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变化中的英语备考宝典秋
高级英语文学文化模块
“变化中的英语”课程终结考试笔试
试卷(模拟试题)
课程编号:
ENBACE1009学籍号:
___________________
学习中心:
____________________姓名:
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InformationfortheExaminees:
ThisexaminationconsistsofFOURsections.Theyare:
SectionI:
ListeningTest(20points,25minutes)
SectionII:
AwarenessofCourseContent(40points,30minutes)
SectionIII:
ReadingTest(30points,45minutes)
SectionIV:
EssayQuestion(10points,20minutes)
Thetotalmarksforthisexaminationare100points.Timeallowedforcompletingthisexaminationis2hours(120minutes).
YOUMUSTWRITEALLYOURANSWERSONTHEANSWERSHEET.
SectionIListeningTest[20points]
本题选自课本或课外。
若选自课外,主题与课本中涉及的主题相关,难度相当。
失分主要原因:
对课本内容不熟悉,没有掌握课本中的概念和观点,或对所学知识不熟悉。
对策:
把课本中的对话听一遍,把对话中的观点和概念搞清楚。
Clickheretodownloadthesoundfile.
Instructions:
ØThelisteningtestwilltakeapproximately30minutes.
ØThereareTWOpartstothetest.
ØTherewillbeapauseof30secondsbeforeeachparttoallowyoutolookatyourquestions.
ØTherewillbeapauseof30secondsaftereachparttoallowyoutothinkaboutyouranswers.
Part1.Questions1-5arebasedonthispart.(10points)
Youaregoingtolistentoaconversationbetweentwopeople.Asyoulisten,decidewhetherstatements1-5aretrueorfalse.WriteTfor“true”andFfor“false”ontheAnswerSheet.
____1.Thisconversationtakesplaceonthetelephone.
____2.JuliewantstotalktoSimontogivehimsomeinformationaboutlanguage.
____3.Thereareapproximately500languagesspokeninIndiatoday.
____4.Eachoftheofficiallanguagesisspokenbyoveramillionpeople.
____5.EnglishwasphasedoutinIndiaby1965.
StrategiesforListening(听力策略)
•Youaregoingtolistentotheconversationstwice.
•Readthelisteningquestionstogetapictureofwhatyouwilllisten.
•Grabgeneralideasinthefirstlistening,andmoredetailsinthesecond.
•Listenforkeywords.
•Don’twastetimethinkingaboutoneortwowordsyoumissed.
•Associatewhatyoulearnfromthetextbook(与课本学到的知识联系起来)
•Decidethechoiceinthefirstlisteningandcheckitforthesecondlistening.
fromourtextbooks
Englishasthelanguageofinternationalscience
Part2.Questions6-10arebasedonthispart.(10points)
Questions6-10:
YouaregoingtolistentoaconversationaboutWelsh.Asyoulisten,choosethebestanswerfromA,B,CandDtocompleteeachstatementbelow.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.
6.ThepeopleLiuGangheardtalkinginastrangelanguagewere______.
A.foreigners
B.Chinese
C.English
D.Welsh
7.ThemajorityofthepeopleinWalesspeak______.
A.Welsh
B.English
C.Celtic
D.Gaelic
8.IrishandScottishGaelicare______.
A.nowseparatelanguages
B.thesamedialect
C.spokeninEngland
D.deadlanguages
9.Cornishisalanguagethat______.
A.isverysimilartoGaelic
B.istaughtinschoolsinWales
C.diedoutacoupleofhundredyearsago
D.isstillspokenasamother-tongue
10.WelshandGaelicspeakersare______.
A.notofficiallyencouraged
B.growinginnumbers
C.ashamedoftheirlanguage
D.fewerthantheywerebefore
Selectedfromoutside,theme-related,withsimilardifficultylevel.
CreoleandAfricanAmericanEnglish
ThisistheendoftheListeningTest.
SectionIIAwarenessofCourseContent[40points]
本题选自课本,这部分重点测试对教材中所涉及的基本概念、观点的掌握。
失分主要原因:
A)对课本中的概念和知识点不熟悉;B)对教材的内容和面授辅导课内容下的功夫不够。
对策:
按教学平台里的备考要点,对照教材和面授辅导课的课程讲义,从头到尾地详细复习一遍。
Part1.Questions11-20(20points)
Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseaccordingtowhatyouhavelearnedfromthecourse.WriteTfor“true”andFfor“false”ontheAnswerSheet.
___11.Theterminterlanguageisusedforthelanguageoflearnerswhohaveonlypartialcontrolofalanguage.
___12.TherearedifferencesinspellinginAmericanandBritishEnglish,andthedifferencesarequitelargeinnumberoutofthetotalEnglishvocabulary.
___13.LatinandSanskritaredeadlanguages.
___14.LocalvarietiesofEnglisharenotsodifficulttolearnasStandardEnglishbecausestudentscanfeelthatthelanguagetheyarelearningbelongstotheirowncountryandculture.
___15.Whentheysayalllanguagesareequal,theymeanalllanguagesarewelldeveloped.
___16.Spanish,FrenchandPortuguesearedescendentsofLatin.
___17.R.P.istheabbreviationincommonusetostandforRightPronunciation.
___18.ContemporaryEnglishhasevolvedfromearliervarieties.
___19.Whenateacherisdoingprescriptiveteaching,heusuallyteachesthefourskills.
___20.WhenateacherisdoingDescriptiveteaching,heusuallyteachesaboutthestructureandhistoryofthelanguage.
Part2.Questions21-30.(20points)
ChoosethebestanswerfromA,B,CandDaccordingtowhatyouhavelearnedfromthecourse.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.
