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1、英语四级阅读训练题及答案ItcameassomethingofasurprisewhenDiana,PrincessofWales,madeatriptoAngolain1997,tosupporttheRedCrosstscampaignforatotalbanonallanti-personnellandmines.WithinhoursofarrivinginAngola,televisionscreensaroundtheWorldwerefilledwithimagesofhercomfortingvictimsinjuredinexplosionscausedbylandmines
2、.Iknewthestatistics,“shesaid.“Butputtingafacetothosefiguresbroughttherealityhometome;likeWhenImetSandra,a13year-oldgirlwhohadlostherleg,andpeoplelikeher.”ThePrincessconcluded,withasimplemessage：“Wemuststoplandmines,.Andsheusedeveryopportunityduringhervisittorepeatthismessage.But,backinLondon,herview
3、swerenotsharedbysomemembersoftheBritishgovernment,whichrefusedtosupportabanontheseweapons.Angrypoliticianslaunchedan,attackonthePrincessinthepress.Theydescribedherasuveryill-informed”andauloosecannon乱放炮的人.ThePrincessrespondedbybrushingasidethecriticisms：”ThisisadistractionF扰wedonotneed.AllI*mtryingt
4、odoishelp.”Oppositionparties,themediaandthePublicimmediatelyvoicedtheirsupportforthePrincess.Tomakemattersworseforthegovernment,itsoonemergedthatthePrincessstriphadbeenapprovedbytheForeignOffice,andthatshewasinfactverywell-informedaboutboththesituationinAngolaandtheBritishgovernmentspolicyregardingl
5、andmines.Theresultwasasevereembarrassmentforthegovernment.Totryandlimitthedamage,theForeignSecretary,MalcolmRifkind,claimedthatthePrincess*sviewsonlandmineswerenotverydifferentfromgovernmentpolicy,andthatitwasuworkingtowardsvaworldwideban.TheDefenseSecretary,MichaelPortillo,claimedthematterwas“amisi
6、nterpretationormisunderstanding.”ForthePrincess,thetriptothiswar-torncountrywasanexcellentopportunitytouseherpopularitytoshowtheworldhowmuchdestructionandsufferinglandminescancause.ShesaidthattheexperiencehadalsogivenhertheChancetogetclosertopeopleandtheirproblems.1. PrincessDianapaidavisittoAngolai
7、n1997.AtovoicehersupportforatotalbanoflandminesBtoclarifytheBritishgovernment*sstandonlandminesCtoinvestigatethesufferingsoflandminevictimsthereDtoestablishherimageasafriendoflandminevictims2. WhatdidDianameanwhenshesaid”puttingafacetothosefiguresbroughttherealityhometome”Line5,Para.1?AShejustcouldn
8、tbeartomeetthelandminevictimsfacetoface.BTheactualsituationinAngolamadeherfeellikegoingbackhome.CMeetingthelandminevictimsinpersonmadeherbelievethestatistics.DSeeingthepainofthevictimsmadeherrealizetheseriousnessofthesituation.3. SomemembersoftheBritishgovernmentcriticizedDianabecauseAshewasill-info
9、rmedofthegovernmentspolicyBtheywereactuallyopposedtobanninglandminesCshehadnotconsultedthegovernmentbeforethevisitDtheybelievedthatshehadmisinterpretedthesituationinAngola4. HowdidDianarespondtothecriticisms?AShepaidnoattentiontothem.BShemademoreappearancesonTV.CShemetthe13-year-oldgirlasplanned.DSh
10、erosetoarguewithheropponents.5. WhatdidPrincessDianathinkofhervisittoAngola?AIthadcausedembarrassmenttotheBritishgovernment.BIthadbroughtherclosertotheordinarypeople.CIthadgreatlypromotedherpopularity.DIthadaffectedherrelationswiththeBritishgovernment.1.A2.D3.B4.A5.BSignhasbecomeascientifichotbutton
11、.Onlyinthepast20yearshavespecialistsinlanguagestudyrealizedthatsignedlanguagesareunique-aspeechofthehand.Theyofferanewwaytoprobehowthebraingeneratesandunderstandslanguage,andthrownewlightonanoldscientificcontroversy：whetherlanguage,completewithgrammar,issomethingthatwearebornWith,orwhetheritisalearn
12、edbehavior.ThecurrentinterestinsignlanguagehasrootsinthepioneeringworkofonerebelteacheratGallaudetUniversityinWashington,D.C.,theworld*sonlyliberalartsuniversityfordeafpeople.WhenBillStokoewenttoGallaudettoteachEnglish,theschoolenrolledhiminacourseinsigning.ButStokoenoticedsomethingodd:amongthemselv
13、es,studentssigneddifferentlyfromhisclassroomteacher.Stokoehadbeentaughtasortofgesturalcode,eachmovementofthehandsrepresentingawordinEnglish.Atthetime,AmericanSignLanguageASLwasthoughttobenomorethanaformofpidginEnglish混杂英语.ButStokoebelievedtheuhandtalkhisstudentsusedlookedricher.Hewondered:Mightdeafp
14、eopleactually：haveagenuinelanguage?AndcouldthatlanguagebeunlikeanyotheronEarth?Itwas1955,whenevendeafpeopledismissedtheirsigningasusubstandardM.Stokoe*sideawasacademicheresy异口常邪说.Itis37yearslater.Stokoe-nowdevotinghistimetowritingandeditingbooksandjournalsandtoproducingvideomaterialsonASLandthedeafc
15、ulture-ishavinglunchatacafeneartheGallaudetcampusandexplaininghowhestartedarevolution.FordecadeseducatorsfoughthisideathatsignedlanguagesarenaturallanguageslikeEnglish,FrenchandJapanese.Theyassumedlanguagemustbebasedonspeech,themodulation调节ofsound.Butsignlanguageisbasedonthemovementofhands,themodula
16、tionofspace.uWhatIsaid,“Stokoeexplains,“isthatlanguageisnotmouthstuff-itsbrainstuff.”1. Thestudyofsignlanguageisthoughttobe.AanewwaytolookatthelearningoflanguageBachallengetotraditional,viewsonthenatureoflanguageCanapproach：tosimplifyingthegrammaticalstructureofalanguageDanattempttoclarifymisunderstandingabouttheoriginoflanguage2. The,presentgrowinginterestinsignlangu
