题目内容
【题目】W：Hi, Frank!【1】
M：My favorite TV shows are Animal World and Talk Show.
W：Oh, I like Animal Worlds too. But we can't watch Talk Show any more.
M：【2】
W：Because the show was out of TV.
M：Really?【3】
W：Two years ago.
M：What a pity(可惜）！【4】
W：I don't like it.【5】
M：Because it’s educational.
【答案】
【1】What are your favorite TV shows?
【2】Why can’t we watch Talk Show any more
【3】When was the show out of TV?
【4】What do you think of the show?
【5】Why do you like it?
【解析】
【1】句意：-你好，Frank！你最喜欢的电视节目是什么？-我最喜欢的电视节目是《动物世界》和《脱口秀》。根据下面的回答My favourite TV shows are…可知，这里问的是对方最喜欢的电视节目是什么，故填What are your favorite TV shows?
【2】句意：-我们为什么不能再看《脱口秀》了？-因为电视上没有脱口秀节目了。根据上句话But we can’t watch Talk Show any more和下面的答语中Because…可知，这里问的是不能再看脱口秀节目的原因。
【3】句意：-电视上是什么时候没有这个节目的？-两年前。根据下面的回答Two years ago可知，这里问的是脱口秀节目是什么时候没有的。
【4】句意：-你觉得这个节目怎么样？-我不喜欢它。根据下面的回答I don’t like it可知，这里是询问对方对脱口秀节目的看法。故用句型What do you think of…?
【5】句意：-你为什么喜欢它？-因为它有教育意义。根据上文可知，B同学喜欢脱口秀节目，而下面的回答Because…可知，这里问的是原因，故应填Why do you like it?
【题目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) (共8分)
A. because B. products C. describe D. several E. disturb |
Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hasn’t changed for a long time, we won’t have words to 【1】 telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for 【2】 reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new 【3】 , and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions _ 【4】 they have different ages, jobs, education levels and so on.
A. shorter B. another C. alive D. communicate with E. the other |
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the language changes begin with young people. When young people_【5】 others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions. Some have a short lifetime but others have a long life. On 【6】__ hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words 【7】 or putting words together and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is 【8】 and well.