Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the language of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of people. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can’t understand speakers from other parts.
小題1:The first paragraph mainly tells us that_______.
A．most people in the world speak Chinese
B．there are thousands of languages in today’s world
C．man has much knowledge about languages
D．some people know several languages
小題2:Most European and Indian languages_______.
A．will soon die out completely
B．were once a relative of English
C．a(chǎn)re no longer spoken
D．come from the same family of language.
小題3:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A．Chinese is the language with the most speakers.
B．English was a well-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
C．A language has many speakers, but there may be no differences in the way it is spoken in different areas.
D．Speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can understand speakers from other parts.
小題4:It is considered a most difficult thing for one to learn to speak Chinese because_______.
A．there are great differences between the dialects of Chinese
B．Chinese and many foreign languages are not of the same family
C．Chinese is a very old language
D．there are great differences between the old Chinese and the present-day Chinese
小題5:The underlined word “dialect” in the last paragraph means_______.
A．a(chǎn) special language spoken by Chinese
B．the sign used by Chinese people in a special area
C．the difference between the old and today’s Chinese
D．the form of a language used in one part of the country

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:D
縱觀歷史，人們一直對語言的起源感興趣，但是沒人知道它從哪里起源，有是怎么發(fā)生的。然而，我們確實(shí)對古代和現(xiàn)代的語言有很深入的了解。語言也會逐漸改變，語言可能有許多種地區(qū)口音。因此，我們能看出，在歷史不同階段，語言也不盡相同。
小題1:段落理解題。根據(jù)第一段A,B,D表述不準(zhǔn)確，故選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二句可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章可知選A，B，C和D表述不正確。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段一，二兩行可知選A.
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段倒數(shù)一，二，三行可知。
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What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job?
So many bad things have happened-but I think my worst moment was when I read my first bad review in the newspaper. They wrote terrible things about me, and I was so upset. After that I didn’t read my reviews any more.
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Oh yes, it’s hard to make a living as an actor. So I’ve done lots of part-time jobs over the years. For example, I’ve worked in a shop, sold ice cream at the beach and handed out publicity flyers in the street.
What’s the worst job you’ve ever done?
The worst job I’ve ever done was at an egg-packing factory. Working conditions are terrible-you stand for hours at the end of a belt, putting eggs into boxes. You can’t have a break, and if you want to go to the toilet, you have to ask for permission. And worst of all, the smell was terrible- I’ve never eaten an egg since then.
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