Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%, 2 points for each)
16. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.（ ）
17. In modern times, borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern English vocabulary.（ ）
18. Compounds are words formed by combining affixes and stems.（ ）
19. Middle English absorbed a tremendous number of foreign words but with little change in word endings.（ ）
20. Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.（ ）
21. By etymological motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin. （ ）
22. Homonyms are words whose meanings are closely related.（ ）
23. Contradictory terms do not show degrees.（ ）
24. The unmarked term of an antonymous pair often covers the meaning of the marked.（ ）
25. Idioms are fixed in structure and so can never be changed.（ ）
Ⅲ.Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B (10%, 1 point for each)
Ａ B
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26. |
cocks |
A. |
roar |
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27. |
birds |
B. |
sing |
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28. |
duck |
C. |
trumpet |
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29. |
pigs |
D. |
neigh |
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30. |
bees |
E. |
howl |
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31. |
elephant |
F. |
buzz |
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32. |
horses |
G. |
bleat |
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33. |
sheep |
H. |
crow |
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34. |
wolves |
I. |
Quack |
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35. |
lion |
J. |
grunt |
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31. （ ）32. （ ）33. （ ）34. （ ）35. （ ）
