问答题An Early History of Australia Before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Tortes Strait (托雷斯海峡) Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian continent. Each people spoke one or more of hundreds of separate languages, with lifest
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An Early History of Australia Before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Tortes Strait (托雷斯海峡) Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian continent. Each people spoke one or more of hundreds of separate languages, with lifestyles and religious and cultural traditions that differed according to the region in which they lived. Adaptable and creative, with simple but highly efficient technology, Indigenous Australians had complex social systems and highly developed traditions reflecting a deep connection with the land and environment. Asian and Oceanic people had contact with Australia’s Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before the European expansion into the Eastern Hemisphere. Some formed substantial relationships with communities in northern Australia. In 1606, the Spanish explorer Luis Vaez de Torres sailed through the strait that separates Australia and Papua New Guinea (巴布亚新几内亚). Dutch explorers charted the north and west coasts and found Tasmania. The first British explorer, William Dampier, landed on the northwest coast in 1688. But it was not until 1770 that his countryman, Captain James Cook, on the Endeavour, extended a scientific voyage to the South Pacific in order to chart the east coast of the continent that had become known as New Holland, and claimed it for the British Crown. The American war of independence shut off that country as a place to transport convicts, requiring Great Britain to establish a new penal colony. Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, had sailed as a naturalist (博物学家) with Captain Cook, and suggested Australia for this purpose. The First Fleet of 11 ships arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. Governor Phillip preferred Sydney Harbor and the date he landed in the Harbor,26 January, is now commemorated as Australia Day. The First Fleet carded 1,500 people, half of them convicts. Robert Hughes’ The Fatal Shore (1987) is a classic book on the convict system. Hughes suggests that the penal system had lasting effects on Australian society. About 160,000 convicts were sent to the Australian continent over the next 80 years. The wool industry and the gold rushes of the mid-19th century provided an impetus to free settlement. Scarcity of labor, the vastness of the bush and new wealth based on farming, mining and trade all contributed to the development of uniquely Australian institutions and sensibilities. At the time of European settlement in 1788 it is estimated there were at least 300,000 Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. European settlement involved the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples. It disrupted traditional land management practices and introduced new plants and animals into fragile Australian ecosystems.
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in the 1950s and 1960s many australian writers thought that to gain a name they had to leave australia，and most went overseas to the u.s. ()
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第2题：
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Family History
In an age when the technique is developing faster than ever before,many people are being attractive to
the_________(51)of looking back into the past.One way they can do this by_________(52)their own
family history.They can try to_________(53)out more about where their own families came from and what
they did.This is now a fast-growing hobby,especially in countries _________(54)a greatly short history,
like Australia and the United States.
It's one thing to spend time _________（55)through a book on family history and to _________ (56)
the decision to investigate your own family's past.It is quite another to_________(57)out the research
work successfully.It is easy to set about it in a disorganised_________(58)and cause yourself many prob-
lems which could have been_________(59)with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you_________(60)you are connected with a famous character,whether
hero or criminal,do not let this idea take _________ (61)your research.Just treat it as an interesting
_________（62).A simple system for collecting your information will be adequate to _________( 63)
with;a more complex one may only get in your_________ (64).The most important thing,though,is to
get started.Who_________(65)what you might find?_________(57)
A:work
B:figure
C:carry
D:turn答案：C解析：the idea of意思是“关于……的想法”，在符合语境。
record记录，记载；create创造，发明；investigate查明，调查；rewrite重写，改写。C项符 合语境。
find out固定搭配，意思是“发现，找出来”，符合语境。
考查with＋名词性短语，表示“具有，带有（某种特性或感情）”。
go through固定搭配，意思是“从头到尾阅读”。
make decision意思是“决定，做出决定”。
carry out意思是“施行，实现”。
in a way表示“用某种方法（做事）”时，way前面常有形容词修饰。
avoid避免，防止；miss错过，未做（某事），想念（某人）;lose丢失；escape逃避，逃走。根 据句意，给你带来的这些问题要是提前计划好就可以 ________。故选A。
考查that引导的宾语从句。
take up占去（时间或空间）;take away拿走，夺走；take off脱下；take over接替，接管。选项D符合句意。
possibility可能的事，可能性；reason原因，理由；question问题；example例子，例证。根据句意可知，A项正确，该句意思是“仅仅把它（指上句中家族故事所提供的信息）当成一种有趣的可能性事件吧”。
play with玩耍；start with开始，着手干；live with与……一起生活；接受，忍受；break with与……断绝关系；破除；决裂。根据句意，选B。
get in your way意思是“妨碍你，阻止你……”。
根据语境选B，该句意思是“谁知道你会发现什么？" -
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Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race（种族）of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive（原始的）language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.The author has used American Indian language to illustrate______.
