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    1)-. So why has English changed over time? 11 all languages change and develop when cultures meet and 12 with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very 13 from the English spoken today. It was 14 more on German than the English we speak at present. Then 15 between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French........ 2)-. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? 16 they looked nearly everything was 17 . All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. Bricks covered the ground 18 red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges 19 fell or were not safe for travelling. The railway tracks were now 20 pieces of steel...... 【查看更多】

     

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    The Beatles’ music lives on

    　　The news that albums by the pop and rock band The Beatles(披头士乐队)are soon to be re-released worldwide is sure to delight their fans．The teenagers, now adults, who listened to them back in the 1960s likely already own most of their albums．

    　　The re-relese of The Beatles’ music catalogue(目录)is clearly aimed at today's teenagers who want to discover for themselves the pop band their parents adored．It's proof of the genius(天才)of the fantastic four's music that today's teenage generation want to listen to them．

    　　A four-member band from Liverpool, England, that formed in 1960 and broke up in 1970, the Beatles were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed(称赞)bands in the history of popular music．The two most famous band members were Paul McCartney and John Lennon．

    　　The band's innovative(创新的)music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still evident today．When the US music magazine Rolling Stone made a list in 2004 of the 100 greatest artists of all time, it surprised no one that they gave The Beatles the top spot of number one．

    　　So why nearly 40 years after the hand's split are they still so popular? Accoding to Barry Miles, Paul McCarthey's biographer(传记作者), the answer is that they were the first of their kind．“They were essentially(本质上地)the first rock band．The Beatles were the first of the British singer-songwriting bands and they just hapened to be the best．They were the first band to play in stadiums, to have their own products, they were ground-breaing in every way, ”he said．

    　　They were also unbelievably talented, as Miles also pointed out, “ They had great performing and songwriting talent, not only John and Paul, but George wrote some fantastic songs and the likelihood of having three gifted songwriters in the same band is very remote．”

    (1)

    The re-release of The Beatles’ albums is intended for ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    all The Beatles’ fans

    B．

    today's teenagers’ parents

    C．

    today's teenage generation

    D．

    those who were teenagers in the 1960s

    (2)

    What's the purpose of the fourth paragraph?

    [　　]

    A．

    To highlight The Beatles’ uniqueness．

    B．

    To show The Beatles’ great influence．

    C．

    To introduce The Beatles’ achievements．

    D．

    To explain why The Beatles remain popular．

    (3)

    The Beatles broke through in the following ways EXCEPT that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    they were the first rock band

    B．

    they were the first band to perform in stadiums

    C．

    they were the first band to perform all around the world

    D．

    they were among the first British bands to have singer-songwriters

    (4)

    What can we conclude after reading the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    The Beatles had a successful start but an unhappy ending．

    B．

    It's not rare for a band to have several talented songwriters．

    C．

    The band's fans in the 1960s have lost interest in The Beatles today．

    D．

    Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote most of the songs for the band．

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    　　There is no shortage of writing advice telling you to keep your writing simple－to use simple language．However, why do so many people continue to ignore that good advice?

    　　A conversation around the theme of simplicity(简明)gets me thinking about this question．Why are people so fond of words that are hard to read?

    　　A study looked into the way word choice changes the judgment we make about someone抯 intelligence．Students were asked to rate the intelligence of writers based on essays that they抎 written, and choose books suitable for graduate study．The results? The simpler the essay, the more likely it was the author would be rated as intelligent, and recommended for going to the graduate school．

    　　The author of the study(Daniel Oppenheimer)concludes：

    　　"The experts are likely right：write clearly and simply if you can, and you抣l be more likely to be thought of as intelligent．"

    　　So why is it so hard to put the writing advice into practice? In the same article Oppenheimer mentions that：

    　　86％ of students at Stanford admitted using complicated language in their essays to make their work sound more intelligent．Some of the possible reasons include：

    　　●Desire to prove your topic is complicated by using complicated words．

    　　●Fear of being regarded as lacking education．

    　　●Natural desire to copy the language patterns of others．

    　　●Little encouragement to use 'ordinary抴ords．

    　　●Lack of time to 'translate抰he complicated words used around you into everyday words．

    　　●Longer words keep subjects impersonal(客观的)－reducing potential for personal criticism and attack．

    　　●It抯 the way people above you write－so you think it抯 the ladder to success．

    　　What about you? Can you see any hidden benefits of using long words? Have you ever found yourself changing a simple word for a longer one to achieve a particular effect?

