一、单项选择题(本大题共30小题，每小题2分，共60分)

　　在每小题列出的四个备选项中选择一个最佳答案，错选、多选或未选均无分。

　　1. The visitors here are greatly impressed by the fact that _____ people from all walks of life are working hard for _____ new Ma’anshan.

　　A.\; a B. \;the C. the; a D. the; the

　　2. _____, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job. Good wages. No experience necessary.”

　　A. Looking through the newspaper B. While I was looking through the newspaper

　　C. To look through the newspaper D. I was looking through the newspaper

　　3. Hard work, however, does not necessarily _____ much achievement or honor which is expected by someone.

　　A. stand up for B. come up with C. go after D. result in

　　4. _____ the aid from the government, the earthquake-stricken area _____ greater loss.

　　A. Apart from; should have suffered B. But for; would have suffered

　　C. Thanks to; could suffer D. Except for; would have suffered

　　5. I doubt if it is _____ for you to read that book again.

　　A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. valuable

　　6. To distinguish sounds, students are encouraged to practice ____.

　　A. minimal pairs B. nasal explosion

　　C. consonant clusters D. incomplete explosion

　　7. Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between _____ and meanings.

　　A. sense B. sounds C. objects D. ideas

　　8. If two sounds are in complementary distribution, they are _____ of the same phoneme.

　　A. allophones B. symbols C. phones D. signs

　　9. Which of the following sentences is a two-place predicate?

　　A. It is snowing. B. The baby is sleeping.

　　C. John gave Mary a book. D. Jack loves Mary.

　　10. The structural view limits knowing a language to knowing its structural rules and vocabulary. The communicative or notional-functional view adds the need to know how to _____ the rules and vocabulary to do whatever it is one wants to do.

　　A. use B. analyze C. learn D. remember

　　11. If a teacher asks “What does corrective feedback mean”, this type of question is called “_____”.

　　A. referential question B. tag question

　　C. rhetorical question D. display question

　　12. A variety of games, role-plays, situations, etc. are _____ communicative activities prepared to support the Communicative Language Teaching.

　　A. text-based B. task-based C. game-based D. situation-based

　　13. What is the purpose of using information gap activity?

　　A. To prepare students for oral presentation.

　　B. To provide students with an enjoyable activity based on effective communicative approaches.

　　C. To ask students to listen and write.

　　D. To make enough input.

　　14. In _____, substitutional and transformational drills are frequently used and aimed at form accuracy.

　　A. cognitive processing B. communicative practice

　　C. meaning practice D. mechanical practice

　　15. In a conversation about how to spend a holiday, a student says, “I have plan to go traveling with my family.” Which of the teacher’s feedback will keep up communication as well as help the student correct his syntax error?

　　A. You should say you have planed to go traveling with your family.

　　B. Why not say you planned to go traveling with your family?

　　C. You say you haveplan to go traveling?

　　D. You should pay attention to the tense of the sentence.

　　16. Which of the following does a teacher want his / her students to develop if he / she guides them to take notes key words, abbreviations and symbols?

　　A. Cultural awareness. B. Language awareness.

　　C. Learning strategies. D. Language knowledge.

　　17. According to The National English Curriculum Standards, the language knowledge students are required to learn consists of phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, _____.

　　A. function and theme B. culture and society

　　C. literature and linguistics D. discourse and genre