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PAGE  PAGE 32 英语词汇学试题库 Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket. In different language, the same concept can be represented by _____ and the same sound can show _____. same sounds / different meanings different sounds / different meanings different sounds / same meanings same sounds / same meanings The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages in the following places except _____. A. Europe B. The Near East C. India D. Africa _____ are words borrowed early in the past and now well assimilated into English language. A. Aliens B. Denizens C. Translations D. Semantic-loans Motivation accounts for connection between the linguistic symbol and _____. A. its meaning B. its sound C. its form D. none of the above “Bird”, “earth”, “nation” belong to _____. A. bound morphemes B. free roots C. derivational affixes D. bound roots A concept has _____ referring expressions. A. one B. many C. a few D. none of the above The grammatical meanings of a word refer to that of the meaning of the word which indicates grammatical concept or relationship such as _____. part of speech of words singular and plural meaning of nouns tense meaning of verbs and their inflectional forms all the above The problem of interrelation of the various meanings of the same word can be dealt with from ______ angles. A. one B. two C. three D. four In radiation, the secondary meaning of a word is derived from the primary meaning of a word by ______. A. transfer B. extension C. specialization D. all the above and others A legal term “Alibi” signifying “plea that that the accused is not at the place when the crime is committed” now means “excuse”. This change of word-meaning is called _____. A. transfer B. narrowing C. extension D. degradation Context clues have _____ ones in all. A. seven B. six C. eight