Тесты по "Лексикологии"

1. the bonnet of the car
2. the Pentagon
3. to kick the bucket
4. at all
5. tick-tack

 

394.            A term is

1. a peculiar type of word or word combination expressing a definite connection
2. a preposition
3. a proverb
4. a conjunction
5. slang

 

395.            To lose one’s life is a (an)

1. euphemism
2. familiar quotation
3. proverb
4. idiom
5. set expression

 

396.            Vinogradov’s classification of phraseological units is based on

1. the criterion of motivation
2. the criterion of  function
3. the criterion of idiomaticity
4. the criterion of fixed element
5. the theory of word equivalents

 

397.                 The encyclopedic dictionaries are

1. thick-books that give information about the extra-linguistic word
2. unilingual books that give definition of terms
3. dictionaries containing the origin of words

4. word-books containing  vocabulary terms in one language and their

equivalents on another language

5. Multilingual dictionaries

 

398.                What is the similarity between a set-expression and a word

1. both words and set-expressions possess semantic unity
2. both words and set-expressions possess figurative meaning
3. they have no similarity at all
4. they both are grammatical variable
5. they are completely similar

 

399.                What does the native element of the English vocabulary consists of

1. Indo-European and Germanic elements
2. Latin and Celtic elements
3. Celtic, Germanic and Scandinavian elements
4. Indo-European and Celtic elements
5. Celtic and Scandinavian elements

 

400.                 What is a dead suffix

1. a suffix, disclosed by etymological analysis, but having no relevance for the present state of language
2. a non-productive suffix
3. a Latin suffix
4. a Greek suffix
5. a suffix, originated from Russian

 

401.                 Phraseology studies

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

 

402.                 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

 

403.                Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word “lift”

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

 

406.            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

 

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

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

 

408.             The word HIV is a case of

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

 

409.                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

 

410.                   Which of the following words are homonyms proper

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

 

411.                   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

 

412.                   Which of the following lines contains only form words

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

 

413.                    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)

 

414.                      Conversives are

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

 

415.             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

 

416.          accoding to the position affixes are classified as

1. Prefixes and suffixes
2. semi-free morphemes
3. bound morphemes
4. semi-bound morphemes

 

417.           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

 

418.            The type of word-building used in the following words sunflower, boyfriend, skateboard is

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

 

419.Who suggested IC’s?

1. L.Bllomfield
2. Zyhova I.
3. Antrushina
4. Smith
5. S.Johnson

 

420.Connotation

1. Supplementary meaning
2. Main meaning
3. Denotational meaning
4. The general meaning
5. The best meaning

 

421.Lexical meaning

1. The material meaning
2. Grammatical meaning
3. Supplementary meaning
4. Shade of meaning
5. All answers are correct

 

422.Diversities of meanings

1. Polysemy
2. Monosemy
3. Etimology
4. Semasiology
5. All answers are correct

 

423.Semantic extension

1. Widening
2. Narrowing
3. Generalization
4. Amelioration
5. All answers are correct

 

424.Saucers (for eyes)

1. Slang
2. Terms
3. Metonymy
4. Poetic diction
5. All answers are correct

 

425.Thou - they

1. Archaic
2. Terms
3. Slang
4. Neologisms
5. Euphemisms

 

426.Loan – word

1. Borrowing
2. Euphemism
3. Slang
4. Poetic diction
5. Native

 

427.Feminine, paternal, maternal are

1. Latin
2. French
3. German
4. Native
5. All answers are correct

 

428.Words which consist of a root and an affix are …

1. Derived
2. Compound
3. Blending
4. Acronym
5. All answers are correct

 

429.Define neutral derived compound

1. Lady killer
2. Boyfriend
3. Butterfly
4. Snowdrop
5. Schoolmate

 

430.Define neutral derived compound

1. Painkiller
2. Butterfly
3. Necklace
4. Earthquake
5. Football

 

431.Define neutral derived compound

1. Babysitter
2. Butterfly
3. Necklace
4. Earthquake
5. Football

 

432.Define neutral derived compound

1. Stoop – shouldered
2. Butterfly
3. Necklace
4. Earthquake
5. Football

 

433.Define morphological compound

1. Handicraft
2. Dragon fly
3. Necklace
4. Earthquake
5. Football

 

434.Define syntactic compounds

1. Sister – in – law
2. Dragon fly
3. Highway
4. Hotdog
5. Green grocer

 

435.Find a loan word not completely assimilated with the English language phonetically:

1. Police
2. River
3. Flower
4. Wall
5. Husband

 

436.Find a loan word not completely assimilated with the English language grammatically:

1. datum
2. Figure
3. Army
4. Cage
5. River

 

437.Fine a Russian loan- word

1. Kremlin
2. Sister
3. Minute
4. Club
5. Brother

 

438.Find a Japanese loan – word

1. Geisha
2. Judge
3. Chairman
4. Student
5. Husband

 

439.Fine a word borrowed from the language of American Indians

1. Squaw
2. Maid
3. Girl
4. Madam
5. Chess

 

440.Find the word with the grammatical meaning of plurality (noun):

1. All his answers were correct
2. He answers well
3. If you are sure, don’t answer this question
4. Your answer is wrong
5. All correct answers

 

441.Find the word which is colloquial in style:

1. Dad
2. Parent
3. Father
4. Ancestor
5. Mother