A:it hasn't been well understood that there is no primitive language
B:the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises
C:English and Greek are less primitive than American Indian languages
D:hundreds of American Indian languages are easy and young答案：A解析：根据第二段第一句中的“First"，第三段第一句中的“second，第五段第一句中的“Athird thing"，以及第六段第一句中“Finally”可知，作者主要从四个方面来淦释语言的特征。
根据第三段最后一句可知，所有已知的语言无不经过了数万年的充分发展。
第四段第一句中的“This”指的就是第三段所诊释的内容，再结合第三段第一句" Second , there is no such thing as a primitive language.”可知，A项正确。
由第五段可知，A、B两项表述正确。根据第四段最后一句可知，作者认为不同的语言没有发展水平上的差别，美国的印第安语和英语一样复杂，故C项表述正确，D项表述不正确。
根据第六段最后一句可知，词汇是所有语言中最不稳定的部分，即它最容易发生变化。 -
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Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are______.
A: just as old as some well-known languages
B: just as sophisticated as some well-known languages
C: more developed than some well-known languages
D: more complex than some well-known languages答案：B解析：作者在第二段中认为，任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是：There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…
此题的答案来自第三段。
作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是：They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知，B项正确。
词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是：Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. -
第5题：
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people constitute（）of Australia.s population.
A1%
B1.5%
C2%
D2.5%
B
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第6题：
History is the story of（）happened to the people before today.
Awhichever
Bwhomever
Cwhatever
Dwherever
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第7题：
问答题Passage 1 What is apartheid? It is the policy of keeping African inferior, and separate 1 Europeans. They are to be kept separate by not being allowed to live 2 citizens with rights in European towns. They may go to European towns to work, 3 they may not have their families there; they 4 live in “Bantustans”, the native areas. They are not to mix 5 Europeans by sitting in the same cafes, waiting 6 , compartments of trains, seats in parks, etc. Twelve percent of the land is left for the Africans to live and farm 7 , and this is mostly dry, poor, mountainous land. Yet the Africans are three-quarters of the people. They are forced to go and work 8 the Europeans, not only because their lands do not grow 9 food to keep them, but 10 because they must earn money to pay their taxes. Each adult African man has to pay 1 pound a year poll tax, and ten shillings a year tax for his hut. When they go into European areas to work, they are 11 allowed to do skilled 15 work; they are hewers of wood and drawers of water, and their wage is about one-seventh of __12__ a European would earn for the same kind of work. If a European 13 an African to do skilled work of the kind, reserved for 14 , such as carpentry, both the European and his African employee may be fined 100 pounds. Any African who 15 part in a strike may be fined 500 pounds, and/or sent to prison for three years.正确答案： 1. from separate from为固定用法,意为“分离,把…与…分隔开”。
2. as 句意:在欧洲城镇,他们被隔离,不允许作为拥有权力的公民生活。此处填入as。
3. but 空格前面提到他们可能去欧洲城镇工作,空格后面提到可能不能在那里安家。前后构成转折,因此填入but。
4. must 前面提到他们不能在那里(欧洲城镇)安家,后面又提到“Bantustans”为native areas (本地区域),由此可知,他们必须住在本地区域,而不能在工作的欧洲城镇安家。因此填入must。
5. with mix with“和…混在一起”。句意:不被允许与欧洲人混在一起。
6. rooms 分析句子结构cafes、compartments of trains、seats in parks与空格部分并列,一起作sitting in的宾语。waiting room等候室,表示地点,符合题意。注意使用rooms复数形式。
