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tations nearby. It didn’t need to be large but about 100 square meters. Though Mary clearly knew it was almost impossible, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat that would meet Joan’s requirements. Having tried too many times in vain, Mary went up to her boss and politely asked him for advice. It so happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached an agreement. But to her disappointment, when she ed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she was not returning and she had decided to continue to study in the university for her PhD. What do you think of the two friends? If you were Mary, what would you do? If you were Joan, what should you do? What’s wrong with Joan? Think about it and give your answer. B An epitome of American culture The United States of America is an immigrant county with all kind of races from all over the world, such as Africans, Asians, Europeans and South Americans, with the Indians its natives. Because of it, the USA is a country with colorful but special culture, in which English is a good example. The British had ruled America for over 300 years so the English play an important role in USA and bees its only official language. If someone asks who do say only one language, the answer must be Americans. But the language differs from area to area in USA, for most of Americans have strong accent but less dialect. You can recognize Americans and know he is southeastern (one speaks a bit slow but clearly)or northeastern (one speaks quickly) by their accents. You also can tell them from Englishmen by the words and phrases which they use. Take the followings as an example, if you hear an Englishspeaking person says “would you like to my flat for diner tonight?”, but not says: “would you like to my department…?” he may be an English but not American. In the modern time the USA play a most important part in the international affairs and many people regard American English as the standard English. Believe it or not, many people retell what the Americans say and try to learn a mouthful of American accent! American English is an epitome of American culture which shows The USA is tolerant, easygoing, but manding! Unit two English around the world 單項(xiàng)選擇 1—26 BBCBB BBBCB CBBCC DCDAA BBDBA 完形填空 26— 30 CBDAC 31— 35 DACAD 36— 40 ACDAB 41— 45 ACDCB 閱讀理解 46—50CAABD 51- 55 BDBCD 錯(cuò)誤 !未找到引用源。 in C. from。 usages C. use。 a need C. a good mand。 contain B. listed。 to protect B. a role。 aren’t B. recognizing。 . 完型填空: (共 20小題;每小題 ,滿(mǎn)分 30分 ) People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the 26 it is to do so, in theory it is that, 27 , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力 ) to practice some essential(基本的 ) 28 of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work 29 .So spending money to help 30 learn English may 31 up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you 32 ,the more you are let down. The daughter of one of my friends 33 English in primary school, 34 her foreign teacher’s blindness 35 psychology. She did not want to go on 36 English until middle school, 37 a college student studying English slowly 38 her intere