[填空题]The best known quality of the English is reserve, to which closely related are two other qualities: a show of modesty and ______.

[填空题]To other Europeans, the best-known quality of the British, and in particular, of the English, is___________.

[单项选择]______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since William Shakespeare.
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. John Donne

[填空题]reserve

[单项选择]
Who speaks English best of all

[简答题]Tsogo Holdings operates a resort known as the Best Fun Resort in Maseru. The resort is very popular and on weekends more than 20,000 persons visit it. All entrances to the resort have security guards who have strict instructions to prevent people from entering the resort with anything that may endanger the security of other patrons. One Mike, a regular visitor, was asked if he had any such thing. He opened his jacket to show that he did not have any but did, in fact, have a small ejector knife in his trouser pocket. The security guards carried metal detectors and would have discovered it had they used it on Mike but they did not. Later, Mike had a quarrel with another resort visitor, Shan, outside the resort in its car park and, in the course of that quarrel, used the knife which seriously injured Shan. Required: Analyse the situation from the perspective of the law of delict and, in particular, advise Shan if he has a valid claim against Tsogo Holdings. (10 marks)

[单项选择]The best known Australian animal is（　）.
A. bear
B. kangaroo
C. hare
D. elephant

[单项选择]Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.（　）
A. poems
B. plays
C. novels
D. essays

[单项选择]It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnson’s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak. Bill Bryson, for ezample, concludes that,as the English weather is not at all exciting,the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that”To an outsider,the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles. Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says,because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.”The i
A. most commentators agree with Dr.Johnson
B. Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D. English conversations usually start with the weather

[多项选择]Improving the English Quality among the Chinese People:
A Necessity for China’s Development in the 21st Century
You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state clearly your viewpoint on the issue.
In the second part, support your viewpoint with details or examples.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[填空题]The Oxford English Dictionary is the best _____ on English words.

[单项选择]What best describes the first English dictionary
A. It defined easy words as well as hard ones.
B. It was nothing more than a list of difficult words.
C. It presented good sentences to show how each word was actually used in speech and in writing.
D. It was the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries.