Vocabulary can refer to the total number of the words in a language, and it can stand for all the words used________ , e.g. Old English vocabulary, Middle English vocabulary and Modem English vocabulary.

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题目内容

Vocabulary can refer to the total number of the words in a language, and it can stand for all the words used________ , e.g. Old English vocabulary, Middle English vocabulary and Modem English vocabulary.

题目选项

A. in a given book
B. in a given dialect
C. by an individual person
D. in a particular historical period

正确答案

D

题目解析

该题考查的是vocabulary这个词的定义,词汇发展经历了不同阶段,各个时期词汇的总和就是vocabulary,因此后面举例用的古英语,中古英语和现代英语,因此答案D各个历史时期所使用的词汇,其他三个选项内容都是很有限的词语。这个答案选项的依据在课本第10页1.4下面。

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