81.   Which  of  the  following  can  serve  as  the  best  title  of  the  passage?

  A.   Barriers  Made  by  People                     B.   Functions  of  Communication

  C.   Restrictions  on  Transportation        D.   Progress  of  Human  Society

基宛  78.   B     79.   A        80.   C  81.   A

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Native  Tongue

    At  first  Kate  thought  the  Romanian  girl  could  not  speak  and  understand  English.Nadia  would  not  reply  to  anything  Kate  said.Kate  was  in  charge  of  showing  Nadia  around  on  her  first  day  at  Buckminster  Grade  School.Kate  could  not  figure  out  why  the  school  had  put  Nadia  in  a  class  where  she  could  not  understand  what  people  were  saying.

      ^Why  did  they  do  this? ̄Kate  wondered  aloud.^I  mean,you  can¨t  learn  if  you  can¨t  understand  the  teacher. ̄

   Nadia¨s  voice  was  a  whisper.^I  understand  English.I  will  learn. ̄Nadia¨s  English  was  perfect.

    Kate  was  perplexed.She  couldn¨t  understand  why  Nadia  did  not  like  to  speak.Then  she  realized  that  moving  to  a  new  country  probably  wasn¨t  the  easiest  thing  to  do.There  were  hundreds  of  unfamiliar  and  unusual  things  to  learn-all  at  the  same  time.

      ^There¨re  a  lot  of  new  things  to  learn,huh? ̄said  Kate.

   Nadia  nodded  rapidly.In  a  quiet  voice  she  replied,^Many  things  people  say,I  do  not  understand.I  have  been  speaking  English  and  Romanian  all  my  life,but  I  do  not  know  what  some  children  are  saying.For  example,yesterday  a  boy  asked  if  I  could  help  him  find  the  USB  port  on  a  thin  black  box  he  was  carrying.Isn¨t  a  port  a  place  for  ships?It  made  no  sense  to  me. ̄

   ^Don¨t  worry, ̄said  Kate.^You¨ll  figure  everything  out  in  time.You  see,that  thin  black  box  was  a  computer.A  USB  port  is  a  place  where  you  can  connect  other  machines  to  a  computer. ̄

     Nadia  and  Kate  were  quiet  after  that.They  took  notes  while  the  teacher  gave  a  maths  lesson.To  Kate¨s  surprise,Nadia  put  up  her  hand  and  offered  to  answer  questions  at  the  blackboard.

    Nadia  handled  every  question  the  teacher  gave  her.Some  of  the  questions  were  really  difficult,and  no  one  understood  what  was  going  on  except  Nadia  and  the  teacher.When  the  teacher  said  that  Nadia  answered  everything  correctly,the  whole  class  clapped  their  hands.

   Nadia  was  smiling  when  she  sat  back  down  next  to  Kate.^Some  things, ̄she  said  in  a  normal  voice,^are  the  same  all  over  the  world. ̄

70.This passage is mainly about    .

 A.why English has become a global language

 B.how many people in the world speak English

 C.how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

 D.whether we need to worry about English being a world language

基宛 67.A         68.C           69.B        70.D

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    Transportation and communication networks bring people together.  Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers (嬾悪) to transportation and communication. 

    In some countries, laws stop people from moving freely from place to place.  Over the centuries, many groups of people have been denied the freedom to travel because of their race, religion, or nationality.  In the Middle Ages, for example, Jews were often forbidden to move about freely within certain cities.  South Africa¨s government used to  require black Africans to carry passes when they travel within the country.  Some governments require all citizens to carry identification papers and to report to government officials whenever they move. 

    Countries set up customs posts at their borders.  Foreign travellers must go through a customs inspection before they are allowed to travel in the country.  Usually travellers have to carry special papers such as passports and visas (禰屬).  Some countries even limit the number of visitors to their country each year.  Others allow tourists to visit only certain areas of the country, or they may require that travellers be with an official guide at all times during their stay. 

   Many of those barriers to travel also act as barriers to communication.  When two governments disagree with each other on important matters, they usually do not want their citizens to exchange news or ideas freely.  Countries often try to keep military or industrial information secret. 

   Today, people have the ability to travel, to communicate, and to transport goods more quickly and easily than ever before.  Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily.  The barriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome.  But in spite of all the different kinds of barriers, people continue to enjoy travel and the exchange of goods and ideas. 

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