单选题Learning a language is not for everyone. Some people find it very difficult and stressful; others actually enjoy the mental challenge and still others(although these are rare people)find it easy to learn a foreign language. Recently, there has been a lot of interest in trying to define the characteristics of a " good" language learner. Here are four examples—can you select the person who is likely to make the best language learner from these descriptions of their needs and personalities? Perhaps it is best to take a typical example at the outset. Fred Brown had to retire last year because of a bad heart. He went to Spain for a holiday and decided he liked the country and the people so much that he would like to learn the language. He already speaks good French and a little Italian and he thinks these will give him a head start in learning another Latin language. He sees language leaning as a detective game; He hunts for cines and likes to find the answers himself. He knows that language learning is hard work, but he gives himself a little to learn each day. He listens to himself and usually knows when he has made a mistake. He knows exactly what sort of Spanish he wants to learn and is only interested in that. Mary Green has friends in Athens and she has been to Greece several times. Through her friends she met a Greek working in London and now they are engaged to be married. They plan to live in London but she feels she must learn Greek to talk to her future in-laws. She is going to Greek cookery classes as well. She says she is "hopeless at languages" and she hated the French teacher at school. She thinks language is all about talking and she tries to experiment with the language she knows:She takes risks. She is rather lazy about reading Greek and "switches off" when she sees it written down. She finds the classes a bit boring because she is not learning the things she wants to leam but she has not spoken to the teacher about this. In total contrast to someone who has the need to integrate into a family situation, however, is John Freeman. John"s company is starting to sell sportswear in France next May and John will have to visit Marseilles four times a year. There will be a local agent so he will not have to negotiate in French. He has been to France on holiday three times and knows a few words already. He enjoyed the sunshine but doesn"t really like foreigners:" They"re all a funny lot. " He is a very precise person who always likes to be accurate and doesn"t like to make a fool of himself. He does not speak any other languages and is motivated to learn French because of his work. He knows that language can be described as a series of rules and he tries hard to learn the system. He likes the teacher to translate so that he can be sure he has understood exactly what every word means. He is not interested in wasting his time guessing. He has not thought about what kind of French he needs to learn. Jane Smith, on the other hand, hasn"t even started work so she won"t have the strong motivation that working in a language gives people who are trying to sell their products. However, she doesn"t think that foreigners are strange people and she isn"t frightened of making mistakes because " it"s all a bit of fun". She has now finished her first school examinations and, although she is going on to study science in the 6th Form, she doesn"t want to forget the German she has studied. She can"t bear writing, though, and is impatient with herself when she makes grammatical mistakes. She doesn"t really know why she is continuing to leam and she has already said that if her German studies take up too much of her time, she will drop them and focus on "real" work. All of these learners have their own reasons and they are all different in how they approach the task and what they think learning is all about. The experts" view is that people who have a clear idea of the reasons for learning will do well and, on that basis, Fred Brown, John Freeman and Mary Green are clearly advantaged. However, it is also true that those who take risks and experiment do well and regular exposure to the language do well and here, of courses, John and Mary may have the edge over people like Jane. There"s also a case to be made that for those who enjoy learning and don"t care too much about making mistakes, success can come easily.

单选题The Hocanes A appear B friendly and peaceful , C but they are deeply suspicious of D another tribes.

单选题According to C. Ogden and I. Richards,______is regarded as the crucial intermediary between______and______. (西安外国语学院2006研)

单选题The book most widely recognized as the best Arthurian story was done_____.

单选题The narrator of The Great Gatsby is ______.

单选题Even though he knew that his mother had been ill, he did not have the propriety to write her.

单选题Of the following pairs of words, ______belongs to the type of complementary antonyms.

单选题The telegraph opened up (A)the possibility of almost instantaneous communication and thereby (B) offering (C)many practical advantages to people in all walks of life (D).

