单选题The daring rescue of those stranded on the mountaintop was truly a______deed.

单选题Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by " drugs" that aren' t really drugs at all______sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.

单选题______is the symbol of America in the Age of Enlightenment.

单选题It is conclusive that Chinese is regarded as the primeval language. (清华2000研)

单选题As the final exam was drawing near, Mary spent the rest of the week with her books, trying to ______with some reading.

单选题Chinese people are so used to having delicious food. It is not just for______—it's for everybody.

单选题Coincidentally, the triple principles of translation put forward by Yan Fu in China are very similar to the three principles of translation proposed by______in the west.

单选题Hosting the 2008 Olympics provided China with an opportunity to ______ its unprecedented progress.

单选题I know he failed his last test, but really he's______stupid.

单选题______deals with language application to other fields, particularly education.

单选题For the given word in each item in questions 16 to 20, decide which semantic variation best conveys the meaning of the author. The number given after each word indicates the paragraph in which the word appears.(1x5)

单选题In English some books is a case of number concord.

单选题In its modern form the concept of "literature" did not emerge earlier than eighteenth century and was not fully developed until the nineteenth century. Yet the conditions for its emergence had been developing since the Renaissance. The word itself came into English use in the fourteenth century, following French and Latin precedents; its root was Latin littera, a letter of the alphabet. Litterature, in the common early spelling, was then in effect a condition of reading: of being able to read and of having read. It was often close to the sense of modern literacy, which was not in the language until the late nineteenth century, its introduction in part made necessary by the movement of literature to a different sense. The normal adjective associated with literature was literate. Literary appeared in the sense of reading ability and experience in the seventeenth century, and did not acquire its specialized modern meaning until the eighteenth century. Literature as a new category was then a specialization of the area formerly categorized as rhetoric and grammar: a specialization to reading and, in the material context of the development of printing, to the printed word and especially the book, It was eventually to become a more general category than poetry or the earlier poesy, which had been general terms for imaginative composition, but which in relation to the development of literature became predominantly specialized, from the seventeenth century, to metrical composition and especially written and printed metrical composition. But literature was never primarily the active composition—the "making" —which poetry had described. As reading rather than writing, it was a category of different kind. The characteristic use can be seen in Bacon "learned in all literature and erudition, divine and humane" —and as late as Johnson "he had probably more than common literature, as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems." Literature, that is to say, was a category of use an condition rather than of production. It was a particular specialization of what had hitherto been seen as an activity or practice, and a specialization, in the circumstances, which was inevitably made in terms of social class. In its first extended sense, beyond the bare sense of "literacy" it was a definition of "polite" or "humane" learning, and thus specified a part interacted with a persist end emphasis on "literature" as reading in the "classical" languages. But still, in his first stage, into the eighteenth century, literature was primarily a generalized social concept, expressing a certain(minority)level of educational achievement. This carded with it a potential and eventually realized alternative definition of literature as "printed books": the objects in and through which this achievement was demonstrated. It is important that, within the terms of this development, literature normally included all printed books. There was not necessary specialization to "imaginative" works. Literature was still primarily reading ability and experience, and this included philosophy, history, and essays as well as poems. Were the new eighteenth century novels literature? That question was first approached, not by definition of their mode or content, but by reference to the standards of "polite" or "humane" learning. Was drama literature? This question was to exercise successive generations, not because of any substantial difficulty but because of the practical limits of he category. If literature was reading, could a mode written for spoken performance be said to be literature, and if not, where was Shakespeare? At one level the definition indicated by this development has persisted. Literature lost its earliest sense of reading ability and reading experience, and became an apparently objective category, of printed works of a certain quality. The concerns of a "literary editor" a "literary supplement" would still be defined in this way. But three complicating tendencies can then be distinguished: first, a shift from "learning" to "taste" or "sensibility" as a criterion defining literary quality; second, an increasing specialization of literature to "creative" or "imaginative" works; third, a development of the concept of "tradition" within national terms, resulting in the more effective definition of "a national literature". The source of each of these tendencies can be discerned from the Renaissance, but it was in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that they came through most powerfully, until they became, in the twentieth century, in effect receive assumptions.Questions.

单选题Supposing the weather ______ bad, where would you go?

单选题Define in your own words the term equivalence as it is used in translation studies, and then discuss the concept by referring to what Susan Bassnett has to say in her Translation Studies.(天津师范大学2006研，考试科目：英美文化文学与英汉互译)

单选题Many agree that the "egg" might not be legal, but the novel idea and creation need to be supported.

单选题Brendan"s best friend is Tip. Tip and Brendan are inseparable. They teach each other things and they look after each other. Tip has helped Brendan become more responsible, more caring, and a better friend. Brendan is a nine-year-old boy, and Tip is a ten-year-old dog. Brendan and Tip are an example of how owning a dog can have a positive effect on a child"s development. Having a dog develops a child"s sense of responsibility, broadens his capacity for empathy, and teaches the nature of friendship. Having a dog helps a child learn how to act responsibly. As a dog owner, the child must take care of the animal"s daily needs. The dog must be fed and exercised every day. A dog is completely dependent on its owner for all its needs, including the need for good health and a safe environment. Therefore, being responsible for a dog also means taking care of the dog so that it stays healthy. Furthermore, the owner must take responsibility for the safety of the dog and the safety of the people it comes into contact with. If the child forgets any of these duties and responsibilities, or ignores any of the dog"s needs, the dog will suffer. This teaches the child that his responsibility to the dog is more important than his desire to play with his toys, talk on the phone, or watch TV. This is true not only for the care of a dog, but also for the care of oneself, another person, or one"s job. Learning how to take responsibility for the health and welfare of a dog leads to learning how to take responsibility for oneself. Another lesson that a child can learn from having a dog is how to be empathetic. Empathy is the ability to put oneself in another person"s, or in this case, another creature"s, situation and imagine that person"s or creature"s feelings or problems. A dog cannot express itself with speech, so its owner must learn how to interpret its behaviour. The child must learn to understand what the dog"s behaviour means. Is the dog frightened, aggressive, or sick? The child needs to understand what is going on in the dog"s mind. Understanding a situation from the dog"s perspective helps the child understand why the dog is behaving in a certain way and what the dog needs. The result of learning to read a dog"s behaviour is that the child develops empathy. By learning how to empathize with a dog, the child also learns how to empathize with other people. This leads to the child becoming a more considerate and caring person. Being considerate and caring are important characteristics in a good friend. One of the most significant benefits of owning a dog is the example of true friendship that a dog provides. A dog gives unconditional love to its owner. A dog will not stop loving its owner because of a little anger, indifference, or neglect. The dog will patiently for its owner to pat its head and say a few kind words. This acceptance of the negative qualities and appreciation for the positive qualities of its owner provide a wonderful model of how to be a good friend. A child soon realizes that his dog will always listen to him, will always be ready to play with him, will always protect him, and will always forgive him. A child who has learned to be even half as good a friend to others as his dog is to him will have learned of the most valuable lessons in life. These are some of the most important lessons a child will ever learn. The benefits of owning a dog will last the child"s entire lifetime. The understanding and appreciation of responsibility, empathy, and friendship that a child develops from the experience of having a dog will help him or her grow into a reliable, caring, and mature adult.

单选题According to Saussure, the relation between the signified and the signifier is arbitrary. (大连外 国语学院2008研)

单选题According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because ______.

单选题Which ONE of the following is the author of Light in August?