2013同等学力英语专项练习—阅读一

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1、PassageOneTheEnglishlanguageisspokenorreadbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld,forhistorical,political,andeconomicreasons;butitmayalsobetruethatitowessomethingofitswideappealtoqualitiesandcharacteristicsinherentinitself.Whatarethesecharacteristicfeatureswhich

2、outstandinmakingtheEnglishlanguagewhatitis,whichgiveititsindividualityandmakeitofthisworldwidesignificance?Firstandmostimportantisextraordinaryreceptiveandadaptable—ithastakentoitselfmaterialfromalmosteverywhereintheworldandhasmadethenewelementsoflanguageitso

3、wn.English,whichwhentheAnglo-SaxonsfirstconqueredEnglandinthefifthandsixthcenturieswasalmosta"pure"orunmixedlanguage—whichcouldmakenewwordsfornewideasfromitsowncompoundedelements.AsecondoutstandingcharacteristicofEnglishisitssimplicityandtherelationshipofword

4、sinasentencewithonlytheminimumofchangeintheirshapesorvariationofendings.AthirdqualityofEnglishisitsrelativelyfixedwordorder.（177words）1.Thispassageisprimarilyconcernedwith____.A.reasonsforthepopularityofEnglishB.Englishlanguagehaslargestnumberofpeopleinthewor

5、ldC.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptableofEnglishlanguageD.characteristicofEnglish2.WhatarethemostimportantcharacteristicfeaturesofEnglish?A.thelargestnumberofpeopleB.historical,political,andeconomicreasonsC.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptableD.worldwidesignific

6、ance3.WherehasEnglishtakenitselfmaterial?A.everywhereintheworldB.theAnglo-SaxonsC.a"pure"orunmixedlanguageD.manyplacesintheworld4.Accordingtothetext,Englandwasonce___A.conqueredbysomeforeigners.B.defeatedbytheAnglo-Saxons.C.acolonyoftheAnglo-Saxons.D.mixedwit

7、htheAnglo-Saxons.5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecharacteristicofEnglishlanguage?A.simpleB.widespreadC.pureD.relativelyfixedwordorder参考答案：1－5ACDACPassageTwoForallthefeveredworkbeingdone,however,scienceisstillfarawayfromtheBraveNewWorldvisionofengineeringaperfect

8、human—orevenaperfecttomato.Muchmoreresearchisneededbeforegenetherapybecomecommonplaceandmanydiseaseswilltakedecadestoconqueriftheycanbeconqueredatall.Intheshortrun,themostpracticalwaytous