Does technology pose a threat to the purity of Chinese language?
Many Chinese use instant messenger tools such as MSN or QQ, listen to music on MP3 players and log on the Internet using ADSL—most without knowing the literal Chinese translation of the abbreviations(缩略词). But they don’t have to, as many English letters have become part of the local vocabulary.
A dozen abbreviations including GDP, NBA, IT, MP3, QQ, DVD and CEO are among the 5,000 most-frequently used words in the Chinese media last year, according to a report on the 2006 Language Situation in China.
The report said some parents are so keen on English letters that a couple tried to name their baby “@”, claiming the character used in email addresses reflects their love for the child. While the “@”is obviously familiar to Chinese e-mail users, they often use the English word “at” to pronounce it “ai ta”,or “love him”.
The study collected more than 1 billion language samples from newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and websites. The annual report is jointly compiled by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission.
“Nowadays, more and more English abbreviations are being used in Chinese, making them an important part of modern language,” said Hou Min, a professor at Communication University of China.
“The abbreviations have gained popularity because of the ease of usage,” Hou said. For example, DNA is much simpler to use than its Chinese version. “As more Chinese people learn foreign languages, especially English, in recent years, using abbreviations has become a trend among educated people,” she added.
Some language scholars fear such usage will contaminate(污染)the purity of Chinese and cause confusion in communication.
Which of the following is TRUE about the report on the 2006 Language Situation in China?
A．The report is compiled by the Ministry of Education alone.
B．The report is compiled every year.
C．The report is compiled every two years.
D．The report is based on over 1 billion language samples from websites.
Why does the author use the example of a couple who tried to name their baby “@”?
A．To show Chinese is badly polluted by English.
B．To express the couple’s love for the child.
C．To indicate “@”is a very common sign among the e-mail users.
D．To show some people are very enthusiastic over English letters.
Why are the English abbreviations becoming more and more popular according to the passage?
A．Because English is the most common language in the world.
B．Because using English abbreviations is a fashion.
C．Because English abbreviations are easy and simple to use.
D．Because English abbreviations are easy to pronounce.
What can we infer from the passage?
A．People should know clearly the exact Chinese translation of English abbreviations.
B．More and more Chinese people will use English abbreviations in the future.
C．Most parents like to give their child English names now.
D．Language scholars hate to use English abbreviations.
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I want to buy that kind of cloth because I _____ the cloth _____ well.
A．have been told; washes B．have told; washes
C．was told; washed D．have been told; is washed
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Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better. Soon enough the time will come when you are too tired to move farther than the terrace of the best hotel. Go now.
No need, you may say, to tell that. But what I need to tell you is that you will meet with a surprising amount of opposition the moment you try to set out. Rubbish, you will reply. More people go abroad nowadays than ever before; never has travel, particularly among the young, been more strongly visit, of international exchanges. Perhaps not; but none of this, my dear young friends, is travel. Travel is not going on a round coach trip for $ 67 in all, or spending ten days at a hotel by the sea. Travel is when you want to see how much money and resources you have and then set out, alone or with chosen friends, to make an unhurried journey to a distant goal without a set date for your return.
Real travel, then, is independence in action, and is not liked by most parents. They don’t mind your going in a school party to Athens, because they know just where you are and when you’ll be back, and they can therefore permit you the imagination of freedom without for one second letting you beyond their control. But what they cannot bear is that you should travel all on your own, without giving them your address and return date. In fact, their fears are quite reasonable because that shows how much they love you. So in order to enjoy real travel and at the same time put your parents’ mind at ease. It would be really important for you to bear the following advice in mind.
5. Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. People travel more than before.
B. Young people are encouraged to travel abroad.
C. People should not go on a round coach trip for $ 67.
D. Educational visits should not be encouraged as they are not real travel.
6.What does real travel mean according to the writer?
A. It means telling your parents nothing about the travel
B. It means not knowing where you want to go.
C. It means traveling to a distant goal in an unhurried manner.
D. It means traveling without any plan.
7. Your parents allow you to travel in a school party because ________.
A. they want you to be truly free B. you are still under their control
C. they don’t have time to travel with you D. they know it’s good for you
8. According to the writer, when you do real traveling, you should ________.
A. never mind how worried your parents are
B. give your parents your address and return date
C. tell your parents details about your travel
D. not let your parents worry about you
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改正下面短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上画一个勾（√），请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.原行没有错的不要改。
Behind my apartment, there is used to be a dirty and 1.___________
messy comer. Bits of plastic bags hanged on the trees. 2.___________
Broken bottles were left laying here and there. There was 3.___________
a damaging car in the center. The whole comer gave off an 4.________
unpleasant smell. One year ago, we decided to turn it in a 5.___________
beautiful park. Since then, great changes have been taken place 6.________
in that comer. All the rubbish have been cleared away. Flowers 7.____
and young trees have planted all over. Now birds come 8.___________
here to sing, children come here to play, and adults come here 9.________
to enjoy our peaceful life. It has taken on a new look. 10.__________
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假设你家境贫困，刚刚考取某所大学，上大学昂贵的费用使你感到为难。下表提供了解决上大学费用的多种途径，请用英语表达出来，同时说明适合于你的途径和理由。
解决上大学费用的多种途径
1. 父母提供学费；
2. 申请银行贷款；
3. 获得奖学金；
4. 业余时间在校内外打工。
自己设想
1. _____________________________；
2. ______________________________；
3. ______________________________。
...
