A.grammatical meaning of a word becomes important only when it is used in actual context

B.affective meaning varies from individual to individual, from culture to culture

C.stylistic difference is especially true of synonyms

D.collocation can affect the meaning of words

Which of the following statements is NOT true? (      )

A. Old English was a highly inflected language.

B. In early Middle English period, English, Latin and Celtic existed side by side.

C. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period.

D. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.

“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.

A．acronymy 

B．clipping

C．back-formation 

D．prefixation

Sentence idioms embrace the following sentence types EXCEPT ________. (      )

A. declarative sentence

 B. interrogative sentence

 C. imperative sentence

 D. simple sentence

 In the sentence “Many United Nations employees are polyglots. Mr. Mary, for example, speaks five languages.”, the word “polyglot” is explained by ______ clue. （      ）

A. definition

 B. example

C. synonymy

 D. hyponymy