18．Come and see me whenever it is convenientfor you．——青夏教育精英家教网—

14．Towards the end of Middle English，a sudden change in pronunciation started，with vowels （元音） being pronounced shorter and shorter．From the 16th century the British had contact with many people from around the world．This meant that lots of new vocabulary entered the language．The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print．Books became cheaper and more people learned to read．Spelling and grammar became fixed，and the dialect of London became the standard．In 1604the first English dictionary came out．
Early Modern English and Late Modern English are mostly different in the number of words．Late Modern English has many more words，mainly because of the following two reasons：First，the Industrial Revolution led to the need for new words．Second，the British Empire covered one quarter of the earth's surface，and the English language took in foreign words from many countries．
From around 1600，the English colonization （殖民地化） of North America led to American English．Some English pronunciations and words"froze"when they reached America．In some ways，American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English．Some expressions that are called"American English"are in fact from British expressions．They were kept in the colonies while lost for a time in Britain．Spanish also had an influence on American English．For example，words like canyon，ranch，stampede and vigilante are from Spanish．They entered English by the people of Spain who settled in the American West．French words and West African words also influenced American English．
Today，American English has a greater influence，because of the USA's movies，television，popular music，trade and technology．
8．What helped to increase the vocabulary of Late Modern English？D
a．the invention of printing
b．the Industrial Revolution
c．the colonization
d．the contact with other countries
A．a，b，c
B．a，c，d
C．a，b，d
D．b，c，d
9．The third paragraph mainly talks aboutB．
A．English colonies in North America
B．the development of American English
C．other languages'influence on American English
D．the difference between American English and British English
10．The underlined word"froze"can best be replaced byA．
A．remained unchanged
B．disappeared
C．improved
D．kept active．

12．Each year the Pritzker Architecture Prize （普立兹克建筑奖） goes to a star designer with a long list of attractive buildings around the world．This year's winner is a little different．
Shigeru Ban has designed museums，homes and concert halls．But Ban is best known for a more simple kind of work：the temporary （暂时的） buildings for people who became homeless after disasters．
Ban may be the only designer in the world who makes buildings out of paper-cardboard paper tubes （管）．Ban actually tested the strength of cardboard tubes，and said he was surprised by what he had discovered．He has used them to build temporary buildings in Japan，Haiti，China and elsewhere．
"After a disaster，the building material is going to be more expensive，"Ban explains．"But the paper tube is actually not a building material．It is cheap and plentiful．We can get the material easily anywhere．And unlike costs for traditional building materials，the price of paper tubes doesn't jump after an earthquake or flood．The tubes are also lightweight，so you don't need heavy machines to work with them．"
Ban started using cardboard paper tubes in the 1980s．At that time he had just graduated from the architecture school，and he was looking for a cheap   substitute for wood．So he started reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office．
Ban was born in Tokyo and studied architecture in the U．S．before moving back to Japan to start his practice．Some of Ban's temporary buildings have become permanent （永久的），like the paper church he built after the 1995earthquake in Kobe，Japan．
40．The author uses the first paragraph toB．
A．raise an argument
B．give an introduction
C．give an example
D．offer a description
41．What is special about Shigeru Ban？D
A．He failed to get this year's architecture prize．
B．He graduated from the best architecture school in the U．S．
C．He is good at building houses for homeless people．
D．He builds special houses for special groups of people．
42．Why did Shigeru Ban choose cardboard paper tubes？A
A．Because they are cheap and easy to take away．
B．Because they are strong and last for a long time．
C．Because they are plentiful and look very beautiful．
D．Because they are common and hard to break．
43．What does the underlined word"substitute"probably refer to？C
A．A new way of building houses by using wood．
B．A new method of producing cardboard paper tubes．
C．A new kind of building material to take the place of wood．
D．A new machine to produce a new kind of building material．

11．-What you in the classroom at the moment？
-The coming charity show for Yingjiang，Yunnan．（　　）

	A．	are，talking about		B．	did，talk about
	C．	have，talked about		D．	do，talk about

10．He said he wasn't disappointed with at the result of the final exam，but the look on his facegavehimselfaway（暴露）．

9．While reading a book in English，every few lines of text，you run across a word or two that you don't know．You look up every new word in the dictionary．Bad move．All that does slow you down．Even electric or CD-ROM dictionaries can get in the way of your reading progress．A dictionary is like a road map．It can help you if you get lost and point you in the right direction．But if you stop to look at the"map"each time you take a step，you'll get nowhere fast．
On your English learning"journey"，a dictionary can be a helpful"travel companion"--if it is not overused．To help you start thinking in English，use an English-to-English dictionary．Otherwise，you will always depend on your native language and end up translating in your head．
A good dictionary can help you do more than just find the meaning of a word．It can help you verify （test and check） spelling，check word forms and grammar usage，find example sentence and learn pronunciation．Some dictionaries even provide exercises to teach you how to use their resources．
Take time to get to know your dictionary．Learn the pronunciation symbols （符号）．Understand what the abbreviations （缩写字） mean．Try to master the important grammar rules．Look for charts，diagrams and lists that might be useful in the future．You will discover how helpful it can be to make friends with your dictionary．And as they say，"A friend in need is a friend indeed．"
29．Why do we need a good English-to-English dictionary？C
A．Because it is a good friend．
B．Because it can help us to find the right direction if we get lost．
C．Without it we'll always depend on our native language and end up translating in our head．
D．Because it can help us to start thinking in English and in Chinese．
30．The underlined word"that"in the last paragraph refers toD．
A．pronunciation symbols and grammar rules
B．abbreviations and usage for grammar rules
C．the meaning of a word，spelling and grammar usage
D．charts，diagrams and lists
31．According to the passage，which statement can lead you to believe？C
A．The more you use a dictionary，the better you can understand the article．
B．The more you use a dictionary，the faster you may read．
C．The more you use the resources in a dictionary，the more you can benefit （受益） from it．
D．The better a dictionaryis，the more expensive it is．

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