All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the they keep from someone they talk with．A.distanceB.rangeC.wayD.boundary 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　Many things about language are a mystery(谜), and many will always remain so．But some things we do know．

　　First, we know that all human beings have a language of some sort．There is no race(种族)of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one mother．Furthermore, in historical times, there has never been a race of men without a language．

　　Second, there is no such thing as a primitive(原始的)language．There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized(不开化的，落后的), but the languages they speak are not primitive．In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing．

　　This has not always been well understood; indeed, the direct contrary has often been stated．Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate．Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises．Study has proved this to be nonsense(胡说，没有根据的话)．There are, or were, hundreds of American Indian languages, and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old．They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with, but they are no more primitive five than English and Greek．

　　A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate．That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language．

　　Finally, we know that language changes．It is natural and normal for language to change; the only languages which do not change are the dead ones．This is easy to understand if we look backward in time．Change goes on in all aspects of language．Grammatical features change as do speech sounds, and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive(广泛的)and may occur very rapidly．Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language．

(1)

In the second paragraph the author thinks that ________．
[　　]
A．	some backward race doesn’t have a language of its own
B．	some race in history didn’t possess a language of its own
C．	any human race, whether backward or not, has a language
D．	some races on earth call communicate without language

(2)

According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have ________ languages．
[　　]
A．	complicated
B．	uncivilized
C．	primitive
D．	well-known

(3)

The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are ________．
[　　]
A．	just as old as some well-known languages
B．	just as sophisticated as some well-known languages
C．	more developed than some well-known languages
D．	more complex than some well-known languages

(4)

Which of the following statements is wrong?
[　　]
A．	A language is a means of expressing a particular culture．
B．	All languages can well express their respective cultures．
C．	American Indian languages are as sophisticated as English．
D．	Some languages are better than other languages．

(5)

According to the author, language changes are most likely to occur in ________．
[　　]
A．	grammar
B．	pronunciation
C．	vocabulary
D．	intonation

完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.

A. down B. away C. out D. up

A. After B. For C. At D. On

A. glance B. glare C. stare D. watch

A. patience B. time C. help D. paper

A. report B. prepare C. answer D. apologize

. A. help B. ask C. tell D. make

. A. thing B. experiment C. word D. sentence

A. search for B. search C. find out D. find

A. said B. reacted C. done D. explained

A. same B. different C. usual D. ordinary

A. allowed B. agreed C. suggested D. planned

A. point B. idea C. way D. cause

A. body B. health C. life D. study

A. have B. know C. take D. require

A. bad B. good C. late D. early

A. fit B. ready C. nice D. able

A. easy B. much C. often D. difficult

A. a much B. a full C. an exact D. an extra

A. before B. after C. because D. if

A. answer B. key C. reason D experiment

第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂墨。

首先请阅读下列国外媒体上的插图及提示性文字：

A. B.

Harry Potter stars add A tour of discovering Normandy

magic to young rich.

C. D.

Do Hollywood stars Save Emergency Rooms

guarantee a film’s success? for emergencies.

E. F.

Her theories on children’s Jenny McCarthy and Jim

psychological problems Carrey, with Ms.McCarthy’s

created a sensation. son,in an anti-vaccine rally.

以下是关于这些插图的简要评论。请把评论与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。

56.The debate has been raging for years over the safety of,and necessity for, childhood vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed“The Vaccine War”.The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar issue.

57.There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film.It makes the film easier to market. Stars also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue However, a star does not guarantee success.The simple fact is that if you pay a star a greal deal of money for a film that people don’t want to see, then it won’t work.

58.They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires. At the age when many people are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their overseas homes.Daniel Radcliffe, for example, who plays Harry Potter, has a fortune of ξ42 million, at 20.

59.Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security, are showing up at emergency rooms of state- owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting time and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.

60.Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14, repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems.

The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses relate to diet and forty percent of cancer relates to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures.

That food is connected with illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.　　

What is the best possible title of the passage?

　 A. Drug and Food 　B. Cancer and Health

　C. Food and Health D. Health and Drug

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　 A. Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons.

　 B. Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are

given to the living animals.

　 C. Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over

thirty-five years.

　 D. Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.

How has science done something harmful to mankind?

　A. Because of science, diseases caused by polluted food haven’t been virtually

eliminated.

　 B. It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.

　 C. Because of the application of science, some potentially harmful substances

have been added to food.

　D. The scientists have preserved the color of meat, but not of vegetables.

What are nitrates used for?

　 A. They preserve flavor in packaged foods.

　 B. They preserve the color of meats.

　 C. They are the objects of research.

The word ‘carcinogenic’ most nearly means ‘_________’.

　 A. trouble-making B. color-maintaining

　 C. money-making D .cancer-causing

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked ___36_at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. ___37____ several seconds I stood there and ____38___ down at him. My first thought was that he must need__39____ while doing his homework___40 ___ he was trying to prepare me for some __41_____.
“___42____,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I __43____ his teacher at my office to find out more about this “____44___ ” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“__45_____, most of the fathers did the same as you ,” the teacher explained, “Feeling___46___ is an important part of___47____ . It’s something all human beings___48___. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too ___49____ that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be __50__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how dilficult it is for ___51___ of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me ___52____ , I held on to him for an extra second. And just___53___ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly__54_____, “Hey, I love you.”
I didn’t know if saying that would make___55___of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.