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I. 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. (30%)
1. There are ______ major classes of compounds.
A. two
B. for
C. three
D. five
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Connotative meaning refers to associations suggested by the conceptual meaning.
B. Stylistic meaning accounts for the formality of the word concerned.
C. Affective meaning is universal to all men alike.
D. Denotative meaning can always be found in the dictionary.
3. After the invading Germanic tribes settled down in Britain, their language almost totally blotted out ______.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Anglo-Saxon
D. Celtic
4. The idiom
“
Jack of all trades
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results from ______.
A. addition
B. position-shifting
C. dismembering
D. shortening
5. ______ are those that cannot occur as separate words without adding other morphemes.
A. Free roots
B. Free morphemes
C. Bound morphemes
D. Meaningful units
6. The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are ______.
A. the growth of science and technology
B. economic and political changes
C. the influence of other cultures and languages
D. all the above
7. Since
the beginning of this century, ______ has become even more important for the expansion of English vocabulary.
A. word-formation
B. borrowing
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