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With the US as a new destination for Chinese group tours, American tourism companies are 41 “cautious optimism” （谨慎的乐观） on their future prospects. While most in the tourist industry look forward to growth in the number of Chinese tourists, they are also 42 about the high cost of holidays. Compared with visits to Europe, travel to the
On June17 more than 200 Chinese tourists took off from airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in the first group tour of the
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One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. “One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states.” said Neville Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.
In response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 “Toubon law” in France, but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts, who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.
It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the “purity” of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.
The need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon—especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend.
1.Neville Alexander believes that .
A．mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countries
B．lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure
C．globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trends
D．globalization has resulted in the economic failure of Africa
2.The underlined word “futile” (in paragraph 2) most probably means “ “.
A．useless B．practical C．workable D．unnecessary
3.Why do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage?
A．They think language protection laws are ineffective.
B．They want their language to spread to other countries.
C．They have a long history of taking words from other languages.
D．It reduces a language’s ability to acquire international importance.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．English has taken over fields like public communication and education.
B．Europeans have long realized the need to protect their national languages.
C．Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.
D．Many aspects of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.
5.The main idea of the passage is .
A．Fighting against the rule of English
B．Globalization and multi-language trends
C．Protecting local languages and identities
D．To maintain the purity of language by law
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A Child Who Could Not See, Hear, Or Speak
For the first nineteen months of her life, Helen Keller was like other pretty happy babies in every way. Then a sudden illness destroyed her sight and hearing. Because she could not hear what other people were saying, the child could not learn to speak. For the next seven years, she lived in a world of darkness, without sounds or words.
The person who changed Helen’s world was her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who entered her life on March 3, 1887. Miss Sullivan had accepted a job a blind child who had never learned to act like a human being, because no one had ever been able to guide her in any way. No one could control Helen. She acted like a young animal, rushing wildly around, throwing things, and hitting anyone whom she could reach. Who could believe that such a child could be taught?
But Anne Sullivan was a very special kind of teacher. She had been blind during part of her own childhood and had learned to read Braille, system of writing that uses raised dots which can be felt by the fingers of a blind person. She had learned to see again after several operations, but she had never forgotten the experience of being blind.
Miss Sullivan understood Helen. She loved her and believed she could teach her. Anne Sullivan could not teach Helen Keller to speak until some other important things had been learned. The little girl had to learn to control her actions and feelings. She had to learn that she could not always do what she wished to do. She had always been able to get what she wanted by using force. The teacher had to change such habits without breaking the child’s spirit.
Miss Sullivan’s battle began. Sometimes, there was real fighting between the wild child and the strong young teacher. At last, however, the battle was won by Miss Sullivan, who had succeeded in showing Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her. The child and her teacher became friends. They continued to be friends until the teacher’s death, fifty year later.
The day on which Helen finally accepted Miss Sullivan as her friend and teacher was a great day in Helen’s life. After that, the teacher could begin to teach the child language.
1．Helen Keller acted like a wild animal for she .
A. had never had a teacher
B. could not understand any words
C. had never learned to know the world around
D. could not hear anyone speak
2． , Sullivan believed she could teach Helen.
A. Being a blind person herself
B. Having learned Braille when she was young
C. Having been specially trained to be a teacher
D. Knowing how a blind child feels
3．Helen and so she could neither hear nor learn to speak.
A. lost her hearing at an early age
B. had disease with her ears and tongue
C. lost her ability in hearing and speaking
D. did not know any words
4．The most important thing for Helen was that she should learn .
A. not always to use force
B. to keep her spirit from breaking
C. to tell what was wrong and what was right
D. not to get angry again
5．Sullivan won the battle .
A. because she was stronger than Helen
B. by helping Helen understand why they fought
C. through fighting until she beat Helen
D. through real fighting and beating
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