7. on live“居住”,farm“耕作”,后面需要接介词on,表示在土地上生活和耕作。
8. for 通过句意可知,非洲黑人被迫为欧洲人工作。work for sb.为某人工作。因此填入for。
9. enough 此处解释为什么为欧洲人工作的原因:他们的土地不能生产足够的食物。此处填入enough。
10. also 此处为他们为欧洲人工作的另一个原因。not only…but also…不仅……而且。
11. not 通过上下文语境可知,他们不允许做技术活,因此这里需要填入表示否定的not。
12. what 所填词引导名词性从句作of 的宾语,且该词又在从句中作宾语,故填入what。
13. employs/hires 句意:如果一个欧洲人雇佣一个非洲黑人做技术活。通过下下文中的“his African employee”可知,此处应该填入表示“雇佣”的词。
14. Europeans 既然skilled 的工作不让非洲人做,那么自然就是给欧洲人留的,因此填入Europeans。reserved“保留的”。
15. takes take part in参加。解析： 暂无解析 -
第8题：
问答题Practice 1An Early History of Australia Before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Tortes Strait Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian continent. Each people spoke one or more of hundreds of separate languages, with lifestyles and religious and cultural traditions that differed according to the region in which they lived. Adaptable and creative, with simple but highly efficient technology, Indigenous Australians had complex social systems and highly developed traditions reflecting a deep connection with the land and environment. Asian and Oceanic people had contact with Australia’s Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before the European expansion into the Eastern Hemisphere. Some formed substantial relationships with communities in northern Australia. In 1606, the Spanish explorer Luis Vaez de Torres sailed through the strait that separates Australia and Papua New Guinea. Dutch explorers charted the north and west coasts and found Tasmania. The first British explorer, William Dampier, landed on the northwest coast in 1688. But it was not until 1770 that his countryman, Captain James Cook, on the Endeavour, extended a scientific voyage to the South Pacific in order to chart the east coast of the continent that had become known as New Holland, and claimed it for the British Crown. The American war of independence shut off that country as a place to transport convicts, requiring Great Britain to establish a new penal colony. Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, had sailed as a naturalist with Captain Cook, and suggested Australia for this purpose. The First Fleet of 11 ships arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. Governor Phillip preferred Sydney Harbor and the date he landed in the Harbor, 26 January, is now commemorated as Australia Day. The First Fleet carded 1,500 people, half of them convicts. Robert Hughes’ The Fatal Shore (1987) is a classic book on the convict system. Hughes suggests that the penal system had lasting effects on Australian society. About 160,000 convicts were sent to the Australian continent over the next 80 years. The wool industry and the gold rushes of the mid-19th century provided an impetus to free settlement. Scarcity of labor, the vastness of the bush and new wealth based on farming, mining and trade all contributed to the development of uniquely Australian institutions and sensibilities. At the time of European settlement in 1788 it is estimated there were at least 300,000 Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. European settlement involved the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples. It disrupted traditional land management practices and introduced new plants and animals into fragile Australian ecosystems.正确答案： 参考译文
澳大利亚早期历史 在欧洲移民到来之前,土著人和托雷斯海峡岛民已分布在澳洲大陆的大部分地区。每个部落讲一种或几种语言,总共有数百种截然不同的语言。他们生活在不同地区,有不同的生活方式、宗教和文化传统。
土著澳大利亚人善于适应环境,富有创造力,掌握着简单有效的技术。他们有复杂的社会体系,以及高度发达的传统。这种传统反映了他们与土地和环境的深刻联系。
