电大《变化中的英语》期末复习资料小抄

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1、电大《变化中的英语》期末复习资料小抄MultipleChoice1.Whenwespeakoflanguagesaslivingordeadwemeanthelanguage_B____.A.arenotusednow.B.havelivingspeakersornot.C.donotworknow.D.areactuallylivingordead2.StandardEnglishreferstotheEnglish_____A___.A.ofwriting.BewitchBritishpeopleuse.C.whichAme

2、ricanpeopleuse.D.whichBritishandAmericanpeopleuse3.RPrefersto_____D____.A.networkEnglish.B.GeneralAmerican.C.BBCEnglishandGeneralAmerican.D.EducatedSouthernBritishEnglish4.WhenwesayRP,wemeanitisa(n)___A_____.A.varietyofspokenEnglish.B.varietyofwrittenEnglish.C.region

3、aldialect.D.accent.5.Aboutsomespecialterms,thestatementthat__C_____isNOTtrue.A.alanguageisthemajormeansofhumancommunication.B.adialectisavarietyofalanguage.C.avarietyisalanguagedistinctfromothers.D.thetermaccenthastodoonlywiththesoundofthelanguage6.InActivity5,youwer

4、easkedtolistentosomeregionalvarietiesofEnglish,but____D__isNOTincluded.A.Cornwall.B.Londoncockney.C.Northumberland.D.Midland7.Aboutlanguagechange,thestatementthat__B____isNOTtrue.A.changeinlanguagematcheschangeinpeople’slives.B.languagechangeisusuallyevenandsteady.C.

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

6、youdonotlistencarefullyenough9.Dialectsreferto__A____________.A.differentwaysofspeaking.B.differentwrittensystemsordifferentgrammaticalstructures.C.bothAandB.D.aformthatisquitedifferentfromalanguage10.Newwordsarefrom___D_____.A.oldwordsusedwithnewmeaning.B.Wordsmadeu

7、pbypronouncingtheinitiallettersofseveralwordsC.wordsborrowedfromotherlanguagesD.alloftheabove11.Rasselaswaswrittenin18thcenturyby________B_______.A.MarkTwainB.SamuelJohnsonC.WordsworthD.D.Shakespeare12.TheTempestwasfirstprintedin1623,writtenby______C______.A.MarkTwai

8、nB.SamuelJohnsonC.ShakespeareD.GeoffreyChaucer13.TheCanterburyTaleswasafamouscollectionofstoriesinverse,writtenby_A__________.A.Geo