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2015-12-09
第II卷 (共50分)
VI. 任务型阅读。(每小题2分,共8分)
阅读下文并回答问题。
Language is always changing and developing. This may not be a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we wouldn’t have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People who have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) may use different sets of words and expressions.
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.
71. Is the changing of language a bad thing?
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72. Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?
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73. How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?
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74. What are considered dead languages according to the passage?
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VII. 完成句子。(每空1分,共10分)
根据所给提示,完成句子。每空一词,含缩略词。
75. The big house cost him 500,000 dollars. (改为否定句)
The big house ____________ ___________ him 500,000 dollars.
76. Jenny will go for a picnic in the afternoon. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____ ________ Jenny go for a picnic?
77. The ice is too thin. We can’t skate on it. (合并为一句话)
The ice isn’t ____________ ____________for us to skate on.
78. 他们及时地意识到了他们的错误。(完成译句)
They realized their mistakes _____________ _____________.
79. 这个问题没有你想象的那么难。(完成译句)
This problem is _____________ so difficult _____________ you imagine.
标签:中考英语模拟题
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