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1990年1月四级英语考试 Part I Listening Comprehension (略) Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by som
;just heard
18. A) Instructions. B) Medicine.
C) Money. D) The draft of his
speech.
19. A) because she had to type Mr. Bascomb’s speech.
B) Because she had a headache. .
C) Because she had to meet some businessmen.
D) Because she had to get her car fixed .
20. A) The problem of the city.
B) Himself and his problems.
C) Things he had planned to say to his audience.
D) The plan for his future work as mayor.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Direction There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following by some questions or unfinished statements - For each of them there are four choices marked A ) , B ) , C) and D ) . You should decide on the best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre .
Question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage
Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a new feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains background information on l, 000 people and places promine
nt in the news since 1988; the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Encyclopedic Edition is the OALD plus encyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture is the LME plus cultural information.
The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly cultural as well as language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult.
While there is some common ground between the encyclopediccultural entries for the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. Oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the English-speaking world. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. The cultural objectives of the BBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an&n
bsp;analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period of four years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured in the news recently. The intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the World Service who will have a reasonable standard of English and a developed skill in listening comprehension.
In reality, though, the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. We will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the West. Advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also have definite views about the scope and appropriateness of the various socio-cultural entries.
21. What feature sets apart the three dictionaries discussed
in the passage from traditional ones
A) The combination of two dictionaries into one
B) The new approach to defining words
C) The inclusion of cultural content
D) The increase in the number of entries
22. The Longman dictionary is more likely to be criticized for cultural prejudice ____________.
A) Its scope of cultural entries the beyond the culture of the English-speaking world.
B) it pays little attention to the cultural content d the non-English-speaking countries
C) it views the world purely from the standpoint of the English-speaking world.
D) it fails to distinguish language from culture in its encyclopedic entries.
23. The BBC dictionary differs from Oxford and Longman in that ____________.
A) it has a wider selection Of encyclopedic entries
B) it is mainly design to meet the needs of radio listeners
C) it lays上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] 下一页 |
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