Лексикология_05_ENG.doc. $$$144 Etymology investigates

$$$144 Etymology investigates

A) Peculiarities of the English vocabulary

B) Different types of compounds

C) The origin and history of a word and its true meaning

D) Different kinds of dictionaries

E) General problems of the theory of the word

$$$145 Hybrids are

A) idiomatic compounds

B) removal of all functional and derivational elements

C) words which are made after existing patterns

D) words made up of constsituents from two or more different languages

E) the smallest meaningful units

$$$146 Words borrowed from one language into several other languages are called

A) borrowings

B) euphemisms

C) synonyms

D) international

E) toponyms

$$$147 Which of the following words are native English

A) devoid, interrogate, stomach

B) vacuum, question, abdomen

C) empty, ask, belly

D) finish, complete, ascend

E) compare, cry, commence

$$$148 What does lexical assimilation of borrowings comprise

A) change in sound form and stress

B) various changes in the semantic structure of the word and formation of derivatives

from borrowed word-stems

C) different changes in sound -form and grammatical paradigms

D) changes in sound form

E) structural changes

$$$149 What does the native element of the English vocabulary consist of

A) Latin and Celtic elements

B) Celtic, Germanic and Scandinavian elements

C) Indo-European and Germanic elements

D) Indo-European and Celtic elements

E) Celtic and Scandinavian elements

$$$150 Barbarisms are

A) completely assimilated words

B) semantically assimilated words

C) partially assimilated words

D) words which are not assimilated

E) grammatically assimilated words

$$$151 Which of the following words are of French origin

A) empty, ask, belly

B) afternoon, and, ask

C) beau, commence, chauffeur

D) hyena, home, husband

E) hippopotamus, guerilla, caftan

$$$152 The words ballet, buffet corps, bouquet, cliché are borrowings from

A) Latin

B) Indian

C) Spanish

D) French

E) Scandinavian

$$$153 Choose the line with native English.

A) vacuum, exist, act

B) machine, parachute, valley

C) xylophone, epoch, chemist

D) confetti, macaroni, tobacco

E) summer, hope, life

$$$154 The loan words husband, fellow, table, chair, figure are

A) partially assimilated words

B) neologisms

C) barbarisms

D) unassimilated words

E) completely assimilated words

$$$155 The word unmistakable has constituents originated from

A) 4 languages

B) 2 languages

C) 3 languages

D) 1 language

E) 5 languages

$$$156 Words: sari, sombrero

A) are not assimilated semantically

B) are not assimilated graphically

C) are not assimilated grammatically

D) are not assimilated phonetically

E) completely assimilated

$$$157 The words “ cheese, street, wall, wine” belong to the earliest layer of ______ borrowings

A) Indian

B) Latin

C) Greek

D) French

E) Japanese

$$$158 The difference between the British and American English is noticeable in the field of

A) phonetics

B) grammar

C) vocabulary

D) rhythm and intonation of speech

E) in all the fields of the language system.

$$$159 The following words pyjamas khaki, mango, bungalow which became international came from.

A) Australia;

B) New Zealand;

C)India

D) Canada;

E) The USA.

$$$160 The words glamour, kilt, raid, came into English from

A) The Scottish dialects;

B) Cockney;

C) the Irish dialect;

D) Australian English;

E) Canadian English

$$$161 Choose the line where all the words have American spelling.

A) travelling, centre, colour, offence

B) jewellery, woolen, favour, metre

C) armour, although, fibre, monologue

D) humor, theater, program, thru

E) telegramme, center, picturesque, favour

$$$162 The toponyms Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Utah are

A) Indian words (of Indian tribes)

B) Spanish words

C) German words

D) French words

E) Italian words

$$$163 Concept is

A) a referent

B) an object

C) a sound-form

D) a meaning

E) a thought

$$$164 Which of the following suffixes are of Greek origin

A) –doom, -hood, -ly;

B) – able, -ible, -ant, -ous;

C) –age,-ful,-ence;

D) –ist, -ism, -ite;

E) –anti, -dom, -ful.

$$$165 The following definition "coal, n. a black, hard substance that burns and gives off heat" is an entry from

A) an explanatory dictionary

B) a dictionary of word-frequency

C) a bilingual dictionary

D) a dictionary of pronunciation

E) an etymological dictionary

$$$166 "Thesaurus" means

A) a collection of words put in groups together according to likeness in their

meaning.

B) a dictionary of abbreviations

C) an etymological dictionary

D) a list of explanations of words, especially unusual ones at the end of a book

E) an alphabetical list of words used in a book or collection of books by one writer

$$$167 Word frequency dictionary is

A) unilingual dictionary

B) multilingual dictionary

C) bilingual dictionary

D) thesaurus

E) concordance

$$$168 Which dictionary gives information about extra-linguistic world

A) bilingual dictionaries

B) translation dictionaries

C) glossaries

D) thesaurus

E) encyclopedia

$$$169 Dictionaries of abbreviations, antonyms, borrowings, new words are

A) general dictionaries

B) special dictionaries

C) glossaries

D) rhyming and thesaurus type of dictionaries

E) etymological dictionaries