French brought great changes to the English vocabulary _______.
A.from 1100 to 1500 AD
B.from 1500 to 1700 AD
C.from 450 to 1100 AD
D.from 1700 to 1900 AD
A.from 1100 to 1500 AD
B.from 1500 to 1700 AD
C.from 450 to 1100 AD
D.from 1700 to 1900 AD
第1题
by memory of all the basic things one must know is a most incredible and unending effort. School is not easy and it is not for the most part very much fun, but then, if you are very lucky, you may find a real teacher. Three teachers in a lifetime are the very best of my luck. My first was a science and math teacher in high school, my second, a professor of creative writing at Stanford, and my third was my friend and partner, ED Rickets.
I have to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that three are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
My three teachers had these things in common: They all loved what they were doing; they did not tell, but stimulated a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprang wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable.
I shall speak only of my first teacher because in addition to the other things, she brought discovery. She aroused us to shouting, book-waving discussions. She had the noisiest class in school and she did not even seem to know it. We could never stick to the subject. Our speculation (思绪) ranged the world. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured fireflies (萤火虫).
She was fired, and perhaps rightly so, for failing to teach fundamentals. Such things must be learned. But she left a passion in us for the pure knowable world and she inflamed me with a curiosity which has never left. I have had many teachers who told me soon-forgotten facts but only three who created in me a new attitude a new hunger. What deathless power lies in the hands of such a person?
21. In the writer’s opinion, school life is usually .
A. exciting B. interesting C. tiresome D. challenging
22. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .
A. it is easy to find great artists as well as great teachers.
B. there are few great teachers but many great artists.
C. the greatest artists are not easy to find; nor are the greatest teachers.
D. being a great teacher is a great art to learn because teachers spread knowledge.
23. In the writer’s opinion, a good teacher should .
A. teach students the fundamental things
B. stick to one subject and be strict with students
C. teach students the knowledge ranging the world
D. arouse students’ curiosity and desire for the world
24. The writer’s first teacher was dismissed mainly because .
A. her class was the noisiest in school
B. she did not teach basic knowledge in class
C. she let students shout and wave books in class
D. she did not know how to teach basic knowledge effectively
25. What is the best title of this article?
A. The Teachers in My Life B. How to Become a Teacher
C. What to Teach at School D. What Makes a Good Teacher
第2题
The period of Middle English extends roughly from the twelfth century through the fifteenth.The influence of French(and Latin,often by way of French)upon the vocabulary continued throughout the period,the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerate, and many changes took place within the grammatical systems of the language.A typical prose passage, especially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as the prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either.
The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day.The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel distribution that had began in late Middle English and that effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern.Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and to a lesser extent.Greel pm the vocabulary.Later, as English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock.
1.The earliest writing record of English available to us started_____.
A.from the seventh century
B.from the fifth century
C.from the twelfth century
D.from the ninth century
2.What is the main features of the grammar of Old English?()
A.The influence of Latin
B.A revolution in vowel distribution
C.A well-developed inflectional system
D.Loss of some inflection
3.What can be inferred from the passage?()
A.Even an educated person cannot read old English without special training
B.A person who knows French well can understand old English
C.An educated person can understand old English but cannot pronounce it
D.A person can pronounce old English words but cannot understand them
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned?()
A.French
B.Latin
C.Greek
D.German
5.What is the most remarkable characteristic of Modern English?()
A.Numerous additions to its vocabulary.
B.Completion of a revolution in vowel distribution.
C.Gradual changes in tis grammatical system.
D.The direct influence of Latin.
第3题
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics. In fact, his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentleman, and incomplete. For unlike other young Virginian of that day, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. In terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had not to do with everyday, practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.
11. Why didn’t Washington go to college?
A. His family could not afford it.
B. A college education was rather uncommon in his time
C. He didn’t like the young Virginian gentlemen.
D. The author doesn’t give any reason.
12. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he.
