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In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together,co

In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprises the whole vocabulary. First, there arc those words【C1】______which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we【C2】______, that is to say, from the【C3】______of our own family and from our familiar associates, and【C4】______we should know and use【C5】______we could not read or write. They【C6】______the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who【C7】______the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people【C8】______and are not exclusive【C9】______of a limited class.

On the other hand, our language【C10】______a multitude of words which are comparatively【C11】______used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little【C12】______to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first acquaintance with these words【C13】______not from our mother's【C14】______or from the talk of our school-mates,【C15】______from books that we read, lectures that we【C16】______, or the more【C17】______conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular【C18】______in a style. appropriately elevated above the habitual【C19】______everyday life. Such words【C20】______"learned", and the distinction between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.

【C1】

A．at

B．with

C．by

D．through

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第2题

In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, c

omprises the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words【C1】______which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we【C2】______, that is to say, from the【C3】______of our own family and from our familiar associates, and【C4】______we should know and use【C5】______we could not read or write. They【C6】______the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who【C7】______the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people【C8】______and are not the exclusive【C9】______of a limited class.

On the other hand, our language【C10】______a multitude of words which are comparatively【C11】______used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little【C12】______to use them at home or in the market-place. Our【C13】______acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's【C14】______or from the talk of our schoolmates,【C15】______from books that we read, lectures that we【C16】______, or the more【C17】______conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular【C18】______in a style. appropriately elevated above the habitual【C19】______of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the【C20】______between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.

【C1】

A．at

B．with

C．by

D．through

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第3题

Every profession or trade, every art, or every science has its technical vocabulary, the f

unction of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English, and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature (术语). Such special dialects, or jargons, are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally under stood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations, such as farming and fishing, that have occupied a great number of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fiber of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound, and more generally understood, than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity, and philosophy have also, in their older strata, be come pretty familiar to cultivated persons, and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet, every vocation still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educated speech. And the proportion has been much increased in the last fifty years, particularly in the various departments of natural and political science and in the mechanic arts. Here new terms are coined with the greatest freedom, and abandoned with indifference when they have served their turn. Most of the new coinages are confined to special discussions and seldom get into general literature or conversation. Yet, no profession is nowadays, as all professions once were, a closed guild. The lawyer, the physician, the man of science, or the priest associates freely with his fellow creatures, and does not meet them in a merely professional way. Furthermore, what is called popular science makes everybody acquainted with modem views and recent discoveries. Any important experiment, though made in a remote or provincial laboratory, is at once reported in the newspapers, and everybody is soon talking about it--as in the case of the Roentgen rays and wireless telegraphy. Thus, our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace.

The author's main purpose in the passage is to ______.

A．describe a phenomenon

B．argue a belief

C．propose a solution

D．stimulate action

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In 1971 there were about 3,700 million people in the world. If the population were 【C1】___

___ evenly over the earth' s surface there would be about 50 people to the square mile; but there are vast areas of desert and mountain and tropical forest 【C2】______ are uninhabited, 【C3】______ at the other 【C4】______ , in the great cities millions may live within a few square miles.

【C5】______ of the world' s population is concentrated on only a small 【C6】______ of the earth' s land surface, in the rich valleys and 【C7】______ plains, because people up to the present time have 【C8】______ to congregate in place where the climate and soil make it easy to grow food and obtain shelter.

A 【C9】______ world population and the discoveries of science 【C10】______ this pattern of distribution in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in 【C11】______ the population of the world is steadily 【C12】______ .

When numbers 【C13】______ , the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought 【C14】______ cultivation, or land already 【C15】______ , made to yield larger crops. In some areas the accessible land is largely so intensively cultivated 【C16】______ it will be difficult to make it 【C17】______ more food. in some areas the population is so dense that the land is divided into. units 【C18】______ tiny to allow for much improvement in farming methods. 【C19】______ a large part of this farming population drawn 【C20】______ into industrial occupations, the land might be farmed much more productively by modern methods.

【C1】______

A．scattered

B．restrained

C．separated

D．resembled

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根据短文回答 46～50 题。 Landmines Worldwide there are estimated to be 120 million lan

根据短文回答 46～50 题。

Landmines

Worldwide there are estimated to be 120 million landmines(地雷)spread through 62 countries._______ (46) The United Nations is currently involved in 14 mine-clearing operations around the world but it estimates that。at current rate,it will take 1,000 years to remove all the world's landmines.

Landmines are a favorable weapon because they cost so little to produce--about 3 pounds per mine._______ (47)

Landmines cause the death or injury of 70 people a day, of whom most are civilians._______ (48)In fact,about half the landmines active today lie in unmarked fields,in countries no longer in conflict.And landmines do not only kill and maim(使残废):they also hold back economic development.In Afghanistan,for example,where the former Soviet Army laid down an estimated ten million landmines,more than half of the land which could be cultivated for agriculture is useless because it is so heavily mined.According to Eileen Maybin of the Christy Christian Aid,mines also condemn people to relying on overseas aid-aid which is often provided by governments which provided the landmines in the first place: "_______ (49)Because there are landmines on agricultural land,people are actually dependent on food aid.This is one of the ironies of the situation. That governments are providing money for food aid when,if the mines were cleared,people would be able to feed themselves."

