题目内容
If they ______, our plan will fall flat.
a. are co-operating b. had not co-operated c. won’t co-operate d. didn’t co-operate
c
Please do not feed the fish; they _____ die if they eat too much.
| A.shall | B.must | C.need | D.may |
When people want to know about the weather,they usually go to their radios,TVs, newspapers,or to the Internet.However,you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses.Drops in air pressure(压力) produce an effect on small animals in many ways.Mice and deer are good weather indicators.People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that,before a storm,field mice come out of their holes and run around.Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains.
Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many ways.For example,some birds become irritable(急躁的) and quarrelsome and will fight over a piece of bread.Other birds chirp(叽叽喳喳) and sing just before a storm.It seems they know they won’t get another chance for an hour or two.Birds also seek safe places before a storm.You will sometimes see birds settling in trees or gathering together on a wire close to a building.Pre-storm low pressure makes the air so thin that birds have difficulty flying.
It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime,rather than during the periods in the spring or autumn.Watch for other weather signs if you see this.If they fly in the wrong direction,they may be flying ahead of a storm.
By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature,we can become better prepared for any kind of weather.
【小题1】The word “indicators” in Paragraph 1 probably means______.
| A.maps | B.services |
| C.signs | D.stations |
| A.make more noise than usual |
| B.fly in different directions |
| C.come down from tall trees |
| D.share a piece of bread |
| A.By feeling a drop in air temperature. |
| B.By noticing the change of wind directions. |
| C.By feeling a drop in air pressure. |
| D.By noticing the movements of other animals. |
| A.Signs of a Storm |
| B.Drops in Air Pressure |
| C.Animals’ Sharp Senses |
| D.Nature’s Weather Signs |
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的)language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
【小题1】By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.
| A.she uses English in foreign trade | B.she is fascinated by languages |
| C.she works as a translator | D.she is a writer by profession |
| A.impolite | B.amusing | C.imperfect | D.practical |
| A.Americans do not understand broken English. |
| B.The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. |
| C.The author’ mother had positive influence on her. |
| D.Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
| A.well structured | B.in the old style | C.easy to translate | D.rich in meaning |
| A.The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English. |
| B.The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother. |
| C.The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. |
| D.The author’s experiences of using broken English. |