2014年电大《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.BewitchBritishpeo

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

3、B.varietyofwrittenEnglish.C.regionaldialect.D.accent.5.Aboutsomespecialterms,thestatementthat__C_____isNOTtrue.A.alanguageisthemajormeansofhumancommunication.B.adialectisavarietyofalanguage.C.avarietyisalanguagedistinctfromothers.D.thetermaccenthasto

4、doonlywiththesoundofthelanguage6.InActivity5,youwereaskedtolistentosomeregionalvarietiesofEnglish,but____D__isNOTincluded.A.Cornwall.B.Londoncockney.C.Northumberland.D.Midland7.Aboutlanguagechange,thestatementthat__B____isNOTtrue.A.changeinlanguagema

5、tcheschangeinpeople’slives.B.languagechangeisusuallyevenandsteady.C.languageschangeovertime.D.newwordsenterthelanguagetomatchnewsortsofexperience8.Whenyoumeetsomeold,nativespeakersofEnglishwhoarehardtounderstand,youknow,itisprobablybecause________B__

6、_.A.yourEnglishistoopoor.B.theyarespeakingavarietyofEnglish.C.theyspeakpoorEnglish.D.youdonotlistencarefullyenough9.Dialectsreferto__A____________.A.differentwaysofspeaking.B.differentwrittensystemsordifferentgrammaticalstructures.C.bothAandB.D.aform

7、thatisquitedifferentfromalanguage10.Newwordsarefrom___D_____.A.oldwordsusedwithnewmeaning.B.WordsmadeupbypronouncingtheinitiallettersofseveralwordsC.wordsborrowedfromotherlanguagesD.alloftheabove11.Rasselaswaswrittenin18thcenturyby________B_______.A.

8、MarkTwainB.SamuelJohnsonC.WordsworthD.D.Shakespeare12.TheTempestwasfirstprintedin1623,writtenby______C______.A.MarkTwainB.SamuelJohnsonC.ShakespeareD.GeoffreyChaucer13.TheCanterburyTaleswasafamouscollectionofstoriesinverse,writtenby_A__________.A.Geo