单选题Onomatopoeic words can show the arbitrary nature of language. (清华2000研)

单选题When it comes to battles between Apple and Samsung, the conflict is often explored in terms of patents or smartphone sales. But what about their innovation styles? Management consulting firm Booz & Company released its eighth annual Global Innovation 1000 Study in the last week of October. Among the study"s key findings were that research and development spending had reached an "all-time high, " increasing by 9.6 percent in 2011 for a total $603 billion, and that Amazon edged out Facebook to join the study"s top 10 "most innovative" companies. The top 10 list was compiled based on answers from survey respondents who were asked which companies they found to be the most innovative. Apple, Google and 3M took the top three slots with Samsung, General Electric, Microsoft, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, IBM and, finally, Amazon rounding out the rest of the list. The last of three key findings were that roughly half of the corporations surveyed rated their effectiveness when it comes to getting products to market as "average" or "marginally effective. " That fact was drilled home by the survey"s list of top R&D spenders. Toyota topped the Research & Development(R&D)spenders list, coming in seventh among the most innovative companies. Apple and Google were not listed among the top 20 R&D spenders, even as they were named one and two, respectively, among the 10 most innovative. Samsung, meanwhile, was ranked the fourth most innovative and the sixth highest of the R&D spenders, rising from seventh place the year before. " It"s not how much money you spend, but how effectively you spend it to make you innovative, " said Booz & Company Partner John Loehr during a phone interview. Loehr is the global leader of the firm"s innovation practice, specializing in automotive, industrial and aerospace companies. " They"re both phenomenally successful, but they both have different innovation models, " said Loehr of Apple and Samsung, going on to describe Apple as a " prototypical example of what we call a " need seeker" " —or a company that identifies un-met needs in the market and moves to satisfy them. Samsung, on the other hand, is a "market reader, " said Loehr. The term "fast follower, " he continued, has often been used to describe Samsung, but Loehr maintains the term gives the company "short shrift. " "They"re waiting for something to be established in the market, and when it really takes off, " said Loehr, "they go after it and go after it aggressively. " The strategy has proven advantages, said Loehr, citing Samsung"s strides in the television market. "Successful market readers tend to find technology alternatives, " said Loehr. Sometimes that path can be found in the lab, and other times in the courts. "That"s part of the capability as a market reader, " he said.

单选题They had fierce______as to whether their company should restore the trade relationship which was broken years ago.

单选题______is the collective term for the type of morpheme that can be used only when added to another morpheme.

单选题The 9/11 Attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in the New York City and the Washington D.C.areas in September of______.

单选题After comparing "They stopped at the end of the corridor." with "At the end of the corridor, they stopped", you may find some difference in meaning, and the difference can be interpreted in terms of collocative meaning. (北二外2006研)

单选题 The Portuguese (give) a great deal of credit to (one man) for (having promoted) sea travel, that man (was) Prince Henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.

单选题The words "water" and "teacher" have a common phoneme and a common morpheme as well. (北二外2006研)

单选题Twenty-nine Chinese nationals abducted by local rebels in Sudan were successfully rescued by the Sudanese army and arrived at the Chinese Embassy to Kenya that day.

单选题The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed. 【C1】______until recently, people who were left-handed were considered【C2】______, and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally【C3】______, but it is still a disadvantage in a world【C4】______most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and implements are still【C5】______for right-handed people. In sports, 【C6】______contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the【C7】______side may result in throwing【C8】______many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the【C9】______of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many【C10】______at a professional level, a【C11】______proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole. The word "right" in many languages means "correct" or is【C12】______with lawfulness, whereas the words associated【C13】______"left", such as "sinister" , generally have【C14】______associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is【C15】______close association between death and the left hand. In the past, in【C16】______Western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was【C17】______behind the child' s back so that it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose, 【C18】______will certainly be more lefthanders, and probably【C19】______people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their【C20】______hands.

单选题By the end of the first half next year, 15 travel agencies in mainland will be able to send tourism groups to Taiwan. Although the schedule is yet to be set, the registration in Guangzhou is already heating on. Authority says in the beginning of Taiwan's tourism opening, the market supply will hardly meet the demand. A lot of mainland citizens are expressing their fervent hope for an early visit to the beautiful island. Two travel agencies in Guangzhou will be authorized to send tourists to Taiwan, and the procedure will be very much alike to tourism to Hong Kong and Macau. Further details concerning airliners and entry ports are still under discussion. The price for 6—7 days travel are estimated to be around 8,000 Yuan, 9—10 days travel around the island will cost up to 10,000 Yuan. Some business travel can be as cheap as 4,000.Questions:

单选题She was, ______her fame and fortune, basically an unhappy woman.