2020年电大变化中的英语期末复习试题资料必备必考重点.doc

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1、精选电大变化中的英语复习资料小抄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：B 2. Standard English refers to the English _. A. of writing. Bewitch Brit

2、ish people use . C. which American people use. D. which British and American people use 正确答案：A 3. RP refers to _. A.net work English. B. General American. C.BBC English and General American. D. Educated Southern British English 正确答案：D 4. When we say RP, we mean it is a(n) _. A. variety of spoken Eng

3、lish. B. variety of written English. C. regional dialect. D. accent. 正确答案：A 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. the term ac

4、cent has to do only with the sound of the language 正确答案：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 正确答案：D 7. About language change, the statement that _ is NOT true. A. chang

5、e 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 正确答案：B 8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is proba

6、bly 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：B 9. Dialects refer to _. A. different ways of speaking. B. different written systems or different grammatical structures. C. both A and B. D.

7、 a form that is quite different from a language 正确答案：A 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 正确答案：D 11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by _. A

8、. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. WordsworthD. D. Shakespeare 正确答案：B 12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by _. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 正确答案：C13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by _. A. Geoffrey Chauc

9、er B. Shakespeare C. Bernard Shaw D. Samuel Johnson 正确答案：A14. Angles and Saxons were _. A. Latin-speaking Romans B. French-speaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 正确答案：C 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _. A.1st century B.C. by the Scandinavian people B.5th

10、century A.D. by the Normans C.11th century A.D. by the Normans D. World War II by Germans 正确答案：C 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

11、American accent D. with a variety of accents 正确答案：D 17. Standard English started in _. A. the South East of England B. the east of England C. the south of England D. London, Oxford and Cambridge 正确答案：A 18. Standard English started in _ century. A.5th B.11th C.14th D.15th 正确答案：C 19. Standard English

12、started spread all over the country because _. A. English was allowed to be taught in schools B. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in English C. William Caxton set up a printing press in 1475, and printed books D. All of the above 正确答案：D 20. The core of English lexicon is _. A .French words B. Latin and Greek

13、words C. The words brought back by the overseas D. Of Germanic origin 正确答案：D 21. When you recognize a word and know what it means, you have a _ knowledge of it. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：A 22. Talking to people needs _ knowledge and practice. A. receptive B. prod

14、uctive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：B 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 正确答案：C24. When a teacher corrects a students mistakes ,he is doing _ teaching. A. re

15、ceptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：D 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 正确答案：A 26. An American teacher, who made an especially important contr

16、ibution to the American way of spelling some English words, he is _. A. Noah Webster B. Mark Twin C. Webster Merriam D. Thomas McCauley 正确答案：A 27. When India was independent, the New Constitution recognized as official languages _ languages out of about 200 in use. A.2 B.3 C.5 D.14 正确答案：D 28. Most e

17、ducated Indians speak _ languages. A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 正确答案：C 29. Britain was an imperial power for about _ . A.80 years B.100 years. C.2 centuries D.3 centuries 正确答案：D 30. By the discovery of the New World, it is meant the discovery and settlement in _. A. Australia B. North America C. India D. South E

18、ast Asia 正确答案：B 31. In the three Circles of English language users, _ belong to the Outer Circle. A. native English speaking countries B. colonial countries of Britain and USA C. countries using English as a foreign language D. countries using English as an international language 正确答案：B 32. About th

19、e use of English worldwide in information age, the statement that _ is NOT true. A. the number of users of English is important B. who the users of English are and what they do with it are important C. the label “Information Age” is often given to the end of this century D .the most important langua

20、ge for communicative use at the scientific and technological developments in English 正确答案：C 33. Among the main International languages invented or simplified, _ is the most famous and successful. A. Esperanto B. Interlingua C. Ido D. Basic English (Nuclear English) 正确答案：A 34. About the disadvantages

21、 of English as a global language, the statement that _ is NOT true. A. the English grammar and sounds are difficult, and vocabulary is too large B. the English has inconsistencies C. English belongs to a different language family D. English is deeply rooted in the culture, customs, literature of UK

22、and USA 正确答案：D 35. 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：D 36. The international use of English

23、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 being

24、s and used for human purposes. C. They all change, but languages do not really evolve. D. Only A and B. 正确答案：C 38. The applications of science include _. A. international travel B. international travel and tourism C. medical technology and entertainment D. all of the above 正确答案：D 39. Science and tec

