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第1题
According to the author, there was a trend in the U.S. for the young people ______.
A．to speak Standard English
B．to speak English without class distinction
C．to speak English with class distinction
D．to speak English with grammar mistakes
第2题
This passage is mainly about______.
A．why English has become a global language
B．how many people in the world speak English
C．how people in the world learn English as a foreign language
D．whether we need to worry about English being a world language
第3题
After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style. of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as Standard English or Received Pronunciation (RP) English.Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers is the clearest and most understandable spoken English.
English has had a strong association with class and social status.However, since the Second World War there has been a considerable change of attitude towards speech snobbery, and hallmarks of class distinction such as styles of speech have been gradually discarded, especially by the younger generation.
As the need has arisen, new words have been invented or found from other languages and incorporated into English.Similarly, old words and expressions have been discarded as their usefulness has diminished or the fashions have passed.This also happens to styles and modes of speech which became fashionable at a particular time and in specific circumstances.
By the end of the 1960s it became apparent that it was not necessary to speak Standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich.The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the prerogative of a privileged class but rather a defiant expression of class lessness.
The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English language in modern times is the American English.Over the last 25 years the English used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.
In the 1970s, fashion favoured stressless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and “in” words, much of it quite incomprehensible to the outside world.What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges.
1.Which one of the following is NOT true？
A.The use of the English language has not changed much in this century.
B.The BBS announcers speak Standard English.
C.English has no association with class and social status now.
D.Young people all speak English in the same way.
2.What does the author imply by saying “there has been a considerable change of attitude towards speech snobbery” (Para.3)？
A.People all speak English like BBC announcers.
B.There is a great change of attitude about how English should be spoken.
C.Some people still think their way of speaking is inferior.
D.Most people don’t believe their way of speaking is inferior.
3.According to the author, there was a trend in the U.S.for the young people _________.
A.to speak Standard English.
B.to speak English without class distinction
C.to speak English with class distinction
D.to speak English with grammar mistakes
4.The word “mid-Atlantic” in the passage (Para.6) probably means _________.
A.American and European
B.American and British
C.the Atlantic Ocean
D.in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
5.It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A.Standard English is taught in school and colleges
B.the young people are defiant because they refuse to speak standard English
C.English language is influenced by American English in the last 25 years
D.there has been a great change in the English language in this century
第4题
English has never been the only language in use over the British Isles , and it certainly is not now! Welsh is still used in Wales. Some Welsh people still speak it as their mother tongue , and it is widely taught in Welsh schools. Some people in Scotland and in Ireland still use a language that is related to Welsh. It is called Gaelic. These languages have a long history in these islands - longer than the history of English. In addition , people from
overseas have settled in England quite recently during this century. In some industrial cities , though not generally in Britain , you find groups of people who speak Polish , and other groups speaking the languages of the Indian subcontinent. A survey of North London schools in the early 1980' s found that nearly a third of the children spoke a language other than English at home.
The majority of the 55 million people living in England use English all the time. Standard English , that is , written English , is in use throughout Britain. Spoken English , however , sounds very different in different parts of the country. There is a story , a play. by the famous writer George Bernard Shaw , about a professor of English Language who can tell you someone' s address when he hears that person speak! That is exaggeration of course. Not even a Professor , who has studied the sounds of English all his life , can really do that. However ,it is true hat most people who have lived for a long time in Britain can tell a number of things about the people as soon as they speak! Usually we cannot tell the speaker' s address
, but we can guess the part of the country where the person comes from. We can tell how well educated he or she is too! If an international user of English , like anyone of you here , happens to meet speakers from , say , the North or the West of England , you may find them hard to understand. Unless you understand what is going on your confidence in your ability to use the language may be badly shaken.
36. Gaelic is related to Welsh. ()
37. Welsh is not taught in schools anymore. ()
38. One third of the 55 million people in England speak other languages besides English at home ()
39. Written English is in use throughout Britain but spoken English sounds different in different parts of the country. ()
40. Most people who have lived for a long time in Britain can tell how well educated a person is by the way he/ she speaks. ()
第5题
The example of the English schoolboy was used to show that ______.
A．English schoolboys respect teachers more than they respect their friends
B．young people have different ways to ask time from the previous generations
C．younger generations vary their speeches more than the previous generations
D．even the same person will speak in different ways in different contexts
第6题
根据以下材料，回答题。
A Debate on the English Language
A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States. The US Senate passed two declarations last week. One calls English the nation"s official language and the other says it is the "common and unifying（统一的） "tongue. But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English， many can"t understand why the issue is so controversial（有争议的）.
