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Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but n

o 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 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 languages 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 languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 yeas ago.

Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. Some even die out completely. About 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 millions of speakers. Their differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.

The first paragraph mainly tells us that ______.

A．most people in the world speak Chinese

B．there are thousands of languages in the world today

C．man has much knowledge about languages

D．some people know several languages

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第1题

Throughout most of its history, ______ was a major problem that plagued Ireland.A．emigrati

Throughout most of its history, ______ was a major problem that plagued Ireland.

A．emigration

B．population distribution

C．ethic conflict

D．birth control

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第2题

Based on the information in the passage, you can infer that the passage is______.A．about t

Based on the information in the passage, you can infer that the passage is______.

A．about the family's mechanism of species survival

B．about the social, economic, and emotional usefulness of the family throughout human history

C．about duties of the family shared by both husband and wife

D．about the emotional needs received from parents, siblings, and relations

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第3题

We may infer from the second paragraph that[A] DNA technology has been widely applied t

We may infer from the second paragraph that

[A] DNA technology has been widely applied to history research.

[B] in its early days the U.S. was confronted with delicate situations.

[C] historians deliberately made up some stories of Jefferson’s life.

[D] political compromises are easily found throughout the U.S. history.

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第4题

The passage states that Old Roman and Gregorian chant repertories areA．less praiseworthy b

The passage states that Old Roman and Gregorian chant repertories are

A．less praiseworthy because of the absence of new listening strategies that allows listener to perceive their original context

B．evidence of the musical supremacy of Western musical culture in virtue of their interesting use of gender metaphors

C．wholly devoid of immanent musical characteristics, including but not limited to gender

D．usually given interpretations that reveal more about the mindset of musical critics throughout history than the compositions themselves

E．incapable of being explained, aesthetically speaking, by any form. of musical criticism

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第5题

According to the passage, theorists throughout history have considered all of the followin

g as possible reasons for the ornamentation of male plumage EXCEPT

A．Adornment attracts females on the basis of unconscious aesthetic preferences, increasing their evolutionary advantage.

B．Adornment attracts females to males who resemble their preferred food source, thus contributing to the mating process.

C．Adornment among males signifies heightened physical activity to females, thereby indicating evolutionary superiority.

D．Adornment reduces the amount of energy necessary to frighten rival males, thereby conserving resources.

E．Adornment in plumage frightens rivals away from a limited food source, thereby ensuring a dominant male's survival.

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第6题

听力原文：Welcome, everyone, and thank you for visiting Greenfield Botanical Garden. My nam

听力原文： Welcome, everyone, and thank you for visiting Greenfield Botanical Garden. My name is Victor, and I'll be your guide for today. This garden was once a garden that belonged to Ms. Mary Whiten, who was the wife to the first governor of the state, the Honorable James Whiten. Then through numerous neighboring acquisitions throughout the history of the garden's 112-year-old life, it has quadrupled in size. With an increase in international trade, flowers, herbs, and other exotic plants were added to the extensive list of displays, including the Japanese June plant, the Chinese fern, and the African scarlet rose. Finally, ten years ago, this garden was officially recognized as a historical site with a tribute paid to Ms. Mary Whiten's efforts to preserve some of our country's most distinctive and rare breeds of plants.

What are the listeners doing？

A．Receiving tips about gardening.

B．Taking a tour of a historic site.

C．Learning about the governor.

D．Buying exotic plants.

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第7题

Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the pr

oblem. One of there, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, But they were never built.

Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly, an example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly every far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.

The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large "hot air ballon". They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it？ The ballon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year. The King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals land ed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip last- ed twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.

Leonardo Da Vinci ______.

A．said that man would in the sky one day

B．built a kind of machine which never flew

C．drew many beautiful pictures of birds.

D．made designs for flying machines.

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第8题

Throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. The deat

h penalty is the most controversial penal practice in the modem world. Other harsh, physical forms of criminal punishment—referred to as corporal punishment (体罚) —have generally been eliminated in modem times. In the majority of countries, contemporary methods of punishment—such as imprisonment or fines—have abandoned infliction (施加) of physical pain. Although imprisonment and fines are universally recognized as necessary to the control of crime, the nations of the world are split on the issue of capital punishment. About 90 nations have abolished the death penalty and an almost equal number of nations retain it.

The trend in most industrialized nations has been to first stop executing prisoners and then to substitute long terms of imprisonment for death as the most severe of all criminal penalties. The United States is an important exception. The federal government and a majority of U.S. states provide for the death penalty, and on average 75 executions occur each year throughout the United States.

