Đề thi từ vựng - ngữ nghĩa năm 2015

PART A

I.What word-formation process is involved in each of the underlined and numbered words in the text below (2 points)

Fiorentina’s exclusion (1) from the UEFA (2) Cup after a match official was injured by a firecracker (3) thrown during their second-round match with Grasshopper Zurich in Salerno brought hooliganism (4) back in the media.

The Florence club are apealing against the decision (5) , aguing that the object was thrown by rival Salernitana fans (6) and the ban would set a dangerous precedent (7) . But UEFA will have borne in mind that Fiorentina were playing so far away from home only because they had been banned from their own ground for crowd trouble in Euroupe last season.

Whether Fiorentina has been hard done by or not, fan violence is a problem in the Italian game. Fighting (8) before Sunday’s 1-1 fra between Bologna and Roma left eight people in hospital, two with stab wounds. After the game, a Roma supporters (9)’ bus was stoned (10) and set on fire.

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

II.Underline the referring expressions in the following sentences (1 point)

1. The parachute is a device to help people to land safely on the ground.2. While the soldier was moving through the frontier, a bullet stroke him on the

head.3. Nowadays, there are many TV programmes very useful for children’s education.4. Teacher let his students come back home early because of the coming storm.5. Nutritionists recommended that children should eat foods from each of the four

basic groups.

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III. Identify pairs of synonyms of the following words and write them in two collums: formal style and informal style.

Example: residence (F) = home (I)

Deficiency, retain, shorten, terminate, keep, show, lack, abbreviate, demonstrate, end, respiration, require, breathing, empty, want, get on, vacant, sufficient, board, enough.

Formal style Informal style Formal style Informal style1. 6.2. 7.3. 8.4. 9.5. 10.

PART B (3 points)

IV. What is intended by the word mean, meaning… in the following examples, reference (R) or sense (S)? Write R or S next to the sentence. (1 point)

1. Mommy, what does “let it go” mean?2. Look up the meaning of “pursuance” in your dictionary.3. When Barbara mentioned “the magic box”, she meant the small laptop in her

bag.4. If you go there, you ‘ll see what I mean.5. When the young man talks about “his ex-girlfriend” he means Lan.

V. State the lexical relation of the following pairs under the terms: homonymy, polysemy, synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy and part-whole relation. (2 points)

E.g Father – dad → synonym

1. guy – bloke ………………………….. 6. Rite – wright ……………………….

2. patients – patience …………………… 7. Arm – wrist ……………………......

3. bossy – tyrannical ……………………. 8. Beverage – coffee ………………….

4. predator – grey ……………………….. 9. Fantasy – reality …………………..

5. a crane – a bird ……………………….. 10. Kind – amiable …………………..


PART C: (2 points)

VI. Are the following paraphrases of each other, entailment, or contradiction? Write P (for paraphrase), E (for entailment), and C (for contradiction) (1 point)

1. They ‘ve bought a pet.................... They ‘ve bought something.

2. It is difficult to learn how to drive.

............... I find it hard to learn how to drive.

3. He stole many things from the shop................ He took many things from the shop.

4. She has just come back from America................ She has never been to America.

5. He didn’t get in touch with her until he came back from America................ It was not until he came back from Africa that he got in touch with her.

VII. Paraphrase each of the following sentences into different ways according to the two possible meanings. (1 point)

Example: Visiting relatives can be boring(i). It can be boring to visit relatives.(ii) The relative who are visiting/ visit (us) can be boring.

1. Frying chicken will be appreciated. (2 possibilities)............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


2. She can not bear children. (2 possibilities)............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


Đề thi từ vựng - ngữ nghĩa năm 2015

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