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.短文的开头已写好，只需接着写；
3.参考词语：学费费用—tuition and fees申请—apply for 贷款—loan
奖学金—scholarship家教—tutor
With the sharp rise of the cost of college education, students have a few ways to pay for their college tuition and fees._________.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami(海啸), adding weight to ideas they possess a “sixth sense” for disasters, experts said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
“No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit. I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening,” H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said on Wednesday.
The waves washed floodwaters up to 3 km (2 miles) inland at Yala National Park in the southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants. “There has been a lot of evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,” said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behaviour specialist at Johannesburg Zoo.
“There have been no specific studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting,” he said.
Other authorities agreed with this conclusion.
“Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain phenomenon, especially birds. There are many reports of birds detecting coming disasters,” said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
Animals certainly rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators(食肉动物).
The idea of an animal “sixth sense” is a lasting one that the evidence on Sri Lanka’s damaged coast is likely to add to.
This passage is mainly about________.
A. the damage that was caused in the Indian Ocean tsunami
B. why animals can save them from natural disasters
C. how to protect the wildlife when disaster happens
D. the different opinions about animals’ natural power
Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. It has been proved that animals have a “sixth sense”.
B. Research has been made on the special movements of animals before disasters.
C. It’s generally considered that animals can sense the coming of disasters.
D. Animals have depended on the known senses to escape the Indian Ocean tsunami.
What does the term “sixth sense” in the text means?
A. It is the natural ability of animals that can save them from danger.
B. It is the animal’s imagination in the brain.
C. It is some hidden power to say in advance that something will happen.
D. It is a kind of sense that is the same as smell or hearing.
Which section does the text most probably appear in a newspaper?
A. News Report. B. Discovery. C. Science Fiction. D. Culture.
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Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sound like a gate that had forgotten to oil. Mrs. Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could find to practise these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practise without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time and practised her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person.
One afternoon, a fast, opened car came up behind her so silently and so fast that she didn’t hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult tones at that time and as the car passed; she saw an anxious expression came over the driver’s face. He stopped his car suddenly, jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully.
Mrs. Janes didn’t dare to tell him what the noise he had heard really was, so he got back into the car and drove off.
How did Mrs. Janes sing?
A. She sang well, but she didn’t practise singing hard.
B. She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.
C. She was a good singer, but she could not sing the high tones well.
D. She sang terribly, she was no singer at all.
Why did she go for long walks along the country roads?
A. Because she enjoyed the country’s fresh air.
B. Because she was afraid to disturb the rest of the family.
C. Because she lived in a small house far away.
D. Because she was afraid to practise the high tones.
Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it?
A. Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car.
B. Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs. Janes.
C. Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs. Janes.
D. Because he frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs. Janes.
Where did the noise come from?
A. From the small house. B. From Mrs. Janes’ voice.
C. From the types. D. From the engine.
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The duties of a policeman are _____ than ____ .
A. dangerouser ; a teacher B. more dangerous ; a teacher
C. greater danger ; those of a teacher D. more dangerous ; those of a teacher
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The Baima is a minority group of about 1,400 people. They have lived in Northern Sichuan and Southern Gansu Provinces for centuries. They have long depended on the forests as their main source of income. But since a ban on cutting down forests was introduced in the late 1990s to fight yearly flooding, the villagers have had to look for other means of earning a living.
Several are now in the process of developing a small tourism industry as their lands are rich in forests and natural scenery and are the home of the giant pandas. Xiangshujia, in particular, is becoming a popular bed and breakfast centre for tourists heading to Wanglang to see the giant pandas. Visitors are also starting to take notice of the Baima people themselves.
As our jeep stopped in the courtyard of a house, we were greeted by the village leader Li Qin and young Baima girls dressed in traditional costumes with white feathers in their hair. As we took our places on wooden benches near an open fire, the girls began to sing traditional songs as they served us.
“The number of tourists is growing,” said Li Qin. “We realize that to attract visitors we have to show our culture by offering more traditional singing and dancing and ensuring our houses are built in the traditional way.”
Relations between the Baima people and the reserve were once tense following the ban on cutting down forests. Villagers had to make a new living. They entered the Wanglang Nature Reserve to collect wild mushrooms and herbs (药草), often at the expense of disturbing the pandas’ habitat. But things greatly improved as villagers started receiving training in how to sell things to tourists.
“Our aim was to deter the villagers, because they often disturbed the pandas’ habitat, and to ensure they could have a long-lasting means of earning a living,” emphasized Chen Youping, director of the Wanglang Nature Reserve. “All the money from the reserve goes back into the community and conservation projects,” said Chen. “We take into consideration first the animals and then tourism.”
From Paragraph 1 we learn that ________.
A. the Baima has the longest history among all the minority groups in China
B. the Baima people live in most areas of Sichuan and Gansu Provinces
C. forests are the main source of firewood for the Baima people
D. in order to fight floods, the Baima people are forbidden to cut down forests
We can infer that the Baima girls wore their traditional costumes to greet visitors mainly because _______.
A. they wanted to look more beautiful
B. their leader Li Qin asked them to do so
C. it was a way to show their culture to attract visitors
D. it was necessary before they sang traditional songs
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the ban on cutting down forests?
A. The Baima people had a tense relationship with the reserve.
B. Villagers had to look for other means of making a living.
C. The pandas’ habitat was often disturbed by villagers.
D. Villagers stopped selling things to tourists.
The underlined word “deter” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________”.
A. punish B. stop C. encourage D. threaten
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