Тесты по "Лексикологии"

 

5. sound

 

 

139. Find the euphemism for the word ‘pregnant’

 

1. In a family way
2. under the influence 

 

3. Nick  

 

4. jug 

 

5. deuce

 

 

 

140. Complete the simile 'as fat as..'

 

1. pig 

 

2. dove 

 

3. sheep 

 

4. fox 

 

5. lion

 

 

141. Complete the comparison 'to smoke like a'

 

1. chimney 

 

2. log 

 

3. pegion  

 

4. duck

 

5. pig

 

 

142. Give a homophone to'hear'

 

1. here 

 

2. hire  

 

3. herd 

 

4. hare 

 

5. hymn

 

 

143. Words coined and used only for the particular occasion
1. nonce

 

2. synonym
3. affix

 

4. root

 

5. prephix

 

 

144. Define the word-building of the word «cock-a doodle-do»:

 

1. sound imitation

 

2. composition

 

3. shortening

 

4. affixation

 

5. conversion

 

 

145. What are the two main approaches to the study of language material:

 

1. descriptive and historic

 

2. composition and narrowing

 

3. metaphor and metonymy

 

4. shortening and sound into change

 

5. no correct answer

 

 

146. Etimology studies
1. The origin of the words

 

2. The meanig of the words
3. Phonetical structure

 

4. Stylistic devices
5. no correct answer

 

 

147. Historical lexicology studies:

 

1. Evolution of any vocabulary , origin and development

 

2. Vocabulary of a given language

 

3. The properties of words

 

4. Method of sientific research

 

5. Morphological and semantic studies

 

 

148. The style of language of every day life which answers the needs of communication

1. Colloquial

2. High-flown
3. Poetical
4. Rhetorical
5. technical

 

 

149. Define the type of abbreviation VIP:

 

1. Acronym
2. Blending

 

3. Clipping

 

4. Shortening

 

5. Backformation

 

151.         Phraseology studies

1. free word-combinations and phraseological units
2. graphical abbreviations
3. synonyms and antonyms
4. lexical homonyms
5. synonyms

Shortening is

1. a significant subtraction of a word
2. a common element of words
3. a derived word
4. the smallest meaningful unit
5. blending

 

         153.        Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word  flat

1. apartment
2. mansion
3. but
4. room
5. cabin

 

154.        What is the meaning of the underlined parts of words monolingual,  monosyllable, monologue

1. one
2. many
3. all
4. every
5. each

 

155.            Which of the following words are international

1. coffee, mango, sputnik, radio
2. farm, video, friend, man
3. bungalow, blitz, masterpiece, money
4. radio, wonder-child, country, pen
5. escalator, cat, park, television

 

156.            Which of the following words is the British variant of the American   fall

1. autumn
2. spring
3. winter
4. summer
5. season

 

157.            The word TV is a case of

1. abbreviation
2. clipping
3. blending
4. back-formation
5. sound interchange

 

158.             Has been in the following sentence “She had to be satisfied with the role of a has been” is the result of

1. conversion
2. word-composition
3. word derivation
4. polysemy
5. affixation

 

159.             What is motivation

1. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning
2. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its sound-form
3. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its referent
4. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its graphical form
5. the connection between the meaning of the word and referent

 

160.              What are antonyms

1. words different in sound and graphic form and characterized by semantic polarity of denotational meaning
2. words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some of their meanings
3. words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
4. words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form
5. words with identical sound and different in their graphic forms

 

161.              Which of the following words are homonyms proper

1. bank (n) – bank (n)
2. sea (n) – see (v)
3. wind (n) – wind (v)
4. tear (n) – tear (v)
5. knight(n) – night (n)

 

162.               A list of words in which the entry words are arranged in alphabetical order starting with their final letters are

1. reverse dictionaries
2. pronouncing dictionaries
3. usage dictionaries
4. dictionaries of word frequency
5. dictionaries of slang

 

163.            Which of the following lines contains only form words

1. from, oh!, am
2. dog-like, through, to help
3. lonesome, handful, are
4. terror, a computer, out of
5. went, come on, and

 

164.            Which of the following homonyms are partial

1. match (n) – match (v)
2. found (v) – found (v)
3. bank (n) – bank (n)
4. ball (n) – ball (n)
5. jam (n) – jam (n)

