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Linguistic (语言学的) Puzzles
How did language begin? What was the world"s first language? Do all languages come from one, original
language? 1_____.
In the 4th century BC, the Creek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik I an Egyptian King,
wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was. 2_____. He told his servant to find two newborn
babies. When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd (牧羊人) and said, "Keep these
babies with the goats. Take care of them, but do not talk to them. Listen for any words that they say." The king
wanted to find out what 1anguage the children would speak if they were left alone. He said, "The first words
they speak will come from the original language of the world."
3_____. He told the king, who asked his scholars about this word. They told him that the Phiygians, who
lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread "becos." The king said, "Then Phiygian is the oldest
language."Today we know that the king"s conclusion was wrong. We don"t know why the children said "becos".
4_____. Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same"family"
and that they star- ted from the same parent language, Proto-Indo-European. Linguists think that it had split into
several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2,000 and 1,000 BC. Other languages, such
as English and Spanish, developed from later splits.
5_____. Two questions that interest linguists are: How does language change? Why does language. change?
If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you. |
A. Nowadays, we study the origin of language more scientifically
B. He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea
C. The king was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him
D. Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families
E. People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2,000 years
F. One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say "becos"
G. Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others |
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My Father"s Son
It"s hard being an astronaut"s son. Everybody expects you to be 1 . I"m just an average eleven-year-old
kid. My father is so good at everything. I often wonder 2 my father ever had a son like me.
One morning my teacher announced a 3 Day essay contest (竞赛) for the whole school. What would
I 4 ? My father is an astronaut; I would start out with that. No, I decided I wouldn"t do that. The whole
country and maybe even the whole 5 saw my father as an astronaut, 6 that wasn"t the way I saw him.
How did I 7 my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I was little and had a nightmare.
I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.
I remembered him hugging me for hours when my dog was killed by a car.
And I remembered how he 8 me with a new little dog at my eighth birthday party.
These were the things I was going to write about my dad. To me, he wasn"t 9 a world-famous astronaut.
He was my dad.
On Thursday night the winning essays would be 10 in the hall with all the parents and students present. I
hadn"t shown Dad the essay, and now I almost 11 I wouldn"t win. When the third prize was announced and it
wasn"t me. I was 12 and disappointed at the same time. Then the second prize. It was me! I went up to the
stage and read my essay "My Father"s Son". I watched my parents as I read.
When I finished reading, the audience applauded. I saw my father 13 his nose. Tears were running down
my mother"s face. Dad cleared his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Son, this is the proudest moment
of my life."
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I"ll 14 be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just
then, it was 15 just to be my father"s son. |
( )1. A. perfect
( )2. A. when
( )3. A. Children"s
( )4. A. write
( )5. A. school
( )6. A. but
( )7. A. care
( )8. A. frightened
( )9. A. simply
( )10. A. edited
( )11. A. knew
( )12. A. embarrassed
( )13. A. holding
( )14. A. ever
( )15. A. natural | B. happy
B. how
B. Mother"s
B. take
B. family
B. and
B. see
B. confused
B. really
B. read
B. accepted
B. amazed
B. breaking
B. still
B. enough | C. tall
C. where
C. Teacher"s
C. send
C. city
C. so
C. help
C. surprised
C. certainly
C. collected
C. hoped
C. regretful
C. blowing
C. even
C. fair | D. lovely
D. whether
D. Father"s
D. make
D. world
D. for
D. ask
D. tired
D. clearly
D. published
D. guessed
D. relieved
D. picking
D. never
D. wise | | 完形填空。 | No More Time Out
Shawn and Thomas had always been good friends. They lived near each other, and they both loved 1 .
They played baseball, touch football, and kickball. They 2 liked to play soccer, shoot baskets, and
skateboard.
When they were in the fourth grade, though, Thomas broke his 3 in a soccer game. He had to be on
crutches for six weeks.
Shawn 4 Thomas, but what was there to do? Shawn didn"t like television or computer games. Thomas
didn"t like to sit and talk. After trying three times to start a conversation, Shawn 5 up. He said, "I"m out of
here."
For days, Shawn 6 at home, feeling guilty for not visiting Thomas again. Thomas stayed home, too,
feeling 7 because Shawn wasn"t visiting him. After a week, Shawn"s mom spoke up. "It"s time for you and
Thomas to get back into 8 ! That"s why I spoke to Ms McNulty at the library. She has the perfect volunteer
job for you both," she said.
Shawn said nothing.
