初级英语阅读练习

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1、ElementaryReadingComprehension初级阅读PassageOneTheEnglishlanguageisspokenorreadbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld,forhistorical,political,andeconomicreasons;butitmayalsobetruethatitowessomethingofitswideappealtoqualitiesandcharacteristicsinherentinitself.Whatarethese

2、characteristicfeatureswhichoutstandinmakingtheEnglishlanguagewhatitis,whichgiveititsindividualityandmakeitofthisworldwidesignificance?Firstandmostimportantisextraordinaryreceptiveandadaptable—ithastakentoitselfmaterialfromalmosteverywhereintheworldandhasmadethenewel

3、ementsoflanguageitsown.English,whichwhentheAnglo-SaxonsfirstconqueredEnglandinthefifthandsixthcenturieswasalmosta"pure"orunmixedlanguage—whichcouldmakenewwordsfornewideasfromitsowncompoundedelements.AsecondoutstandingcharacteristicofEnglishisitssimplicityandtherelat

4、ionshipofwordsinasentencewithonlytheminimumofchangeintheirshapesorvariationofendings.AthirdqualityofEnglishisitsrelativelyfixedwordorder.（177words）1.Thispassageisprimarilyconcernedwith____.A.reasonsforthepopularityofEnglishB.Englishlanguagehaslargestnumberofpeoplein

5、theworldC.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptableofEnglishlanguageD.characteristicofEnglish2.WhatarethemostimportantcharacteristicfeaturesofEnglish?A.thelargestnumberofpeopleB.historical,political,andeconomicreasonsC.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptableD.worldwidesignifica

6、nce3.WherehasEnglishtakenitselfmaterial?A.everywhereintheworldB.theAnglo-SaxonsC.a"pure"orunmixedlanguageD.manyplacesintheworld4.Accordingtothetext,Englandwasonce___A.conqueredbysomeforeigners.B.defeatedbytheAnglo-Saxons.C.acolonyoftheAnglo-Saxons.D.mixedwiththeAngl

7、o-Saxons.5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecharacteristicofEnglishlanguage?A.simpleB.widespreadC.pureD.relativelyfixedwordorderPassageTwoForallthefeveredworkbeingdone,however,scienceisstillfarawayfromtheBraveNewWorldvisionofengineeringaperfecthuman—orevenaperfecttomato.M

8、uchmoreresearchisneededbeforegenetherapybecomecommonplaceandmanydiseaseswilltakedecadestoconqueriftheycanbeconqueredatall.Intheshortrun,th