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? English and English Community

There is no denying that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the ___1___ speech

community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who ___2___ in England. Their languages became more and more ___3___ to each other. Finally, the language

had enough uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people were united into a speech community through

their shared languages.

Speech community is similar to other kinds of ___4___. The people who make up the community share common language. Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood, a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who ___5___ the same language no matter where they happen to live.

We may say that anyone who speaks English ___6___ to the English speech community. For convenience, we may classify the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the

speakers learn English as a second language for the ___7___ of education, commerce, and so on.

English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for most nations in the world which employ it as an ___8___ second language. English has been adopted as the language of air traffic, commerce, as well as international

diplomacy. Moreover, English is the ___9___ of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come

to rely ___10___ on an understanding of English.

A. international

B. native

C. speak

D. belongs

E. purpose

F. language

G. communities

H. settled

I. similar

J. same

K. heavily

L. largest

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1.此處需要填一個(gè)形容詞作定語(yǔ)。根據(jù)后半句“with the exception of Chinese”判斷前面應(yīng)該用形容詞的最高級(jí),故largest為正確答案。largest非常適合此句語(yǔ)境:現(xiàn)在除漢語(yǔ)外,說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的人構(gòu)成了世界上最大的語(yǔ)言群體。

2.此處的定語(yǔ)從句缺少謂語(yǔ),因此需要填一個(gè)動(dòng)詞。備選單詞中有三個(gè)動(dòng)詞:belongs, speak和 settled。此處前半句為過(guò)去時(shí),根據(jù)時(shí)態(tài)一致原則,此處也應(yīng)該用過(guò)去時(shí),故belongs和 speak都被排除掉。此外, settle in為固定詞組,意思是“安頓下來(lái),在……定居”。

3.此處系動(dòng)詞 became后需要填一個(gè)形容詞作表語(yǔ),這個(gè)形容詞還要和后面的 to each other搭配,縱觀備選單詞中的幾個(gè)形容詞:largest已用過(guò),same, international, national和native放在此處句意不通,也排除,故 similar為正確答案。similar to為常見搭配,此句意思是“他們的語(yǔ)言變得越來(lái)越相似”。

4.此處介詞of后應(yīng)填名詞。根據(jù)此句主語(yǔ) speech communities判斷此空應(yīng)填“communities”。此句意思是“語(yǔ)言社區(qū)和其他社區(qū)類似”。

5.此題需要填一個(gè)動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)。備選單詞中有三個(gè)動(dòng)詞: belongs, speak和 settled其中 settled前面已選過(guò),排除掉; belong后面不能直接接賓語(yǔ),應(yīng)該與to搭配使用,也排除掉，故 speak為此題的正確答案。 speak language也是常見搭配。

6.此處需要填一個(gè)動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)。備選單詞中的動(dòng)詞只剩下 belongs, belong to屬于固定搭配,意思是“屬于”。 belongs非常適合此處語(yǔ)境:可以這么說(shuō),講英語(yǔ)的人都屬于英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言社區(qū)。

7.此處需要填一個(gè)名詞 for the purpose of屬于常見搭配,意思是“為了…”,符合語(yǔ)境。

8. 此處需要填一個(gè)形容詞。備選單詞中有六個(gè)形容詞: international, national, same native, similar, largest。由于此空前面是冠詞an這幾個(gè)形容詞中只有 international前面用an。

9. 此處需要填一個(gè)名詞。 language非常適合此處語(yǔ)境:此外,英語(yǔ)也是大多數(shù)出版材料使用的語(yǔ)言……

10.此句不缺少句子成分,因此此處需要填一個(gè)副詞修飾動(dòng)詞詞組 rely on。備選單詞中只有一個(gè)副詞 heavily. heavily也非常適合此處語(yǔ)境:教育已非常依靠對(duì)英語(yǔ)的掌握。

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? English and English Community

There is no denying that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the ___1___ speech

community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who ___2___ in England. Their languages became more and more ___3___ to each other. Finally, the language

had enough uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people were united into a speech community through

their shared languages.

