安通学校06年成考英语内部资料—连载(七)

1、安通学校 06 年成考英语内部资料连载 七19Language as a System of SymbolsOf 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 le

2、t the various noises that they canproduce 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 socia

3、l 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

4、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

5、. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature; foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can 磘 they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that the

6、y can makethe 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 thingssymbolized.1. Language i

7、s a highly developed system of symbols because human beings .A. have made use of language for centuriesB. use our nervous systems to support languageC. have made various noises stand for any eventsD. can make anything stand for anything by agreement2. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?A. Differe

8、nt 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 hardB. take our timeC. are very u

9、nhappyD. feel especially painful4. 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 aredirtyC. words are not connected with the things they stand forD. people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works20Jane Aust

10、en, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously 匿名 .But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath

11、 磗 many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. Th

12、e city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen磗 Bath can be enhanced 增强 by visiting the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town

13、house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen 磗 time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane AustenSociety. After your visit to the Center, you can look round the attractive shop, w

14、hich offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen 磗 Bath, which is a great way to find out moreabout Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Geor

15、gian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked andshopped.1. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath.A. in her early twentiesB. in her early teensC. in her late twentiesD. in her late teens2. What can we lear

16、n about Bath from the passage?A. Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen磗 death.B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.磗 time.C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen磗 time.D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen3. The author writes this passage in order

17、toA. attract readers to visit the city of BathB. ask readers to buy Austen磗 booksC. tell readers about Jane Austen磗 experienceD. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society4. It takes you about one and a half hoursA. to get to the JaneAustenCenter in Gay StreetB. to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and giftsC. to find a guide to take you to the CenterD. to look around the city of Bath on footWord是学生和职场人士最常用的一款办公软件之一，99.99% 的人知道它，但其实，这个软件背后，还有一大批隐藏技能你不知道。掌握他们，你将开启新世界的大门。Tab+Enter,在编过号以后，会自动编号段落Ctrl + D 调出字体栏，配合 Tab+Enter 全键盘操作吧Ctrl + L 左对齐， Ctrl + R 右对齐， Ctrl + E 居中Ctrl