His morn continued, "The library sells used books to raise money. People are always 9 off books in bags
and boxes. Someone has to carry the books to the storage room. Someone has to 10 them into fiction (小说)
and nonfiction. You and Thomas can be a team again."
"No, we 11 !" said Shawn. "He and I don"t want a job." However, Shawn"s mom wouldn"t 12 no for an
answer.
Sure enough, 13 the boys began, things changed. Shawn felt strong as he carried bags and boxes through
the library. Sorting books in the storage room, Thomas felt 14 again. In fact, one day Thomas said, "Between
you and me, Shawn, this isn"t so 15 ." Shawn smiled and agreed. They were a good team. | ( )1.A. books
( )2.A. also
( )3.A. arm
( )4.A. phoned
( )5.A. gave
( )6.A. talked
( )7.A. tired
( )8.A. effort
( )9.A. dropping
( )10.A. pack
( )11.A. mustn"t
( )12.A. choose
( )13.A. because
( )14.A. relaxed
( )15.A. hard | B. sports
B. only
B. hand
B. invited
B. cheered
B. stayed
B. afraid
B. duty
B. bringing
B. lead
B. can"t
B. keep
B. once
B. lucky
B. fair | C. movies
C. perhaps
C. nose
C. visited
C. turned
C. called
C. weak
C. choice
C. showing
C. sort
C. mightn"t
C. take
C. if
C. useful
C. simple | D. arts
D. soon
D. leg
D. checked
D. hurried
D. waited
D. angry
D. action
D. knocking
D. turn
D. shouldn"t
D. allow
D. although
D. special
D. bad | | 阅读理解。 | Two friends were waiting at the bus-stop for the last bus but they were afraid that they had missed it.
There were no cars passing by and not a single public telephone nearby to call for a taxi. They began to
feel nervous. It was already late. What could they do to get home?
Then, as they looked up, they saw a bus approaching them slowly. The last bus! They had not missed
it after all.
When the bus stopped at the bus-stop, the two young boys rushed up the bus in relief. Then, the bus
started moving. Only after a few minutes did the boys realize that something was seriously wrong.
Firstly, the bus was moving far too slowly. Secondly, there was no conductor to collect their fare.
Thirdly, when they went to the front of the bus to check, there was no driver!
With their hair standing on ends, they looked at each other with eyes wide open and started to scream.
Then the bus stopped! The driver and the conductor appeared from behind the bus. They had been
pushing it! | | 1. Why did the two friends feel nervous? | A. It was very late at night.
B. They had missed the last bus.
C. They knew the last bus could not come.
D. There seemed to be no way for them to get home. | | 2. What can we learn from the underlined part in the 5th paragraph? | A. The boys were very frightened.
B. The boys" hair was falling down.
C. The boys felt extremely excited.
D. The boys were wearing strange hair styles. | | 3. The bus was moving very slowly because _____. | A. the driver was absent
B. it was running out of petrol
C. it was being pushed along by two people
D. the two boys had not paid for their tickets | 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词
的标号(A、B、C、D、E…) 填写在对应题号的横线上。注意：方框中有多余的单词。 | A. food B. Before C. Then D. ready E. friend F. plan G. When H. birthday
I. shouted J. Finally K. restaurant L. brought M. dream N. forget | | 阅读下面短文，用英语简要回答文后所给的5个问题。（注意：每题答案不超过15个单词） | When I was a little girl, my grandparents lived in a house with a big front yard. They loved each other
and planted lots of vegetables and flowers together in the yard.
But one summer Grandpa died, so it was hard for Grandma to care for the garden alone. When spring
came, she planted just a few vegetables and flowers.
One day in the early summer, Grandma heard big noises in the yard. She looked out of the window and
saw thousands of bees.
What could she do? Should she hire someone to get rid of the bees? But that would cost more than she
could afford. She decided to wait.
Over the next few days, the bees were busy with their own business. That summer, Grandma"s little
garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the big crop of vegetables and the lovely
flowers.
One day, Grandma"s brother visited. When she told him about the bees, he said, "Farmers often hire
beekeepers to come to their fields. The bees pollinate (授粉) the crops, which helps them to grow."
"So that"s why my garden is doing so well!" She believed Grandpa had sent the bees to take his place and
make Grandma"s little garden grow and grow... | 1. What did the writer"s grandparents plant in the yard?
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2. What caused the big noises in the yard one day?
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3. Why didn"t Grandma get rid of the bees?
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4. How did the bees help Grandma?
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5. Why did Grandma believe her husband had sent the bees to take his place?
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