- 阅读理解A
题干:Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,tocommandtheEnglishlanguagewithskillandgift.Nordotheyaspiretosuchcommandthemselves.Inhislatestbook,DoingOurOwnThing:TheDegradationofLanguageandMusicandWhyWeShouldLike,Care,JohnMcWhorter,alinguistandcontroversialistofmixedliberalandconservativeviews,seesthetriumphof1960scounter-cultureasresponsibleforthedeclineofformalEnglish.Blamingthepermissive1960sisnothingnew,butthisisnotyetanothercriticismagainstthedeclineineducation.Mr.McWhorter'sacademicspecialtyislanguagehistoryandchange,andheseesthegradualdisappearanceof"whom",forexample,tobenaturalandnomoreregrettablethanthelossofthecase-endingsofOldEnglish.Butthecultoftheauthenticandthepersonal,“doingourownthing",hasspeltthedeathofformalspeech,writing,poetryandmusic.Whileeventhemodestlyeducatedsoughtanelevatedtonewhentheyputpentopaperbeforethe1960s,eventhemostwellregardedwritingsincethenhassoughttocapturespokenEnglishonthepage.Equally,inpoetry,thehighlypersonal,performativegenreistheonlyformthatcouldclaimrealliveliness.InbothoralandwrittenEnglish,talkingistriumphingoverspeaking,spontaneityovercraft.Illustratedwithanentertainingarrayofexamplesfrombothhighandlowculture,thetrendthatMr.McWhorterdocumentsisunmistakable.Butitislessclear,totakethequestionofhissubtitle,whyweshould,like,care.Asalinguist,heacknowledgesthatallvarietiesofhumanlanguage,includingnon-standardoneslikeBlackEnglish,canbepowerfullyexpressive-thereexistsnolanguageordialectintheworldthatcannotconveycomplexideas.Heisnotarguing,asmanydo,thatwecannolongerthinkstraightbecausewedonottalkproper.Russianshaveadeeplovefortheirownlanguageandcarrylargechunksofmemorizedpoetryintheirheads,whileItalianpoliticianstendtoelaboratespeechthatwouldseemold-fashionedtomostEnglish-speakers.Mr.McWhorteracknowledgesthatformallanguageisnotstrictlynecessary,andproposesnoradicaleducationalreforms-heisreallygrievingoverthelossofsomethingbeautifulmorethanuseful.WenowtakeourEnglish"onpaperplatesinsteadofchina”.Ashame,perhaps,butprobablyaninevitableone.
题目:The word “talking" ( Line 6,Para.3 ) denotes_____. - A 、modesty
- B 、personality
- C 、liveliness
- D 、informality

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【正确答案:D】
词汇题。talking 一词出现在第三段第四句中。第三段前三句都在说明正式语言的退化,非 正式语言的流行。第四句中有两组对应的词, talking和speaking, spontaneity和craft, 根据文 章写作逻辑可推出他们表明的应是正式与非正式英语间的对比。其中spontaneity意为“自我发挥”, craft意为“精心准备”,因此talking应表示非正式语言, D选项正确。

- 1 【阅读理解A】 he word “pinpoint” (Para. 1, Line 3) basically means().
- A 、appreciate
- B 、obtain
- C 、interpret
- D 、identify
- 2 【阅读理解A】The word “liability” (Para. 1. Line 4) most probably means “()”.
- A 、misfortune
- B 、instability
- C 、disadvantage
- D 、burden
- 3 【阅读理解A】 The word “portend” (Line 1, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to “()”.
- A 、defy
- B 、signal
- C 、suffer from
- D 、result from
- 4 【阅读理解A】 The word “acclimation” (Line 8, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to().
- A 、adaptation
- B 、application
- C 、motivation
- D 、competition
- 5 【阅读理解A】The word “savvy” ( Line 2,Para 2) probably means_____.
- A 、suspicious
- B 、secure
- C 、shrewd
- D 、simple
- 6 【阅读理解A】The word “Gossip” (Line 5,Para.1) means_____.
- A 、friendship
- B 、currency
- C 、informal talk
- D 、profit or goods
- 7 【阅读理解A】The word “savvy” ( Line 1,Para.2) probably means_____.
- A 、suspicious
- B 、secure
- C 、shrewd
- D 、simple
- 8 【阅读理解A】The word "mania" (Line 4,Para.2) most probably means_____.
- A 、fun
- B 、craze
- C 、hysteria
- D 、excitement
- 9 【阅读理解A】The word “arbiters” ( Line 6,Para.4)most probably refers to those_____.
- A 、who work as coordinators
- B 、who function as judges
- C 、who supervise transactions
- D 、who determine the price
- 10 【阅读理解A】The word “gizmos”(Line 1,Para.2)most probably means_____.
- A 、programs
- B 、experts
- C 、devices
- D 、creatures
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