[单项选择]The formal instruction in second language acquisition （　）.
A. has no effect at all
B. has a powerful delayed effect
C. has very little effect
D. has unsatisfactory effect

[单项选择]The language produced by second language learners is technically called（　）
A. interlanguage.
B. foreign language.
C. first language.
D. second language.

[单项选择]The type of language constructed by second or foreign language learners who are still in the process of learning a language is often referred to as （）.
A. parole
B. langue
C. interlanguage
D. pidgin

[判断题]

Formal language and informal language are different in a couple of ways.

[判断题]

People usually use formal language when they first meet someone.

[填空题]The instruction in the first language is a key part of a good bilingual program.

[填空题]The goals of language instruction in the 1960s were on the oral medium, and ______ was deemphasized.

[判断题]

Formal language is used in all kinds of writings.

[简答题]

Hewlett-Packard has regarded its proposed acquisition of Compaq Computer as a bold move to build a portfolio of computing systems and services to take on IBM and Dell Computer. It has argued that the $ 24 billion deal would strengthen the company’s sales of personal computers, data-serving computers and technology consulting.
46) But behind the deal is another Hewlett-Packard ambition: to extend the reach of its dominant printing and imaging division, which registered $ 20 billion in sales this year, 43 percent of the company’s revenue.
In the last two decades, Hewlett-Packard built itself into the world’s largest vendor of desktop printers. It had done so under th6 command of Richard A. Hackbom, now a Hewlett-Packard board member and a leading advocate of the merger. 47)Today, the company tests so many printers, inks and papers that if one could stack up all the test sheets printed during an average month, the pile would reach 6,000 fe