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Section BDirections: In this part there is a passage followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice. When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant change—at times a slow, almost imperceptible (几乎觉察不到的) change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing organism; it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme, it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme, it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty. As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The eighteenth century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.问题21 Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage?

A:The history of the English language.
B:Our changing attitude towards the English language.
C:Our changing language.
D:Some characteristics of modern English.
答案: Our changing language.

Part II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意:请在答题处填入相应的字母编号!字母一定要大写!As a freshman, there’s really something you might be eager to find on campus, i.e. the chance to throw yourself into the world of University Societies, and discover the huge range of activities at Oxford.Your first move should be to 11__ the large array of clubs at the OUSU Freshers’ Fair, from which you will get a brand-new edition of the comprehensive 12_ to all things at Oxford. If you miss the fair, you can still see what societies are offered in The Oxford Directory, a 13__ issued to you in Freshers’ Week. The degree to which people get involved in societies 14_. Some totally 15__ themselves in a club, rising to become a leader of the organization; others take a more 16__ approach, being members of several societies and taking part in whichever interesting; while many people, perhaps foolishly, completely ignore university societies and just 17_ with mates in college. Societies offer a great chance to 18_ people from outside college. If you have ambitions to 19___ a new society, you can register it, with start-up 20_ and loans, among other benefits. A. handbook B. funds C. eclectic D. seek out E. guide F. check out G. grants H. hang out I. merits J. release K open upL. immerseM. reluctantN. variesO. meet问题11 填空题(2分)____.
答案: F

Section BDirections: In this part there is a passage followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do – especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. “It’s amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves.” he says.Resume (简历) arrives with stains. Some candidates don’t bother to spell the company’s name correctly. “Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate,” Crossley concludes. “If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?”Can we pay too much attention to detail? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. “To keep from losing the forest for the trees”, says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, “we must constantly ask ourselves how the details we’re working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t, we should drop them and move to something else”.Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. “The Apollo II moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time.” Says Garfield, “But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates (坐标) of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary.” Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake.Too often we believe what accounts for others’ success is some special secret or a lucky break (机遇). But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow. 21单选(2分) According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected _____.

A:because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resume
B:because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume
C:because they failed to give detailed description of their background in their applications
D:because they eliminated their names from the applicants’ list themselves
答案: because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resume