Only a hundred years ago, people seldom traveled far out of their birthplace. Books were very expensive and there were few national
(国家的)newspapers and no radio or TV. In fact, most people spent their time talking and listening. And only a little reading and writing went on and many people were unable to read and write. For this reason, native dialects(方言)grew up and people spoke as their parents and grandparents did. A Cornwall woman who traveled just as far as London would find that people spoke a complete different language.Sometimes it is hard to take in just how much things have changed. You always have books around, read magazines and newspapers, have different TV or radio programs. You and everyone around you, often travel not just in British islands but all of the world. Modern science has changed our life and distances
(距离)have been made shorter. It might have taken a Cornwall woman three days to travel to London. Now it takes less than two hours by air, less than four by train and less than six by road.The result of this is that the language we use is becoming more national and the dialect are dying out. Writing, printing
(印刷)and broadcasting(广播)have speeded up this change as one dialect has come to be used by more and more people. This is the dialect called Standard(标准的)English which was first used outside London in the south and east Midlands.(1) From the passage we know that a century ago __________.
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.people wouldn't like to leave their birthplaceB
.there were neither books nor newspapersC
.most people couldn't read and writeD
.people learned to read and write from their family members(2) If a Cornwall woman went to London a hundred years ago, she would find _________.
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.London was not far from her birthplaceB
.London was a strange cityC
.she could easily understand London peopleD
.she could hardly understand London people(3) Things have changed so much that people are not _____________ any more.
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.watching TV and listening to the radioB
.reading books and magazinesC
.traveling just within the British islandsD
.traveling over tile world(4) English is becoming more national because ________ .
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.distances have been made shorter by modern scienceB
.it takes a Cornwall woman less time to travel to LondonC
.the capital of England has been moved to a place near CornwallD
.people mustn't speak dialect in England(5) Today Standard English is __________.
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.dying out slowlyB
.used by more and more peopleC
.used in east Midlands onlyD
.used by London people only科目:初中英语 来源:2008年江苏省扬州市初中毕业升学统一考试、英语试卷 题型:053
根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。
(每空一词)Life gets noisier every day and very f 1 people can be free from noise of some kind or another.W 2 you live in the centre of a modem city or a village far away-the chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios, etc.are almost everywhere.We seem to be used to noise, too.Some people feel quite lonely w 3 background music while they are working.
Tests have s 4 that total silence can be very frightening experiences.H 5 , some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears.The noise level in some places is far a 6 the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise said that a 7 a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c 8 in the level of noise really affects people's attention.It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn't change too much(music, for example)may even help people to pay attention.
People axe testing ways to make less noise.There are even laws c 9 noise.We cannot r 10 to the“good old days”of peace and quiet.But we can make less noise-if we shout loudly enough about it.
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What is the biggest animal of all?The whale(鲸) 1 The blue whales are the 2 whales.Some blue whales weigh more 3 a hundred tons(吨). 4 heavy that is!Just think of a bus.A bus is big and heavy, 5 it weighs only about fifteen tons.A bus is about eight metres 6 , but some blue whales are as long as thirty metres!Though(虽然)whales are 7 big, they are a gentle kind of giant(巨物).They live together and 8 each other.Now we know whales "talk" to each other 9 the water.And the giants "speak" 10 singing birds.
(A.long B.so C.help D.in E.like F.is G.biggest H.than I.How J.but)
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
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科目:初中英语 来源:轻松新课堂·初中英语作业本·9A(牛津版) 牛津版 题型:053
阅读理解。
Clara Barton was a great American woman who worked all her life to help others.She started the American Red Cross, a group which still helps millions of people.
During the Civil War she nursed the wounded(受伤的)ones.① She was called the angel of the Battlefield(战场).At first the American government didn't help her, but later they realized how important she was.They realized that the Red Cross could help not only soldiers, but also other people.② Many of our people ③ h ________ ④ b ________ ⑤ h ________ in time of emergency(紧急治疗)by the Red Cross.People need help during a disaster such as a flood.Clara Barton took part in many kinds of charitable work.She wrote books and patriotic(爱国的)works, too.
A)将画线部分翻译成汉语:①___________ ②__________
B)根据首字母提示写出单词:③h ________ ④b ________ ⑤h ________
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根据短文内容,选出适当的单词填空,使语意通顺完整。每个选项只能使用一次。请将答案转涂到答题卡51至60处。E涂AB; F涂AC; G涂AD; H涂BC; I涂BD;J涂CD。
A. to B. home C. behind D. fast E. foreign F. scared G. joke H. close I. playing J. so |
One day a mother mouse and her babies were out. They were enjoying 76 games. Suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! The cat hid(藏) 77 a big tree. She could hear the mice talk. After the mother mouse and her babies knew what had happened, the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started 78 run after them.
The mother mouse and her babies began to run away. They hurried towards their 79 But the baby mice were 80 frightened that they could not run very 81 . The cat came 82 . What was to be done?
The mother mouse stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting “Bow! Wow! Bowwow!” just like an angry dog. The cat was so 83 that she ran away. The mother mouse turned to her babies, “Now you see how important it is to learn a 84 language!”
Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat.
“Oh, the cat's coming back. We must run right now.” The mother mouse called out to her children. “Haha! It's only a 85 ”said one of her children. “I have learned a foreign language.”
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I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practiced so 1 . She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is 2 a scholarship(奖学金). I like basketball and I want to be the 3 player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
She never changed her mind. I watched her through those high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass
4 . I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop 5 about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, 6 . Then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream.. Her father said to her, “If you 7 want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you 8 can stop your dream.” He told her again: “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She 9 by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the 10 basketball team of their college. She was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.
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