Forty-nine countries have so far signed the United Nations Inhumane Weapons Convention，which restricts the manufacture and export of landmines._______ (50)

But some signatories(签约国)of the UN Convention,such as the UK,continue to support the manufacture and export of these weapons.The British Government says that it won't support a complete ban because it considers the landmine a legitimate(合法的)military weapon if it is used responsibly.

A．A further 19 counties,including the USA,France,Germany and Japan,have banned all exports of landmines completely.

B．However the cost of locating and removing them is high-between 300 pounds and 700 pounds per mine.

C．A recent UN gathering of world leaders in Vienna,Austria,failed to secure a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of landmines.

D．And every year.for every 100,000 mines removed,another two million are put down.

E．Landmines are actually destroying the social fabric and economic independence of countries.

F．And many of the casualties occur in countries where war has long since ended.

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第6题

Many types of lilies with ornate blossoms are cultivated for their beauty.A．messyB．daintyC

Many types of lilies with ornate blossoms are cultivated for their beauty.

A．messy

B．dainty

C．numerous

D．elaborate

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第7题

Before transplanted to the field, tobacco has to be cultivated in______.

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第8题

阅读题：A growing world population and the discoveries of science may alter this pattern of distribution in the future

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

A growing world population and the discoveries of science may alter this pattern of distribution in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in consequence the population of the world is steadily increasing. In 1925 there were about 2,000 million people in the world; by the end of the century there may well be over 4,000 million.

When numbers rise the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under cultivation, or land already farmed made to yield larger crops. In some areas the accessible land is so intensively cultivated that it will be difficult to make it provide more food. In some areas the population is so dense that the land is parceled out in units too tiny to allow for much improvement in farming methods. Were a large part of this farming population drawn off into industrial occupations, the land might be farmed much more productively by modern methods.

There is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the output of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. New strains of crops are being developed which will thrive in unfavorable climates: there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle in Siberia and North America; irrigation and dry-farming methods bring arid lands under the plough, dams hold back the waters of great rivers to ensure water for the fields in all seasons and to provide electric power for new industries; industrial chemistry provides fertilizers to suit particular soils; aeroplanes spray crops to destroy locusts and many plant diseases. Every year some new means is devised to increase or to protect the food of the world.

31. The author says that the world population is growing because _____.

A) there are many rich valleys and fertile plains

B) the pattern of distribution is being altered

C) people are living longer

D) new land is being brought under cultivation

32. The author says that in densely populated areas the land might be more productively farmed if _____.

A) the plots were subdivided

B) a large part of the people moved to a different part of the country

C) industrial methods were used in farming

D) the units of land were made much larger

33. We are told that there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle. This has been made possible by _____.

A) producing new strains of crops

B) irrigation and dry-farming methods

C) providing fertilizers

D) destroying pests and disease

34. Which of these words is nearest in meaning to the word "strains"？

A) types B) sizes

C) seeds D) harvests

35. The author's main purpose is to _____.

A) argue for a belief B) describe a phenomenon

C) entertain D) propose a conclusion

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第9题

根据下列文章,请回答 46～50 题。 Landmines Worldwide there a，re estimated to be l 20 mi

根据下列文章,请回答 46～50 题。

Landmines

Worldwide there a，re estimated to be l 20 million landmines(地雷)spread through 62 countries．_________(46)The United Nations is currently involved in I 4’mine—clearing operations around the world but it estimates that，at current rate，it will take 1，000 years to remove all the world’s landmines．

Landmines are a favorable weapon because they cost SO little to produce——about 3 pounds per mine。_________ (47)

Landmines cause the death or injury of 70 people a day，of whom most are civilians．

_________ (48)In fact，about half the landmines active today lie in unmarked fields．In countries no longer in conflict．

And landmines do not only kill and maim(使残废)：they also hold back economic development．In Afghanistan，for example，where the former Soviet Army laid down art estimated ten million landmines，more than half of the land which could be cultivated for agriculture is useless because it is SO heavily mined．According to Eileen maybin of the charity Christian Aid，mines also condemn people to relying on overseas aid—aid which is often provided by governments which provided the landmines in the first place：

“_________ (49)Because there are landmines on agricultural land，people are actually dependent on food aid．This is one of the ironies of the situation——that governments are providing money for food aid when，if the mines were cleared，people would be able to feed themselves．”

Forty-nine countries have SO far signed, the United Nations Inhumane Weapons Convention which restricts the manufacture and export of landmines_________(50)But some signatories(签约国)of the UN Convention，such as the UK，continue to support the manufacture and export of these weapons。The British Government says that it won’t support a complete ban because it considers the landmine a legitimate(合法的)militia’s weapon if it is used responsibly．

A．A further 19 countries，including the USA，France，Germany and Japan，have banned all exports of landmines completely．

B．However, the cost of locating and removing them is high—between 300 pounds and 700 pounds per mine．

C．A recent UN gathering of world leaders in Vienna，Austria。failed to secure a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of landmines．

D．And every year, for every 100，000 mines removed，another two million are put down

E．Landmines are actually destroying the social fabric and economic independence of countries．

F．And many of the casualties occur in countries where war has long since ended．

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第10题

Low density of population is generally associated withA．heavy industrialization.B．intense

Low density of population is generally associated with

A．heavy industrialization.

B．intense agriculture.

C．a low percentage of cultivated land

D．large cities.

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