“Woman” becomes “ Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “f ùnǔ” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______ .

The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______ .

Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese?

The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT ______ .

Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary?

Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT ______.

How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words? cats boss work improper tried

A mong the following words, “ ______ ” does NOT have inflectional affixes.

Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?

Among the following words, “ ______ ” contains a negative prefix.

From the viewpoint of word formation, the word “ smog” is a ______.

Which of the following is partially converted?

One can figure out the meaning of “ airmail ” to be “ mail by air ” by its ______.

When a reader comes across the word “ home” in his reading, the word may remind him of his “ family, friends, warmth, safety, etc. ” In this sense, the word “ home” conveys ______.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Words that are identical only in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called ______.

The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT ______.

“ Apple, pear, peach, orange, lemon, etc. ” make up the ______ of “ fruit ”.

______ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized.

Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning?

The word “minister” originally meant “a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry ”. This process of meaning change is called ______ .

In grammatical context, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the ______in which it occurs.

There is an ambiguity in the sentence “ He is a hard businessman ” due to ______.

Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues?

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms?

Idioms nominal in nature have a(n) ______ as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences.

Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT ______ belong to lexical manipulation.

Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary ’ , 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British ______ dictionaries.

Generally, a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT ______. 

Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) has some unique features such as definition, extra column and ______.

The professor worked for 7 hours at a ________. 

Parents, teachers in schools and communicators in or using the mass media are all capable of ________ our potential interests.

Happiness doesn ’t alway s _______ money.

He insured his car ________ he had an accident.

It took a few seconds for her eyes to ________ to the darkness.

It has been years ________ I returned home.

What he told us was more of a(n) ________ than a reality.

To write up his novel, John is looking for an environment free ________ outside distraction.

We cannot leave this tough job to a person ________.

A good worker in a key spot could, so _______ as he kept up production, take all the coffee breaks he wanted.

Modern economics ________ the country ’s agricultural policies.

If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get ________.

—David has made great progress recently. — _______，and _______.

We are interested in the weather because it _______ us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel.

You should help them ________ when your friends quarrel with each other.

Perseverance is a kind of quality and that is _______ it takes to do anything well.

We were told that the stone figure _______ back to the 16th century was of great value.

Each of us should _______ aside a few minutes to have a rest every day.

Police are ________ the disappearance of two children.

He ________ his poor judgment ________ Jet Lag.

Washing the food down with water as a substitute ________ chewing is not a good habit