共享题干题 (二) A Debate on the English Language根据以下的材料，回答下列的问题。 A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States. The US Senate passed two declarations last week. One calls English the nation's official language and the other says it is the "mon and unifying(统一的) "tongue. But Americans found themselves divided on the issue. Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English, many can't understand why the issue is so controversial( 有争议的). "The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues, "says Dick Tucker, a social scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. "It's related to a worry about the changing demography( 人口统计) of the "US It's a worry, about who will continue to have political and economic influence. In fact, the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding. John Adams lobbied(游说)in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language. But his proposal died, since lawmakers saw it as a royalist(保皇主义者) attempt to define personal behavior. Since then, the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on. The emotions surrounding language resurface (再次浮现)not because people feel fortable with English. It is more about the disfort many Americans feel with the new languages, says Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University. "Language is never about language," he says. According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of209 million Americans over 18 years old,172 million speak only English at home. About 37 million speak languages other than English.Among them,6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak English at all.1.[不定向选择题]The phrase" kicked around" ( paragraph 4) could be best replaced by____________A.invented B.formed C.shaped D.discussed 2.[不定向选择题]Which statement is true according to the 2000 US Census Bureau report?A.172 million Americans speak only English in their workplaces. B.37 million Americans speak English. C.209 million Americans are above the age of 18. D.6.5 million Americans speak good English.
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1.参考答案：D
参考解析：D本题问“kicked around最有可能被哪个词替换?”这个短语出现在下面这个句子中：In fact，the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation’s founding．事实上，保护这一语言的思想几乎从这个国家建立时就开始讨论了。这个短语的意义可以从上下文中推出。
2.参考答案：C
参考解析：C本题问“根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告，哪个命题是真的?”最后一段话的第一个句子是这么说的：根据2000年美国人口普查局的报告，l8岁以上美国人有两亿九百万人。所以C项是对的。其他选项都把两亿九百万人当作了美国的总人口，因而是错误的。3.[不定向选择题]Who suggested in the 18th century that English should be protected?A.Walt Wolfram B.John Adams C.Royalists D.Dick Tucker