21.Languagesanddialectsareuseddifferentlyandvalued_________________.
A.similarly
B.equally
C.differently
D.slowly
22.TheUnitedStatesofAmericawassetupin_________________.
A.1753
B.1775
C.1789
D.1783
23.Britainwasanimperialpowerforabout__________________.
A.3centuries
B.1century
C.2centuries
D.80years
24.ThelanguagesoftheAngles,Saxons,andJuteswere__________________.
A.exactlythesameinstructureandvocabulary
B.differentinstructureandvocabulary,andunrelated
C.differentinsomestructuresandvocabulary,butrelated
D.similarinstructurebutquitedifferentinvocabulary
25.Thelanguagesofthepresent-dayworld__________________.
A.areentirelydifferentfromeachother
B.canbegroupedintolargerorsmallerfamilies
C.belongtooneortwolargerfamilies
D.belongtoasinglefamily
26.WithintheIndo-Europeanfamily,EnglishbelongstotheGermanicgroup,whichalsoincludes___________________.
A.RussianandPolish
B.SpanishandFrench
C.FlemishandDutch
D.ItalianandPortuguese
27.EnglandwasconqueredandruledbytheRomans___________________.
A.from1stcenturyBCto5thcenturyAD
B.from9thto12thcenturyAD
C.from10thto13thcenturyAD
D.from15thto19thcenturyAD
28.Duringthelaterpartofthe11thcenturyAD,Englandwasruledby___________________.
A.Latin-speakingRomans
B.French-speakingNormans
C.Spanish-speakingCastilians
D.Dutch-speakersfromHolland
29.StandardEnglishbeganasavarietybelongingtothe______ofEngland.
A.NorthWest
B.NorthEast
C.SouthWest
D.SouthEast
30.ThemostcommonlyusedlanguageofinternationaldealsbetweenAsianandothercountriesis___________.
A.Chinese
B.English
C.Creole
D.Japanese
•Thissectionisrelativelyeasy.Sobecarefulandtrytogetagoodscore.
•Whenwereadamultiplechoicequestion,wehavetoreadallthechoicesandcomparethem.Thenwecanmakethebestchoice.
SectionIIIReadingTest[30points]
Allchosenfromoutsidethetextbook,buttheme-related.
本题选自课外,但主题相关,难度相当。
这部分的目的是检测学生综合理解,判断的能力。
失分主要原因:
A)不理解阅读的内容。
B)不够细心。
对策:
做一下考试模拟题,动手练练。
Part1.Questions31-35arebasedonPassage1.(10points)
Passage1.
TheTwoKindsofDictionaries
WhenIwasyoung,weusedtohavealittlejokethatwent,"Thereain'tnosuchwordasain'tbecauseain'tain'tinthedictionary."Mostofushadbeencorrectedbyteachers,ifnotparents,nottousethewordain't.Imaginemysurprisewhen,justforfun,Ilookeduptheword,andthereitwas,rightinmyschool'sThorndike-BarnhartJuniorSchoolDictionary.Myteachershadtoldmetherewasnosuchword-afterall,whatdidainotmean?
-butthereissuchaword.Itwasinthedictionary.
Thiswasmyintroductiontotherealitythattherearetwodifferenteditorialpoliciesusedbytheeditorsofdictionaries.Thetermsweusetodescribethemaredescriptiveandprescriptive.Youcanprobablyfigureoutwhattheymean.
Descriptivedictionariesdescribethelanguage.Theyincludewordsthatarecommonlyusedeveniftheyarenonstandard.Theywilloftenincludenonstandardspellings.PrescriptivedictionariestendtobemoreconcernedaboutcorrectorstandardEnglish.Theyprescribetheproperusageandspellingofwords.ThatschooldictionaryinwhichIfoundain'twasadescriptivedictionary.
ThetruthofthematteristhattodayvirtuallyallEnglishlanguagedictionariesaredescriptive.Theeditorswillusuallysaythattheyaresimplyrecordingthelanguageandhowitswordsareusedandspelled.True,theremaybesomeguidance.Forexample,mostMerriam-Websterdictionarieswillnoteifcertainwordsaredeemednonstandardoroffensivebymostusers;however,thewordsarestillincluded.Ofmoderndictionaries,onlytheFunkandWagnall'scontainsacertainamountofprescriptiveadvice.Allthemajordictionarypublishers-Merriam-Webster,Times-Mirror,WorldBook,andFunkandWagnall's-willtellyouthattheyareprimarilydescriptive.
ThiswasnotthecasewiththefirstdictionariesinEnglandandAmerica.Theywereprescriptive.SamuelJohnson'sDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage(1755)hadsocialcommentaryandjokes.Hewaswritingtoentertainaswellasinform.JohnsonalsocametotheconclusionthattheEnglishlanguagecouldnotbeproscribed-itcouldnotbelimitedtoonlyacertainnumberofwords.This,though,hadnothingtodowithcorrectnessorpropriety.
AmericanNoahWebster'sAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage(1828)wasalsoprescriptive.Websterhadbeenpublishingaspellingbookforschoolssincethe1780's.Hewasmotivatedbyautilitarianviewofspellingaswellasaconcernforprecisecommunication.Hisdefinitionstendtobefarmoreprecisethanthoseinmanydictionariestoday.Hisbookalsoprescribescertainspellingsandusesformanywords.Abouttwentyyearsago,apublishersawa