专四专八考试

【单选题】Iwon‘ttakeSusan'spenbecauseIdon’tlike.（）
A.thatpenofhers
B.thatherpen
C.herthatpen
D.thatpenofher

【单选题】AmongthemosttypicalEnglishsports,（）hasbeeninexistencesincethe16thcentury.
A.rugby
B.soccer
C.cricket
D.boxing

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【单选题】why wErE EArly rADio BroADCAsts hEArD By suCh A smAll AuDiEnCE
A．FEw pEoplE ownED thE nECEssAry EquipmEnt.
B．thE musiC sElECtion wAs not vEry populAr.
C．FEw ships CAmE into nEw york hArBor.
D．thE rADio signAl wAs too wEAk to rEACh A mAss AuDiEnC

【单选题】
A．BEEn usED to
B．usED to
C．BEEn usED For
D．usED For

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单项选择

【单选题】onE oF thE mAin goAls oF thE moDEm womEn's liBErAtion movEmEnt, whiCh stArtED in thE EArly 1960s, wAs to______ sEx DisCriminAtion in thE workForCE, AnD to opEn up CArEErs For womEn thAt wErE prEviously rEsErvED For mEn.
A．ABolish
B．EliminAtE
C．Diminish
D．Extinguish

【单选题】Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread ofEnglish (31) an international language:English usage in science, technology and commerce; the ability to (32) vocabulary from other languages; and the acceptability of variousEnglish dialects.
In science,English (33) German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance (34) the beginning of overall dominance by the language, (35) inEurope and then globally. Today, the information (36) has replaced the industrial age and has (37) time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services. (38) geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our worlD、In less than twenty years, information processing, (39) limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet.Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and writtenEnglish. It encourages more (40) conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
English, (41) many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar.But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, (42) about 80% is foreign. It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew andArabic, Hindi-Urdu andBengali, Malay andChinese, (43) from languages from WestAfrica and PolynesiA、This language characteristic makes it unique (44) history. Finally, (45) English language central authority guards the standards of the language; therefore, many (46) have developed:American,British,Canadian, Indian, andAustralian, (47) a few. There is no standard pronunciation.But within this diversity is a (48) of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. (49) , each country that speaks the language can introduce (50) of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
A．as
B．like
C．as if
D．of

【单选题】thE AmEriCAns put ForwArD thE rEsolution BECAusE oF
A．Anti-AmEriCAn BiAs in ovErsEAs opErAtions
B．rEstriCtions in ovErsEAs opErAtions
C．FEAr oF politiCAl pErsECutions
D．FEAr oF mr. AnnAn’s intErvEntion

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A．intEnDED
B．plAnnED
C．mEAnt
D．DEsignED