在欧洲向东半球扩张之前的数千年中,亚洲和大洋洲的人民便与澳大利亚土著人民有了接触,有些与北部澳大利亚的土著群体建立了实质性关系。
1606年,西班牙探险家路易·凡·托雷斯驾船经过了澳大利亚与巴布亚新几内亚之间的海峡。荷兰的探险家们绘制了澳洲北部和西部的海岸图,并发现了塔斯马尼亚岛。第一位英国探险家威廉·丹皮尔于1688年在西北海岸登陆。但直到1770年,才由另一位英国人詹姆斯·库克船长乘“努力号”将科学考察之旅扩展到南太平洋,以绘制曾被称为“新荷兰”的澳洲大陆东海岸图,并以英王名义声称拥有该地主权。
独立战争结束了美国作为囚犯流放地的历史,因此英国需要物色新的地方,建立殖民地,安置囚犯。英国皇家学会主席约瑟夫·班克斯爵士曾作为博物学家与库克船长一同航行过,建议选择澳大利亚。
1788年1月,由11艘船只组成的第一舰队抵达博特尼湾。但菲利普总督觉得悉尼港更可取。1月26日,菲利普总督在悉尼港登陆。这一天被定为澳大利亚国庆日。第一舰队共有乘客1500人,其中半数是囚犯。罗伯特·休斯撰写的《决定命运的彼岸》(1987)一书便是关于囚犯制度的经典作品。休斯认为,英国的刑法制度对澳大利亚社会产生了持久的影响。在以后的80年中,英国向澳大利亚输送了约16万名囚犯。
19世纪中期的羊毛工业和淘金热刺激了自由移民的发展。劳动力稀缺(匮乏)、丛林一望无际、农业、采矿和贸易带来了新兴财富,这一切都促使澳大利亚独特的社会机制与思想感情的形成。1788年,欧洲人建立澳洲殖民地时,土著人和托雷斯海峡岛民的人数估计至少有30万。由于建立了殖民地,土著民族背井离乡,一无所有。欧洲移民干扰了土著人传统的土地管理方法,并将新的动植物种类引入了脆弱的澳洲生态系统。解析： 暂无解析 -
第9题：
单选题（）uses one or two high pressure pumps for all the cylinders with one more standby, while（）have a separate high-pressure pump for each cylinder.AA common rail engine；conventional engines
BA conventional engine；common rail engines
CA marine diesel engine；most other engines
DA two-stroke engine；four-stroke engines
正确答案： B解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题Although many people would not believe it, the mosquito is actually the most dangerous animal in Africa. While the bite of the black mamba is invariably lethal when untreated, this dreaded snake kills only a few dozen people per year. Hippopotami, with their immense strength and foul dispositions, kill hundreds of people per year in rivers and lakes, but the mosquito is still more dangerous. Mosquitoes bite hundreds of millions of people in Africa every year, and they infect over a million each year with malaria, a disease that is often fatal. Which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the claim made above regarding the mosquito?ACould a person survive an attack by a black mamba if that person received prompt medical attention?
BWhat criteria are used to determine which animal is the “most dangerous” animal?
CCould the incidence of mosquito bites be decreased through the judicious use of pesticides and insect repellent?
DDoes malaria kill more people per year in Africa than tuberculosis?
EHow does the percentage of people who survive hippopotamus attacks in Africa each year compare with the percentage of people who survive mosquito bites?
正确答案： C解析：
文段中对于非洲蚊子的结论是：“the mosquito is actually the most dangerous animal in Africa.”，之后作者比较了蚊子和其他生物的致死率的数据，故B问题能更好的帮助我们估计这一结论，故本题选B。 -
第11题：
单选题Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers?AThe Aborigines.
BThe Maoris.
CThe Indians.
DThe Eskimos.
正确答案： B解析：
The Aborigines为澳大利亚土著居民，直到1770年航海家詹姆斯·库克在澳大利亚东海岸登陆，并宣布澳大利亚为英国殖民地。The Maoris是毛利人，新西兰第一个土著民族。The Indians为印第安人，是美洲土著人种。The Eskimos是爱斯基摩人，是居住在北美地区的北冰洋海岸与格陵兰岛部分地区以及西伯利亚东北地区的土著居民，通常用来指居住在阿拉斯加和加拿大的北美土著居民。 -
第12题：
单选题Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people constitute（）of Australia.s population.A1%
B1.5%
C2%
D2.5%
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
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The world has got rainforests which cover 7% of the earth's surface.They grow around the earth's equator in South America,Central America,Africa,Southeast Asia,and Australia. Rainforests are important.(46)______.These rainforests are wet and warm.They get more than two meters of rain each year,and temperatures are usually between 24℃and 27℃．(47)______. Each area has a different environment with different plants,trees and animals.
