A. roots B. stems C. affixes D. compounds

二. Complete the following statements with proper words according to the course book (10%)

16. With ____ , many Scandinavian words came into the English language.

17.It can be concluded that English has evolved from ___ to the present analytic language.

18. Idioms may be classified into five groups by the criterion of ____ .

19. When proper nouns are commonized, many of them have lost their ____.

20. Concatenation describes a process where each of the later meaning is related only to ___ like chains.

三. Match the words or expressions in column A with those in column B ( 10% )

21. sunbathe ( ) A. word form proper noun

22. changeable ( ) B. prefixation

23. donate ( ) C. back-formation

24. pocket ( ) D. conversion

25. postwar ( ) E. clipping

26. perm ( ) F. blending

27. treated ( ) G. compounding

28. telequiz ( ) H. inflection

29. V-Day ( ) I. acronymy

30. Watergate ( ) J. suffixation

四. study the following words and expressions and identify ( 10%)

1) types of context clues ; 2) types of word formation

3) types of word-meaning changes 4) rhetorical features of idioms.

31. slurb ( )

32. the usual amenities such as a pub, a post office and a school ( )

33. making a restatement of a new word or concept in familiar words ( )

34. live by one’s pen ( )

35. kith and kin ( )

36. fax ( )

37. disobey, impolite ( )

38. hussy: " person who worked in a villa " --- " evil or wicked person or scoundrel "

39. accident : " event" --- " unfortunate event "

40. nice : " ignorant " --- " foolish "

五. define the following terms ( 10% )

41. conversion

42. sense

43. motivation

44. hyponymy

45. English idioms

六. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in
the space given below. (12%)

46. What is the difference between root and stem?

47. What is the difference between content words and functional words,
illustrate your point with examples ?

48. Why do we say context take an important position in understanding?

七. Analyze the following. Write your answers in the space given below. (18%)

49. a. It is said that a mag
 
 
nificent building was destroyed yesterday.

b. The news says that the Royal Hotel was burnt down last night.

coment on the above sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates.

50. (1) Women are flowers. (2) Women are tigers.

Study the above sentences. Analyze " women’s " grammatical meaning, conceptual meaning
and connotative meaning in each sentence.