TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2009)&-GRADE EIGHT-

literacy

disciplinary report

what you did

DISCUSSION

assuming

in reality

obtained

focus

unable

C. Toastmasters accepts members from the general public.

B. learning how to deliver messages in an organized way.

A. practice plus overall training.

B. grammar teachers.

A. the background information.

B. Greenhouse gases.

C. there was less agreement

B. yet to be determined.

A. The accident occurred on a bridge.

B. Careers service needs to be improved.

C. stress how much the family gains from her high salary.

A. thinks is the natural one.

D. Heavily (Paragraph One).

B.  allow men to flirt with many women.

D. The man leaves himself the opportunity to give up the chase quickly.

D. its impact on the developed world whose workforce is ageing.

C. encouraging former employees to work overseas.

B. the company improves the working conditions in its factories.

D. they have other options to consider.

B. describing the actual status--- introducing the issue---citing ways to deal with the issue---offering reasons.

B. play down her success, making it sound unimportant.

D. is sure must change.

C. Convention (Paragraph Two).

A. sometimes make the first advances in love.

D. The man leaves himself the opportunity to give up the chase quickly.

D. "daunting".

D. personal belongings.

D. a panoramic view

D. "...he slowly, stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps..."

A. a sense of awe.

D. the monarch of the United Kingdom.

B. Edinburgh.

A. Thomas Jefferson.

C. Sydney.

D. Percy B Shelley.

B. Walt Whitman.

C. D.H. Lawrence.

D. psycholinguistics.

C. pidgin.

A. an illocutionary act.

illustrate改为illustrated

the改为a

their改为his

something改为anything

therefore改为however

the general改为general

currently改为current

passed改为been passed

live改为alive

to let改为let

Cell phone has altered human relations. There is usually a note on the door of conference room, which reads "close your handset|." However, the rings are still resounding in the room. We are all common people and has few urgencies to do. Still, we are reluctant to turn off the phone. Cell phone symbolizes our connection with the world and reflects our "thirst for socialization." We are familiar with the scene when a person stops his steps to edit short messages with eyes glued at his phone, disregard of his location, whether in road center or beside restroom.

我们人类,正面临全球性的危机,我们的生存和文明受到威胁｡尽管我们聚在一起共商对策,而灾难却在扩大,形式不容乐观｡但也有令人欣喜的消息:如果行动大胆果断,反应迅速,我们有能力解决这场危机,避免其向最坏的方向发展｡
但是,时下世界上的许多国家领导人可以用当年温斯顿•丘吉尔批评欧洲诸政要忽视阿道夫•希特勒的名言来形容,“它们在奇怪的悖论中前行,仅仅为一个决定而犹豫不决,有了决心却拖泥带水,信心犹疑不定,见解随波逐流,掌权者虚弱无力｡”
而如今我们向这个星球脆弱的大气层倾倒超过七千万吨温室气体,把其当作天然排污口｡明天我们还会变本加厉,堆积的温室气体吸纳了越来越多的太阳热度｡

Are Dialects Just as Acceptable in Public Places
China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) recently issued a notice banning domestic radio and TV stations from translating foreign radio and TV programmes into any local dialect. The notice said that such dialect translation contradicts the national initiative to promote Putonghua, or Mandarin, around the country. Foreign programmes that have been translated into dialects must be removed from television and radio immediately. The notice evoked a mixed response from experts and audio and video producers, as well as the general public. Many voiced their concerns that local dialects would be forbidden in public places. Mandarin, which means "common language", is the country's predominant language and is widely used by more than 70 percent of the population. However, local dialects still enjoy popularity for relatively less-educated people in some occasions. The dialects do make unique role and should be tolerated for existence in public places.
Though promoted widely in public places, dialects are acceptable in public places. First, it is more than a mere tool for communication. It is, most importantly, the messenger of its respective culture. If the dialect was eliminated from daily use, the culture will be broken. Second, Mandarin can absorb the elit part of local dialect to enrich its vocabulary and usage. This is the perfection of Mandarin from thousands of years blend and contact. The dialects can also be popular in the public. Along with the famous short play by comic actors in NE China, the local dialect came into the spotlight, and enjoyed more popularity throughout China. Such a cultural phenomenon represents the audience an attitude to local dialects which cater to the taste of the majority. Third, dialect is the only mean of communication to some undereducated local people. If local dialects are forbidden in the public places, they can not communicate.
To sum up, local dialects should be tolerated in public places for its unique role which Mandarin can not substitute. We should guarantee its survival because dialects stand for our spiritual land. From a long-term perspective, dialects should not and would not be wiped out. There is no need for any purposeful and deliberate attempt to protect dialects. Just let dialects take their natural course. The best way to protect a dalect is to use it in daily life and pass it down from generation to generation.