单选题 Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______ . ( )
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 英语中的基本词汇可以单独使用,也可以和其他的词根或词缀一起构成新词。这一点体现出了基本词汇的五个特征中的能产性,即“productivity”。