变化中的英语期末复习练习题与参考答案Word文档格式.docx

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A.ofwriting.

BewitchBritishpeopleuse.

C.whichAmericanpeopleuse.

D.whichBritishandAmericanpeopleuse

A

3.RPrefersto_________.

A.networkEnglish.

B.GeneralAmerican.

C.BBCEnglishandGeneralAmerican.

D.EducatedSouthernBritishEnglish

D

4.WhenwesayRP,wemeanitisa（n）________.

A.varietyofspokenEnglish.

B.varietyofwrittenEnglish.

C.regionaldialect.

D.accent.

5.Aboutsomespecialterms,thestatementthat_______isNOTtrue.

A.alanguageisthemajormeansofhumancommunication.

B.adialectisavarietyofalanguage.

C.avarietyisalanguagedistinctfromothers.

D.thetermaccenthastodoonlywiththesoundofthelanguage

C

6.InActivity5,youwereaskedtolistentosomeregionalvarietiesofEnglish,but______isNOTincluded.

A.Cornwall.

B.Londoncockney.

C.Northumberland.

D.Midland

7.Aboutlanguagechange,thestatementthat______isNOTtrue.

A.changeinlanguagematcheschangeinpeople’slives.

B.languagechangeisusuallyevenandsteady.

C.languageschangeovertime.

D.newwordsenterthelanguagetomatchnewsortsofexperience

8.Whenyoumeetsomeold,nativespeakersofEnglishwhoarehardtounderstand,youknow,itisprobablybecause___________.

A.yourEnglishistoopoor.

B.theyarespeakingavarietyofEnglish.

C.theyspeakpoorEnglish.

D.youdonotlistencarefullyenough

9.Dialectsreferto______________.

A.differentwaysofspeaking.

B.differentwrittensystemsordifferentgrammaticalstructures.

C.bothAandB.

D.aformthatisquitedifferentfromalanguage

10.Newwordsarefrom________.

A.oldwordsusedwithnewmeaning.

B.Wordsmadeupbypronouncingtheinitiallettersofseveralwords

C.wordsborrowedfromotherlanguages

D.alloftheabove

11.Rasselaswaswrittenin18thcenturyby_______________.

A.MarkTwain

B.SamuelJohnson

C.WordsworthD.

D.Shakespeare

12.TheTempestwasfirstprintedin1623,writtenby____________.

C.Shakespeare

D.GeoffreyChaucer

13.TheCanterburyTaleswasafamouscollectionofstoriesinverse,writtenby___________.

A.GeoffreyChaucer

B.Shakespeare

C.BernardShaw

D.SamuelJohnson

14.AnglesandSaxonswere_______________.

A.Latin-speakingRomans

B.French-speakingNormans

C.Scandinavianpeople

D.NativeBritishpeople

15.ThefinalconqueroftheBritishIsleswasin_________________.

A.1stcenturyB.C.bytheScandinavianpeople

B.5thcenturyA.D.bytheNormans

C.11thcenturyA.D.bytheNormans

D.WorldWarIIbyGermans

16.StandardEnglishcanbepronounced___________.

A.onlyusingaReceivedPronunciation

B.onlyintheaccentofeducatedNorthAmericanSpeakers

C.eitherineducatedsouthernBritishaccentoreducatedNorthAmericanaccent

D.withavarietyofaccents

17.StandardEnglishstartedin_________________.

A.theSouthEastofEngland

B.theeastofEngland

C.thesouthofEngland

D.London,OxfordandCambridge

18.StandardEnglishstartedin______century.

A.5th

B.11th

C.14th

D.15th

19.StandardEnglishstartedspreadalloverthecountrybecause_______________.

A.Englishwasallowedtobetaughtinschools

B.GeoffreyChaucerwroteinEnglish

C.WilliamCaxtonsetupaprintingpressin1475,andprintedbooks

D.Alloftheabove

20.ThecoreofEnglishlexiconis______________.

A.Frenchwords

B.LatinandGreekwords

C.Thewordsbroughtbackbytheoverseas

D.OfGermanicorigin

21.Whenyourecognizeawordandknowwhatitmeans,youhavea_______knowledgeofit.

A.receptive

B.productive

C.descriptive

D.prescriptive

22.Talkingtopeopleneeds_________knowledgeandpractice.

23.ReceivedPronunciation____________.

A.isaregionalaccent

B.belongstosouthEastofEngland

C.isacceptedandunderstoodworldwide

D.isthesamethingasStandardEnglish

24.Whenateachercorrectsastudent’smistakes,heisdoing_________teaching.

25.Englishisnotalone,notuniqueinbeinganinternationallanguage.Thereareotherinternationallanguages,suchas____________.

A.Spanish

B.Swedish.

C.Japanese

D.Danish