"I’m sure that they will come today." ...

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Lexicology inquires into the ______ and meanings of words.

A. relations
B. disciplines
C. origins
D. development

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Lexicology is a branch of ______.

A. language
B. meaning
C. linguistics
D. etymology

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Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of ______ construct.

A. word
B. form
C. morpheme
D. root

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English lexicology deals with English ______.

A. grammar
B. vocabulary
C. pronunciation
D. spelling

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Modern English is derived from the languages of early ______ tribes with a fairly small vocabulary.

A. Germanic
B. Pacific
C. Roman
D. Celtic

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Stylistics is the study of style. It is concerned with the user’s choices of linguistic elements in a particular ______ for special effects.

A. situation
B. context
C. time
D. place

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English lexicology embraces other academic disciplines, such as ______, semantics, stylistics, etymology, lexicography.

A. idioms
B. grammar
C. morpheme
D. morphology

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Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form, meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a ______ difference.

A. spelling
B. semantic
C. pronunciation
D. pragmatic

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There are generally two approaches to the study of words, namely synchronic and ______.

A. chronic
B. realistic
C. specific
D. diachronic

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______ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words. Semantics is the study of the meaning of words.

A. Semantics
B. Linguistics
C. Etymology
D. Stylistics

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The "wife" now means "a married woman", but it has an obsolete meaning "woman" which is only preserved in "midwife", "housewife", etc. This is from a ______ point of view.

A. diachronic
B. synchronic
C. prescriptive
D. descriptive

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According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.

A. sounds
B. meaning
C. form
D. function

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A word is a ______ that stands for something else in the world.

A. symbol
B. system
C. structure
D. pattern

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A word is ______ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.

A. a smallest form
B. a minimal free form
C. a constituent form
D. a separate part

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We consider that the written form of a natural language is the written record of the ______ form.

A. written
B. practical
C. oral
D. grammatical

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The reason for that more and more differences occur between sound and form is that the English alphabet was adopted from the ______.

A. Pacifics
B. Germanics
C. Celtics
D. Romans

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In different languages, the same concept can be represented by and the same sound can show .

A. different sounds; different meanings
B. same sounds; different meanings
C. different sounds; same meanings
D. same sounds; same meanings

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In spite of the differences, at least ______ percent of the English words fit consistent spelling patterns.

A. sixty
B. seventy
C. eighty
D. ninety

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The general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over ______ words.

A. one billion
B. two million
C. two billion
D. one million

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If we classify English words by use frequency, the two types of words are ______.

A. the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary
B. content words and functional words
C. native words and borrowed words
D. functional words and notional words

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Words can be classified according to the following criteria except ______.

A. notion
B. use frequency
C. foundation
D. origin

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Words may fall into content words and functional words by ______.

A. use frequency
B. notion
C. origin
D. stability

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Words 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

A. Father.
B. Fire.
C. Evil.
D. Old.

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Which of the following is not one of the obvious characteristics of the basic word stock ______

A. Creativity.
B. Stability.
C. Duality.
D. All national character.

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Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______.

A. productivity
B. polysemy
C. stability
D. collocability

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______ refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades and professions communicate among themselves.

A. Slang
B. Argot
C. Jargon
D. Archaism

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Nonbasic vocabulary includes ______.

A. argot and jargon
B. archaisms and neologisms
C. technical terms
D. all the above

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Which category do the following words fall into: photoscanning, trigonometry, sonata and audiovisual

A. Neologism.
B. Jargon.
C. Terminology.
D. Slang.

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______ belong 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.

A. Terminology
B. Jargon
C. Slang
D. Argot

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______ are words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use.

A. Neologisms
B. Archaisms
C. Jargons
D. Terminologies

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The expression "can-opener", which means all-purpose key, belongs to ______.

A. slangs
B. terminologies
C. argots
D. archaisms

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Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions. Which of the following is not an example of neologisms

A. SARS.
B. Can-opener.
C. Futurology.
D. Freak out.

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______ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question.

A. Argots
B. Slangs
C. Jargons
D. Dialectal words

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______ constitute the main body of the English vocabulary.

A. Functional words
B. Content words
C. Numerals
D. Pronouns

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Which types of words belong to functional words

A. Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions.
B. Adjectives, nouns, articles.
C. Articles, prepositions, conjunctions.
D. Verbs, pronouns, prepositions.

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Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as ______ words.

