英语词汇学习题集（Chapter1—Chapter3）Chapter1TheBasicConceptsofWordsandVocabulary1.Decidewhetherthefollowingaretrueorfalse.()a.Awordcanbedefinedindifferentwaysfromdifferentpointsofvie()b.Undernocircumstancescansoundandmeaningbelogicallyrelated.()c.Theintroductionofprintingpressresultedinalotmoredifferencesbetweensoundandform.()d.Thewordsapersoncanuseinspeakingandwritingformhisactivevocabulary.()e.Theprinciplesbywhichtoclassifywordsareusage,notionandorigin.()f.Nativewordsaremorepopularthanforeignwords.()g.Nativewordsenjoythesamefeaturesasthebasicwordstockandmore.2.Giveatermforeachofthefollowingdefinitions.a.sub-standardwordsoftenusedoninformaloccasions()b.specializedvocabularycommonincertainprofessions()c.wordsusedbysup-culturalgroupsparticularlybyundergroundsociety()d.wordsthathaveclearnotions()e.wordsofAnglo-Saxonorigin()f.wordsborrowedbywayoftranslation()g.oldwordswithnewmeanings()Key:1.a.(T)b.(F)c.(T)d.(T)e.(F)f.(F)g.(T)2.a.slangb.jargonc.argotd.contentwordse.nativewordsf.translationloansg.neologismsChapter3MorphologicalStructureofEnglishWords1.Explainthefollowingterms:1)morpheme2)allomorph3)boundmorpheme4)freemorpheme5)affix6)inflectionalaffix7)derivationalaffix8)root9)stem2pletethefollowingsentenceswithproperwordsaccordingtothetext.1)Structurally,awordisnotthe_________unitbecausemanywordsareanalyzableorsegmentable.2)Themorphemeisthesmallestfunctioningunitinthecompositionof___________.3)Morphemesfallintodifferentclassesbydifferentcriteriaofclassification.Nowpeopletenttogroupmorphemesintogroups:_________and_________.4)Accordingtothefunctionsofaffixes,wecanputthemintogroups:______and_____.5)Thenumberofinflectionalaffixesis________and________,whichmakesEnglishoneoftheeasiestlanguagestolearn.6)Derivationalaffixescanbefurtherdividedinto__________and________.7)A_________,whetherfreeorbound,generallycarriesthemaincomponentofmeaninginaword.8)A________canbedefinedasaformtowhichaffixesofanykindcanbeadded.Key:1.1)aminimummeaningfulunitofalanguage2)oneofthevariantsthatrealizeamorpheme3)amorphemethatoccurswithatleastoneothermorpheme4)amorphemethatcanstandalone5)amorphemeattachedtoastemoraroot6)anaffixthatindicatesgrammaticalrelationships7)anaffixthatformsnewwordswithastemoraroot8)whatremainsofawordaftertheremovalofallaffixes9)aformtowhichaffixesofanykindcanbeadded2.1)smallest2)words3)freemorphemes,boundmorphemes4)inflectional(affixes),derivational(affixes)5)small,stable6)prefixes,suffixes7)root8)stemChapter4WordFormation1.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.PutFandTinthebrackets.()a.Themostproductivewaysofword-formationareaffixation,compoundingandconversion.()b.Shorteningincludesclippingandblending.()c.Prefixationandsuffixationaretwosubbranchesofaffixation.()d.Suffixationistheformationofnewwordsbyaddingprefixestostems.()epoundingistheformationofnewwordsbyjoiningtwoormorestems.()f.Thelimitednumberofverbcompoundsarecreatedeitherthroughconversionorback-formation.()g.Verbcompoundsinthewayofback-formationareformedmainlybydroppingprefixes.()h.Conversionistheformationofnewwordsbyconvertingwordsofoneclasstoanotherclass.Thesewordsarenewonlyinagrammaticalsense.()i.Blendingistheformationofnewwordsbycombiningpartoftwowordsorawordplusapartofanotherword.()j.Clipping,awayofmakingawordistoshortenalongerwordbycuttingapartofftheoriginalandaddinganewparttotheoriginal.()k.Wordsformed...