"The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues， "says Dick Tucker， a social scientist at Pittsburgh"s Carnegie Mellon University. "It"s related to a worry about the changing demography（人口统计） of the "US It"s a worry， about who will continue to have political and economic influence.
In fact， the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation"s founding. John Adams lobbied（游说）in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. But his proposal died， since lawmakers saw it as a royalist（保皇主义者） attempt to define personal behavior.
Since then， the country hasn"t had a national language，but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.
The emotions surrounding language resurface （再次浮现）not because people feel comfortable with English. It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages， says Walt Wolfram， a professor at North Carolina State University.
"Language is never about language，" he says.
According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report，of209 million Americans over 18 years old，172 million speak only English at home. About 37 million speak languages other than English.Among them，6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don"t speak English at all.
What are the two declarations concerned with？ 查看材料
A.The status of the English language.
B.The protection of new languages.
C.The rights to speak one"s mother tongue.
D.The improvement of the English language.
第7题
But people have always had a need to do more than simply "tell it as it is". Language is for reporting not only one's work. For this, a language needs all kinds of grammar and style. that throw back its history and development just as a person needs eyebrows. Is there some special reason why our lips should be a different color from the rest of our face？ Perhaps not, but this is how people—real people—are. For communication between people, languages in all kinds will remain to reflect the growth of the societies that speak them.
In this passage, "tell it as it is" means "______".
A．people think Basic English can express what they see or hear
B．people can use basic English to say what they want to
C．tell something they like to
D．people say what they want to simply according to the fact
第8题
Across the country, people pronounce English sounds in several different ways and some【B5】vocabulary differences exist, but【B6】the most part, Americans speak one common language. This language is sometimes called American English. However, not everyone in the U.S. is a native speaker of English. Most【B7】to the country are speakers of other languages. There are hundreds【B8】communities around the U.S.【B9】English is not the most commonly used language. Chinese, Italian, German, Armenian, Greek, Vietnamese and French are all spoken in【B10】communities in the U.S. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language【B11】English in the U.S. It is widely spoken in New York and【B12】the southern part of the country.
For speakers of other languages, learning English is essential,【B13】traditionally teaching people to speak English【B14】a second language was given little【B15】Non-English speakers were expected to "pick up" the language through【B16】in public. Recently, this has changed. Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL, English as a Second Language, programs. American English teachers are【B17】of that English students should learn the language the way they will be using it.【B18】, ESL programs【B19】different English lessons to different students. Some programs teach students to communicate in English in public. Other programs teach the kind of English people will need on their jobs. American ESL instructional methods emphasize the importance of communication to language learning. These methods do not【B20】grammatical explanations and translation. The instructional goal is to get the English learners to learn by using their target language.
【B1】
A．primarily
B．primitively
C．precisely
D．personally
第9题
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ENGLISH, THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE
English is spoken as a native language by around 377 million people, and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. Speakers of English as a second language will soon outnumber those who speak it as a first language. Around 750 million people are believed to speak English as a foreign language. English has an official or a special status in 75 countries with a total population of over 2 billion.
The domination of the English language globally is a sure thing. English is the language of international communications, business, tourism, education, science, computer technology, media and the Internet.
British colonialism in the 19th century and American capitalism and technological progress in the 20th century were undoubtedly the main causes for the spread of English throughout the world. From the fifteenth century, the British began to sail all over the world and became explorers, colonists and imperialists. They took the English language to many places. For the last hundred years, the USA has played a leading role in most parts of the world. The Hollywood film industry also attracted many foreign artists in quest of fame and fortune and the number of American films produced every year soon flooded the market.
However, the future of English as a global language will depend very largely on the political, economic, demographic and cultural trends in the world.
1. English is spoken as a second language by around 377 million people in the world. {T、F}
2. Speakers of English as a second language are more than those who speak it as a first language. {T、F}
3. It is not surprising that 70% of all information stored in the internet is in English. {T、F}
4. The spread of English throughout the world resulted from British colonialism in the 19th century and American capitalism and technological progress in the 20th century. {T、F}
5. It is definitely predicted (预见) that English will still act as a global language in the future. {T、F}
第10题
It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own language. The purposes for which English is learned and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to define and still more difficult to assess what constitutes an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of the most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the dissemination(传播)of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for access to the scientific and technological development in the West.
There are about 260 million people who can speak ______.
A．English in its regional variety
B．English in its standard variety
C．English as a second language
D．English as a working language
