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Word-meaning changes by modes of extension, narrowing, degradation, elevation and___________________.
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transfer
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elevation
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The process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.
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native words
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Native words, also known as Anglo-Saxon words, are words brought to Britian in the 5th century by the Germanic tribes.
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acronymy
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The process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms.
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What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point.
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答案是：Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of antonyms. State your reason with one example. Contrary terms are non-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.
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As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words?
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Every compound should express a single idea just as one word. For example, ―a green hand‖ is―an inexperienced person‖, not a hand that is green in color.
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Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.（ ）
A.unabridged
B.desk
C.specialized
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答案是：参考答案：C
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As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one（ ）
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.（ ）
A.spelling
B.syntactical
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答案是：参考答案：B
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The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.（ ）
A.replacement
B.addition
C.shortening
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Early Modem English refers to the language spoken___. （ ）
A.from 1066 to 1500
B.from 1150 to 1500
C.f
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答案是：参考答案：C
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What causes the ambiguity of the sentence "I like Mary better than Janet"? （ ）
A.Vocabulary
B. Situation
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答案是：参考答案：C
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We can work out the meaning of heliocentric and geocentric according to___. （ ）
A.morphological strucmre
B.r
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答案是：参考答案：A
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An idiom differs from a free phrase in that the former is ___ and the latter is not. （ ）
A. structurally changeab
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答案是：参考答案：C
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The idiom "a dark horse" is a___（ ）
A.simile
B. metaphor
C.metonymy
D. personification
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答案是：参考答案：B
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The term "vocabulary" is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that___. （ ）
A. it ca
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?（ ）
A.Sentence idioms
B.Idioms adverbial in nature.
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答案是：参考答案：C
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The idiom ―toss and turn rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.（ ）
A.alliteration
B.metaphor
C.me
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答案是：参考答案：A
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n the sentence ―An east o r north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou‘Wester usually brings rain.‖,
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答案是：参考答案：C
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The sentence ―I lost Betty‘s picture.‖ is ambiguous due to ______.（ ）
A.grammatical context
B.polysemy
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答案是：参考答案：B
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The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are ______.（ ）
A. the growth of science and technolog
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答案是：参考答案：D
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______ are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes（ ）
A. Free roots
B. Fre
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答案是：参考答案：C
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The idiom ―Jack of all trades‖ results from ______（ ）
A.addition
B.position-shifting
C.dismembering
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答案是：参考答案：D
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After the invading Germanic tribes settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out ______. （ ）
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）
A.Connotative meaning refers to associations suggested by the
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答案是：参考答案：C
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There are ______ major classes of compounds. （ ）
A.two
B.for
C.three
D.five
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答案是：参考答案：C
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Which of the following is NOT one of the roles of context?（ ）
A.Elimination of ambiguity.
B.Indication of re
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答案是：参考答案：D
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n the sentence ―The old man, though poor, is a respectable gentleman.‖, the word ―respectable‖ is used in the ______ sen
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答案是：参考答案：B
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Usage notes of the dictionary explain ______. ( )
A.the slight difference between words of similar meanings
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Which of the following dictionaries is NOT a specialized dictionary? ( )
A.The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymo
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答案是：参考答案：B
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Which of the following suffixes can be used to form both nouns and adjectives? ______ （ ）
A. -ion
B. -ism.
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答案是：参考答案：D
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An idiom consists of at least two words. Each has a single meaning and often functions as one word. This is called _（ ）
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Degradation of meaning is the opposite of ______.（ ）
A.semantic transfer
B.semantic pejoration
C.semant
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答案是：参考答案：C
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The fundamental difference between homonyms and polysemants is whether ______.（ ）
A. they come from the same sour
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答案是：参考答案：D
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The two major factors that cause changes in meaning are ______. （ ）
A. historical reason and class reason
B.
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Which of the following characteristics of the basic word stock is the most important? （ ）
A.Stability
B.Col
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答案是：参考答案：D
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American dictionaries generally use ______ to mark the pronunciation. ( )
A.British Phonetic Alphabet
B.Amer
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参考答案：D
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The change of idiom "velvet paws" from the original form is ______.( )
A.replacement
B.position-shifting
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答案是：参考答案：D
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"Flesh and blood" is an idiom ______ in nature. ( )
A.verbal
B.nominal
C.adjectival
D.adverbial
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答案是：参考答案：B
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The idiom "fall into good hands" is a ______ as far as figures of speech are concerned. ( )
A.synecdoche
B.m
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答案是：参考答案：A
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A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single （ ）morpheme.
A.formal
B.concrete
C.free
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答案是：参考答案：C
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In the early period of Middle English, English,（ ）existed side by side.
A.Celtic and Danish
B.Danish and Fre
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is:（ ）
A.absolute and relative
B.absolute and complet
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of idioms?（ ）
A.Colloquial
B.Slang
C.Negative
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答案是：参考答案：C
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There are two approaches to the study of polysemy. They are（ ）
A. primary and secondary
B.central and periph
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答案是：参考答案：C
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Linguistic context is also known as ______ context.（ ）
A.social
B.verbal
C.lexical
D.physical
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答案是：参考答案：B
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Which of the following is NOT true about extra-linguistic context? ( )
A.it can be subdivided into grammatical co
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Which of the following is one of the main functions of verbal context? ( )
A.Elimination of ambiguity.
B.Ind
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答案是：参考答案：D
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n a narrow sense, context refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears and is known as ______ context
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答案是：参考答案：B
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People change word-meaning owing to various ______ motives: love, respect, courtesy, suspicion, pessimism, sarcasm, iron
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答案是：参考答案：A
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The written form of English is a(an)（ ）representation of the spoken form.
A.selective
B.adequate
C.im
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答案是：参考答案：C
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Sources of homonyms include（ ）
A.changes in sound and spelling
B.borrowing
C.shortening
D.all o
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答案是：参考答案：D
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In the course book, the author lists（ ）types of context clues for inferring word meaning.
A.eight
B.six
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答案是：参考答案：A
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Which of the following is NOT an acronym?（ ）
A.TOEFL
B.ODYSSEY
C.BASIC
D.CCTV
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答案是：参考答案：B
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From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（ ）
A.German
B.French
C.Scottish
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答案是：参考答案：A
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LDCE is distinctive for its（ ）
A.clear grammar codes
B.usage notes
C.language notes
D.all of the
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答案是：参考答案：D
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Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aidi
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答案是：参考答案：D
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When a common word is turned into a proper noun, the meaning is ______ accordingly. ( )
A.related
B.narrowed
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答案是：参考答案：B
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What is applicable to contradictory terms of some antonyms may NOT be applicable to their ______ terms? ( )
A.. c
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答案是：参考答案：C
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Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the ______ field of colours‘. ( )
A.sty
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参考答案：B
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