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1、Section Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on Answer Sheet 1. (10 points) From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first
2、 1 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kinds future 3 and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our ability to produce and use language. They 5 that our highly evolved brain provide
3、s us 6 an innate language ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10 times for language development.
4、Current 11 of innateness theory(天生论) are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 12 , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 13 grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 14 to them, whi
5、le adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 15 of their first language have become firmly fixed. 16 some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 17 from other human beings do not possess language.
6、 This demonstrates that 18 with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language 19 than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. 20, children learn language from their p
7、arents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their childs language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones. 1. A generated B evolved C born D originated 2. A valuable B appropriate C convenient D favorite 3. A attainments B feasibility C ent
8、ertainments D evolution 4. A essential B available C reliable D responsible 5. A confirm B inform C claim D convince 6. A for B from C of D with 7. A organizations B organisms C humans D children 8. A potential B performance C preference D passion 9. A as B just as C like D unlike 10. A ideological
9、B biological C social D psychological 11. A reviews B reference C reaction D recommendation 12. A In a word B In a sense C Indeed D In other words 13. A various B different C the higher D the lower 14. A revealed B exposed C engaged D involved 15. A regulations B formations C rules D constitutions 1
10、6. A Although B Whether C Since D When 17. A distinguished B different C protected D isolated 18. A exposition B comparison C contrast D interaction 19. A acquisition B appreciation C requirement D alternative 20. A As a result B After all C In other words D Above all Section Reading Comprehension P
11、art A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet 1. (40 points) Text 1 When Howell Raines was made executive editor of the New York Times in 2001, he brought with him a reputation as a fearless and indep
12、endent newsman. Within days, al-Qaeda (基地组织) struck the World Trade Centre, and the coverage he oversaw turned him into an editorial legend, his army of reporters winning an unprecedented number of Pulitzer prizes. Yet, not a year and a half later, the discovery of fabrication by a young reporter tr
13、iggered a managerial crisis that destroyed Mr Rainess career and exposed the newspaper to ridicule for being unable to detect a pathological(病态的) liar in its own newsroom. Not long afterwards, another reporter, who was also a favourite of Mr Rainess, departed as questions were being raised as to whe
14、ther he had actually reported the stories appearing under his name. A year on, many inside the worlds best known paper of record and integrity still worry if its reputation can be restored. Mr Raines got the editorship after pledging to raise the papers competitive metabolism (新陈代谢). The newspapers
15、publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, had had ample opportunities to see his flaws. As bureau chief in Washington, DC, Mr Raines had treated a small group of reporters like pets, earning the dislike of the rest. Similar opinions had been voiced when he ran the newspapers editorial page. But in each place, Mr Raines had made the New York Times noticed. And for Mr Sulzberger, that seemed to be an answer to a problem. Circulation had been stagnan
