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Most institutions provide courses which【43】new students to develop the skills they need to be【44】listeners and note-takers.【45】these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which【46】learners to practice these skills【47】. In all cases it is important to【48】the problem【49】. actually starting your studies.
It is important to【50】that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills【51】in college study. One way of【52】these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes, which most institutions provide throughout the【53】year. Another basic【54】is to find a study partner【55】it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
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A．extending
B．illustrating
C．performing
D．conducting
Most institutions provide courses which【C8】______ new students to develop the skills they need to be【C9】______ listeners and note-takers.【C10】______ these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 【C11】______ learners to practice these skills【C12】______ . In all cases it is important to【C13】______ the problem 【C14】______ actually starting your studies.
It is important to 【C15】______ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills【C16】______ in college study. One way of 【C17】______ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the【C18】______ year. Another basic【C19】______ is to find a study partner【C20】______ it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
【C1】
A．extending
B．illustrating
C．performing
D．conducting
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education. Mr. McWhorter's speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of "whom", for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.
But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing our own thing", has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form. that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like, care. As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive—there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas, He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. We now take our English "on paper plates instead of china". A shame, perhaps, but probably an inevitable one.
According to McWhorter, the decline of formal English ______.
A．is inevitable in radical education reforms
B．is but all too natural in language development
C．has caused the controversy over the counter-culture
D．brought about changes in public attitudes in the 1960s
A. gain tools
B. get an interview
C. make decision
D. become attractive
Analysts have their go at humor, and I have read some of this interpretative literature, (1)_____ without being greatly instructed. Humor can be (2)_____, (3)_____ a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are (4)_____ to any but the pure scientific mind.
One of the things (5)_____ said about humorists is that they are really very sad people-clowns with a breaking heart. There is some truth in it, but it is badly (6)_____. It would be more (7)_____, I think, to say that there is a deep vein of melancholy running through everyone's life and that the humorist, perhaps more (8)_____ of it than some others, compensates for it actively and (9)_____. Humorists fatten on troubles. They have always made trouble (10)_____. They struggle along with a good will and endure pain (11)_____, knowing how well it will (12)_____ them in the sweet by and by. You find them wrestling with foreign languages, fighting folding ironing boards and swollen drainpipes, suffering the terrible
(13)_____ of tight boots. They pour out their sorrows profitably, in a (14)_____ of what is not quite fiction nor quite fact either. Beneath the sparking surface of these dilemmas flows the strong (15)_____ of human woe.
Practically everyone is a manic depressive of sorts, with his up moments and his down moments, and you certainly don't have to be a humorist to (16)_____ the sadness of situation and mood. But there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying, and if a humorous piece of writing brings a person to the point (17)_____ his emotional responses are untrustworthy and seem likely to break over into the opposite realm, it is (18)_____ humor, like poetry, has an extra content, it plays (19)_____ to the big hot fire which is Truth, and sometimes the reader feels the (20)_____.
A．while
B．although
C．but
D．if
The period of Middle English extends roughly from the twelfth century through the fifteenth.The influence of French(and Latin,often by way of French)upon the vocabulary continued throughout the period,the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerate, and many changes took place within the grammatical systems of the language.A typical prose passage, especially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as the prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either.
The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day.The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel distribution that had began in late Middle English and that effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern.Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and to a lesser extent.Greel pm the vocabulary.Later, as English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock.
1.The earliest writing record of English available to us started_____.
A.from the seventh century
B.from the fifth century
C.from the twelfth century
D.from the ninth century
2.What is the main features of the grammar of Old English？()
A.The influence of Latin
B.A revolution in vowel distribution
C.A well-developed inflectional system
D.Loss of some inflection
3.What can be inferred from the passage？()
A.Even an educated person cannot read old English without special training
B.A person who knows French well can understand old English
C.An educated person can understand old English but cannot pronounce it
D.A person can pronounce old English words but cannot understand them
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned？()
A.French
B.Latin
C.Greek
D.German
5.What is the most remarkable characteristic of Modern English？()
A.Numerous additions to its vocabulary.
B.Completion of a revolution in vowel distribution.
C.Gradual changes in tis grammatical system.
D.The direct influence of Latin.
The artist Andy Warhol famously said that he thought everybody would be famous for fifteen minutes, and with the increasing power of the internet, that’s 11 true today than ever. Anybody with an internet connection and a computer can now become a celebrity.
A celebrity is somebody who is only, or perhaps mostly famous through their presence 12 the internet, an internet personality who crosses over to the mainstream. A web celebrity. A celebrity.
As people rely on the internet more and more 13 their entertainment needs, it is becoming increasingly attractive 14 a platform. for new writing, music, film, and art. The writer Stephen King has published books only on the internet and some musicians get a recording contract through the popularity they build 15 on the web.
Recently an American newspaper, the Seattle PI [Post-Intelligencer] decided to _16 its paper copy and only publish online. As its audience grows, the internet is becoming more powerful in making people famous, and some videos which are 17_ on the internet become incredibly 18 , being seen by millions of people in a short space of time. This is 19 where a video of someone dancing and pretending to sing a famous song can get them 20 on TV shows and magazines. It’s an age of celebrity!
11. A. more B. less C. much D. little
12. A. in B. on C. at D. to
13. A. as B. like C. of D. for
14. A. like B. in C.as D. to
15. A. down B. on C. up D. into
16. A. adopt B. adept C. discard D. abandon
17. A. posted B. advertised C. communicated D. comprehend
18. A. popular B. perilous C. fabulous D. fantastic
19. A. a time B. a period C. an age D. a stage
20. A. a presence B. an appearance C. an outlook D. an expression
The aim of a letter of application(求职信) is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state【21】the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have【22】. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without【23】out any necessary facts. In writing a letter of application, keep in【24】that the things a possible employer is most【25】to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements(成绩) and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.【26】the first few sentences fail to【27】the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be【28】at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not【29】your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with "I saw your【30】in today's newspaper," you might say "I have made a careful【31】of your advertising during the past six months." or "I have made a survey(调查) in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives【32】your product and why they like it."
Try not to look ordinary. Be clear【33】the kind of job for which you are now【34】. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask, "What can I【35】in a letter？ Employers want experience--which, naturally, no【36】has." The answer is that everything you have ever done is【37】
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.【38】a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something certain to do or expect. An excellent【39】is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self- addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it【40】for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
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A．clearly
B．carefully
C．obviously
D．easily
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called old (or Anglo-Saxon) English, Middle English, and Modern English. The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D, though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the seventh century or a bit later. By that time, Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the vocabulary, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down.
The period of Middle English extends roughly form. the twelfth century through the fifteenth. The influence of French (and Latin, often by way of French) upon the vocabulary continued throughout the period, the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerated, and many changes took place within the grammatical systems of the language. A typical prose passage, specially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as the prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either.
The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day. The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel distribution that had begun in late Middle English and that effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern. Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and to a lesser extent, Greek on the vocabulary. Later, as English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock.
The earliest written record of English available to us started______.
A．from the seventh century
B．from the fifth century
C．from the twelfth century
D．from the ninth century
