WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthemainsourcesofnewwordsinthepresent-dayEnglishvocabulary?
A、Therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology
B、Social,economicandpoliticalchanges
C、Theinvasionofforeigncountries
D、Theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages
Idiomsnominalinnaturehavea(n)______asthekeywordineachandfunctionasanouninsentences.
A、verb
B、adjective
C、preposition
D、noun
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A、Grammaticalmeaningreferstothepartofspeech,tensesofverbsandstylisticfeaturesofwords
B、Unlikeconceptualmeaning,associativemeaningisunstableandindeterminate
C、Affectivemeaningindicatesthelistener’sattitudetowardsthepersonorthinginquestion
D、Collocationcannotaffectthemeaningofwords
WhichofthefollowingisNOToneoftheextra-linguisticfactorsthatcausechangesinmeaning?
A、Culturalreason
B、Historicalreason
C、Classreason
D、Psychologicalreason
Generally,adictionarycoversthefollowingcontentsEXCEPT______.
A、spelling
B、pronunciation
C、definition
D、syntacticalrules