2007年4月全国高等教育自学考试 英语国家概况试题(英文)

I.Read the following unfinished statements or questionscarefully.For each unfinished statement or question,foursuggested answers marked A,b,C and D are given.Choosethe one that you think best completes the statement or an-swers the question.Write the letter of the answer you havechosen in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.(50points,1point for each)1.Which of the following is NOT true of Elizabeth I?A.Her religious reform was a compromise of views.B.Her religious reform was welc…     

The Point Approach and the Phrase Approach to Vocabulary Learning

As is known to all, vocabulary acquisition plays an essential role in English learning. However, it was supposed very difficult to many Chinese learners. For the reason that so many kinds of approaches exists in the real life, English learners are always do not know which one is suitable and more effective. To solve this problem, the paper will analyze two approaches (point approach and phrase approach) for you.     

Basic Facts about America

If you know some basic facts about America, it must be useful to your English study.1.Foundation:It was founded in 1776, originally including 13 states;now it consists of 50 states. George Washington was elected as the first president.2.Name:The short name is the United States: we call it the US or U.S.A. for short. Its full name is the United States of America.3.Capital:Washington, District of Columbia(Washington, D.C.)4.National Flag:the Stars and Stripes, including 13 red and wh…     

友情一生

In kindergarten~([幼儿园]) your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayont~([蜡笔]) when all that was left was the ugly black one. In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their~注lunch with you when you     

英语专业八级模拟试题(英文)

Part ⅠLISTENING COMPREHENSION (40MIN)(略) Part ⅡProofreading and Error Correction (15 MINS. )The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of one error. In each case, only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:For a wrong word : underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.For a missingword: mark the position of the missing word with a " A " sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessarvword . Cross out the unnecessary word with a slash"/" and put the word in the blank provided at     

美国州名的由来(英文)

If you are visiting the United States, sometimes you may wonder how the states got their names. Some of the most interesting names came from the American Indian languages. For example, Illinois was named for the Indians who used to live in that part of the country. In their language, Illinois means“Brave Men”. Connecticut, the name of another state, mean“At the Long River-mouth”in the language of the Indians who used to live there.Twenty-five of the states have Indian names, but othe…     

How did Money and Banknotes Come Out?

Long ago,there was no money in the world.If you wanted something,you did not buy it,but you gave something for it in exchange.If a person needed a pair of shoes,he or she might exchange some eggs or a spear for the shoes.It was a clumsy(笨拙的)way of buying and selling and we call it the “barter”system or “bartering”.This barter system still exists     

Reading Salon

A Learners of English often ask：What are the differences between Britishand American English？ How important are these differences？Certainly,there are some differences between British and Amercan Eng-lish. There are a few differences in grammar. For example,speakers of BritishEnglish say ＂in hospital＂ and ＂Have you a pen？＂,while Americans say＂in the hospital＂ and ＂Do you have a pen？＂ Pronunciation is sometimes dif-ferent.     

阅读理解大比拼(英文)

(一)Colors Lisa is twenty this year. She works in a clothes store. She has a small red car. One day, she goes home in the car. At a crossing, the engine(发动机)dies and she can't start the car. A lot of cars stop behind her car and the traffic lights(交通灯)turn from red to green, from green to yellow and then red again. Lisa has a look at the cars behind hers and feels very sorry. Then a policeman comes and asks kindly, "Which color do you like, Miss?"     

The World Park

The W orld Park which is far away from the centre of Beijing was com pleted in 1994. It alm ost contains all the places of interest in the world, such as the G reatW all,the Suzhou Park, the Pyram id, the W hite H ouse,the W estm insterA bbey and so on.There you can visit m any countries such as China,A m erica, England,France,R ussia,Egyptin just one day.In the W orld Park, the things are sm aller than they really are.For exam ple, you can hold up the W hite H ouse with your hand.It…     

孔融让梨

A long time ago,there was a boy called Kong Rong.He was loved by all the members of the family because he was clever and polite to everyone.One day,his father bought some pears and put some on the table in a plate.He asked all his children to come around the table and said,"Here are some pears. Each of you can have one,any one you like."     

