大学英语第二学期期末考试试卷(编辑修改稿)

大学英语第二学期期末考试试卷(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

never been a race of men without a language. Second, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized, but the languages they speak are not primitive. In all known languages we can see plexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood。 indeed, the direct contrary has often been stated. Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate. Many people have supposed that the Indians municated in a very primitive system of noises. Study has proved this to be nonsense. There are, or were, hundreds of American Indian languages, and all of them turn out to be very plicated and very old. They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with, but they are no more primitive than English and Greek. A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally, we know that language changes. It is natural and normal for language to change。 the only languages which do not change are the dead ones. This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language. Grammatical features change as do speech sounds, and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly. Vo cabulary is the least stable part of any language. 16. In the second paragraph the author thinks that ____. A) some backward race doesn‘t have a language of its own B) some race in history didn‘t possess a language of its own C) any human race, whether backward or not, has a language D) some races on earth can municate without language 17. According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have ____ languages. A) plicated C) primitive B) uncivilized D) wellknown 18. The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are ____. A) just as old as some wellknown languages B) just as sophisticated as some wellknown languages C) more developed than some wellknown languages D) more plex than some wellknown languages 19. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A) A language is a means of expressing a particular culture 【 第 6 页 共 30 页 】 B) All languages can well express their respective cultures C) American Indian languages are as sophisticated as English D) Some languages are better than other languages 20. According to the author, language changes are more likely to occur in ____. A) grammar C) vocabulary B) pronunciation D) intonation Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage This story began about 10 years ago. I was ing out of a very bad marriage. For seven long years my husband spent his every waking moment telling me just what was wrong with me. When I finally asked for a divorce, he answered by telling me that I would never find anyone to love me because I was just so unattractive. This went on for about two years. One night one of my friends convinced me to go out with her. We went to a nightclub and that is when I met him. Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn‘t feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my selfesteem(自尊心 ) problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me the most dazzling(感人的 ) smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I figured that he was simply being nice to me because I had bought him a drink, but the very next day he called and told me that he could not stop thinking about me and that he wanted to meet my kids too. About 3 months later, my divorce was final and Clint sat my boys down and asked them if it was all right with them if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us anymore. I was so touched that he went to my boys and asked for their approval because they were the ―men of the house‖ at the ripe old ages of 2 and 4. They said yes and we have all been together ever since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life. Not a day goes by that he doesn‘t tell us that we are the best thing that ever happened to him and that he loves us. 21. The writer‘s first marriage was unsuccessful because ____. A) her husband often woke her up at midnight B) her husband kept criticizing her C) she was unattractive D) she had a selfesteem problem 22. When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ____. A) told her that she would never find one who loved her as he did B) delayed two years before giving her a reply C) accused her of having an affair D) said that she was unattractive and not worth loving 23. When the writer first met Clint, she felt that ____. A) she should have listened to her friend and met Clint earlier B) Clint was a nice, dazzling young man C) Clint could not be really interested in her 【 第 7 页 共 30 页 】 D) she would find true love in Clint 24. The writer was particularly touched by Clint because ____. A) he loved the kids and asked for their approval of the marriage B) he said that he could not imagine a life without her and the kids C) he believed that at 2 and 4, the two kids were the ―men of the house‖ D) he kept her pany and talked with her until the next morning 25. The writer‘s marriage to Clint is important to her mainly because ____. A) it gave her and her sons a second chance to live a happy life B) every day Clint would tell the writer that he loved her C) it helped her to regain her self respect D) it made her kids happy, which is all she cared about Passage Four Questions 26 to 30 are。