    (1)

    Why do many people like to use longer words?

    a．They think of longer words as a sign of intelligence．

    b．Lack of instructions on writing skills．

    c．They think longer words reduce potential for personal criticism．

    d．Lack of time to transform complicated words into simple ones．

    [　　]

    A．

    acd

    B．

    abc

    C．

    bcd

    D．

    abd

    (2)

    What can you learn from the text about the study?

    [　　]

    A．

    It suggests that longer words are the ladder to success．

    B．

    It shows that using plain language is more acceptable．

    C．

    It proves that it is students抎uty to choose books for graduate school．

    D．

    It proves that schools always consider students抩pinions．

    (3)

    When writing, according to the text, Oppenheimer encourages people to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    copy the language patterns of others

    B．

    choose complicated topics

    C．

    use complicated words

    D．

    use plain language

    (4)

    This text is probably from ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    a health magazine

    B．

    a magazine about language

    C．

    a science report

    D．

    a lecture on intelligence

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    　　So why has English changed 1．_________ time? Actually all languaes change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other．At first the English 2．_________ in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today．It was based more on German than the English we speak at present．Then 3．_________ between about AD800 and 1150, English bacame less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French．These new settlers enriched the English language and 4．_________ its vocabulary．So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to use a wider 5．_________ than ever before．

    　　I am fond of my sister but she has one serious 6．_________．She can be really 7．_________．Although she didn' t know the best way of getting to places, she 8．_________ that she 9．_________ the trip properly．Now I know that the 10．_________ way is always her way．I kept asking her,“When are we leaving and when are we coming back?”I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet．Of course she hadn't; my sister doesn't care about details．

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    Unit 2 English around the world

    　　So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and 1．________ with each other．At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today．It was 2．________ more on German than the English we speak at present．Then 3．________ between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those 4．________ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French．These new settlers 5．________ the English language and especially its vocabulary．

    Unit 2 Education and learning

    　　These days, the Internet has become an 6．________ tool for students．Using the Internet, students are able to get up-to-date information from a 7．________ of sources…Also, students can join on-line discussion groups to talk to 8．________ about subjects they are interested in．Students shouldn’t have to go to a 9．________ library or computer lab to use the Internet．It should be 10．________ to all students at all times．

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    　　Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead．He told of different men and of strange civilisations(文明)，broken up by long dark ages' in between．In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men．In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men．

    　　However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted．Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years．But the next hundred?The next thousand?The next million?That's much more difficult．

    　　When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life?Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive(原始的)in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us．Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe．These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can't think of．

    　　So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future?Here are two reasons．First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interets are much more important than they really are．If we make the earth a poor place to live on becaus we are careless or greedy(贪婪)or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us．

    　　Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves．For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now．So set your imagination free when you think about the future．

    (1)

    A particular mention made of Stapledon's book in the opening paragraph ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    serves as a description of human history

    B．

    serves as an introduction to the discussion

    C．

    shows a disagreement of views

    D．

    shows the popularity of the book

    (2)

    The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to show that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    human history is extremely long

    B．

    life has changed a great deal

    C．

    it is useless to plan for the next 50 years

    D．

    it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future

    (3)

    Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    tools used infarming

    B．

    ideas about modern life

    C．

    unknown things in the future

    D．

    hunting skills in he Stone Age

    (4)

    According to the writer of the text, imagining the future will ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    serve the interests of the present and future generations

    B．

    enable us to better understand human history

    C．

    help us to improve farming

    D．

    make life worth living

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