幸福,是个抉择

If it'S possible to see red(火冒三丈)about not seeing red,that is what Iwas doing.We had misjudged(错误判断,错误估计)the timing of our autumntrip to see the changing leaves in the Great Lakes states,and I was reallyupset.No matter how I strained my eyes,I couldn't spot red anywhere.NOteven a hint of golden yellow broke through the monotonous greenery. I recalled an earlier leaf-viewing trip to Vermont in October,and the     

A letter to a magazine

Dear Sirs, Last year I saw an article in your magazine(I think it was in your magazine,but I am not sure) which interested me very much,but I have forgotten what it was.I wrote the name of the article and the magazine in my notebook after I had read it,but I have lost the notebook.I have also lost the magazine which the article was in.Will you please send me another copy of the magazine,if it was your magazine? Thank you very much.     

向银行抱怨

Bank： Hello, you have reached the Mainstay Bank. For enquiries regarding your bank account please dial 1. For information on our pension scheme, dial 2. For all other enquiries, please hold the line. [music playing] Please hold the line. A member of our banking team will attend to you in just a minute. You are about to be connected to a member of our customer services team. Please note that for the purposes of stafftraining and quality control this call may be recorded.     

婚姻中的款款柔情

The day my stylish neighbor,Karen,visited me at home.I felt completely out of place in my faded blue jeans and red plaid blouse,clothes that had become my housework“uniform”.“Could you recommend a babysitter?”Karen asked.“Ours called tocancel and we’re going to a business meeting tonight.”“Come in.I’ll give you Sarah’s number.”Karen followed me into the kitchen.She was wearing a stylish,longblack skirt and a shimmering white silk blouse.I felt clothed in an old dishragcompared to…     

善意的谎言

He met her at a party.She was so outstanding,with many boys around her,while he was so normal,with nobody paying attention to him. At the end of the party,he invited her to have coffee with him.She was surprised,but due to being polite,she agreed. They sat in a nice coffee shop.He was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable,thinking,"Please let me go home."Suddenly he asked the waiter,"Would you please give me some salt? I’ d like to put it in my coffee."Everybody stared at him—so strange!His face turned red,but,still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.     

开心一刻

AlcoholA father was trying to teach his young son the evils of alcohol.He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died."All right, son, " asked the father, "what does that showyou?"Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have worms. "     

网络一代重新审视其自身价值(英文)

For Hank Machtay, web design was a logical and lucrative(有利的) extension of a life spent in che fields of editing and arts and entertainment. For Phillip "P.J."Stambaugh, the glamour(魔力,魅力) and gold of the dotcom boom(兴隆) swept him from Ithaca,N.Y.,to California's Silicon Valley in 1999.     

用线性稳定性分析研究混合耦合网络的同步态稳定性条件

This paper studies some special networks structured with serf-organized and driven behavior that coexist in a cluster, moreover, the clusters have dominant intra-cluster and inter-cluster couplings. It is called mixed-system （M-S） here. For this study linear stability analysis was used, and stability conditions for the synchronized state were determined. For the coupling function g（x）, the stability state of the network was discussed in two different cases： the linear case with g（x） = x and the nonlinear case with g（x） = f（x）. Furthermore, the condition for the emergence of chaos in the networks was given.     

Examining Samoan language development in Samoan bilingual students＇ understanding of texts in English

This paper examines language development of Samoan students in bilingual contexts in Aotearoa, New Zealand. In the absence of valid and standardized assessments tools in Samoan, one was designed to test reading comprehension and oral language development for Samoan students using common narratives as a base. For reading comprehension, the tool used a listening comprehension format to avoid possible decoding limitations and provided a gradient of difficulty with a surprising drop in both oral and reading comprehension at year 7. This drop was attributed to a change in competencies of some students entering the bilingual classroom at year 7. For example, the mixed levels of both L 1 （Samoan） oral and L1 （Samoan） reading comprehension within and across years of schooling likely reflects the varied provision in the Samoan bilingual classes and the variations across cohorts in different degrees of bilingualism. We argue that this might be due to the make up of the two schools of which one was an Intermediate school of years 7 and 8 students and, the other was a full primary school with students from years 4 to 8. The patterns suggest two general instructional needs in Samoan bilingual classrooms. One is the need to develop metacognitive components and the need for deliberate and explicit instruction to build awareness of strategies and effectiveness. The other is the ubiquitous need identified in reading comprehension instruction generally to develop vocabulary both through oral and written forms. There was a highly significant relationship between L 1 oral at L1 reading comprehension levels reflecting a general relationship found in other studies of monolingual in L2 （English） contexts.