《变化中的英语》期末复习练习题及参考答案

《变化中的英语》期末复习练习题及参考答案Section One : Multiple Choice1. When we speak of languages as living or dead we mean the language _______.A. are not used now.B. have living speakers or not.C. do not work now.D. are actually living or dead正确答案：B2. Standard English refers to the English ________.A. of writing.Bewitch British people use .C. which American people use.D. which British and American people use正确答案：A3. RP refers to _________. work English.B. General American.C.BBC English and General American.D. Educated Southern British English正确答案：D4. When we say RP, we mean it is a(n) ________.A. variety of spoken English.B. variety of written English.C. regional dialect.D. accent.正确答案：A5. 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. the term accent has to do only with the sound of the language正确答案：C6. 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正确答案：D7. About language change, the statement that ______ is NOT true.A. change in language matches change in people’s 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正确答案：B8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is probably because ___________.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正确答案：B9. 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 quite different from a language正确答案：A10. New words are from ________.A. old words used with new meaning.B. Words made up by pronouncing the initial letters of several wordsC. words borrowed from other languagesD. all of the above正确答案：D11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by _______________.A. Mark TwainB. Samuel JohnsonC. WordsworthD.D. Shakespeare正确答案：B12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by ____________.A. Mark TwainB. Samuel JohnsonC. ShakespeareD. Geoffrey Chaucer正确答案：C13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by ___________.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. ShakespeareC. Bernard ShawD. Samuel Johnson正确答案：A14. Angles and Saxons were _______________.A. Latin-speaking RomansB. French-speaking NormansC. Scandinavian peopleD. Native British people正确答案：C15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _________________.A.1st centuryB.C. by the Scandinavian peopleB.5th century A.D. by the NormansC.11th century A.D. by the NormansD. World War II by Germans正确答案：C16. Standard English can be pronounced ___________.A. only using a Received PronunciationB. only in the accent of educated North American SpeakersC. either in educated southern British accent or educated North American accentD. with a variety of accents正确答案：D17. Standard English started in _________________.A. the South East of EnglandB. the east of EnglandC. the south of EnglandD. London, Oxford and Cambridge正确答案：A18. Standard English started in ______ century.A.5thB.11thC.14thD.15th正确答案：C19. Standard English started spread all over the country because _______________.A. English was allowed to be taught in schoolsB. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in EnglishC. William Caxton set up a printing press in 1475, and printed booksD. All of the above正确答案：D20. The core of English lexicon is ______________.A .French wordsB. Latin and Greek wordsC. The words brought back by the overseasD. Of Germanic origin正确答案：D21. When you recognize a word and know what it means, you have a _______ knowledge of it.A. receptiveB. productiveC. descriptiveD. prescriptive正确答案：A22. Talking to people needs _________ knowledge and practice.A. receptiveB. productiveC. descriptiveD. prescriptive正确答案：B23. Received Pronunciation ____________.A. is a regional accentB. belongs to south East of EnglandC. is accepted and understood worldwideD. is the same thing as Standard English正确答案：C24. When a teacher corrects a student’s mistakes ,he is doing _________ teaching.A. receptiveB. productiveC. descriptiveD. prescriptive正确答案：D25. English is not alone, not unique in being an international language. There are other international languages, such as ____________.A. SpanishB. Swedish.C. JapaneseD. Danish正确答案：A26. An American teacher, who made an especially important contribution to the American way of spelling some English words, he is ____________.A. Noah WebsterB. Mark TwinC. Webster MerriamD. Thomas McCauley正确答案：A27. When India was independent, the New Constitution recognized as official languages ______ languages out of about 200 in use.A.2B.3C.5D.14正确答案：D28. Most educated Indians speak _________ languages.A.1B.2C.3D.4正确答案：C29. Britain was an imperial power for about _________ .A.80 yearsB.100 years.C.2 centuriesD.3 centuries正确答案：D30. By the discovery of the New World, it is meant the discovery and settlement in _______.A. AustraliaB. North AmericaC. IndiaD. South East Asia正确答案：B31. In the three Circles of English language users, _______ belong to the Outer Circle.A. native English speaking countriesB. colonial countries of Britain and USAC. countries using English as a foreign languageD. countries using English as an international language正确答案：B32. About the use of English worldwide in information age, the statement that _______ is NOT true.A. the number of