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What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words—the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange(交流) of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently. They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make language. But a people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put communication first.
1. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ______.
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can’t avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
2. The sentence “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” means that ______.
A. foreigners speak correct English
B. foreigners speak incorrect English
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
3. When we speak a foreign language, we should ______.
A. speak in Chinese way B. speak according to the rules
C. break the rules D. not be afraid of making mistakes
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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, 选出一个佳答案。
Trees are useful to 1 in three very important 2 : they provide him with wood and other 3 ;they give him shade; they help to prevent drought and 4 . Unfortunately, in many 5 of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is 6 important.
Two thousand years 7 a rich and powerful country cut down its trees 8 warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, 9 its trees, its soil became hard and 10 . When the empire fell 11 , the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for 12 to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food 13 ; and he can earn money 14 making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look 15 new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can 16 the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only 17 that the villagers' sons and grandsons have 18 trees . The results are even more 19: for where 20 are trees, their roots break the soil up——allowing the rain to sink in——and also bind(结合) the soil, thus preventing its 21 washed away easily, but where there are no 22 ,the rain falls 23 hard ground and carrying 24 with it the rich top soil, in which crops 25 so well. When all the top soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
(1) A. person B. people C. man D. human being
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(2) A. ways B. field C. means D. method
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(3) A. uses B. products C. production D. result
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(4) A. floods B. soil C. air D. sunlight
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(5) A. corner B. part C. place D. parts
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(6) A. the most B. the more C. most D. much
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(7) A. before B. ago C. long D. long before
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(8) A.to set B. to build C. to put D. to organize
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(9) A. with B. by C. on D. without
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(10) A. poor B. fine C. beautiful D. pretty
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(11) A. to break B. to unite C. to bits D. to pieces
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(12) A. it B. them C. he D. they
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(13) A. with B. by C. on D. X
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(14) A. with B. of C. by D. of
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(15) A. after B. for C. at D. out
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(16) A. ask B. educate C. want D. remove
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(17) A. mean B. refer C. know D. realize
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(18) A. a few B. fewer C. a little D. little
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(19) A. serious B. bad C. effect D. far
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(20) A. they B. we C. here D. there
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(21) A. been B. being C. is D. was
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(22) A. water B. trees C. soil D. air
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(23) A. at B. with C. to D. on
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(24) A. away B. off C. with D. by
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(25) A. come B. grow C. get D. turn
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查看习题详情和答案>>What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words——the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely.
Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently. They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make languages, too . But people can only make their own language instead of making another people's language. So Chinese students learning English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put the communication at the first place .
1. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he _____.
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can't avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
2. The sentence “Foreigners often speak English too correctly” means that ______.
A. foreigners speak correct English
B. foreigners speak incorrect English
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
3. When we speak a foreign language, we should ______.
A. speak in the Chinese way B. speak according to the rules
C. break the rules D. not be afraid of making mistakes
4. What is the most important when speaking a foreign language ?
A. Grammar rules. B. Lists of words . C. Making no mistakes D. Communication
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