【正文】 lk, 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 AngloSaxons(盎格魯撒克遜人 ) there has been an almost plete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. AngloSaxon (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 e 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 matters 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 18th 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 reevaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. 62. In the past 1500 years of development, the English language________. A) has been changing violently all the time B) has been static all the time C) has been changing slightly sometimes D) has been static sometimes 63. According to Paragraph 2, the English language be[FS:PAGE]longs to________. A) only the mons B) only the upper class C) those who have shown respect to it D) many classes or groups 64. The word inflection(Line 3, Para. 4) may probably means ________. A) changes in the forms of words B) changes in sentence structures C) changes in spelling rules D) words that have similar meanings 65. Unlike the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to________. A) attempt to continue the standardization of the language B) evaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patterns C) be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its analysis or history D) be more aware of the rules of the language usage 66. The author of the passage is probably a________. A) historian B) philosopher C) novelist D) linguist 試題解析 62. C)。文章開始就提到新西蘭是個(gè)島國(guó)，因此其海岸線應(yīng)該不短，所以 A)不可選； D)認(rèn)為新西蘭位于環(huán)大西洋的地層活動(dòng)帶上，而原文提到的是環(huán)太平洋，故 D)也不正確。s crust which circles the Pacific Ocean（新西蘭位于環(huán)太 平洋的地殼活動(dòng)帶上），This is revealed in the shape of the land by features all mon to the New Zealand landscape volcanoes, hot springs, mountain chains and active fault lines，因此反映在新西蘭的地貌上具有以下特點(diǎn)：火山、溫泉、山脈群及活動(dòng)帶，與 B)相符。因此可以排除 B)和 C)； D)雖然有 oceanic（海洋性的）但又提到 dry（干旱的），與文中不符。s major island groups, stretching 1,700 km across the South Pacific Ocean, midway between the Equator and the South Pole（新西蘭是世界主要的群島國(guó)之一，往南太平洋延伸 1700 公里，處于赤道和南極之間），故選 C)。s crust which circles the Atlantic Ocean 61. The country39。s largest lake, Taupo, and Roto[FS:PAGE]rua to White Island in the Bay of Plenty. The mountains of the South Island reach the highest point in Mount Cook, 3,974 m high. It is the centre point of the 500 km long Southern Alps, a wild region of spectacular alpine peaks, lakes and remote sounds. Beyond the mountain areas lie extensive rolling downlands in regions such as South Canterbury in the south and Hawkes Bay in the north. Rich, extensive plains grace Southland and Canterbury and the North Island39。s 268,000 sq km, an area similar to that of the United Kingdom, the Philippines or the state of Colorado (USA). New Zealand is a temperate, oceanic land, the antipodes (恰恰相反的事物 ) of Spain, Portugal and western France. Its long main islands yield a spectacular coastline 10， 000 km long and no inland locality is more than 110 km from the sea. New Zealand is endowed with every kind of landform, but is especially notable for the fact that about threequarters of the country lies more than 200 meters above sea level. Much of the North Island39。 66. B)。 A)錯(cuò)在 longtime effort 上，因?yàn)槊桌鲜笫堑纤鼓嵩诼猛局信既粯?gòu)思出來的； B)對(duì)米老鼠的描述是米老鼠到了 20 世紀(jì) 30 年代晚期的形象，在它出現(xiàn)的早期眼睛是 black ovals； D)中的名字只是迪斯尼最初對(duì)這只小老鼠的命名，隨后他就根據(jù)妻子的建議把它改成了 Mickey。對(duì)于 debut 這個(gè)詞的理解主要根據(jù)上下文。s cultural stage________. A) after a longtime effort by Walt Disney B) with white eyes with pupils C) in 1928 D) with the name Mortimer 65. What can be inferred about Winnie the Pooh from the passage? A) Winnie the Pooh is another mouse. B) Winnie the Pooh appears more often than Mickey Mouse on TV. C) Winnie the Pooh is not an animated character. D) Winnie the Pooh is one product of the Disney pany. 66. As an international star, Mickey________. A) knows many foreign languages B) plays an important role in crosscultural munication C) has always been the most popular Disne[FS:PAGE]y character D) has his face changed frequently 試題解析 62. D)。s Mickey Mouse Club and the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. In the succeeding decades, Mickey has been a regular presence on television on the Disney Channel and is photographed daily alongside thousands of tourists at theme parks in California, Florida, France and Japan. Mickey Mouse speaks an international language, Sklar said. When I go to Tok