users of English is importantB. who the users of English are and what they do with it are importantC. the label “Information Age” is often given to the end of this centuryD .the most important language for communicative use at the scientific and technological developments in English正确答案：C33. Among the main International languages invented or simplified, _________ is the most famous and successful.A. EsperantoB. InterlinguaC. IdoD. Basic English (Nuclear English)正确答案：A34. About the disadvantages of English as a global language, the statement that _________ is NOT true.A. the English grammar and sounds are difficult, and vocabulary is too largeB. the English has inconsistenciesC. English belongs to a different language familyD. English is deeply rooted in the culture, customs, literature of UK and USA正确答案：D35. Languages are like tools, ____________A. as they develop and become complex , so they become powerful and effective.B. They all evolve from simple to complex form.C. They are all like living organism.D. But tools may evolve, languages do not .正确答案：D36. The international use of English is because ____________A. English is more developed and complex.B.B. English is more flexible and adaptable.C. Of political, cultural and economic reasons.D. All of the above.正确答案：C37. Languages re like living organism, _______A. they all evolve from simple from to complex form..B. They are made y human beings and used for human purposes.C. They all change, but languages do not really evolve.D. Only A and B.正确答案：C38. The applications of science include ______________.A. international travelB. international travel and tourismC. medical technology and entertainmentD. all of the above正确答案：D39. Science and technology cannot do without symbolic systems. Symbolic systems ________A. are necessary for thinking and for sharing and recording the results of thinking.B. Include languageC. Include mathematicsD. All of the above正确答案：D40. The dominance of English in science is ___________A. the result of US political supremacy and scientific achievementsB. because English is much more suitable than other languages.C. The language of the United Nations.D. The language of the British empire.正确答案：A41. The special difficulty of scientific English for the readers is that ___________A. they assume much shared knowledgeB. the style is impersonal and remoteC. the papers are about abstractions.D. All of the above.正确答案：A42. English is the language of international air traffic control because __________A. natural languages are full of ambiguity, but English is an exception.B. English reduces ambiguityC. Any uncertainty of the language used would be disastrous in air so English is the only choiceD. None of the above正确答案：D43. Of the varieties of English that are designed to avoid ambiguity, the following statement that _____________ is NOT TRUE.A. the English of international air traffic control is used by all ground control staff and flight crew.B. Sea-speak is used internationally in ship-to-shore communication, and it is similar to Police-speak.C. Jargon, argot and slang arte also designed by and for very special groups of users.D. One of the above statements is not true.正确答案：D44.. Communicative approach is ____________.A. a view of ELT that put first understanding and being understood by another personB. learning by constantly doing dialogue practiceC. a course designed to match the future work and needs of learnersD. a way of learning and teaching that teachers and students communicate with each other正确答案：A45. Error analysis is _______________.A. way of learning by studying common mistakes in order not to make any mistakesB. teaching in the belief that mistakes are necessary to learning and useful to teachersC. a way of teaching that teachers correct the students’ mistakes in the exercises whenever they occurD. a research method in order to see how good the students have learned正确答案：B46. ELT is the short form of ______________.A. English learning and teachingB. English language teachingC. Elementary learning and teachingD. Elementary language teaching正确答案：B47. The most important factor that reinforces the international role of English is ___________.A. televisionB. travel and transportC. entertainmentsD. developments in IT正确答案：D48. IT is the shout form of ___________.A. international netB. international tourism (travel)C. information technologyD. information transformation正确答案：C49. The term “interlanguage” is used f or ___________A. languages that are understood internationallyB. languages that are internal to a countryC. the languages of learners who has only partial control of a languageD. languages that change rapidly正确答案：C50. The New Englishes can be called _______.But their meanings are quite different.A. regional varieties of EnglishB. emerging EnglishC. local standard EnglishesD. all of the above正确答案：D51. Of the New Englishes , the following statement that ______ is NOT TRUE.A. they arte regular and can be described.B. They are easily understood locally, but not so easily elsewhereC. They change very fast and are unstable and unacceptableD. They have many mistakes or deviations from standard English.