2014年职称英语考试卫生类C级模拟试题四

第3部分：概括大意和完成句子(第23～30题，每题1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
23、回答23-30题：
Englishand English Community 1. Thereis no doubt that English is a useful language. The people who speak Englishtoday make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception ofspeakers of Chinese.
2. Aspeech community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who makeup the community share a common language. Often they live side by side, as theydo in a neighbor- hood (街坊), a village, or a city. More often theyform a whole country. National bound- aries, however, are not always the sameas the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group ofpeople who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.
3. We maysay that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. Forconvenience (方便) we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakersuse English ~ s their native language, the other in which the speakers learnEnglish as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on.
4.Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the minD．Thehistory and literature of a second language record the real and fictional (虚构的)lives of people and their culture; a knowledge of them adds to our ability tounderstand and to feel as they feel. Learning English as a second languageprovides another means of communication through which the window of the entireEnglish speech community becomes a part of our heritage.
Paragraph 1 __________
A．Threat Posed by English
B．Definition of a Speech Community
C．Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D．Advantages of Learning Chinese
E．Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F．A Widely Used Language


24、Paragraph 2 __________
A．Threat Posed by English
B．Definition of a Speech Community
C．Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D．Advantages of Learning Chinese
E．Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F．A Widely Used Language


25、Paragraph 3 __________
A．Threat Posed by English
B．Definition of a Speech Community
C．Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D．Advantages of Learning Chinese
E．Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F．AWidely Used Language


26、Paragraph 4 __________
A．Threat Posed by English
B．Definition of a Speech Community
C．Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D．Advantages of Learning Chinese
E．Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F．A Widely Used Language


27、Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of __________
A．a second language
B．the same language
C．the same speech community
D．any other language
E．national boundaries
F．a part Of one’S heritage


28、Theboundaries of a speech community may be different from __________
A．a second language
B．the same language
C．the same speech community
D．any other language
E．national boundaries
F．a part Of one’S heritage


29、People who live in different places may belong to __________
A．a second language
B．the same language
C．the same speech community
D．any other language
E．national boundaries
F．a part Of one’S heritage


30、Manypeople learn English as __________
A．a second language
B．the same language
C．the same speech community
D．any other language
E．national boundaries
F．a part Of one’S heritage