[单项选择]Several theories of evolution had historically preceded that of Charles Darwin, although he expounded upon the stages of development.
A. found fault with
B. explained in detail
C. outlined briefly
D. offered in published form

[填空题]The telephone had been ringing for several minutes before it（）(answer).

[单项选择]A man had several sons who were always fighting with each other. Try as he might, he could not get them to live together in peace. He decided to show them how foolish they were. He told them to bring a bundle of sticks. He tied the sticks together. He told each son to break off the bundle across his knee. They all tried and they all failed. Then the father undid the bundle. He handed them the sticks one by one. The boys broke the sticks easily.
"You see, my boys," said the father, "When you are together, you are strong. You are more than a match for your enemies. If you quarrel and separate, you are weak and can be broken./

The sons were always ______.
A. fighting
B. peaceful
C. strong

[单项选择]My teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name.
A. 在我明白一切事物都有自己的名字之前，我和老师在一起呆了好几个星期。
B. 我的老师和我在一起好几个星期，在我懂得每个东西都有一个名字之前。
C. 我和老师生活了几个星期之后，我才明白了每个东西都有自己的名称。
D. 好几个星期过去了直到老师让我明白一切都有一个名字。

[单项选择]Even though we had been to her house several times before, we still did not remember ______.
A. what street was it on
B. what was it the street
C. what street it was on
D. what street it was

[填空题]The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well — grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Such "extended" families were suited for survival in slow paced (47) societies. But such families are hard to (48) . They are immobile. Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family (49) shed its excess weight and the so- called "nuclear" family emerged — a stripped-down, portable family unit (50) only of parents and a small set of children.
This new style of family, far more (51) than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial countries. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development, (52) even higher mobility. Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamli

[简答题]What linguistic theories do American linguist Chomsky and Australian linguist Halliday represent respectively