English is one of the worlds most widely spoken languages. This is partly because it was
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第1题
The example of Abby Coyle indicates that ______.
A.all students take it for granted that they should be good at only one of the two subjects
B.one has to be good at both to get through school
C.it is students but not teachers who choose to put English and mathematics at opposite poles
D.it is possible for students to be good at both of the two subjects
第2题
听力原文: It was not until one hundred and fifty years ago that scientists learned about the existence of dinosaurs. Thanks to an English doctor and his wife, the door was opened to this zoological study. Reasoning that these animals' tremendous size must have made them terrible creatures, scientists combined two Greek words, deimos, meaning terrible, and sauros, meaning lizards, to form. the word dinosaur.
After many years of study, they determined that these beasts roamed the earth for millions of years, and ceased to exist some sixty million years ago.
Unbelievable as it may seem, not all dinosaurs were carnivorous, that is, meat eating. Many were herbivorous, or vegetarians.
By reassembling the bones found at digging sites, scientists have been able to reconstruct the skeletons and learn great deal about the dinosaur's living conditions. They have learned that dinosaurs inhabited not only the land, but also the water and sky.
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A.Beasts.
B.Herbivorous.
C.Carnivorous.
D.Dinosaurs.
第3题
Dutch traders brought 20 Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, as early as 1619, however, throughout the 17 th century the number of Africans in the English mainland colonies grew very slowly. At that time, colonists used two other sources of unfree labor: Native American slaves and European indentured servants.
During those years, every colony had some Native American slaves, but their number was limited. Indian men avoided performing agricultural labor, because they viewed it as women' s work, and colonists complained that they were too "haughty". The more important was that the settlers found it more convenient to sell Native Americans captured in war to planters in the Caribbean than to turn them into slaves, because they often resisted and it was not hard for the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was proposed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves.
The other form. of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants consisted of poor Europeans. Desiring to escape tough conditions in Europe and take advantage of fabled opportunities in America, they traded three to seven years of their labor in exchange for the transatlantic passage. At first, it was mainly English who were the white indentured servitude but later increasingly Irish, Welsh, and German joined. They were essentially temporary slaves and most of them served as agricultural workers although some, especially in the North, were taught skilled trades. During the 17th century, they performed most of heavy labor in the Southern colonies and also consisted of the bulk of immigrants to those colonies.
At the end of the 17 th century, in order to meet the labor need, landowners in America turned to African slaves. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, thanks to the dominant position of England in terms of naval superiority, English traders (some of whom lived in English America) transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic. And the transatlantic slave trade produced one of the largest forced migrations in history, blacks (the great majority of whom were slaves) increasing from about 7 percent of the American population in 1680 to more than 40 percent by the middle of the 18th century.
Which of the following was true of the slavery in America?
A.The colonists sold African Americans to planters in the Caribbean.
B.Native American slaves performed agricultural labor.
C.During the 17th century, the white indentured servitude was the main labor in the Southern colonies.
D.It was at the end of the 17th century that African people began to be brought to America.
第4题
A.English and Maths
B.Literature, Maths and Geography
C.English, Maths and Science
D.Maths and Science
第5题
A.The increasing number of users of the English language.
B.The diverse functions of the English language.
C.The penetration of the English language into various aspects of society.
D.The global spread of the English language.
第6题
A.14th century
B.15 th century
C.17 th century
D.16th century
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第8题
A.Changing her major.
B.Spending less of her parents' money.
C.Getting transferred to the English Department.
D.Leaving the university.
第9题
The phrase "the linguistically oppressed" refers to those who were______.
A.held back by their language and their linguistical identities
B.qualified English teachers but who were non-native speakers
C.unqualified English teachers but who were native speakers
D.unqualified English teachers but who were non-native speakers
第10题
A.Changing her major.
B.Speeding less of her parents' money.
C.Getting transferred to the English department.
D.Leaving the university.
第11题
What may be the best title of this passage?
A.The Benefits of Some Jobs
B.Professions and Their Terms
C.Different Occupations
D.The Development of the English Language