变化中的英语期末复习练习题与参考答案Word文档格式.docx

1、A. of writing. Bewitch British people use . C. which American people use. D. which British and American people use A 3. RP refers to _. A.net work English. B. General American. C.BBC English and General American. D. Educated Southern British English D 4. When we say RP, we mean it is a（n） _. A. vari

2、ety of spoken English. B. variety of written English. C. regional dialect. D. accent. 5. About some special terms, the statement that _ is NOT true. A. a language is the major means of human communication. B. a dialect is a variety of a language. C. a variety is a language distinct from others. D. t

3、he term accent has to do only with the sound of the language C 6. In Activity 5, you were asked to listen to some regional varieties of English, but _ is NOT included. A. Cornwall. B. London cockney. C. Northumberland. D. Midland 7. About language change, the statement that _ is NOT true. A. change

4、in language matches change in peoples lives. B. language change is usually even and steady. C. languages change over time. D. new words enter the language to match new sorts of experience 8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is probably becau

5、se _. A. your English is too poor. B. they are speaking a variety of English. C. they speak poor English. D. you do not listen carefully enough 9. Dialects refer to _. A. different ways of speaking. B. different written systems or different grammatical structures. C. both A and B. D. a form that is

6、quite different from a language 10. New words are from _. A. old words used with new meaning. B. Words made up by pronouncing the initial letters of several words C. words borrowed from other languages D. all of the above 11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by _. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson

7、 C. WordsworthD. D. Shakespeare 12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by _. C. Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by _. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Bernard Shaw D. Samuel Johnson 14. Angles and Saxons w

8、ere _. A. Latin-speaking Romans B. French-speaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _. A.1st century B.C. by the Scandinavian people B.5th century A.D. by the Normans C.11th century A.D. by the Normans D. World War II by German

9、s 16. Standard English can be pronounced _. A. only using a Received Pronunciation B. only in the accent of educated North American Speakers C. either in educated southern British accent or educated North American accent D. with a variety of accents 17. Standard English started in _. A. the South Ea

10、st of England B. the east of England C. the south of England D. London, Oxford and Cambridge 18. Standard English started in _ century. A.5th B.11th C.14th D.15th 19. Standard English started spread all over the country because _. A. English was allowed to be taught in schools B. Geoffrey Chaucer wr

11、ote in English C. William Caxton set up a printing press in 1475, and printed books D. All of the above 20. The core of English lexicon is _. A .French words B. Latin and Greek words C. The words brought back by the overseas D. Of Germanic origin 21. When you recognize a word and know what it means,

12、 you have a _ knowledge of it. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 22. Talking to people needs _ knowledge and practice. 23. Received Pronunciation _. A. is a regional accent B. belongs to south East of England C. is accepted and understood worldwide D. is the same thing as Standard English 24. When a teacher corrects a students mistakes ,he is doing _ teaching. 25. English is not alone, not unique in being an international language. There are other international languages, such as _. A. Spanish B. Swedish. C. Japanese D. Danish