課程代碼：00832

Ⅰ．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket.（30%）

1．According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______.（　　　）

A．meaning                                                      B．sound

C．combination of sounds                                 D．group

2．The pronunciation has changed ______ spelling over the years.（　　�。�

A．more slowly than                                        B．as quickly as

C．more rapidly than                                        D．not so quickly as

3．Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by ______.（　　　）

A．use frequency                                             B．notion

C．origin                                                         D．sound

4．Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT______.（　　�。�

A．green revolution                                           B．fast food

C．moon walk                                                 D．space shuttle

5．Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.（　　�。�

A．form                                                          B．meaning

C．look                                                           D．pronunciation

6．Reviving archaic words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary. For instance, in American English “fall” means ______ in British English.（　　　）

A．four                                                           B．fell

C．for                                                             D．autumn

7．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.（　　�。�

A．/t/                                                              B．/g/

C．/p/                                                              D．/k/

8．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（　　　）

A．one                                                            B．two

C．three                                                          D．four

9．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.（　　�。�

A．works                                                        B．prewar

C．postwar                                                      D．bloody

10．30% to 40% of the total number of new words in English are produced through ______.（　　�。�

A．compounding                                              B．affixation

C．conversion                                                  D．shortening