變化中的英語期末復習練習題及參考答案(已修改)

　

【正文】 《變化中的英語》期末復習練習題及參考答案Section One : Multiple Choice1. When we speak of languages as living or dead we mean the language _______. A. are not used now. B. have living speakers or not. C. do not work now. D. are actually living or dead 正確答案：B 2. Standard English refers to the English ________. A. of writing. Bewitch British people use . C. which American people use. D. which British and American people use 正確答案：A 3. RP refers to _________. work English. B. General American. English and General American. D. Educated Southern British English 正確答案：D 4. When we say RP, we mean it is a(n) ________. A. variety of spoken English. B. variety of written English. C. regional dialect. D. accent. 正確答案：A 5. About some special terms, the statement that _______ is NOT true. A. a language is the major means of human munication. B. a dialect is a variety of a language. C. a variety is a language distinct from others. D. the term accent has to do only with the sound of the language 正確答案：C 6. In Activity 5, you were asked to listen to some regional varieties of English, but ______ is NOT included. A. Cornwall. B. London cockney. C. Northumberland. D. Midland 正確答案：D 7. About language change, the statement that ______ is NOT true. A. change in language matches change in people’s lives. B. language change is usually even and steady. C. languages change over time. D. new words enter the language to match new sorts of experience 正確答案：B 8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is probably because ___________. A. your English is too poor. B. they are speaking a variety of English. C. they speak poor English. D. you do not listen carefully enough 正確答案：B 9. Dialects refer to ______________. A. different ways of speaking. B. different written systems or different grammatical structures. C. both A and B. D. a form that is quite different from a language 正確答案：A 10. New words are from ________. A. old words used with new meaning. B. Words made up by pronouncing the initial letters of several words C. words borrowed from other languages D. all of the above 正確答案：D 11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by _______________. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. WordsworthD. D. Shakespeare 正確答案：B 12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by ____________. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 正確答案：C 13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by ___________. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Bernard Shaw D. Samuel Johnson 正確答案：A 14. Angles and Saxons were _______________. A. Latinspeaking Romans B. Frenchspeaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 正確答案：C 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _________________. century . by the Scandinavian people century . by the Normans century . by the Normans D. World War II by Germans 正確答案：C 16. Standard English can be pronounced ___________. A. only using a Received Pronunciation B. only in the accent of educated North American Speakers C. either in educated southern British accent or educated North American accent D. with a variety of accents 正確答案：D 17. Standard English started in _________________. A. the South East of England B. the east of England C. the south of England D. London, Oxford and Cambridge 正確答案：A 18. Standard English started in ______ century. 正確答案：C 19. Standard English started spread all over the country because _______________. A. English was allowed to be taught in schools B. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in English C. William Caxton set up a printing press in 1475, and printed books D. All of the above 正確答案：D 20. The core of English lexicon is ______________. A .French words B. Latin and Greek words C. The words brought back by the overseas D. Of Germanic origin 正確答案：D 21. When you recognize a word and know what it means, you have a _______ knowledge of it. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正確答案：A 22. Talking to people needs _________ knowledge and practice. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正確答案：B 23. Received Pronunciation ____________. A. is a regional accent B. belongs to south East of England C. is accepted and understood worldwide D. is the same thing as Standard English 正確答案：C 24. When a teacher corrects a student’s mistakes ,he is doing _________ teaching. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正確答案：D 25. English is not alone, not unique in being an international language. There are other international languages, such as ____________. A. Spanish B. Swedish. C. Japanese D. Danish 正確答案：A 26. An American teacher, who made an especially important contribution to the American way of spelling some English words, he is ____________. A. Noah Webster B. Mark Twin C. Webster Merriam D. Thomas McCauley 正確答案：A 27. When India was independent, the New Constitution recognized as official languages ______ languages out of about 200 in use. 正確答案：D 28. Most educated Indians speak _________ languages. 正確答案：C 29. Britain was an imperial power for about _________ . years years. centuries centuries 正確答案：D 30. By the discovery of the New World, it is meant the discovery and settlement in _______. A. Australia B. North America C. India D. South East Asia 正確答案：B 31. In the three Circles of English language users, _______ belong to the Outer Circle. A.