English and English Community
1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who make up the community share a common language. Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood (街坊), a village, or a city. More often they form. a whole country.
National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech
community. For convenience (方便), we may divide the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce,and so on.
4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind. The
history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional (虚构的) lives of people and their culture; a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel. Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.
第 23 题 Paragraph 1______
第1题
What must be carried out in order to launch and inflate an inflatable liferaft?
A.Pull on the hydrostatic release,pull on the sea painter
B.Push on the hydrostatic release,pull on the sea painter
C.Push on the hydrostatic release,push on the sea painter
D.Pull on the hydrostatic release,push on the sea painter
第2题
You may reasonably conclude(推断出)that______.
A.it often snows in the Great Basin
B.the mountains there are quite high above sea level
C.the park is about one square kilometre
D.there are high mountains in the middle of the park
第3题
A.stream the sea anchor
B.take an anti-seasickness pill
C.open the pressure relief valve
D.drink at least one can of water
第4题
It is obvious that the depth of the sea near the coast ______.
A.is the major factor influencing the strength of high waves
B.influences the strength of high waves only slightly
C.has influence only upon the strength of very high waves
D.doesn't have connection with the power of high waves
第5题
A. stow rainwater; these 4 spaces do not take up valuable space
B. act as stabilizers by filling with sea water as soon as the raft is inflated and upright
C. hold the freshwater required by regulation to be provided in the raft when packed
D. None of the above
第6题
It is obvious that the depth of the sea near the coast ______.
A.is the major factor influencing the strength of high waves
B.influences the strength of high waves only slightly
C.has influence only upon the strength of very high waves
D.doesn't have connection with the power of high waves
第7题
It is obvious that the depth of the sea near the coast ______.
A.is the major factor influencing the strength of high waves
B.influences the strength of high waves only slightly
C.has influence only upon the strength of very high waves
D.doesn't have connection with the power of high waves
第8题
A.Load Line Certificate
B.SOLAS Certificate
C.Stability Letter
D.Certificate of Inspection
第9题
A. close the cross-connection valve between the off-center tanks
B. completely flood high center tanks
C. ballast double bottom wing tanks
D. close any opening to the sea in an off-center tank
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