

46. What are the characteristics of compounds ? 47. What are the main types of blendings ? 48. What are the main types of compounds ? VII. Analyze and comment on the following:

49. Use the following examples to explain the types of back-formation. (1) donate ----donation emote----emotion (2) loaf—loafer beg------beggar

(3) eavesdrop---eavesdropping babysit---babysitter (4) drowse—drowsy laze---lazy

50. Read the following sentence and identify the types of conversion of the italicized words. (1) I‘m very grateful for your help. (2) The rich must help the poor.

(3)His argument contains too many ifs and buts. (4) They are better housed and clothed. (5) The photograph yellowed with age. (6) We downed a few beers. Key to exercises :

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.C 11.D 12.B 13.A 14.C 15.B

II. 16. derivation 17.composition, compounds 18. Conversion 19. Blending(pormanteau) 20.clipping III. 21.C 22. I 23. H 24. J 25.F 26.E 27.A 28.G 29.B 30.D IV.31. Front clipping, earthquake

32. Back clipping, stereophonic

33.Front and back clipping, influenza 34.Phrase clipping, public house 35. Initialisms, care of

36. Acronyms, Victory Day 37. Initialisms, tuberculosis 38. Back clipping, discotheque 39. Front clipping, helicopter

40. Phrase clipping, permanent waves V-VI. (See the course book)

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