A. lacked practice in public speaking
B. felt his education was not good enough
C. didn’t like arguing and debating with people
D. felt that debating was like intellectual training
13. The reason why Washington didn’t visit France was probably that he.
A. didn’t really care about going
B. didn’t know French leaders
C. couldn’t communicate directly with the French leaders
D. was too busy to travel
14. According to the author,().
A. Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life
B. Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French
C. Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or Madison
D. Washington was a model for all Virginian gentlemen
15. The main idea of the passage is that Washington’s education.
A. was of great variety, covering many subjects
B. was probably equal to those of most young gentlemen of his time
C. may seem poor by modern standards, but was good enough for his time
D. was rather limited for a president
第4题
Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents.Cheese was another four cents.Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks'sticking to their routine.Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch.People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime.The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened.They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines.He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers'fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise other copies of their restaurants.The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu.The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.
Today McDonald's is really a household name.Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers.In 1976, McDonald's had over $ 1 billion in total sales.Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.
26.This passage mainly talks abort().
A.the development of fast food services
B.how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business
C.the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald
D.Ray Kroc's business talent
27.Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except().
A.a drive-in
B.a cinema
C.a theater
D.a barbecue restaurant
28.We may infer from this passage that ().
A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc
B.The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in
C.Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants
D.Ray Kroc was a good businessman
29.The passage suggests that().
A.creativity is an important element of business success
B.Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers
C.Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc
D.California is the best place to go into business
30.As used in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means ().
A.special
B.attractive
C.financial
D.peculiar
第5题
Immediately after graduation from high school, Hemingway ()
A、worked as a reporter for a newspaper
B、sailed for Europe
C、became a volunteer ambulance driver
D、served in the Italian army
第6题
In 1819, the same year that Louis entered the Institution, Charles Barbier, an army captain, reported to the Academy of Sciences on a system of raised dots and dashes which enabled soldiers to read messages in the dark.Later, Barbier brought his invention to the Institution.After experimenting with it, young Braille produced a writing system using only dots, from which he gradually devised 63 separate combinations representing the letters in the French alphabet.At the request of an Englishman, he later added the letter “w”, accents and punctuation marks, and mathematical signs.Although government bureaucracy prevented immediate official adoption, his system was used at the Institution as long as the director, Dr.Pignier, was in office.Pignier’s successor insisted on returning to the officially approved former system, but students continued to use Braille's method secretly.Eventually, its superiority was established and it was adopted throughout France.
(1).Louis-Braille first learned to read with the aid of _________________.
A.his father
B.special books at the Institution
C.the village school teacher
D.Captain Barbier's system of dots and dashes
(2).Louis's father kept him at the village school until he was ten because his father ________________.
A.wanted Louis to help him in the harness shop
B.thought it was not worthwhile to have Louis work when he was young
C.did not want Louis to live the same sort of life as that of other blind people
D.wanted Louis to remain with the family as long as possible
(3).Louis Braille did all of the following things EXCEPT________________.
A.teaching young children at the Institution
B.developing a writing system for the blind
C.learning to play musical instruments well
D.encouraging students to use his method secretly
(4).Charles Barbier originally devised his writing system for________________.
A.the Academy of Sciences
B.blind children
C.military personnel
D.the English government
(5).Braille's method was not adopted officially for some time because________________.
A.the students preferred the former method
B.the large library collection would then have been useless
C.Dr.Pignier's successor disliked Braille's method
D.the government was slow to approve it
第7题
1.According to the passage, Nicholas Alkemade ____.
A、was a German officer during the Second World War
B、had often jumped from a height of about 18, 000 feet
C、was a British officer
D、calculated the height with a special instrument
2.Nicholas jumped out of his plane because ____.
A、he was a good parachutist
B、he would otherwise be burned to death
C、he wanted to become a hero
D、the Royal Air Force instructed him to do so
3.Nicholas's experience was ____.
A、only an experiment
B、just as he had expected it to be
C、something painful and quick
D、quite unimaginable
4.Which of the following in the passage was the name of Nicholas's plane? ____
A、Lancaster
B、Gunnery
C、Trampoline
D、Asphyxia
5.The passage tells us that Capt. Joseph Kittinger ____.
A、served as a pilot during the Second World War
B、did not believe that people would die if they jumped from a plane without parachutes
C、made a successful free-fall land from a balloon
D、often forgot to open his parachute when jumping from a plane
第8题
A.Latin,French
B.Greek,Scandinavian
C.Latin,Greek
D.French,Greek
第10题
A.Weber
B.Taylor
C.Herzberg
D.Fayol
E.Koontz
第11题
A.speak; talked
B.talk; told
C.say; spoke
D.tell; talked