(48)______.Every day a part of the rainforest,the same size as a football field,is destroyed because of human activities.(49)______,people cut down trees to make plantations to grow food,to get minerals or metals out of the ground or to build more and more houses.(50) ______.Cutting down trees must be prohibited and wild animals must be protected.If people break these rules,they must be arrested and severely punished._________（47）
A:Therefore strict measures must be taken
B:They give the earth oxygen,and are the home for half of the world's animals and plants
C:Because of a growing population
D:Unfortunately,these rainforests are in danger
E:Tropical rainforests are home to tribal peoples who rely on their surroundings for food,shelter,and medicines
F: They are divided into four different areas答案：F解析：本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。根据上文内容此处应填写的是“它们给地球提供氧气，是世界上一半动植物的家园”。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。根据下文此处内容是“雨林被分成不同的区域”。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。根据下文内容这里应是 “不幸的是，这些雨林处于危险之中”。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。根据下文内容，此处是“由于人口增加”。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。根据上下文内容，此处是 “因此，必须采取严格的措施”。 -
第14题：
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Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race（种族）of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive（原始的）language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.According to the author,language changes are most likely to occur in______.
A:grammar
B:pronunciation
C:vocabulary
D:intonation答案：C解析：根据第二段第一句中的“First"，第三段第一句中的“second，第五段第一句中的“Athird thing"，以及第六段第一句中“Finally”可知，作者主要从四个方面来淦释语言的特征。
根据第三段最后一句可知，所有已知的语言无不经过了数万年的充分发展。
第四段第一句中的“This”指的就是第三段所诊释的内容，再结合第三段第一句" Second , there is no such thing as a primitive language.”可知，A项正确。
由第五段可知，A、B两项表述正确。根据第四段最后一句可知，作者认为不同的语言没有发展水平上的差别，美国的印第安语和英语一样复杂，故C项表述正确，D项表述不正确。
根据第六段最后一句可知，词汇是所有语言中最不稳定的部分，即它最容易发生变化。 -
第15题：
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Some Things We Know About Language
Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.According to the author,language changes are most likely to occur in______.
A: grammar
B: pronunciation
C: vocabulary
D: intonation答案：C解析：作者在第二段中认为，任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是：There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…
此题的答案来自第三段。
作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是：They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知，B项正确。
词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是：Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language. -
第16题：
There are three main parties represented in the House of Representatives of Australia，which one is the oldest party？( )A.The Australian Labor Party
B.The Nationals
C.The Liberal Party of Australia
D.Australian Greens party答案：A解析：考查澳大利亚国家概况。A项The Australian Labor Party (澳大利亚工党)在澳大利亚众议院的三大代表党派中历史最悠远，其他三项均不正确。 -
第17题：
In many societies of the world， we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies， b（） inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.
bilingualism
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第18题：
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people constitute（）of Australia.s population.
