—Would you like , sir?
—No, thanks. I have had much.
A. some more oranges B. any more oranges
C. some more orange D. any more orange
I made a call to my parents yesterday. To my disappointment. of them answered it.
A. either B. none C. neither D. nobody
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
In your English class, the teacher shows this picture of a little boy booking into a mirror, and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates have different understandings.
Look at the picture carefully and tell the class how you understand the picture. Write what you would say on the next page.
情景作文
美国中学生Jeff将要来你所在的红星中学学习中文，经协商安排住在你家。假设你是李华，请给Jeff写一封信，按照下图顺序介绍他来中国后的生活安排。
注意：*1. 信的开头已为你写好。
*2. 词数不少于60。
Dear jeff,
I’m Li Hua from Beijing Hongxing Middle School. I’m very happy to learn that you’re going to stay with my family while you’re in Beijing.
____________________________________________________________
Best wishes,
Li Hua
1.What does Passage①tell us about the boy?
A. He was injured in the head when he was 14.
B. He has waited for the payout for a long time.
C. He has lived in the same place since the accident.
D. He was run over by a taxi when riding on the pavement.
2.What can we learn about Lee and Collier counties from Passage②?
A. They both became safe places.
B. They won the same place in a race.
C. They had the same number of accidents.
D. They joined hands in reducing accidents.
3.Which passage would give more information on the prevention of road accidents?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
Language as a System of Symbols
Of all systems of symbols(符号), language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual(相互的)dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.
There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.
However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature; foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said: “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals,” they feel that the symbol is inherently(内在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.
1.Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings ______.
A. have made use of language for centuries
B. use our nervous systems to support language
C. have made various noises stand for any events
D. can make anything stand for anything by agreement
2.What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?
A. Different noises may mean different things.
B. Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.
C. The language we use symbolizes our social positions.
D. Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.
3.In Paragraph 3, “take special pains” probably means “_____”.
A. try very hard
B. take our time
C. are very unhappy
D. feel especially painful
4.The example of the little boy is used to show that _____.
A. adults often learn from their young
B. “pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty
C. words are not connected with the things they stand for
D. people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works
