专题限时训练(二十一)[文化教育型阅读理解](限时:25分钟)(一)ApracticalEnglishGrammarisintendedforintermediate(中级的)andpost-intermediatestudents.Wehopethatmoreadvancedlearnersandteacherswillalsofindituseful.Thebookisacomprehensivesurveyofstructuresandforms,writteninclearmodernEnglishandillustratedwithnumerousexamples.Areasofparticulardifficultyhavebeengivenspecialattention.Differencesbetweenconversationalusageandstrictgrammaticalformsareshownbuttheemphasisisoncontroversialforms.Inthefourthedition,themainchangesareasfollows.1.Explanationandexampleshavebeenbroughtuptodate.2.Thereisnowmoreinformationoncountableanduncountablenouns,attributiveandpredicativeadjectives,adverbsofplace,sentenceadverbs,cleftsentences,prepositions,conjunctives,modalverbs,perfecttenses,infinitiveconstructions,thepassive,purposeclauses.3.Somematerialhasbeenrearrangedtomakecomparisonseasier.Forexample,partsofchaptersoncan,may,must,etc.arenowgroupedbyfunctions;verbsoflikingandpreferencehaveachaptertothemselves;suggestionsandinvitationshavejoinedthechapteroncommands,requestsandadvice.4.Thecontentlistnowsummarieseveryeditionheading,andthereisanewindexcontainingmanymorereferences.Inthiseditionthesign“~”isfrequentlyusedtoshowachangeofspeakersinexamplesofdialogues.Althoughthesign“=”sometimesconnectstwowordsorexpressionswiththesamemeaning,itisoftenusedmorefreely,e.g.toindicateatransformationfromactivetopassiveordirecttoindirectspeech.WewishtothankallatOxfordUniversityPresswhohaveassistedinthepreparationofthefourthedition.WewouldalsoliketothankProfessorEgawaofNihonUniversity,Japan,ProfessorReneDirvenofDuisburgUniversity,Germanyandothercolleaguesfortheirfriendlyandhelpfulsuggestions.London,November1985A.J.T.,A.VM1.Thegrammarbookmentionedinthispassageisnotsuitablefor________.A.amiddleschoolteacherB.aprimaryschoolstudentC.aseniorhighstudentD.acollegestudent2.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthathisgrammarbook________.A.comparesmodernEnglishwitholdEnglishB.givesalargenumberofexamplestoreducedifficultyC.attachesmoreimportancetocontroversialformsD.payslittleattentiontostrictgrammaticalforms3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthechangesisTRUE?A.ThisbookkeepsupwiththelatestusagesoftheAmericanEnglishlanguage.B.Thiseditionoffersmoreinformationaboutpronouns.C.It'snoteasyforustofindtheinformationweneedinthisbook.D.Oneparticularchapterdiscussesverbslike“care,like,love,hate,prefer,wish”.4.Whenyouseethislineinthebook,“Didyougetaticket?~Yes,Imanagedtogetone.”,wecanunderstandthat________.A.thetwopartsbeforeandafterthesign“~”meanthesameB.thetwopartsbeforeandafter“~”aresaidbytwodifferentpeopleC.thesecondspeakerrepeatswhatthefirstspeakersaysD.thetopicischangedinthepartafterthesign“~”5.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorsthankseveralpeoplebecause________.A.theyhavehelpedtheauthorswiththiseditionB.theyhaveagreedtobuyalotofbooksfromtheauthorsC.theauthorswanttomakeuseofthefameofthosepeopleD.thosepeoplewillmakeadvertisementsforthisbook(二)AscomputersbecomeallthemorepopularinChina,ChinesepeopleareincreasinglyrelyingoncomputerkeyboardstoinputChinesecharacters.Butiftheyusethecomputertoomuch,theymayendupforgettingtheexactstrokes(笔画)ofeachChinesecharacterwhenwritingonpaper.Expertssuggestpeople,especiallystudents,writebyhandmore.Doyouwritebyhandmoreortypemore?InBeijing,studentsstartusingacompute...