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...