 

165.             Conversives are

1. antonyms
2. synonyms
3. homophones
4. hybrids
5. etymological doublets

 

167.             Complete the idiom “to be like as…” using one of the following words

1. peas
2. bears
3. twins
4. nuts
5. cucumbers

 

168.             Now or never is

1. phraseological unit
2. saying
3. proverb
4. hyperbole
5. jargon

 

169.            Which of the following suffixes are of Greek origin

1. -ist, - ism, - ite
2. -dom, -hood, -ly
3. -able, -ible, -ant, -ous
4. -age, -ful, -ence
5. -anti, -dom, -ful

 

170.            The difference between the British and American English is noticeable in the field of

1. in all fields of the language system
2. phonetics
3. grammar
4. vocabulary
5. rhythm and intonation of speech

 

171.             pot cheers is a word from

1. New York city dialect
2. Eastern New England dialect
3. Inland Northern dialect
4. Standard American
5. Standard English

 

172.            Semantically morphemes are classified as

1. root and affixational morphemes
2. free morphemes
3. semi-free morphemes
4. bound morphemes
5. semi-bound morphemes

 

173.            Lexicography deals with

1. the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries
2. the word-making process in English
3. classification of loan words
4. variants of the English language
5. the etymological background of the English word stock

 

174.            The type of word-building used in the following words ping-pong, riff-raff, chit-chat is

1. compounding
2. shortening
3. conversion
4. blending
5. back-formation

 

175. “Skin-deep” and “true-blue” are…

1. Compound words
2. Derived words
3. Compound derivatives
4. Root words
5. All answers are correct

 

176. “Just” and “unjust” are…

1. Derivational antonyms
2. Absolute antonyms
3. Relative antonyms              
4. Never used as antonyms
5. Partially assimilated antonyms

 

177. The British variant of the word “конфета” is…

1. a sweet 
2. a candy 
3. a cake
4. a chocolate
5. all answers are correct

 

178. In the phrase “I see thee in my dreams” thee is …

1. an archaism
2. a neologism
3. a barbarism
4. a verb
5. a noun

 

179. WC is …

1. Euphemism
2. Synonym
3. Antonym
4. Homonym
5. All answers are correct

 

 

 

180.             External meaning

1. morphological structure
2. Inner structure
3. Synonym
4. idiom
5. semantic structure

 

181.             The stem of root or morpheme words contains

1. one free morpheme
2. not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound
3. not less than two free morphemes
4. not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme
5. a group of words

 

 

182.             Prefixes mis-, mal-, pseudo- are

1. perjorative
2. negative
3. privative
4. locative
5. prefixes of time and order

 

 

183.            The underlined words in the following sentences: “How often do you milk the cows?”, “Restaurants in all large cities have ups and downs.” “He began to nose about like an old bloodhound.” are cases of

1. conversion
2. allusion
3. cliché
4. metaphor
5. euphemism

 

184. Which part of lexicology studies the evolution of vocabulary

1. historical lexicology
2. general lexicology
3. special lexicology
4. descriptive lexicology
5. specialized lexicology

 

185. Which of the following words are compounds

1. seashore
2. management
3. marketing
4. ungentlemanly
5. doc

186. The main problems in lexicography are connected with

1. all the problems mentioned above
2. selection of lexical units and arrangements and setting of the entries
3. selection and arrangement of meaning and definition of the last
4. illustrative examples and choice of adequate equivalents
5. selection and arrangement of word-derivations within a word family

 

187. Seeds of evil is

1. metaphor
2. metonymy
3. simile
4. litotes
5. epithet

 

189. Eye- wash

1. neutral compound
2. derived compound
3. root word
4. there is no right answer
5. contracted compound

 

190. Set expression “tooth and nail” functions like a (an)

1. adverb
2. noun
3. verb
4. adjective
5. preposition

 

191. Lexical valency is the aptness of a word

1. to appear in various word combinations
2. to  lose its meanings
3. to appear in various grammatical structures
4. to acquire new meanings
5. to generalize its meaning

 

192. Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological fusion

1. red tape
2. take a fancy
3. wash one’s dirty linen in public
4. show one’s teeth
5. to come into fusion