A. functional
B. notional
C. empty
D. formal

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Which of the following is not content word

A. Five.
B. And.
C. Earth.
D. Never.

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"I’m sure that they will come today." There are ______ content words in the above sentence.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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Native words have ______ features.

A. two
B. seven
C. five
D. six

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Which are the features of native words

A. All national characters.
B. Neutral in style.
C. Frequent in use.
D. All the above.

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The words borrowed from French or Latin are mostly ______.

A. colloquial
B. informal
C. formal
D. slangy

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It is estimated that English borrowings constitute ______ percent of the modern English vocabulary.

A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 90

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______ are loan words that have naturalized or assimilated in English.

A. Denizens
B. Semantic-loans
C. Translation-loans
D. Aliens

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Which of the following isn’t the denizen A. Port. B. Cup. C.
D. Skirt.

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Which of the following isn’t the alien A.
B. Bazaar. C. Shift. D. Emir.

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Which of the following doesn’t belong to the translation-loans

A. Mother tongue.
B. Long time no see.
C. Black humour.
D. Status quo.

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The word "kowtow" in English is called an alien word because ______.

A. it is a newly-created word from another language
B. it has been assimilated into the English language
C. it has undergone a semantic change
D. it has retained its original pronunciation

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Which of the following belongs to the semantic-loans

A. Change.
B. Pork.
C. Dream.
D. Tea.

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Semantics is the study of meanings of different ______ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc.

A. linguistic
B. grammatical
C. arbitrary
D. semantic

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There are ______ functional words in the following sentence. It is fun to play with children.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

"I’m sure that they will come today." There are ______ content words in the above sentence.

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Lexicology inquires into the ______ and meanings of words.

Lexicology is a branch of ______.

Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of ______ construct.

English lexicology deals with English ______.

Modern English is derived from the languages of early ______ tribes with a fairly small vocabulary.

Stylistics is the study of style. It is concerned with the user’s choices of linguistic elements in a particular ______ for special effects.

English lexicology embraces other academic disciplines, such as ______, semantics, stylistics, etymology, lexicography.

Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form, meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a ______ difference.

There are generally two approaches to the study of words, namely synchronic and ______.

______ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words. Semantics is the study of the meaning of words.

The "wife" now means "a married woman", but it has an obsolete meaning "woman" which is only preserved in "midwife", "housewife", etc. This is from a ______ point of view.

According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.

A word is a ______ that stands for something else in the world.

A word is ______ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.

We consider that the written form of a natural language is the written record of the ______ form.

The reason for that more and more differences occur between sound and form is that the English alphabet was adopted from the ______.

In different languages, the same concept can be represented by ______ and the same sound can show ______.

The differences between sound and form are due to the following EXCEPT ______.

In old English sound and form are ______.

The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.

In spite of the differences, at least ______ percent of the English words fit consistent spelling patterns.

The general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over ______ words.

If we classify English words by use frequency, the two types of words are ______.

Words can be classified according to the following criteria except ______.

Words may fall into content words and functional words by ______.

Words 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

Which of the following is not one of the obvious characteristics of the basic word stock ______

Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______.

______ refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades and professions communicate among themselves.

Nonbasic vocabulary includes ______.

Which category do the following words fall into: photoscanning, trigonometry, sonata and audiovisual

______ belong 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.

______ are words or forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use.

The expression "can-opener", which means all-purpose key, belongs to ______.

Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions. Which of the following is not an example of neologisms

______ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question.

______ constitute the main body of the English vocabulary.

Which types of words belong to functional words

Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as ______ words.

Which of the following is not content word

"I’m sure that they will come today." There are ______ content words in the above sentence.

Native words have ______ features.

Which are the features of native words

The words borrowed from French or Latin are mostly ______.

It is estimated that English borrowings constitute ______ percent of the modern English vocabulary.

______ are loan words that have naturalized or assimilated in English.

Which of the following isn’t the denizen A. Port. B. Cup. C. D. Skirt.

Which of the following isn’t the alien A. B. Bazaar. C. Shift. D. Emir.

Which of the following doesn’t belong to the translation-loans

The word "kowtow" in English is called an alien word because ______.

Which of the following belongs to the semantic-loans

Semantics is the study of meanings of different ______ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc.

There are ______ functional words in the following sentence. It is fun to play with children.

In different languages, the same concept can be represented by and the same sound can show .

Which of the following isn’t the denizen A. Port. B. Cup. C.
D. Skirt.

Which of the following isn’t the alien A.
B. Bazaar. C. Shift. D. Emir.