Since ancient times most governments have punished crimes by death as a routine part of the administration of criminal law. However, in the nfid-18th century, social critics began to criticize government practices they considered unjust, including capital punishment. The debate over whether governments should utilize the death penalty continues today.

Critics of capital punishment argue that it is cruel and insulting; while supporters assert that it is a uniquely effective punishment that prevents crime. However, advocates and opponents of the death penalty dispute the proper interpretation of statistical analyses of its preventing effect. Opponents of capital punishment see the death penalty as a human fights issue involving the limits of governmental power. In contrast, the advocates tend to regard capital punishment as an issue of criminal justice policy. Because of these alternative viewpoints, there will be further debate not only about what is the right answer on capital punishment, but about what type of question is being asked when the death penalty becomes a public issue.

According to the first paragraph, corporal punishment ______.

A．is a controversial penal practice now

B．is mere welcome than death penalty in most countries

C．is more effective than imprisonment and fines

D．is all history in most countries

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第9题

A Most Important Period in Greek One of the most important periods in Greek history was th

A Most Important Period in Greek

One of the most important periods in Greek history was the Hellenistic Age which began after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B. C., and lasted almost 200 years. It was during this time in history that Greek ideas and Greek culture spread into Egypt and throughout the Near East. A Greek state even existed (51) India. During the Hellenistic Age, there were great advances (52) in Greek scholarship in such areas as philosophy, science, religion, art and social justice. Important discoveries were made in the (53) . Eratosthenes, for instance, made an accurate calculation (54) the diameter of the earth, while Aristarchus declared that the earth (55) round. Social reformers attempted to (56) debt and (57) a program of land redistribution among the poor hut met with little success. Women achieved a better social (58) and among the middle class education became widespread.

Peace of mind was the great concern of the philosophers of the Hellenistic Age. The Stoics insisted that happiness could be achieved when (59) learned to accept the events which were (60) his control and, at the same time, did his duty. The Epicureans (61) the idea that moderation in pleasure and the avoidance of pain produced the desired result. The Cynics turned away from all desires and pleasures, and (62) pursuit of virtue. In religion, many Greeks (63) the worship of such Egyptian gods as Serapis and Isis.

During the Hellenistic Age, the area of Greek influence included such political powers as the Ptolemies of Egypt, the Seleucids of Syria, the Antigonids of Macedon and the Attalids of Pergamum, and it was their fighting against each other and (64) themselves that (65) the way for the aggressive Romans to conquer Greece and most of the Hellenistic world in the 100's B.C. The Romans brought the Hellenistic Age to a close when they conquered the last major power, Egypt, in 30 B. C.

(51)

A．as far as

B．more far than

C．so far as

D．even more than

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第10题

The most fundamental group to which a person belongs is the family. The institution of the family exists in almost every

The most fundamental group to which a person belongs is the family. The institution of the family exists in almost every human culture. It is considered by behavioral scientists to be one of the oldest institutions in human history.

The family unit serves many important functions. The performance of these functions is he reason for the family's importance. Above all , the family serves as a mechanism of species survival (生存，幸存) .

Families also have important economic functions. In primitive societies, the tasks of gathering food and providing shelter were divided among family members. Today, both husband and wife may work and share the duties of homemaking and child rearing.

In addition to its survival and economic functions, the family gives its members social status. In many societies, a person is not considered a complete member until he has married and produced children. Finally, the family helps to meet the basic emotional needs of a person through the love and support received from parents, siblings (兄弟姐妹)， and relatives.

21. Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage？ ____________.

A. The family has changed greatly over time

B. Many of the functions of the family today are being performed by government agencles

C. The most important role for the family is to gather food

D. The family has served many useful functions throughout history

22. According to the passage, which of the following is an example of the role of the family in giving status？____________.

A. A child is taught to respect his elders

B. A couple work for several years to save for the purchase of a home

C. A politician makes a campaign commercial with his family

D. A mother comforts a child after he skins his knees

23. It can be concluded from the passage that the family is ____________.

A. undergoing many changes

B. the only useful social institution

C. likely to exist in future societies

D. not the same today as it was in the past

24. As it is used in the second paragraph of the passage, the word "mechanism" means ____________.

A. parts of an organism or system which work together

B. racial group united by language, religion, custom, etc.

C. the people living in one place, district or country, considered as a whole

D. a worker skilled in using or repairing machines or tools

25. Based on the information in the passage, you can infer that the passage is 一一一一一一·

A. about the family's mechanism of species survival

B. about the social, economic, and emotional usefulness of family throughout human history

C. about duties of the family shared by both husband and wife

D. about the emotional needs received from parents, siblings, and relations

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