正确答案：C52. According to the Quirk view, some teachers in schools in Britain have felt unable to correct their students’ faulty English, because they __________A. were afraid of making students feel humiliated and resentful.B. Were uncertain what was, and was not, correct.C. Did not want to spend time correcting the students’ mistakes.D. Thought students would not learn from the correction of their mistakes.正确答案：A53. Local varieties are not so difficult to learn as Standard English because ___________A. the grammar is simpler.B. Mistakes do not matter so much.C. The vocabulary is not so largeD. Students can feel that the language belongs to their country and their culture.正确答案：D54. The Quirk view is a(n) ___________ view.A. deficitB. liberationC. openD. correct正确答案：A55. In the Kachru view, the local English _________A. should be taught, learned and respectedB. is not less good than the Standard EnglishC. is not a failure of the education systemD. all of the above正确答案：D56. In quirk view, people learn English mainly for ___________ use.A. regionalB. nationalC. internationalD. global正确答案：C57. Language changes because language use is a creative process. Only _______ is not the resultof linguistic creativity.A. PidginsB. CreolesC. Lingua francaD. interlanguage正确答案：C58 From the learner’s point of view, _________ is not the disadvantage of learning a local standard English.A. Local Standards are useful only within the regionB. Local Standards offer limited access to written materialsC. Local Standards are not well respected outside the local communityD. Local Standards are easier to learn, but they still need time and efforts.正确答案：D59 Language learning represents a big investment of time and effort. All learning is associated with ______________.A. an opportunity cost.B. The students’ desireC. The learners’ enjoying their educationD. The decision of the govern ment’s education committee正确答案：A60 Saying that all languages are equal, it means that ____________A. all languages deserve respect.B. All languages must be taken seriously.C. languages serve perfectly well the purposes of those the use them.D. All of the above.正确答案：D61. Saying that all languages are equal is rather like saying that people are all equal. It means that ________A. people are actually all equal, and so re all languages.B. People are actually all equal, but all languages are not.C. People are actually not equal, but all languages are equal.D. People are actually not equal, nor are all languages.正确答案：D62. Mr. Fletcher the language teacher said, German is disagreeable, French is elegant, and Italian is musical. It is ______________A. true because actually they are.B. His preference and prejudice.C. Where languages are unequal actually.D. All of the above正确答案：B63. When people say that one variety of a language has more prestige than another, they mean that the variety ___________A. belongs to the time when the speakers lived.B. Belongs to a place where the speakers liveC. Is connected with speakers who have wealth, education, and power.D. Is connected with speakers who are born into a social class.正确答案：C64. “My Fair Lady “ was an excellent film made from a play called “Pygmalion”, which was written by the famous Irish playwright, _________A. George Bernard ShawB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. ShakespeareD. Oscar Wilde正确答案：A65. The term “false beginners” are used for students who __________A. say they are beginners, but actually are not.B. Are thought, perhaps wrongly, to be beginners.C. Have forgotten the early stages f learning a language.D. Are not serious in their wish to learn正确答案：C66. There are _________ stages in the study of a language.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five正确答案：A67. There are three different ways in which English differs with use. They are _________A. vocabulary, grammar, and formality.B. Regional, historical and social varietyC. Written, spoken and scientific EnglishD. Formal, informal, and casual ways of expression正确答案：A68. English varies with the topic or subject that is spoken or written about, which is a matter of ____________A. the special vocabularyB. the special vocabulary and styleC. spoken English and written EnglishD. academic purposes正确答案：B69. Of a shrinking world, it is fight to say ____________.A. the world’s shrinkage is alm ost even.B. For most people the world do not shrink at allC. The world only shrinks for the rich, the powerful, and the privilegedD.B and C.