研究生英语阅读教程(基础级2版)课文及翻译
III. Cloze
There are ten blanks in the following passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. [(criterion) criteria: (1)semantic/
(2)grammatical]
A simplified form of the English language based on 850 key words was developed in the late 1920s by the English psychologist Charles Kay Ogden and by the English educator I. A. Richards. Known as Basic English, it was used mainly to teach English to non-English-speaking persons and The fundamental principle of Basic English was that any idea, to simple units of thought and expressed clearly by a limited number of everyday words. The 850-word primary vocabulary was 600 nouns (representing things or events), 150 adjectives (for qualities and ), and 100 general "operational" words, mainly verbs and prepositions. Almost all the words were in use in English-speaking countries. More than 60 percent of them were one-syllable words. The basic vocabulary was created by eliminating numerous words which have the same or similar meanings and by the use of 18 "basic" verbs, such as make, get, do, have, and be. These verbs were generally combined with prepositions, such as up, among, under, in, and forward. For example, a Basic English student would use the expression “go up”"ascend".
1. A. created B. publicized C. invented D. operated
2. A. proved B. provided C. projected D. promoted
3. A. advantages B. objections C. obstacles D. facileties
4. A. however B. whatever C. wherever D. whenever
5. A. comprised of B. made of C. composed of D. constituted of
6. A. personalities B. properties C. preferences D. perceptions/ perceive)
7. A. common B. ordinary C. average D. nonprofessional
8. A. in all B. at times C. for good D. in part/ partially)
9. A. experiencing B. exchanging C. excluding D. extending
10. A. in spite of =despite B. in favor of C. instead of D. in case of
II. Translation
Put the following passages into Chinese.
1. For English is a killer. It is English that has killed off Cumbric, Cornish, Norn and Manx. There are still parts of these islands where sizeable communities speak languages that were there before English. Yet English is everywhere in everyday use and understood by all or virtually all, constituting such a threat to the three remaining Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh... that their long-term future must be considered... very greatly at risk.
因为英语是个杀手。正是英语造成了康瑞克、康尼施、诺恩、曼科斯等语言的消亡。在其中一部分岛上还有相当多的人使用在英语到来之前就已存在的语言。然而，英语在日常生