基础英语1991(有答案).docVIP

北京师范大学1991年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 I．Grammar 25% A. Insert articles where necessary in the blanks in the following passage. （5%） The study of language can be interesting, stimulating and rewarding. There is no other subject which has such direct relevance to your everyday life and whose benefits can be readily seen in quality of your existence. You had already worked out systems of language for communicating with others, especially to get what you wanted, before you came to formal education. The fact that you said “buyed” instead of “bought”at age of three was not reflection of your incompetence, but indication that you had already begun to work out sound for past tense of verb ,only to be thwarted by nature of English language in having so many irregular forms. Already today, as you read this, you will have used your language in a variety of ways for variety of purposes. You will have spoken to your friends at college in different way from way you spoke at breakfast time at home. If you have already had to do some written work, you will have used different form of your language from that accepted in group, discussion. Nor does . versatility in your uses of language end there. You will know yourself that you are capable of using variety of language structures and range of vocabulary according to your audience and impression you want to give and response you want to elicit. Similarly you will have mastered how to respond to language use, whether written or spoken. You will have established for yourself, possibly intuitively, means of assessing when remark is to be taken seriously or humorously or when person is being friendly or matter-of-fact or hostile. Sometimes person you know well does not have to utter complete statement for you to know what is meant, and conversely you may sometimes pick up wrong