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1、-第一学期 第一阶段测试卷(阅读、词汇) For each italicized word or expression in the following sentences, please choose the best meaning below. 1. The plane crashed shortly after take-off.A. speeded up B. slowed down C. had an accident and broke in pieces D. had an accident and changed its direction2. Its difficult t
2、o cross the desert by car, but not absolutely impossible.A. nearly B. often C. always D. completely3. My car has a device which opens the garage doors.A. a brake B. a design C. a plan D. an instrument4. As she turned the knob, the sound in the room diminished.A. became sharper B. became louder C. be
3、came weaker D. became harsher5. I hated the big formal dances and felt very awkward.A. pleasant B. happy C. uncomfortable D. boring6. My cousin is an acquaintance of the president of that company; they greet each other when they meet.A. a close friend B. a person who works with C. a classmate D. a p
4、erson one has met but doesnt know very well7. Because of their different opinions on the issue, there is now open hostility between the two leaders. A. friendly feelings B. cooperation C. unfriendly feelings D. relationship8. Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be discouraged. A. cannot be blam
5、ed B. cannot be avoided C. cannot last long D. cannot be found9. Stop dwelling on your problems and do something about them.A. living in B. thinking a little about C. forgetting about D. thinking too much about10. Efforts have been made to wipe out poverty in the rural areas.A. city B. countryside C
6、. mountain D. coast11. The woolen clothes will shrink in the wash, so buy a large size when you want them. A. become darker B. become lighter C. become larger D. become thinner12. The trend of prices is still upwards. A. tendency B. part C. majority D. minority13. My friend is an emotional person. S
7、he cries and gets excited easily. A. full of movements B. full of feelings C. full of energy14. Will the strike affect the price of coal?A. raise B. lower C. influence15. The stormy sea engulfed the small boat.A. carried B. covered C. hit16. Different from tigers and lions, horses and dogs are domes
8、tic animals.A. four-legged B. grass-eating C. not wild 17. His descendants still live in the same village.A. ancestors B. supporters C. children or grandchildren 18. In the forest, people are forbidden to kindle a fire. A. start B. handle C. put out19. The new military government banned strikes.A. a
9、llowed B. didnt allow C. called for20. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? A. watch B. find C. celebrateII. Reading Comprehension: Questions21to40 arebasedonthefollowingpassagePassage 1When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he sh
10、ould be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant changeat times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing organism, it has never
11、been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as the
12、y have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty. As
13、 we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-S
14、axon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such a
15、s prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when
16、 we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The eighteenth century, for example, produced from various sources, a tendency to fix the language into patterns not
17、 always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.21. In contrast to the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to_ . A. attempt to continue the standardization of the lan
18、guage B. evaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patterns C. be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its analysis or history D. be more aware of the rules of the language usage 22. Choose the appropriate meaning for the word “inflec
19、tion” used in line 4 of paragraph 2. A. Changes in the forms of words. B. Changes in sentence structures. C. Changes in spelling rules. D. Words that have similar meanings. 23. Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? A. It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be se
20、t as the beginning of the modern English language. B. Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development. C. The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change. D. Many classes or groups have contributed to the development
21、 of the English language. 24. The author of these paragraphs is probably a(an) _. A. historian B. philosopher C. anthropologist D. linguist 25. Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? A. The history of the English language. B. Our changing attitude towards the English la
22、nguage. C. Our changing language. D. Some characteristics of modern English. Passage 2Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic v
23、ariables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its
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