[英语]2009年福建省某市教师公开招聘考试小学英语试卷
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A.well structured
B.in the old style
C.easy to translate
D.rich in meaning
40.What is the passage mainly about?( )
A.The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.
B.The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C.The author’s misunderstanding of“limited”English.
D.The author’s experiences of using broken English.
B
Societies all over the world name places in similar ways.Quite often there is no
official namingceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference
by people.Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name.Frequently
it happens that a place has two names:One is named by the people and the other
by the government.As in many areas,old habits died hard,andthe place continues
to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.
Many roads and places in Singapore(新加坡)are named in order that the pioneers
will be remembered by future generation.Thus we have names such as Stamford Road
and Raffles Place.This is in keeping with tradition in many countries——in both
the West and the East.
Another way of naming places is naming them after other places.Perhaps they
were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could
be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that
the roads were named after.The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads
named in former British bases.If you step into Selector Airbase you will see
Piccadilly Circus——0bviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.
Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places.
Bras Basah Road is an interesting example.“Base Basah” means “wet rice”
in Malay(马来语).Now why would an yone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road” ?
The reason is simple.During the pioneering days,wet rice was laid out to dry
along this road.
A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes.There is“Circular Road”
for one.Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes,like
“Paya I.ebar Crescent”.This roadis called a crescent(月牙)because it begins
on the main road,makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.
41.We learn from Paragraph l that .
A.the government is usually the first to name a place
B.many places tend to have more than one name
C.a ceremony will be held when a place is named
D.people prefer the place names given by the government
42.What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph I probably mean?( )