电大变化中的英语期末复习资料小抄 Multiple Choice1. 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_. A.net work English. B. General American. C.BBC 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 communication. 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 peoples 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. Latin-speaking Romans B. French-speaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _C_. A.1st century B.C. by the Scandinavian people B.5th century A.D. by the Normans C.11th century A.D. 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. A.5th B.11th C.14th D.15th 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 students 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