__________ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard Sheridan B.Oliver Goldsmith C.Oscar Wilde D.Bernard Shaw
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B.Oliver Goldsmith
C.Oscar Wilde
D.Bernard Shaw
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第1题：
Scientists have done __________ experiments to show that praise works better than criticism.A.countless
B. countable
C.counting
D.count
参考答案：A
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第2题：
The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was ___________.
A、Bernard Shaw
B、Eugene O’Neil
C、Richard Brinsley Sheridan
D、William Shakespeare
参考答案：B
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第3题：
For any Englishman there can never be any discussion as to who is the world's greatest writer. Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him：that of William Shakespeare.
Every Englishman has some knowledge of his work. All of us use words and phrases from Shakespeare's writings that have become a part of the English-speaking people.
Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand!
There is probably no better way for a foreigner (or an Englishman!) to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare uses it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners), even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare's day.
1). From the first two sentences of the passage we can conclude that ________.
A. it can't be discussed about who is the world's greatest dramatist
B. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer
C. Englishmen like to discuss about who is the world's greatest writer
D. it can't be discussed about who is the world's greatest poet
2). According to the passage many English words and phrases that we use today are from _____.
A. Englishmen
B. English speaking people
C. Shakespeare's works
D. ancient people
3). To learn the richness of the English language, people should ______.
A. write and read more
B. be glad to be a foreigner
C. learn from an English man
D. read Shakespeare's plays
4). The author does not suggest beginners reading Shakespeare's plays probably because _____.
A. only Englishmen can understand his plays
B. some of English usage and the meaning of many words have changed
C. the works are too difficult for a beginner
D. the works are for native speakers
5). In this passage the author wants to _______.
A. tell how great a writer Shakespeare is
B. tell that some aspects of English usage have changed since Shakespeare's day
C. tell that some English words are out of use now
D. show the richness of English language
正确答案：BCDCA
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第4题：
According to the literary review, Shakespeare his characters live through their language in his plays.
A. will make B. had made C. was making D. makes
正确答案：D
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第5题：
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第三篇
A Debate on the English Language
A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United
States.The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's
official language and the other says it is the "common and unifying（统一的）"tongue.But
Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't
understand why the issue is so controversial（有争议的）.
"The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,"says Dick Tucker,a social
scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University."It's related to a worry about the
changing demography（人口统计）of the US.It's a worry about who will continue to have
political and economic influence."
In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the
nation's founding.John Adams lobbied（游说）in 1780 for the creation of a national
academy to correct and improve the English language.But his proposal died,since
lawmakers saw it as a royalist（保皇主义者）attempt to define personal behavior.
Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the
special status of English lived on.
The emotions surrounding language resurface（再次浮现）not because people feel
comfortable with English.It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new
languages,says Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University.
"Language is never about language,"he says.
According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18
years old,172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other
than English.Among them,6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak
English at all.The phrase "kicked around" (paragraph 4)could be best replaced by
A:"invented".
B:"formed".
C:"shaped".
D:"discussed".答案：D解析： -
第6题：
It can be inferred from the passage that( )A.Dickens’s hatred toward London grew with his age
B.Dickens ’s works contributed to some of the changes of London
C.Dickens liked to portray only the dark sides of London
D.Dickens，a social reformer，was devoted to the changes of London答案：B解析：推断题。A项“狄更斯对于伦敦的怨恨与日俱增”，文章第一段就提到伦敦给予了他许多情感，不只是负面的情感，后文又提到现代人们将其对于伦敦的情感称作是love/hate relationship，所以A项的表述错误。C项“狄更斯只喜欢刻画伦敦的阴暗面”，这一表述过于绝对化，所以很显然也是错误的，文章最后几段就有提到他对于伦敦积极一面的描绘。D项“作为社会改革家，狄更斯致力于伦敦的改变”，这一表述夸大了狄更斯的角色，狄更斯更多是通过自己的小说来关注社会现实，警醒人们积极改善不好的方面，所以D项也排除。B项提到“狄更斯的作品有助于伦敦的一些改善”，这是相对于D项更为客观的表述。 -
第7题：
Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories.They are（）,（）and history plays.
tragedies；comedies
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第8题：
Bernard Shaw began his career as a dramatist in 1892, when his first play "（）"(1892) was put on by the independent theater society.
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第9题：
填空题Bernard Shaw began his career as a dramatist in 1892, when his first play "（）"(1892) was put on by the independent theater society.正确答案： Widowers' House解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
填空题Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories.They are（）,（）and history plays.正确答案： tragedies,comedies解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题It is worthwhile to study the various ways in which Shakespeare used English because _____.AEnglish words have changed a lot since Shakespeare’s time
Bby doing so one can be fully aware of the richness of the English language
CEnglish words are now being used in the same way as in Shakespeare’s days
Dof none of the above
正确答案： A解析：
细节题。由“There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it.”可知，正确答案应为B项。 -
第12题：
单选题Researchers have ______ the General Social Survey regularly since 1972; therefore, it is considered to be ______ survey.Aadministered, a cyclical
Bassembled, a trifling
Ccombined, a demographic
Ddetached, an irregular
Edisclosed, an anonymous
正确答案： D解析：
根据句意，第二个空的意思应和“regularly”意思相近，所以应填“cyclical”。cyclical“周期的；循环的”；administer“管理；执行；给予”；detached“分离的；超然的”；demographic“人口学的；人口统计学的”。 -
第13题：
His noble example inspired the rest of us ( ) greater efforts.
