 English around the world
A卷（共2大题，计20分）
Ⅰ. 交际用语填空（本题共5小题，计5分）
1. —What about going for a walk?
— .
A. Good idea
B. Help yourself
C. Go ahead, please
D. Me, too
2. —Are you feeling ?
—Yes. I'm fine now.
A. any well
B. quite well
C. any better
D. quite better
3. —Having a nice Sunday.
— .
A. The same to you
B. You do too
C. The same as you
D. You have it too
4. —How's the young man?
— .
A. He's twenty
B. He's much better
C. He's a doctor
D. He's David
5. —I got a rise in salary!
—
A. Yes, I think so.
B. You did?
C. Are you?
D. My pleasure.
Ⅱ. 单项填空（本题共15小题，计15分）
6. Jack has come to China the second time.
A. at
B. for
C. by
D. drying
7. He saw quite a few kites in the air.
A. flew
B. flown
C. flying
D. flight
8. —Don't forget to your textbook here tomorrow.
—No. I won't.
A. take
B. fetch
C. bring
D. lift
9. He bought two books for Amy and for Alice.
A. two another books B. two books another C. another two books D. more two books
10. We have no them out.
A. difficult in working B. difficulties with working C. difficulty working D. difficulty to work
11. People in America speak the same language the British do.
A. which
B. what
C. as
D. like
12. There are some mistakes in your composition.
A. spelling
B. spell
C. spelled
D. spelt
13. How did the accident ?
A. come out
B. come along
C. come about
D. come across
14. Visitors not to touch the exhibits.
A. will request
B. request
C. are requested
D. are requesting
15. The number of the people who speak English large, and a large number of people native speakers.
A. are;are
B. is;are
C. is;is
D. are;is
16. Cleaning women in big cities usually get by the hour.
A. pay
B. paying
C. paid
D. to pay
17. In order to improve English, .
A. Jenny's father bought her a lot of tapes
B. Jenny bought a lot of tapes for herself
C. a lot of tapes were bought by Jenny
D. a lot of tapes were bought by Jenny's father
18. Some of the wheat is from Canada. What about ?
A. another
B. the other
C. others
D. the rest
19. He asked open the window.
A. that he could
B. if he could
C. if could he
D. whether could he
20. Jack when the meeting would be held.
A. told
B. said
C. spoke
D. asked
B卷（共4大题，计40分）
Ⅲ. 完形填空（本题共20小题，计20分）
In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. 21 knows his own language, but 22 is very useful, especially when we travel to other countries. If we go to France, we ought to be able to speak 23 , and in Germany people will 24 us to understand German.
How many languages are there in the world? There are about fifteen hundred, but many of them are not very 25 . English is one of the most important languages 26 so many people use it, not only in England and the USA, 27 in other parts of the world. More than 200 000 000 speak it 28 their own language, and about another 200 000 000 use it as a second language. It is 29 to say how many people are learning it. Many millions of school boys and school girls are trying to do so.
English children study French, which is also a very 30 language. An Englishman can 31 find someone in almost all parts of the world who is able to talk to him in either English or 32 .
Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learnt our own language well when we were children. If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so 33 . Think of what a child 34 . It listens to what people say, and it tries to imitate(模仿) what it hears. When it wants something, it 35 ask for it. It is 36 the language, talking in it, and thinking in it all the time. If people had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.
37 is also important to remember that we learn our own language by hearing people speak it, not by seeing 38 they write. We imitate(模仿) what we hear. In school, 39 you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak, it is 40 to learn all the new words first through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later.
21. A. No one
B. Someone
C. Everybody
D. Any one
22. A. one
B. the one
C. the others
D. another one
23. A. France
B. French
C. Language
D. English
24. A. hope
B. insist(坚持)
C. expect(期望)
D. help
25. A. necessary
B. easy
C. important
D. difficult
26. A. because
B. although
C. when
D. and
27. A. and
B. or
C. but
D. nor
28. A. as
B. like
C. for
D. with
29. A. easy
B. interesting
C. different
D. difficult
30. A. beautiful
B. important
C. difficult
D. interesting
31. A. hardly
B. sometimes
C. easily
D. freely
32. A. German
B. Russian
C. Japanese
D. French
33. A. useful
B. easy
C. difficult
D. useless
34. A. does
B. speaks
C. learns
D. likes
35. A. ought to
B. is able to
C. has to
D. decides
36. A. learning
B. using
C. studying
D. trying
37. A. That
B. This
C. It
D. What
38. A. what
B. how
C. why
D. as
39. A. because
B. although
C. as soon as
D. among
40. A. necessary
B. best
C. better
D. possible
Ⅳ. 阅读理解（本题共10小题，计10分）
A
Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example most of the language of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original(最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4 500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4 500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. Abut 1 000 years ago English was a little-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a large number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts. 41. The first paragraph mainly tells us that .
A. most people in the world speak Chinese
B. there are thousands of languages in today's worldC. man has much knowledge about languages
D. some people know several languages
42. Most European and Indian languages .
A. will soon die out completely
B. were once a relative of English
C. are no longer spoken
D. come from the same family
43. seems to have changed a lot.
A. Chinese
B. English
C. Spanish
D. German
44. The word “dialect” in the last paragraph means .
A. a special language spoken by Chinese
B. the sign used by Chinese people in a special area
C. the difference between the old and today's Chinese
D. the form of a language used in one part of the country
45. It is considered that the most difficult thing for one to learn to speak Chinese is that .
A. there are great differences between the dialects of Chinese
B. Chinese and many foreign languages are not of the same family
C. Chinese is a very old language
D. there are great differences between the old Chinese and the present day Chinese
B
How men first learned to invent words is unknown;in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts, feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other, and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. These sounds, whether spoken, or written in letter we call words. The power of words then lies in their connections—the things they bring up before our minds.
46. The origin of language is .
A. a legend（传说） handed down from the past
B. a matter that is hidden or secret
C. a question difficult to answer
D. a problem, not yet solved
47. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that .
A. they could agree upon certain signs
B. they could write them down
C. they would communicate with each other
D. they could combine them
48. What is true about the words?
A. They are used to express feelings only.
B. They can't be written down.
C. They are simply sounds.
D. They are mysterious.
49. The real power of words mainly lies in their .
A. properties B. characteristics C. peculiarity D. representative function
50. By “connection”, the author means .
A. a special quality
B. a joining of ideas in the mind
C. an appearance which is puzzling
D. a strange character
Ⅴ. 改错（本题共5小题，计5分）
51. Half of the money with which we opened two shops were mine.
52. The old man held a burned candle in his hand to light the room.
53. Many words were brought into English language.
54. He came here at the first time.
55. The door was left opened.
Ⅵ. 汉译英（本题共5小题，计5分）
56. 你不需要问，请随便。
57. 这个国家的大多数人都说英语。
58. 现在，掌握英语变得越来越重要。
59. 在口语方面的区别较大。
60. 他手上拿着一本书走进教室。
参考答案
1~5 ACABB 6~10 BCCCC
11~15 CACCB 16~20 CBDBD
21~25 CDBCC 26~30 ACADB
31~35 CDCAC 36~40 BCABC
41~45 CDBDA 46~50 DCDDB
51. were→was 52. burned→burning 53. 在English前加the 54. at→for 55. opened→open
56. You don't need to ask. Make yourself at home!
57. The majority of the people in the country speak English.
58. At present, it becomes more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
59. The difference in spoken language is greater.
60. He entered the classroom, with a book in the hand.
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