(一)
【文章大意】 在莎士比亞時(shí)代全世界說英語的人數(shù)大約是五百萬。如今,不但以英語為母語的人數(shù)增長了,而且隨著英語成為世界工作語言,全世界懂得這一工作語言的人數(shù)也多得無法估計(jì)了。在本文中,作者對(duì)英語這一國際語言做了一些具體介紹。
1.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的“…it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English…”可知A項(xiàng)正確。
2.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的“The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its presentday importance as a world language.”可知,英語被普遍使用是因?yàn)樗且婚T用來進(jìn)行國際交流的語言,故D項(xiàng)正確。
3.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的“The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.”可知B項(xiàng)正確。
4.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段“It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries,especially former British colonies.”可知,在那些以前是英國殖民地的發(fā)展中國家最有可能說英語,故C項(xiàng)正確。
(二)
【文章大意】 文章介紹了中美教育文化中的差異。中國大學(xué)有圍墻,而美國的大學(xué)沒有。文化向外伸展著,而不是封閉起來。綠色的草坪將大學(xué)校園和社區(qū)連接了起來。那是所有渴求知識(shí)的人們的共同家園,這不僅僅是建筑風(fēng)格或是教育方式的不同,而且也是一種觀念、一種溝通的愿望。
5.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句“This period of difficulty in adjusting to a new culture would probably have set in during my semester at Peking University.”可知,適應(yīng)一種新文化的困難時(shí)期可以說該是作者在北京大學(xué)上學(xué)的那個(gè)學(xué)期,故A項(xiàng)正確。
6.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“…an inseparable part of the community in which it was located,open not only to the students of the school itself…”可知,作者認(rèn)為大學(xué)也是當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的一個(gè)組成部分,不應(yīng)該僅僅對(duì)在校學(xué)生開放,故D項(xiàng)正確。
7.D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中“…wall around it.Walls enclose and separate; schools expand and integrate(合并).The very idea seemed fundamentally incompatible.”可知,圍墻的作用是封閉和隔離,然而,學(xué)校的宗旨是要擴(kuò)展學(xué)生的知識(shí),讓學(xué)生與外面的世界融合,這兩個(gè)概念是根本不相容的,由此可知“wall”和“school”代表的意義是相互矛盾的,故D項(xiàng)正確。
8.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中“‘No,I've never seen or heard of a university encircled by a wall.’My Chinese friend seemed puzzled.” 可知,作者的中國同學(xué)對(duì)美國大學(xué)沒有圍墻感到吃驚,故B項(xiàng)正確。
9.D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句“As China continues to open up to the outside world,these walls seem increasingly out of place.”可知,作者認(rèn)為隨著中國的對(duì)外開放,大學(xué)的圍墻的存在是不恰當(dāng)?shù),故D項(xiàng)正確。
(三)
【文章大意】 本文主要講述的是給小孩取名的制度。不同的國家對(duì)于小孩子取名有不同的規(guī)定和要求。
10.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中第二句“A child's first name must clearly indicate his or her sex…”可知,一個(gè)孩子的名字必須清楚地表明他或她的性別。故D正確。
11.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“The country's naming committee consults the National Register of Persons to determine if a name is acceptable.”可知B正確。
12.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的“…a name that ‘might cause offense to a reasonable person; is unreasonably long; or is,includes,or resembles an official title or rank,’ including,apparently,Adolf Hitler and Yeah Detroit—both names are recently rejected.”可知D正確;A項(xiàng)與resembles an official title rank不符;B項(xiàng)、C項(xiàng)與is unreasonably long不符。