网络统考英语试题8课件.ppt

大学英语(B)2010版新大纲;1. — May I use your bike for a moment? — _______ A. It’s well. B. It doesn’t matter. C. By all means. D. I have no idea.;2. — How do you do? Glad to meet you. — _______ A. Fine. How are you? B. How do you do? Glad to meet you, too. C. How are you? Thank you! D. Nice. How are you?;3. — Hi, is Mary there, please? — _______ A. Hold on. I’ll get her. B. No, she isn’t here. C. Yes, she lives here. D. Yes, what do you want?;4. — Would you mind changing seats with me? — _______ A. Yes, you can. B. Of course, I like to. C. No, I don’t mind. D. Certainly, please do.;5. — Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? — _______ A. I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind. B. Sorry, I don’t like neither. C. Certainly, why not? D. Yes, we like these two places.; How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin[起源] of language is a mystery[谜]. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon[取得一致] certain signs, called letters, which could be combined[组合] to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.; The power of words, then, lies in[在于] their associations[联系，联想]—the thing they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.; Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling[生动的] use of words is what we call literary style[文学风格]. Above a