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Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.ChoosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementandblackenthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.

1、Chookisawordof______,whichmeanschicken.

A.AmericanEnglish

B.BritishEnglish

C.ScottishEnglish

D.AustralianEnglish

2、Whendoughandbreadisusedasaslang,itmeans______.

A.money

B.head

C.drunk

D.cookingutensil

3、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?______

A.Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitofmeaning.

B.Accordingtogrammarians,awordisafreeformthatcanfunctioninasentence.

C.Invisualterms,awordcanbedefinedasameaningfulgroupoflettersprintedorwrittenhorizontallyacrossap ……此处隐藏8209个字…… rwordsareformedthroughblending.Blendingistheformationofnewwordsbycombiningpartsoftwowordsorawordplusapartofanotherword.Asfarasthestructureisconcerned,blendsfallintofourmajorgroups:head+tail(motelfrommotor+hotel);head+head(sitcomfromsituation+comedy);head+word(medicarefrommedical+care)andword+tail(workfarefromwork+welfare).　　51、Ashomonymsareidenticalinsoundorspelling,particularlyhomophones,theyareoftenemployedtocreatepunsfordesiredeffectof,say,humour,sarcasmorridicule.Forthegivenexample,preymeaningplunderorrobsoundsthesameaspray.Inthechurch,thegentlemenandladiesprayforblessingfromtheGod,butonceoutofchurch,theyshowtheirtruefeatures,ruthlesslyexploitingtheworkingpeoplelikeferociousanimalspreyingontheirvictims.Thesardonictoneisunmistakable.