正确答案：C70. Jules Verne was French writer, who wrote __________.A. Around the World in Eighty DaysB. PersuasionC. Gone With the WindD. Wimbledon正确答案：A71. English is at present the single most important language in international use because ___________.A. English is well suited to international useB. English is musical, precise and beautiful and easy to learnC. A and B and English allows you access to a fine culture.D. None of the above正确答案：D72. Of an international language, it is right to say that ___________________.A. it is useful only if it is learnt well by very large number of peopleB. lonely a musical, exact, interesting language is likelyC. beauty and exactness in a language is not just a matter of individual judgmentD. none of the above正确答案：D73. By cultural imperialism is meant _____________.A. the spread to other places of products and cultural ideas that are associated with EnglishB. some countries try to conquer other countries by way of culture.C. Some countries use military forces as well as culture to conquer other countriesD. To threaten other countries by way of their cultures through English正确答案：A74. At the beginning and intermediate stages of learning, people are concerned almost entirely with ______________.A. information about EnglishB. proficiency in EnglishC. grammar and vocabulary of EnglishD. speaking and reading of English正确答案：B75. After studying the course, you have a clearer idea than before of where you stand in the worldwide community of users of English. You are in the _______ of users.A. Inner CircleB. Outer CircleC. Expanding CircleD. None of the above正确答案：C76. Information about English enables one to do the things except __________.A. to assess accurately situation in which communication is difficultB. to set realistic targets that can actually be attained within the limits of time availableC. to frame specific goals that enable one to make good use of opportunitiesD. to defend oneself from being influenced by the cultural imperialism正确答案：D77. When s shop puts a big notice saying “Sale!” or “Offer will never be repeated!” or “Don’t miss our special offer!” by “Sale!” it means that ______________.A. some new goods are just outB. the shop owner wants to sell the shopC. the shop wants to have a salesman or a saleswomanD. the shop offers a better price正确答案：D78. The most commonly used language of international trade is English, while other languages are also in use, such as French, German, __________.A. Portuguese, SpanishB. Spanish, EnglishC. Latin, GreekD. Italian, Esperanto正确答案：A79. A shared language, a common language, is technically called a ____________.A. Lingua FrancaB. Makeshift languageC. PidginD. Creole正确答案：A80. Pidgin means a a language, used only for purposes of trade. It is said to come from a _______ pronunciation of the English word “business”.A. LatinB. GreekC. AmericanD. Chinese正确答案：D81. Pidgin means a a language, used only for purposes of trade. It is said to come from a _______ pronunciation of the English word “business”.A. LatinB. GreekC. AmericanD. Chinese正确答案：D82. Pidgin means a a language, used only for purposes of trade. It is said to come from a _______ pronunciation of the English word “business”.A. LatinB. GreekC. AmericanD. Chinese正确答案：B83. Macao, the colony of Portugal in the past, once used a language called Macanese, which isa ____________.A. PidginB. CreoleC. Lingua FrancaD. Dialect正确答案：B84._______ is a makeshift language, and evidence of human inventiveness.A. Lingua FrancaB. PidginC. CreoleD. Variety正确答案：B85. Black English is now a _________________.A. PidginB. CreoleC. Lingua FrancD. Variety of English正确答案：D86. “He lazy, a’s why he no like play.” It is an example of ______________.A. PidginB. CreoleC. Black EnglishD. Faxed English正确答案：C87. People say business is a creative activity, but __________ said “Getting and spending we lay waste our powe rs.”A. Bernard ShawB. Mark TwainC. WordsworthD. Professor Guide正确答案：C88.About the African slaves in North America and the Caribbean islands, the statement that ___________ is NOT correct.A. they came from the coast of AfricaB. they worked on plantainsC. they produced sugar and cottonD. the trade in African slaves start from 18th century正确答案：DSection Two: True or False:1. RP is the short form of received pronunciation.正确答案：T2. Lisa Dolittle is a girl in the sto ry “Pygmalion”, written by the famous written Mark Twain. 正确答案：F3. There are, at present, about 5000 languages in use in the world.正确答案：T4. As time goes by, individual language, that is, idiolect, changes too.正确答案：T5. Latin is a living language, and it lives in modern European languages.正确答案：F6. Standard English is better than any other English varieties.正确答案：F7. Learners want to learn to read and write Standard English for international use, and they want to speak like native speakers.正确答案：F8. Most native speaker can understand several dialects , and have difficulty with others. 正确答案：T9. Although they don’t speak a RP, English dialect speakers almost always understand it.正确答案：T10. “English in a Changing world” was wr itten by Gu Yueguo.正确答案：F11. English is the language of science, excluding other languages.正确答案：非12. Science is the methodical investigation of our own and other world, and technology si the application of science.正确答案：是13. The present image of the world is a globe, hanging in profound blackness. It is blue, with bands of white cloud washing across it.正确答案：是14. Science and technology cannot do without symbolic system.正确答案：是15. Tourism brings damage to cultures and environments.正确答案：是16. Natural languages are full of ambiguity, but English is an exception, that is why English is the language of international air traffic control.