- A、1%
- B、1.5%
- C、2%
- D、2.5%
正确答案:B -
第19题：
问答题“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essential attitude in theUnited States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet. The 1．____cherished ideal of home has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of the American West, was in find a piece of place, build a house for one’s family, and start a farm. These small households2．____were portraits of independence: the entire family—mother, father, children, even 3．____grandparents—live in a small house and working together to support each other. 4．____Anyone understood the life and death, importance of family cooperation and hard work. 5．____ Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal 6．____of home ownership is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. When U.S. soldiers came home before World War II. for example, they dreamed 7．____of buying houses and starting families. But there was a tremendous boom in home 8．____building. The new houses, typically it the suburbs, were often small and more or lessidentical, but it satisfied a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house as the 9．____basis their way of life. 10．____正确答案： 1.no改为not no和not都可以用作副词,no作副词时有两种用法,一是作为yes的反义词,用在回答问题的场合;二是用在比较级之前,表示“并不”之意。因此这里不应用no,而用not。
2.place改为land 根据句意,应该是发现了一片土地,因此是a piece of land,而不是a piece of place。
3.√
4.working改为work 句子…live in a small house and working together…是并列结构,and前后动词形式应相同,故把working改为work。
5.anyone改为everyone anyone一般用在疑问句或否定句中,这里是肯定句,又表示所有人的意思,故改为everyone。
6.去掉but although…but…不能同时出现在同一句话中,故需去掉but,类似的还有because…so…。
7.before改为after 句意是美国士兵经历二战回国,应该是二战之后回国,而不是之前,故将before改为after。
8.But改为And 士兵们回到家希望盖房子,组建家庭,因而出现了盖房子热。这两句话是承接关系,不是转折关系,因此需把But改为And。
9.it改为they The new houses是主语,因此but后代词应用they。
10.their前面加of basis of their way of life他们生活的基石。需加of。)解析： 暂无解析 -
第20题：
单选题—How are your recent trip to Sichuan?—I’ve never had ______ one before.Aa pleasant
Ba more pleasant
Ca most pleasant
Dthe most pleasant
正确答案： D解析：
考查形容词比较级的用法。句意：——你的四川之行怎么样?——再好不过了。否定词加比较级往往表示最高级的概念。如：He couldn’t have done better. 他做得再好不过了。故选B。 -
第21题：
填空题In many societies of the world， we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies， b（） inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.正确答案： bilingualism解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
问答题In one day at a library, 64 people borrowed books. Twice as many people borrowed only a thriller as borrowed only a science fiction book. Three people borrowed a biography only and 11 people borrowed both science fiction and a thriller, but not a biography. The same number borrowed a biography and a thriller but no science fiction as borrowed one of each of the three types. Twenty-one people did not borrow a thriller. One more person borrowed a science fiction book and a biography book than borrowed a biography only. How many people borrowed a thriller only?正确答案： 28 people borrowed a thriller only.解析：
(设三种书都借的人数为X, 那么既借传记又借惊险小说的人数也为X; 设既借传记又借科幻小说的人数为Y；设只借科幻小说的人数为Z，那么只借惊险小说的人数为2Z。根据题意可知：Y=4; Y+Z+3=21; 3Z+2X+Y+11+3=64, 故求出Z=14, 2Z=28.) -
第23题：
问答题Practice 8 The United States has long been known as a “melting pot”, because many of its people are descended from settlers who came from all over the world to make their homes in the new land. The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands. Attracted by reports of great economic opportunities and religious and political freedom, immigrants from many other countries flocked to the United States in increasing numbers, reaching a peak in the years 1880—1914. Between 1820 and 1980 the United States admitted almost 50 million immigrants. Some 1,360,000 American Indians, descendants of North America's first inhabitants, now reside in the United States. Most live in the West, but many are in the south and north central areas. Of the more than 300 separate tribes, the largest is the Navaho in the Southwest. Black people were first brought to America from Africa as slaves. Their descendants now make up nearly 12 percent of the population. They once lived mainly in the agricultural South but now are scattered throughout the nation.正确答案： 【参考译文】
美国历来以“民族熔锅”著称,因为许多美国人是移民的后裔,当年这些移民从世界各地来到这块新土地上安家落户。美国历史上首批移民来自英国和荷兰。许多其他国家的人听说在美国经济上有很大的发展机会,还有宗教自由和政治自由,于是便纷纷移居美国,移民人数越来越多,1880年至1914年达到了顶峰。在1820年到1980年间,美国接纳了近5000万移民。
现在约有1360000名印第安人居住在美国,他们是北美土著的后裔。大多数印第安人住在西部,也有许多住在中部的南北地区。美国印第安人分属300多个不同的部落,其中最大的是西南部的纳瓦霍部落。
黑人当初是被当作奴隶从非洲贩运到美国的,他们的后裔现在几乎占美国人口的百分之十二。从前,黑人主要聚居在南方农业地带,但如今则分散到美国各地。解析： 暂无解析