25、hnology cannot do without symbolic systems. Symbolic systems _ A. are necessary for thinking and for sharing and recording the results of thinking. B. Include language C. Include mathematics D. All of the above 正确答案：D 40. The dominance of English in science is _ A. the result of US political suprema

26、cy and scientific achievements B. 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：A 41. The special difficulty of scientific English for the readers is that _ A. they assume much shared knowledge B. the st

27、yle is impersonal and remote C. the papers are about abstractions. D. All of the above. 正确答案：A 42. 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 ambiguity C. Any uncertainty of the la

28、nguage used would be disastrous in air so English is the only choice D. None of the above 正确答案：D 43. 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 a

29、nd 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：D 44. Communicative approach is _. A. a view

30、 of ELT that put first understanding and being understood by another person B. learning by constantly doing dialogue practice C. a course designed to match the future work and needs of learners D. a way of learning and teaching that teachers and students communicate with each other 正确答案：A 45. Error

31、analysis is _. A. way of learning by studying common mistakes in order not to make any mistakes B. teaching in the belief that mistakes are necessary to learning and useful to teachers C. a way of teaching that teachers correct the students mistakes in the exercises whenever they occur D. a research

32、 method in order to see how good the students have learned 正确答案：B 46. ELT is the short form of _. A. English learning and teaching B. English language teaching C. Elementary learning and teaching D. Elementary language teaching 正确答案：B 47. The most important factor that reinforces the international r

33、ole of English is _. A. television B. travel and transport C. entertainments D. developments in IT 正确答案：D 48. IT is the shout form of _. A. international net B. international tourism (travel) C. information technology D. information transformation 正确答案：C 49. The term “interlanguage” is used for _ A.

34、 languages that are understood internationally B. languages that are internal to a country C. the languages of learners who has only partial control of a language D. languages that change rapidly 正确答案：C 50. The New Englishes can be called _.But their meanings are quite different. A. regional varieti

35、es of English B. emerging English C. local standard Englishes D. all of the above 正确答案：D 51. 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 elsewhere C. They change very fast and a

36、re unstable and unacceptable D. They have many mistakes or deviations from standard English. 正确答案：C 52. 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 res

37、entful. 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：A 53. Local varieties are not so difficult to learn as Standard English because _ A. the grammar i

38、s simpler. B. Mistakes do not matter so much. C. The vocabulary is not so large D. Students can feel that the language belongs to their country and their culture. 正确答案：D 54. The Quirk view is a(n) _ view. A. deficit B. liberation C. open D. correct 正确答案：A 55. In the Kachru view, the local English _

39、A. should be taught, learned and respected B. is not less good than the Standard English C. is not a failure of the education system D. all of the above 正确答案：D 56. In quirk view, people learn English mainly for _ use. A. regional B. national C. international D. global 正确答案：C57. Language changes beca

40、use language use is a creative process. Only _ is not the result of linguistic creativity. A. Pidgins B. Creoles C. Lingua franca D. interlanguage 正确答案：C 58 From the learners point of view, _ is not the disadvantage of learning a local standard English. A. Local Standards are useful only within the

41、region B. Local Standards offer limited access to written materials C. Local Standards are not well respected outside the local community D. Local Standards are easier to learn, but they still need time and efforts. 正确答案：D 59 Language learning represents a big investment of time and effort. All lear

42、ning is associated with _. A. an opportunity cost. B. The students desire C. The learners enjoying their education D. The decision of the governments education committee 正确答案：A 60 Saying that all languages are equal, it means that _ A. all languages deserve respect. B. All languages must be taken se

43、riously. C. languages serve perfectly well the purposes of those the use them. D. All of the above. 正确答案：D 61. 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 eq

44、ual, 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：D 62. Mr. Fletcher the language teacher said, German is disagreeable, French is elegant, and Italian is musical. It is _ A. true because actual

45、ly they are. B. His preference and prejudice. C. Where languages are unequal actually. D. All of the above 正确答案：B 63. 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 wher

46、e the speakers live C. 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：C 64. “My Fair Lady “ was an excellent film made from a play called “Pygmalion”, which was written by the famous Irish playwright, _ A. George

47、 Bernard Shaw B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Shakespeare D. Oscar Wilde 正确答案：A 65. 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：C 66. There are _ stages in the study of a language. A. two B. three C. four D. five 正确答案：A 67. There are th