1 . 听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1. What do most people think is very important in spoken communication?A.Pronunciation. | B.Vocabulary. | C.Grammar. |
A.To develop your reading fluency. |
B.To improve your note-taking skills. |
C.To find out your mispronunciations. |
A.Spell out the difficult words. |
B.Check the words in a dictionary. |
C.Practice reading the words aloud. |
1.上课认真听讲,做好笔记,课后及时复习。
2.词汇是基础,每天早上花半个小时的时间背诵单词,朗读课文。
3.课外多与同学用英语交流,提高听力和口语能力。
4.每天坚持写日记。
注意:1.词数80词左右,短文的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总数。
2.内容可适当发挥,注意行文连贯。
Dear Wang Mei,
I’m very glad to have received your e-mail.
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3 . Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language?
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, technology policy expert Alec Ross argued that, within ten years or so, we would be able to communicate with one another through small earpieces with built-in microphones. That’s because technological progress is extremely fast. It’s only a matter of time. Such is the belief among certain parents that the technology is imminent and they’re wondering if their kids should learn a second language.
It’s true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers will make them cleverer at translating “Noes Bueno dormer mucho” into “It’s not good to sleep too much”. Replacing a word with its equivalent (对等词) in the target language is actually the easy part of a translator’s job. But even this seems to be a difficult job for computers.
It’s so hard for computers because translation doesn’t — or shouldn’t — involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it’s about translating meaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, people need to understand a lot of information all at once. Think about all the related clues that help us understand what someone is trying to say: volume, gesture, situations, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as the words you use.
Therefore, we should doubt a machine that can’t understand our world like we do. If people from different cultures can upset each other without realizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpreting meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.
1. What does the underlined word “imminent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Ready. | B.Confusing. | C.Unpractical. | D.Coming. |
A.The real meaning of words can vary. |
B.Their data is not rich enough. |
C.Their accuracy needs big improvement. |
D.A man’s soul hasn’t been breathed in them. |
A.Proper translation can be difficult for computers. |
B.Slight differences doesn’t matter in translation. |
C.Machines will translate our world properly. |
D.Cultures need more attention than words used. |
A.An Expert’s Prediction. | B.Travel without Headache. |
C.The Pleasure of Translation. | D.Will the Language Barrier (障碍) Actually Fall? |
Oxford University Press (OUP), publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, named “rizz” the word of the year for 2023.
“Rizz
OUP said it’s likely that more words from social media and internet culture will be used in everyday language over time.
Words and phrases
“The spike(猛增) in usage data for rizz goes to prove that words and phrases that evolve from internet culture are
OUP said the word is believed to be
Rizz can also be used as a verb. To “rizz up” means to attract, seduce (引诱)
Love is hard to put into words, but Li Shangyin, a famous poet of Tang Dynasty,
“As last night twinkle stars, as last night blows the breeze; West of the painted bower, east of Cassia Hall. Having no wings I can’t fly to you as I please; Our hearts at one, your ears can hear my inner call.”
One of the reasons these lines are quoted today is that the poem delivers messages that
You may search for your soulmate, someone you’re attracted to, someone with
我发现学习英语对我来说是一个很大的挑战(challenge)。我想克服(get over)这个挑战,但我不知道该怎么办。所以我去找我的英语老师寻求帮助。她告诉我,重要的是我学习英语的态度(attitude)。只要我有信心(confidence),努力(effort)练习英语,我就会学好它因此,我应该充分利用(make the most of)时间,因为成功在于(lie in)勤奋。老师的话对我影响很大(make a difference)。我决定平衡(balance)我的英语学习和其他活动。现在我的英语有了进步(advance)。
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内容包括:
1) 明确问题并给予安慰;
2) 提出具体建议及简要理由(至少两条);
3) 表达希望和信心。
注意:
1) 写作词数应为100左右。
2) 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
A.The language to learn. | B.The film to watch. | C.The course to attend. |
1. What did Vicky do to improve her Chinese?
A.She traveled to China. | B.She had classes with her mother. | C.She learned from a tutor online. |
A.$600. | B.$700. | C.$800. |
A.Anxious. | B.Grateful. | C.Surprised. |
10 . Foreign visitors to the UK might be disappointed when they learn that not everyone there speaks like Harry Potter and his friends. Usually, there’s an assumption by many non-Brits that everyone in Britain speaks with what’s known as a Received Pronunciation (RP,标准发音) accent, also called “the Queen’s English”. However, while many people do talk this way, most Britons speak in their own regional accents (口音).
Scouse, Glaswegian and Black Country — from Liverpool, Glasgow and the West Midlands — are just three of the countless non-RP accents that British people speak with. There are even differences in accents between towns or cities just 30 kilometers apart. What is even more disappointing is that not speaking in a RP accent may mean a British person is judged and even treated differently in their everyday life.
In a 2015 study by The University of South Wales, videos of people reading a passage in three different UK accents were shown to a second group of people. The group then rated how intelligent they thought the readers sounded. The lowestrated accent was Brummie, native to people from Birmingham, a city whose accent is considered working class.
However, there is no need to be disappointed though you are not speaking in a RP accent. In fact, doing the opposite may even give you strength.
Kong Seongjae, 25, is an Internet celebrity from Seoul. After studying in the UK, he picked up several regional accents. He’s now famous for his online videos, where he shows off the various accents he’s learned. “British people usually get really excited when I use some of their local dialect words, and they become much friendlier. I think it makes a bit of bond between local people and foreigners to speak in their local accent,” he said.
So if you’re working on perfecting your British accent, try to speak like someone from Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham. You may not sound like Harry Potter, but you are likely to make more friends.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?A.Non-Brits usually hold that all Britons speak in a RP accent. |
B.Only “the Queen’s English” is accepted in the UK. |
C.Foreign visitors are disappointed at their on spoken English. |
D.Any Received Pronunciation around the world is also called “the Queen’s English”. |
A.Favored by foreign visitors to the UK. | B.Closest to the RP accent. |
C.Smart and easy to understand. | D.Spoken by people of lower class. |
A.Speaking in a RP accent. | B.Speaking in regional accents. |
C.Speaking the Brummie accent. | D.Speaking like Harry Potter. |
A.A study about the most intelligent accent in Britain. |
B.A comparison between different British accents. |
C.How much British people value the RP accent. |
D.The influence of regional accents on people’s lives. |