问题 单项选择题

请根据下文回答下面问题。
“一种言语在世界上有大量增长的需求,本身就表现出这个国家、这个民族在世界的地位,它的综合国力以及它在世界上的形象,更重要的表现各国对这个国家未来的预测。”章新胜对媒体说。
北京大学教授、世界汉语教学学会会长陆俭明说,汉语在法国发展势头很快,英语、日语、西班牙语的年增长率是2%~4%,汉语则高达38%;在日本,汉语已成为继英语之后的第二大外语,“汉语热”直追“英语热”在澳大利亚,汉语已经超过意大利语,成为澳大利亚第一外语。
《纽约时报》曾刊登一篇题为《2040年的中国》的文章,文中写道,到2040年,在世界各地召开的各类科学会议上将随处可以听到中文,而美国国内音乐排行榜上的中文歌曲也会[ ]这当然只是一种假设。今天的现实是:根据美国人口普查局2003年9月公布的调查报告,中文在美国已成为仅次于西班牙语的第二大外语。2003年底,美国大学理事会宣布设立AP中文项目,这意味着美国中学生选修的汉语课程将计入他们未来在大学中的学分。在美国的大学入学统考中,汉语和法语、西班牙语等一样,成为认定的外语项目之一。
一种语言能够引起热潮,除了该国国力、侨民分布外,文化的魅力是难以量化而又绵绵不绝的动力。语言的学习会加强文化认同感。语言永远只是载体,把中华文化推向世界是汉语教学的目的。”陆教授说,“当然我们更注重自然地呈现真实,增进了解,消除误会,而不是所谓‘文化扩张’。”
在国外设立专门机构推广本国语言文化,已经成为国际通行做法。英国有文化委员会,法国有法语联盟,德国有歌德学院,西班牙有塞万提斯学院。法国总统希拉克不遗余力地推广法语。塞万提斯学院的院长由西班牙国王兼任。而中国刚刚推出的孔子学院,则意在借助圣人声望向世界推展汉语及其背后广博的文化。
2004年11月21日,中国第一所海外“孔子学院”在韩国举行挂牌仪式。而此前两天,中国国家对外汉语教学领导小组办公室(国家汉办)主任严美华和美国马里兰大学国际项目部在马里兰大学签署了双方共同建设马里兰大学孔子学院的协议。
目前,中国国家汉办已与瑞典、乌兹别克斯坦等国签署了有关建立孔子学院的协议,中国计划在未来几年内在全世界建立100所孔子学院。
孔子,这个中国文化的辉煌符号,一个曾经被自己的子孙轮番践踏的圣人,自改革开放以来,随着中国日益融人世界与逐渐寻回文化自信,第一次被中国官方在如此正面、积极的意义上运用。而其使命,亦伟大艰巨:在全球化的世界里,推进中国汉语战略,推动汉、语成为强势语言。

填写在短文第三段[ ]处最恰当的词语是:

A.名列前茅

B.比比皆是

C.大放异彩

D.无人不晓

答案

参考答案:B

解析: 材料中,前文是美国国内音乐排行榜,根据文中“将随处可以听到中文”,可知下面括号处词语应为“多”的意思。而选项B最能表达该含义,最为符合题意。

选择题
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Since the early 1990s, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.

Eleanor Johnson, an English professor at Columbia University in New York, says, “Ithink text messaging has made students believe that it is far more acceptable than it actually is to just make spelling and grammatical mistakes.” She says her students over the past several years have increasingly used less formal English in their writing. She says words and phrases like “you know” now appearing research papers. And she now has to talk about another problem in class---incorrect word use.

Professor Johnson doubts a strong connection between the rise of communication online and an increase in writing mistakes. But she admits there may not be much scientific proof, at least not yet.

David Crystal, a British language expert, says the actively changing nature of the Internet makes it difficult to stay unchanged in studying its effects. But he believes its effect on language is small. He says, “The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative content that didn’t exist in the past.” Erin Jansen, founder of an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, says his new technology has not changed existing language but has greatly added to the vocabulary. “Basically it is a freedom of expression,” she says, “If it is helping them write more or communicate more, that is great. That is what teachers and educators want---to get students communicating.”

But Erin Jansen and David Crystal agree with Eleanor Jonson on at least one thing. Teachers need to make sure students understand the uses and rules of language.

小题1: According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.David Crystal thinks the Internet makes the language expression richer.

B.David Crystal believes the Internet’s effects on language use are clear

C.Eleanor Johnson thinks writing mistakes has much to do with the Internet

D.Eleanor Johnson thinks all the Internet effects on language use are good小题2:. Eleanor Johnson is mentioned to _______.

A.share her idea of the great effects of using the Internet

B.tell people a way to correct students’ writing mistakes

C.serve as an example of teachers’ blaming the Internet

D.warn people against the dangers of using the Internet小题3: What do the three experts have in common as to the Internet effect?

A.The possibilities of avoiding the use of less formal words

B.The causes of the Internet’s great effects on language

C.The necessity of helping students reduce writing mistakes

D.The importance of students’ knowing how to use language小题4:. What could be the best title for the text?

A.Students’ Learning and the Internet: Good or Bad?

B.Students’ Writing and the Internet: Good or Bad?

C.Students’ Papers and the Internet: Good or Bad?

D.Students’ Mistakes and the Internet: Good or Bad?