A linguist, who studies languages, is always listening, never off-duty. I invited a group of friends to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents (地方口音), and it would take only a few minutes to record it. Afterwards, one evening, three people came to my house and were shown into my sitting-room. In front of each chair there was a microphone (麦克风) at head height, connected to a recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down rather nervously. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty, then we could relax and have a drink.

I turned on the recorder and they each in turn counted from one to twenty in their best accents. When it was over, I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks. The rest of the evening was spent in complete relaxation. I talked and joked with them freely and left them  for a telephone call which lasted some time.

You know, of course, the microphones were not connected to the recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the bedroom. My friends, having seen the recorder before them turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality (质量). It meant that I was able to get a piece of natural talk.

I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them after the recording was over, and asked them whether it should be destroyed. None of them wanted to – but for some years after that, it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks, I paid for them. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.

1.The underlined word "linguist" in Paragraph 1 probably means "    ".

A.people who learn to speak languages.

B.people who do research on languages.

C.people who speak languages.

D.people who develop languages.

2.The recording which the writer was able to make was    .

A. natural.                    B. beautiful

C. unclear.            D. nervous.

3.When the writer told his friends what he had done, they    .

A. wanted him to destroy records

B. didn't seem to mind much

C.seemed to have no response (反应)

D. made him buy them more drinks

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1.From the above we can learn that the Happy Village flat     .

A. is near a park   B. is beside the sea

C. has no furniture D. can’t be used now.

2.Mr. Brown wants to sell these things because     .

A. they are too old or broken

B. he has bought many new things.

C. he is moving to a new place

D. he doesn’t have enough money.

3.If you want to contact Mr., Brown on Sunday, you should call     .

A. 25245867   B. 10077809   C. 25720836   D. 25216011

4.The salary for the part-time lab assistant depends on     .

A. his experience of working in an electronic lab

B. the variety of part-time jobs he has done.

C. his ability of applying for different jobs.

D. the degree he has got.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选择最佳项。

There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school．Before being sent away this boy was the      student in his class．But the boy      when he attended the boarding school．His grades started     ．He hated being in a group．He was     all the time．And sometimes he even felt like killing himself．All of this because he felt that no one       loved him．

His parents started worrying about the boy．So his father decided to travel     the boarding school and talk with him．

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him some questions about his classes, teachers and sports．After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son,     I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “to check my      ?”

“No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don’t care about grades．I care about you．I care about

your       ．YOU ARE MY CARE．”

These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears．He hugged his dad．They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time．

Now the boy knew there was someone on this Earth who cared about him      ．He    the world to someone．And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.A. richest         B. prettiest          C. laziest         D. brightest

2. A. improved      B. died               C.changed           D. lost

3.A. rising          B. dropping          C. climbing         D. throwing

4.A. worried        B. careless           C. lonely           D. busy

5.A. around         B. from               C. in             D. to

6.A. when          B. where               C. how           D. why

7.A. homework        B. subjects          C. grades          D. need

8.A. sadness        B. kindness            C. happiness      D. darkness

9.A. safely         B. successfully        C. widely         D. deeply

10. A. meant        B. owned               C. moved         D. Left

An old soldier gave us a lecture a moment ago. In his lecture, he told us     in Zhenjiang in the old days.

A. what everyday life was like

B. what was everyday life like

C. how everyday life was like

D. how was everyday life like

. —Hi, Linda. Your new flat is so nice!

—Thanks,    .

A. my pleasure      B. don't mention it

C. help yourself    D. make yourself at home

—Why don’t you go to see the movie WARWOLF directed by Wu Jing?

— Because I     it.

A .see       B saw         C.was seeing        D.have seen

Nick    a job in a bank, but to our surprise, he didn’t take it.

A. is offered    B. offered

C. was offered     D. has been offered

—As we know it’s difficult to live in a foreign country.

—    if you can’t understand the language there.

A. Exactly        B. Naturally

C. Usually        D. Especially

—Are you going anywhere?

—I     about visiting my sister, but I have changed my mind.

A. think          B. have thought

C. will think     D. thought

You can't imagine    amazing they are    you see them with your eyes.

A. what； unless   B. how； unless

C．how； if       D．what； if