Speech community is similar to other kinds of ___4___. The people who make up the community share common language. Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood, a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who ___5___ the same language no matter where they happen to live.

We may say that anyone who speaks English ___6___ to the English speech community. For convenience, we may classify the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the

speakers learn English as a second language for the ___7___ of education, commerce, and so on.

English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for most nations in the world which employ it as an ___8___ second language. English has been adopted as the language of air traffic, commerce, as well as international

diplomacy. Moreover, English is the ___9___ of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come

to rely ___10___ on an understanding of English.

A. international

B. native

C. speak

D. belongs

E. purpose

F. language

G. communities

H. settled

I. similar

J. same

K. heavily

L. largest

??????????????????????????????????????????? Testing: Is it the only way to Evaluate Students?

【*】About ten percent of __1__ (spend)on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. For ten years now, federal law has tied this cost to student __2__ (perform). States have been required to show progress through __3__ (year) testing.
【*】States saying testing tells only part of the story about efforts by school and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in __4__ (measure) performance.

The western state of Colorado for example, has a new __5__ (assess) method. The idea is to show __6__ (academy) growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.

【*】Josh Smith is principal of a middle school in a network of public charter schools __7__ (call). West Denver Prep Charter schools are publicly funded but not operated the same as __8__ (tradition) public schools. Mr. Smith says he likes to show his students this graph so they can see their school’s progress. On average, students enter sixth grade at West Denver Prep __9__ (perform) below grade level. __10__ (strange) enough, most are outperforming other students across the state three years later.
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????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Saving Money

【*】Where you save your money often depends on what you are saving for. If you are saving to buy a dictionary or to go to a concert, then you probably keep your money __1__ in your room.
【*】If you are __2__ for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip, where would you save your money?
【*】One place to save money is the bank. Putting your money in a savings account will help yourmonev__3__ more money. If you put your money in a piggy bank(豬形儲(chǔ)蓄罐), one year later you'll still have the __4__ amount of money you put in. If you put your money in a savings account, one year later, you'll have more money than you put in. Why?
【*】When you keep your money in a __5__, your money earns interest. __6__ is the amount of a bank pays you to use your money. The bank uses your money (and the money of other people) to loan money to people and businesses.
【*】Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CD. If you have some money that you don't need to use for a __7__ time, this is a good way to make your money __8__.
【*】Since the bank is using your money for that time period, it will __9__ you interest. You will earn more interest with a CD than in a savings account. Can you guess why? It's because you promise to leave your money in the bank for a certain period of time. Banks pay __10__ rates of interest.
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【簡(jiǎn)答】

A.long B. same C. bank D. earn E. pay F. grow G. inside H. different I. interest J. somewhere K. saving L raise

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??????????????????????????????????????? A Debate on the English Language

【*】A measure declaring English the national language is under intense___1___ In the United States. The US Senate ___2___ two declarations last week. One calls English the nation's official language and the other says it is the“common and unifying(統(tǒng)一的)” tongue, But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.

Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English, many can't understand why the___3___is so controversial(有爭(zhēng)議的).

【*】The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,"says Dick Tucker, a social scientist at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University."It's ___4___ to a worry about the changing demography(人口統(tǒng)計(jì)) of the US. lt's a worry about who will continue to have political and economic___5___”
【*】In fact, the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation’s founding. John Adams lobbied(游說(shuō))in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. But his proposal died, since lawmakers ___6___ it as a royalist(?；手髁x者) attempt to define personal behavior.
【*】Since then, the country hasn't had a ___7___ language, but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.

The emotions surrounding language resurface(再次浮現(xiàn)) not because people feel8withEnglish. It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages, says Walt Wolfram, a ___9___ at North Carolina State University.

【*】“Language is never about language,"he says.
【*】According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report of 209 million Americans over 18 years old, 172 million speak only English at home. About 37 million speak languages ___10___ than English. Among them, 6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak English at all.
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