【正文】 s 72hour visafree policy has attracted wide attention from both Chinese and foreign experts and businessmen since it took effect on Sept 1 last year. The program permits citizens from 51 countries and regions including the Un。 ESL: is English as a second language。電大《 變化中的英語 》期末復(fù)習(xí)資料小抄 Multiple Choice 1. When we speak of languages as living or dead we mean the language _B ____. A. are not used now. B. have living speakers or not. C. do not work now. D. are actually living or dead 2. Standard English refers to the English _____A___. A. of writing. Bewitch British people use . C. which American people use. D. which British and American people use 3. RP refers to _____D____. work English. B. General American. English and General American. D. Educated Southern British English 4. When we say RP, we mean it is a(n) ___A_____. A. variety of spoken English. B. variety of written English. C. regional dialect. D. accent. 5. About some special terms, the statement that __C_____ is NOT true. A. a language is the major means of human munication. B. a dialect is a variety of a language. C. a variety is a language distinct from others. D. the term accent has to do only with the sound of the language 6. In Activity 5, you were asked to listen to some regional varieties of English, but ____D__ is NOT included. A. Cornwall. B. London cockney. C. Northumberland. D. Midland 7. About language change, the statement that __B____ is NOT true. A. change in language matches change in people’s lives. B. language change is usually even and steady. C. languages change over time. D. new words enter the language to match new sorts of experience 8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is probably because ________B___. A. your English is too poor. B. they are speaking a variety of English. C. they speak poor English. D. you do not listen carefully enough 9. Dialects refer to __A____________. A. different ways of speaking. B. different written systems or different grammatical structures. C. both A and B. D. a form that is quite different from a language 10. New words are from ___D_____. A. old words used with new meaning. B. Words made up by pronouncing the initial letters of several words C. words borrowed from other languages D. all of the above 11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by ________B_______. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. WordsworthD. D. Shakespeare 12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by ______C______. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by _A__________. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Bernard Shaw D. Samuel Johnson 14. Angles and Saxons were ______________C_. A. Latinspeaking Romans B. Frenchspeaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _______C__________. century . by the Scandinavian people century . by the Normans century . by the Normans D. World War II by Germans 16. Standard English can be pronounced ___D________. A. only using a Received Pronunciation B. only in the accent of educated North American Speakers C. either in educated southern British accent or educated North American accent D. with a variety of accents 17. Standard English started in ______A___________. A. the South East of England B. the east of England C. the south of England D. London, Oxford and Cambridge 18. Standard English started in ___C___ century. 19. Standard English started spread all over the country because _D______________. A. English was allowed to be taught in schools B. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in English C. William Caxton set up a printing press in 1475, and printed books D. All of the above 20. The core of English lexicon is ______D________. A .French words B. Latin and Greek words C. The words brought back by the overseas D. Of Germanic origin 21. When you recognize a word and know what it means, you have a _A______ knowledge of it. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 22. Talking to people needs __B_______ knowledge and practice. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 23. Received Pronunciation _____C_______. A. is a regional accent B. belongs to south East of England C. is accepted and understood worldwide D. is the same thing as Standard English 24. When a teacher corrects a student’s mistakes ,he is doing ____D_____ teaching. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 25. English is not alone, not unique in being an international language. There are other international languages, such as _______A_____. A. Spanish B. Swedish. C. Japanese D. Danish 26. An American teacher, who made an especially important contribution to the American way of spelling some English words, he is _________A___. A. Noah Webster B. Mark Twin C. Webster Merriam D. Thomas McCauley 27. When India was independent, the New Constitution recognized as official languages ___D___ languages out of about 200 in use. 28. Most educated Indians speak ___C______ languages. 29. Britain was an imperial power for about ______D___ . years years. centuries centuries 30. By the discovery of the New World, it is meant the discovery and settlement in B_______. A. Australia B. North America C. India D. South East Asia 31. In the three Circles of English language users, __B_____ belong to the Outer Circle. A. native English speaking countries