变化中的英语期末复习练习题及参考答案Section One : Multiple Choice1. When we speak of languages as living or dead we mean the language _. A. are not used now. B. have living speakers or not. C. do not work now. D. are actually living or dead 正确答案：B 2. Standard English refers to the English _. A. of writing. Bewitch British people use . C. which American people use. D. which British and American people use 正确答案：A 3. RP refers to _. A.net work English. B. General American. C.BBC English and General American. D. Educated Southern British English 正确答案：D 4. When we say RP, we mean it is a(n) _. A. variety of spoken English. B. variety of written English. C. regional dialect. D. accent. 正确答案：A 5. About some special terms, the statement that _ 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 正确答案：C 6. In Activity 5, you were asked to listen to some regional varieties of English, but _ is NOT included. A. Cornwall. B. London cockney. C. Northumberland. D. Midland 正确答案：D 7. About language change, the statement that _ 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 正确答案：B 8. When you meet some old, native speakers of English who are hard to understand, you know, it is probably because _. 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 正确答案：B 9. Dialects refer to _. 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 正确答案：A 10. New words are from _. 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 正确答案：D 11. Rasselas was written in 18th century by _. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. WordsworthD. D. Shakespeare 正确答案：B 12. The Tempest was first printed in 1623, written by _. A. Mark Twain B. Samuel Johnson C. Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 正确答案：C 13. The Canterbury Tales was a famous collection of stories in verse, written by _. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Bernard Shaw D. Samuel Johnson 正确答案：A 14. Angles and Saxons were _. A. Latin-speaking Romans B. French-speaking Normans C. Scandinavian people D. Native British people 正确答案：C 15. The final conquer of the British Isles was in _. 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 正确答案：C 16. Standard English can be pronounced _. 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 正确答案：D 17. Standard English started in _. A. the South East of England B. the east of England C. the south of England D. London, Oxford and Cambridge 正确答案：A 18. Standard English started in _ century. A.5th B.11th C.14th D.15th 正确答案：C 19. Standard English started spread all over the country because _. 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 正确答案：D 20. The core of English lexicon is _. A .French words B. Latin and Greek words C. The words brought back by the overseas D. Of Germanic origin 正确答案：D 21. When you recognize a word and know what it means, you have a _ knowledge of it. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：A 22. Talking to people needs _ knowledge and practice. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：B 23. Received Pronunciation _. 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 正确答案：C 24. When a teacher corrects a students mistakes ,he is doing _ teaching. A. receptive B. productive C. descriptive D. prescriptive 正确答案：D 25. E