正确答案：非17. Television became generally available after the second world War.正确答案：是18. Television makes English more accessible and provides a better motive of learning it . 正确答案：非19. TV promotes the global use of English.正确答案：是20. Edutainment is an invented word, meaning education and entertainment together at the same time.正确答案：是21. IT is the short form of international net.正确答案：非22. The end of the 20th century is often called the age of raped communication.正确答案：是23. English will dominated the making of databases and the processes of retrieval and transfer of information.正确答案：非24. The development of IT forced English to be an international language正确答案：非25. ELT is the short form of English Learning and Teaching.正确答案：非26. Communicative approach is a view of ELT that puts first understanding and being understood by another person.正确答案：是27. Error analysis is a way of learning through studying the mistakes.正确答案：是nguage is shaped by the experiences of the people who use it and change with their changing needs.正确答案：T29 Samuel Johnson is the one who make one of the earliest really good English dictionaries. 正确答案：T30. English belongs to a big language family called the Indo-Tibetan family.正确答案：非31. Mandarin and Cantonese belong to the same language family.正确答案：是32.Chinese belongs to the Sino-Japan language family.正确答案：非33. In general it is easier to learn a new language that belongs to the same family than one that belongs to another family.正确答案：是34. Latin should help people understand English better and write it better.正确答案：是35. English is the earliest language4 spoken in England正确答案：非36. The final conquest of the British Isles was in 11th century by ;the French-speaking Normans. 正确答案：是37. Standard English began as a regional variety.正确答案：是38. Standard English change more slowly than spoken English.正确答案：是39. Standard English vary much from one part of the world to another, because different people have varying interests and experiences and the vocabulary to match.正确答案：非40. British spellings of English words are much more difficult than the American spellings, and this caused a lot of troubles to Americans.正确答案：非41. Basque is a regional language in Spain, and the Spanish government tried to stamp it out. 正确答案：是42. When the Indian government gave equal right and status to Hindi and English, there were demonstrations against the use of English.. 正确答案：是43 speakers have feelings about the language they use, that is called language attitude.正确答案：是44. Standard English is same all over the world, which makes it a global language.正确答案：非45. The American War of Independence started in 1775 and ended in 1785.正确答案：非46. 1620, English Puritan settlers left Plymouth from the New World in the Mayflower.正确答案：是47. The statue of Liberty is in Washington harbor.正确答案：非48. Thanksgiving is a family holiday celebrated to remember how the first generation of immigrants had celebrated, on the anniversary of their landing, their thankfulness that they were still safe, and had food and shelter.正确答案：是49. The differences between American and British spelling are man-made, not naturally occurred. 正确答案：非50. British English and American English are mutually intelligible.正确答案：是51. At the height of the British Empire, there were British possessions in every continent. 正确答案：是52. Thomas Macaulay advised that English language universities should be set up in Hong Kong. 正确答案：非53. The British settlers in Australia in the beginning were mostly explorers.正确答案：非54. The world of the late 20th century needs an international language, and Englsih is ideally suited to international use.正确答案：非55 Standard English is better than non-standard varieties.正确答案：非56. English is used internationally because it is in some sense special and better the languages. 正确答案：非57. English is used internationally because it is more flexible than other languages and more adaptable.正确答案：非58. Languages are often called the tools of thought, and they are actually similar to tools. 正确答案：非59. The international use of English is the result of evolution.正确答案：非60. A social variety is the sort of language which is associated with a part of society.正确答案：是61. Languages are actually not equal. It is emerged in educational contexts.正确答案：是62. False beginners refer to students who need basic instruction in the sounds, the grammar, and the vocabulary of a language before they can progress, but who do not recognize the need. 正确答案：是63. Progress in the study of English means learning and practicing English that varies with use. 正确答案：是64. Code switching here refers to switching between languages.正确答案：是65. Style means choice of suitable words, and has to be consistent.正确答案：是66. Studying a subject means learning the words that go with it. This is true of whatever language \you study.67. Trading is a fundamental activity, necessary to all societies.正确答案：是68. Pidgin is a makeshift language, the result of human inventiveness and creativity in doing business.正确答案：是69 Pidgin is a language for a wide range of purposes, not only to do with coastal trade.。