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1、变化中的英语<<变化中的英语>>复习资料KnowledgeTest广州市广播电视大学容华丽SectionOne:MultipleChoice1.Whenwespeakoflanguagesaslivingordeadwemeanthelanguage_______.A.arenotusednow.B.havelivingspeakersornot.C.donotworknow.D.areactuallylivingordead2.StandardEnglishreferstotheEnglish________.A.ofwriting.Bewi

2、tchBritishpeopleuse.C.whichAmericanpeopleuse.D.whichBritishandAmericanpeopleuse3.RPrefersto_________.A.networkEnglish.B.GeneralAmerican.C.BBCEnglishandGeneralAmerican.D.EducatedSouthernBritishEnglish4.WhenwesayRP,wemeanitisa(n)________.A.varietyofspokenEnglish.B.varietyofwri

3、ttenEnglish.C.regionaldialect.D.accent.5.Aboutsomespecialterms,thestatementthat_______isNOTtrue.A.alanguageisthemajormeansofhumancommunication.B.adialectisavarietyofalanguage.C.avarietyisalanguagedistinctfromothers.D.thetermaccenthastodoonlywiththesoundofthelanguage6.InActiv

4、ity5,youwereaskedtolistentosomeregionalvarietiesofEnglish,but______isNOTincluded.A.Cornwall.B.Londoncockney.C.Northumberland.D.Midland7.Aboutlanguagechange,thestatementthat______isNOTtrue.A.changeinlanguagematcheschangeinpeople’slives.B.languagechangeisusuallyevenandsteady.C

5、.languageschangeovertime.D.newwordsenterthelanguagetomatchnewsortsofexperience8.Whenyoumeetsomeold,nativespeakersofEnglishwhoarehardtounderstand,youknow,itisprobablybecause___________.A.yourEnglishistoopoor.B.theyarespeakingavarietyofEnglish.C.theyspeakpoorEnglish.D.youdonot

6、listencarefullyenough9.Dialectsreferto______________.A.differentwaysofspeaking.B.differentwrittensystemsordifferentgrammaticalstructures.C.bothAandB.D.aformthatisquitedifferentfromalanguage10.Newwordsarefrom________.A.oldwordsusedwithnewmeaning.B.Wordsmadeupbypronouncingthei

7、nitiallettersofseveralwordsC.wordsborrowedfromotherlanguagesD.alloftheabove11.Rasselaswaswrittenin18thcenturyby_______________.A.MarkTwainB.SamuelJohnsonC.WordsworthD.D.Shakespeare12.TheTempestwasfirstprintedin1623,writtenby____________.A.MarkTwainB.SamuelJohnsonC.Shakespear

8、eD.GeoffreyChaucer13.TheCanterburyTaleswasafamouscollectionofstoriesinverse