[单项选择]The English language has a vivid saying to describe this kind of phenomenon.
A. 语言中有活泼的表达方式和处境。
B. 英语中有很说法来说明这种情况。
C. 英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种现象。
D. 英语语言有着很生动的活力。

[单项选择]The English language has a vivid saying to describe this kind of phenomenon.
A. 语言中有活泼的表达方式和处境。
B. 英语中有很说法来说明这种情况。
C. 英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种现象。
D. 英语语言有着很生动的活力。

[单项选择]English language belongs to

[单项选择]By saying "life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us", the author means ______.


A. life is full of miseries and misfortunes
B. things and people that you feel so comfortable with do not last for good and are destined to change
C. life is full of changes and these changes cannot be avoided
D. life is full of surprises

[单项选择]What does the author imply by saying "there has been a considerable change of attitude towards speech snobbery" (Par

[单项选择]By saying that the bomb also has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it ______.

[单项选择]Picasso quoted the example of the English language to maintain that __________.

[单项选择]Elitist attitude toward the English language can be found in the following places except for


A. America and India
B. Britain and Pakistan
C. India and Australia
D. the Arctic area

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Passage Four
The English language we know today is about six hundred years old. For half that time, English was just the language of the people living in England. The modern English language grew by about the year 1 400. Now English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is one of the working languages at international meetings, business, science and other fields.
The differences between American English and British English are not very great. Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. For example, centre, licence, colour and travelled are spelt as center, license, color and traveled in American English. In America "cock, rubber, iii, holiday, lorry, post... "are called "rooster, eraser, sick, vacation, truck, mail..." But people from the two countries can still understand each other easily.
There are only a very small number of differences in gra
A. it isn't necessary to know their differences
B. there are only a few differences in spoken English
C. it will be difficult for others to understand you
D. it's hard to remember the differences at the same time