题目内容
__1__ the end of the 16th century English was only spoken by people from England. They were the native _2___(speak). Today, __3__ largest number of people speaking English may be in China because a lot of Chinese people learn and speak English __4__ their foreign language.
Old English ___5___(sound) more or less like German for it was based on German, _6___ modern English sounds more like French than German because England once ___7__(rule) by the French.
Two people had great effects __8__ the English changes. One was Shakespeare, __9___ enlarged the English vocabulary and the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary. The dictionary gave American English ___10___ own identity.
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【解析】略
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最 佳答案。
On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a policeman's clothes long 1 the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he 2 himself in the mirror. He 3 thought of going out into the street to see 4 he could pass as 5 out there. Just for 6 , of course.
Then he suddenly felt nervous. After all, it was his first time to 7 a part in a play. 8 could he face all those people 9 the play? He put his head in his hands and tried to 10 his lines (台词), but nothing 11 to his mind. A knock on the door made him look 12 . He was to go on stage (舞台) in the second scene. "Have I 13 my part and ruined (破坏) the play for everybody?" he thought to himself. But 14 was only the manager. She 15 how nervous he was and 16 he should stand near the stage 17 he could watch and follow the play. It was a 18 of getting rid of his nervousness. She was right. It seemed to 19. In fact the more he watched the play the 20 the felt himself part of it .
At last the 21 came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, 22 worried as she placed a hand on his arm to 23 him back. "Has anything gone 24?" Jack asked. "I'm afraid you're going to be 25 ," she said. "They've jumped three pages of the play and have missed your part out completely."
| (1) | A. before | B. by | C. after | D. at | ［ ］ |
| (2) | A. looked | B. showed | C. admired | D. enjoyed | ［ ］ |
| (3) | A. just | B. even | C. still | D. already | ［ ］ |
| (4) | A. how | B. why | C. as if | D. whether | ［ ］ |
| (5) | A. a policeman | B. an inspector | C. an officer | D. a manager | ［ ］ |
| (6) | A. joke | B. fun | C. play | D. exercise | ［ ］ |
| (7) | A. make | B. join | C. have | D. give | ［ ］ |
| (8) | A. Where | B. Why | C. When | D. How | ［ ］ |
| (9) | A. following | B. attending | C. watching | D. observing | ［ ］ |
| (10) | A. read | B. remember | C. understand | D. learn | ［ ］ |
| (11) | A. came | B. went | C. happened | D. got | ［ ］ |
| (12) | A. away | B. up | C. out | D. down | ［ ］ |
| (13) | A. passed | B. left | C. missed | D.failed | ［ ］ |
| (14) | A. this | B. that | C. she | D. it | ［ ］ |
| (15) | A. wondered | B. imagined | C. noticed | D. examined | ［ ］ |
| (16) | A. agreed | B. suggested | C. persuaded | D. encouraged | ［ ］ |
| (17) | A. where | B. when | C. that | D. there | ［ ］ |
| (18) | A. idea | B. way | C. path | D. plan | ［ ］ |
| (19) | A. do | B. win | C. work | D. act | ［ ］ |
| (20) | A. less | B. harder | C. better | D. more | ［ ］ |
| (21) | A. hour | B. minute | C. moment | D. period | ［ ］ |
| (22) | A. feeling | B. looking | C. sounding | D. growing | ［ ］ |
| (23) | A. hold | B. take | C. catch | D. push | ［ ］ |
| (24) | A. had | B. late | C. mad | D. wrong | ［ ］ |
| (25) | A. frightened | B. excited | C. disappointed | D. pleased | ［ ］ |
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| On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a suit of policeman's clothes long 1 the end of the first scene. He certainly looked like the part all right, he thought as he 2 himself in the mirror. Then he suddenly felt nervous. After all, it was his first time to 3 a part in a play. 4 could he face all those people watching the play? He put his head in his hands and tried to 5 his lines (台词), but nothing 6 to his mind. A knock on the door made him look 7 . He was to go on stage (舞台) in the second scene. "Have I 8 my part and ruined (破坏) the play for everybody?" he thought to himself. But 9 was only the manager. She 10 how nervous he was and 11 he should stand near the stage 12 he could watch and follow the play. It was a good 13 of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right; it seemed to 14 . In fact the more he watched the play, the 15 he felt himself part of it. At last the 16 came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, 17 worried as she placed a hand on his arm to 18 him back. "Has anything gone 19 ?" Jack asked. "I'm afraid you're going to be 20 ." she said. "They've jumped three pages of the play and have missed your part out completely." | ||||
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