1.There are hundreds of pairs of absolute synonyms in the English language. ( )
A:错
B:对
答案:错
2.Because of its long history, British English is still the dominant English variety. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:错
3.President Bush made the announcement at a White House ceremony, franked by Paulson and current Treasury Secretary John Snow. ( )
A:错
B:对
答案:错
4.The English language has stopped borrowing words from Asian languages since the beginning of this century. ( )
A:错
B:对
答案:错
5.His two children has been affected with coronavirus. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:错
6.The number of affixes surpass that of combining forms. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:错
7.Because the government made primary education compulsory, most of the people in the countryside are now literate. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:对
8.The dinosaurs may have been unable to adopt themselves to climate change. ( )
A:错
B:对
答案:错
9.An initialism refers to an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately or as a word. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:错
10.The earliest Chinese loanwords weren’t used in English until the beginning of the 19th century. ( )
A:对
B:错
答案:错
11.Which of the following words are monosemous? ( )
A:own goal
B:sushi
C:jaguar
D:industry
A:latte B:red packet C:month D:apartheid 13.Which of the following words are homographs? ( )
A:flower B:perfect C:can D:record 14.Which of the following words are used in the Asian context? ( )
A:eisteddfod B:foreign-returned C:bioscope D:killer litter 15.Which of the following words are compound words? ( )
A:mass-produce B:whiteboard C:superman D:nightlife 16.Which of the following words contain three morphemes? ( )
A:wonderfully B:globalize C:yuppify D:astronaut 17.Which of the following words are echoic in origin? ( )
A:buzz B:swoosh C:wow D:beat 18.Which of the following Americanisms originated from European languages? ( )
A:pumpkin B:moose C:smorgasbord D:bagel 19.What can be found in the section for Phrases in dictionaries? ( )
A:phrasal verbs B:collocations C:proverbs D:idiomatic phrases 20.Which of the following words is not a blend? ( )
A:vlog B:makeup C:smog D:bridezilla 21.Which of the following words is Anglo-Saxon in origin? ( )
A:recipe B:sky C:tragedy D:arm 22.Which of the following words is used chiefly by people in East Asia? ( )
A:yob B:siu mai C:avian flu D:kiasu 23.What kind of fear does the word acrophobia describe? ( )
A:water B:height C:spider D:sleep 24.What does sneakerhead mean? ( )
A:a person who owns multiple pairs of shoes B:a human trafficker C:a sneaky person D:an owner of a shop selling sneakers 25.Which of the following words is homographic? ( )
A:sewer B:bow C:perfect D:base 26.Which of the following words is not a hyponym of red? ( )
A:crimson B:emerald C:vermilion D:scarlet 27.Which of the following words is not polysemous? ( )
A:beauty B:dragon C:blackboard D:awesome 28.Which of the following examples is an instance of malapropism? ( )
A:Would you like a nasal hut? B:Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination. C:There’s no such thing as a free lunch. D:They decided to leave town last night. 29.What kind of enthusiasm or fondness does the word technophilia describe? ( )
A:government B:music C:organization D:technology 30.Which of the following words is synonymous with successor? ( )
A:predecessor B:heir C:victor D:triumphant 31.Which of the following words is an antonym of indignation? ( )
A:contention B:resentment C:contentment D:deterioration 32.The synonym of fire which derives from French is ____.
33.The sentence “You hissed my mystery lecture” is an instance of ____.
34.The mythological figure from whom the eponym Herculean originates is ____.
35.Rose is one of the hyponyms of ____.
36.The word “face” can refer to a person. What can account for this lexical phenomenon? ____
37.The sentence “Good punctuation means not to be late” is an example of ____.
38.Please provide a synonym for the word consternation. ____
39.The commonly used word that is synonymous with expectorate is ____.
40.Please describe the rise of American English from a historical perspective.
41.What you is favorite English variety? Please describe its features in detail.
42.Nowadays there are so many dictionaries catering to various groups of language learners. What do you think are the criteria for a good English-Chinese dictionary?
43.What are the features of English idioms? How are they classified?
