[填空题]The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ______.

[单项选择]The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT ______.
A. lexical
B. syntactic
C. phonological
D. psycholinguistic

[单项选择]The constitutional guarantee of free speech may have been aimed at protecting native speakers of English from censorship, but it is not a great ______ to interpret it as protecting the right to express oneself in any natural language or dialect.
A. mystery
B. extension
C. sacrifice
D. condemnation

[单项选择]Although learning abilities may differ and talents may vary, at no time during the lifetime of a human being does learning ever stop.（）
A. 学习困难，内容很多，但在生活中没有时间也必需坚持学习。
B. 学习能力不同，方法各异，但人们一生总无论如何都不能终止学习。
C. 尽管人们学习能力不同，天赋各异，但学习会伴随人们的一生。
D. 学习能力不强，方法不同，但一个人一生中都要坚持学习。
E. 学习困难，内容很多，但没有时间学习，生命就完全失去意义。

[简答题]( ) In sociolinguistics，speech community refers to a group of speakers who constitute a community and share the same language or a particular variety of language．Speakers of English in general might be treated as such a community.

[名词解释]speech variety

[单项选择]
Soon after starting our job in China, we realized that the greatest challenge we faced would not be our day-to-day responsibilities but a completely foreign work environment and culture.
We were used to the very direct, sometimes confrontational, but more equal style of management in the United States. Here, we were faced with the never-direct, never-confrontational style of management common in Asia.
We often hear similar stories. One woman shared her experience of returning to China after more than 15 years in the US. Although she spent most of her childhood in China, she felt that her colleagues’ thinking processes were completely foreign to her. She needed to adapt herself to the culture of her company only then would she be successful at her job. In the end, she wasn’t able to successfully re-adapt herself to the culture. What she didn’t realize was that, rather than disagreei
A. In the USA, it is indirect style of management. In China, it is direct.
B. In the USA, it is direct style of management. In China, it is never-direct.
C. In the USA, it is always confrontational. In China, it is sometimes confrontational.
D. In the USA, it is equal. In China it is unequal.

[填空题]How microbubbles differ from ordinary bubbles.

[单项选择]Fascist dictatorships differ from monarchies of recent times in
A. setting limits to their scope of action
B. effecting results by sheer momentum
C. rivaling the state in power
D. exerting constant pressure on liberties
E. eradicating people’s organizations

[单项选择]Which of the following statements regarding differences in taxable and pretax income is TRUE Differences in taxable and pretax income that:（）
A. result in deferred taxes are called permanent differences.  
B. increase or reduce the effective tax rate are called temporary differences.  
C. result in deferred taxes are called temporary differences.

[单项选择]What is this speech about
A. A lecture.
B. A notice.
C. An ad.

[单项选择]The Baltimore New Compact Schools differ from typical public schools in that ______.
A. their model permits school to cluster their resources, personnel and funds
B. they charge lower tuition
C. they are smaller
D. they does a lot of fund-raising

[填空题]Optimists and pessimists differ in their focus when they look at the same thing.

[单项选择]How does Clinton differ from other general managers of JVs
A. He is able to speak Chinese.
B. He has chances to be promoted to a higher position.
C. He is a link between his headquarter and Chinese company.

[单项选择]Passage Four