Every profession or trade,every art,and every science has its technical vocabulary. Differ?ent occupations,however,differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts,and other vocations (职业) ，like farming and fishery,that have occupied great numbers 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 (质地) 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 (神学) ，and philosophy have also,in their older strata (层面) ，become 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 essen?tially 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 me?chanic arts. Here new terms are coined with the greatest freedom and abandoned with indiffer?ence when they have served their turn. Most of the new coinages are confined (受限制在) to spe?cial discussions,and seldom get into general literature or conversation. Yet no profession is nowadays,as all professions once were,a close guild (行会) .
The lawyer,the physician,the man of science,the divine,associated freely with his fellowcreatures,and does not meet them in a merely professional way. Furthermore,what is called " popular science”makes everybody acquainted with modern 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 (伦琴射线) and wireless telegraphy. Thus our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace (寻常的事物) .
( ) 5. What does the underlined phrase "educated speech" mean?
A. 教育演讲' B. 教育报告
C. 有教养的谈吐 D. 有教育意义的发言
( ) 6. In recent years,there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms in the terminology (专门术语) of
A. fishery B. farming
C. government D. sports
( ) 7. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
A. Topics for common speech often involve the latest new technical terms.
B. People don't take up any new technical terms which are none of their business.
C. The topics for common speech are always making something new.
D. New technical terms can enter our common speech by way of making them sim?ple.
( ) 8. The author's main purpose in the passage is to
A. describe a phenomenon B. propose a solution
C. be entertaining D. argue a belief
Disney World,Florida,is the biggest amusement resort in the world. It covers
24. 4 thou?sand acres,size of Manhattan. It was opened on October 1 ,1971,five years after Walt Disney's death,and it is a larger,slightly more ambitious version of Disneyland near Los An?geles. Foreigners tend to associate Walt Disney with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,and with his other famous cartoon characters,Mickey Mouse,Donald Duck and Pluto,or with his nature films,whose superb photography is spoiled,in the opinion of some,by the vulgarity (粗俗) of the commentary and musical background.
There is very little that could be called vulgar in Disney World. It attracts people of most taste and most income groups,and people of all ages,from toddlers to grandpas. There are two expensive hotels,a golf course,and forest trails for horseback riding and rivers for canoeing. But the central attraction of the resort is the Magic Kingdom.
Between the huge parking lots and the Magic Kingdom lies a broad artificial lake. In the distance rise the towers of Cinderella's Castle,which like every other building in the Kingdom is built of solid materials. Even getting to the Magic Kingdom is quite an adventure. You have a choice of transportation. You can either cross the lake on a replica (仿制品) of a Mississippi pad?dle wheeler,or you can glide around the shore in a streamlined (流线型的) monorail (单轨) train.
When you reach the terminal,you walk straight into a little square which faces Main Street. Main Street is late 19th century. There are modern shops inside the buildings,but all the decades are of the period. There are hanging baskets fiill of red and white flowers, and there is no traffic except a horse draw streetcar and an ancient doubledecker bus. Yet as you walk through the magic Kingdom,you are actually walking on top of a network of underground roads. This is how the shops ? restaurants and all the other material needs of the Magic Kingdom are.
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( ) 1. Walt Disney died in the year of .
A. 1966 B. 1970 C. 1971 D. 1976
( ) 2. The second paragraph suggests that .
A. only wealthy people can have fun in Disney World
B. the Magic Kingdom is the central attraction of resort for rich people
C. the Disney World is rather convenient for people of most taste and income groups
D. the old can not enjoy themselves as well as the young in Disney World
( ) 3. What does the underlined word "toddlers" really mean?
A. Young children. B. Small pupils. C. Teens. D. Adolescents.
( ) 4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. The Magic Kingdom Is the Central Attraction of the Resort
B. Disney World,Florida,the Biggest Amusement Resort in the World
C. The Famous Cartoon Characters in Disney World Are the Most Attractions
D. Thousands of People Come to Visit Disney World Every Year
Facebook is the fastest growing video site in theUKover the last year,according to new comScore data.
The latest comScore data 1 that during February 2010,43 million videos were watched on Facebook―which is a 205 percent 2 on the year. Last February only 14 million videos were watched 3 the site.
Overall online video viewing in the UK has grown by 37 percent during the last 12 months 4 5. 5 billion videos watched via websites during February 2010.
Google properties,mainly 5 by YouTube,were still the most popular online video 6 ,recording 2. 5 billion video views during February 2010,which marked a 17 percent 7 increase.
The BBC websites 8 second with 140 million videos viewed across its web properties during February 2010,and was followed by Megavideo,which recorded 53 million video views during the 9 month.
Facebook came fourth in the 10 ,closely followed by Microsoft's collective web prop?erties. Channel 4 came in 11 position with 39 million videos watched during February 2010―which was a 76 percent increase 12 the year. And ITV came in eighth position re?cording 29 million video views which was a 134% increase on the year.
Blinkx,the popular video 13 engine experienced the second largest growth spurt (涌出) ，behind Facebook,increasing its video views 14 205 percent over the year. During February 2010,29 million videos were viewed via the site.
Sky came in 10th 15 ,experiencing a 139 percent increase in video views,with 20 mil?lion videos 16 via its sites during February 2010.
The UK video market has grown substantially (大大地) 17 the last year,with several aggregators 18 the market,as well as the UK broadcasters increasing their own video 19 . Channel 4,for instance,is concentrating on developing its own catch up 20 ,4o D. while signing syndication (企业联合) deals with the likes of YouTube,and new players,like SeeSaw.
( ) 1. A. exposes B. uncoveres C. discloses D. reveals
( ) 2. A. decrease B. falling C. increase D. decline
( ) 3. A. by B. via C. through D. past
( ) 4. A. with B. of C. about D. towards
( ) 5. A. driven B. given C. taken D. gotten
( ) 6. A. gardens B. addresses C. destinations D. places
( ) 7. A. seasonal B. annual C. monthly D. periodic
( ) 8. A. ranked B. named C. awarded D. determined
( ) 9. A. different B. next C. such D. same
( ) 10. A. book B. schedule C. record D. list
( ) 11. A. fifth B. sixth C. seventh D. eighth
( ) 12. A. on B. for C. by D. to
( ) 13. A. seek B. explore C. research D. search
( ) 14. A. to B. up C. by D. with
( ) 15. A. situation B. location C. setting D. position
( ) 16. A. watched B. noticed C. witnessed D. observed
( ) 17. . A. of B. by C. for D. over
( ) 18. A. going B. introducing C. entering D. invading
( ) 19. A. existence B. presence C. attendance D. absence
( ) 20. A. supply B. service C. occasion D. benefit
10. Many westerners don't know how the tradition of eating turkey in Thanksgiving Day . (come)
许多西方人都不知道在感恩节吃火鸡的习俗是什么时候形成的。
9. The conference to communicate your views with foreign experts. (provide)
这次会议将给你提供一个与外国专家交流看法的好机会。
8. Now, that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduate (accept)
现在，人们普遍认为没有一所大学能够在毕业时候教给学生所有的知识。
7. Although the students are told not to cheat in the exam,the situation . (go)
虽然学生们被告知在考试中不要作弊，但是这种情况仍然在继续。
6. It's wrong of you to young people's ignorance and their lack of experience. (advantage)
你利用年轻人的无知和缺乏经验是不对的。
5. With the opening and reform policy ，thousands upon thousands of foreign visitors are crowding into our country (carry)
随着改革开放政策的贯彻执行，数以万计的外国游人涌人中国。
4. We will debate the subject later when we are at leisure. (length)
我们等有空再对这题目展开辩论。