A、/
B、with
C、of
D、to
正确答案:D
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第14题：
Inspired by Dr. Yang’s speech, Li Hua and his classmates decided to study English harder.()此题为判断题(对，错)。
参考答案：正确
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第15题：
A dramatist usually_______ .
［A］ clarifies the complicated relationship in his drama
［B］ makes the relationship in his drama more complicated
［C］ hopes to see his protagonist win an easy victory
［D］ likes to present his protagonist as threatening fellows
正确答案：B本题考查推理引申。第三段第一、二句提到，戏剧的主人公遭遇困难，因为他的目的与其他各种因素发生冲突，从而无法实现。这样事件就变得复杂起来，主人公能否成功地处理这些复杂事件决定了戏剧最终的结局。由此可见，复杂事件是戏剧不可缺少的部分，剧作家经常会做的事情是［B］而非［A］。［C］和［D］都只是出现了文中protagonist一词，但其论述无从推知。
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第16题：
She seldom plays basketball, so she isn't ()at playing it.A.sociable
B.skillfull
C.specializing
D.social答案：B解析：她很少打篮球，所以她对打篮球不熟练。 -
第17题：
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A Debate on the English Language
A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States .The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's official lan-guage and the other says it is the “common and unifying（统一的）”tongue. But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.
Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't understand
why the issue is so controversial（有争议的）.
“The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,”says Dick Tucker,a social scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.“It's related to a worry about the changing demography （人口统计）of the US It's a worry about who will continue to have political and economic influence.”
In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding. John Adams lobbied（游说）in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language.But his proposal died,since lawmakers saw it as a roy-alist（保皇主义者）attempt to define personal behavior.
Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.
The emotions surrounding language resurface（再次浮现）not because people feel comfortable with English .It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages,says Walt Wolfram,a professor at North Carolina State University.
“Language is never about language,”he says.
According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18 years old, 172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other than English. Among them,6 .5 million speak poor English and 3 .1 million don't speak English at all.What are the two declarations concerned with?
A:.The status of the English language.
B: The protection of new languages.
C: The rights to speak one's mother tongue.
D: The improvement of the English language.答案：A解析：本题问“两个宣言关切到什么？”文章的第一句话是这么说的：在美国，一个宣布英语是国语的措施正在经受着激烈的争论。然后文章说到美国参议院上周通过了两个宣言。一个宣言把英语叫做国家的官方语言；另一个宣言说英语是通用的、起统一作用的语言。可见这两个宣言涉及英语的地位问题，因此A项是正确的。
本题问“谁在18世纪就建议英语应该得到保护？”第四段有这样一句话：John Adams lobbied in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. 1780年John Adams曾游说建立一个国家研究院，致力于纠正并修改英语。可见正确的选择应该是John Adams。
本题问“下面的哪一方面跟目前的争论无关？”第三段提到A、B和C，唯有D没有提到。D说的是“美国的军事力量”。
本题问“根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告，哪个命题是真的？”最后一段话的第一个句子是这么说的：根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告，18岁以上美国人有两亿九百万人。所以C项是对的。其他选项都把两亿九百万人当作了美国的总人口，因而是错误的。
本题问“kicked around最有可能被哪个词替换？”这个短语出现在下面这个句子中：In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding．事实上，保护这一语言的思想几乎从这个国家建立时就开始讨论了。这个短语的意义可以从上下文中推出。 -
第18题：
Henry James was most famous for( )A.his poems
B.his plays
C.his novels
D.his short stories答案：C解析：美国文学之作家概况。Henry James是美国著名的小说家，和Mark Twain同时代。他的代表作有TheAmerican(《美国人》)和The Portrait of a Lady(《一个贵妇人的画像》)。 -
第19题：
The report listed as new basics（）
- A、English,mathematics,computer,social studies
- B、science,mathematics,social studies,foreign language
- C、English,science,social studies,mathematics,computer
- D、English,science,computer,social studies
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第20题：
单选题Every Englishman knows _____.Amore or less about Shakespeare
BShakespeare, but only slightly
Call Shakespeare’s works
Donly the name of the greatest English writer
正确答案： B解析：
细节题。由“Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the works of our greatest writer.”可知，每个英国人都对莎士比亚有所了解。 -
第21题：
单选题Shakespeare is well-known ______ a great writer ______ his famous works.Afor; as
Blike; for
Cas; for
Dabout; with
正确答案： B解析：
句意：莎士比亚以作家的身份而出名，他有很多名著。be well-known as以…身份而出名；be well-known for sth.因某事/物而出名。故答案是C项。 -
第22题：
单选题These classical works have been simplified on behalf of beginners of English.Aas the representative of
Bin the interest of
Cin the name of
Din the process of
正确答案： B解析：
句意：这些经典作品被简写了，目的是方便初学英语的人。on behalf of的意思是“代表，为了”。in the interest of为了……利益；in the name of以……的名义。 -
第23题：
单选题Since his works earned him quite a reputation in Liverpool, he has stayed there most of his life, ________the visit to his hometown by chance.Aapart from
Binstead of
Cthanks to
Das for
正确答案： A解析：