2022年10月自考00794綜合英語一試題及答案含解析

綜合英語（一）年月真題

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1、【單選題】Idon'tregret________herwhatIthought,evenifitupsether.

totell

telling

A:

tobetold

B:

beingtold

C:

答D:案：B

2、【單選題】Mr.Clyde,togetherwithhisthreekids,__________hereforyears.

havebeenliving

hadlived

A:

hasbeenliving

B:

lived

C:

答D:案：C

3、【單選題】NosoonerhadItakenoffmyraincoat________itbegantorain

again.

when

until

A:

before

B:

than

C:

答D:案：D

4、【單選題】Ithinkthissmallsuitcaseisperfect_______weekendtrips.

at

in

A:

for

B:

with

C:

答D:案：C

5、【單選題】Itisrecommendedthatthework________untilallthepreparations

havebeenmade.

notbestarted

A:

willnotstart

isnotstarted

B:

isnotstarting

C:

答D:案：A

6、【單選題】Johnwasconsideredtobe_______ofthetwoboys.

brighter

brightest

A:

thebrighter

B:

thebrightest

C:

答D:案：C

7、【單選題】Shehadproblemsdeciding______sheshouldsetupherownbusiness.

when

what

A:

which

B:

whom

C:

答D:案：A

8、【單選題】Thewar______thepeopleintheareaoftheirpeacefullife.

decreased

detected

A:

destroyed

B:

deprived

C:

答D:案：D

9、【單選題】Onlyafteryearsofhardwork________thatmoneyalonedoesnot

leadtohappinessandsuccess.

didIrealize

Irealized

A:

hadIrealized

B:

Ihadrealized

C:

答D:案：A

10、【單選題】Theproblem__________atthenextmeetingwillbedifficultto

solve.

discussed

tobediscussed

A:

beingdiscussed

B:

havingbeendiscussed

C:

答D:案：B

11、【單選題】Thegovernmenthas________manyrulestokeepcottonproduction

andthecottonmarketstable.

laidoff

laidout

A:

laiddown

B:

laidaside

C:

答D:案：C

12、【單選題】Itwasalongtime________Icouldpreventhimfrommakingmajor

changestothehouse.

when

before

A:

after

B:

since

C:

答D:案：B

13、【單選題】Inafewcountries,dogshavetakenovertheplaceofchildren,

andsomecouplesprefertohavepets_____children.

ratherthan

otherthan

A:

morethan

B:

betterthan

C:

答D:案：A

14、【單選題】Ifyouhadaskedthemthatquestionwhentheywereyounger,

they______iteasily.

answered

hadanswered

A:

wouldanswer

B:

wouldhaveanswered

C:

D:

答案：D

15、【單選題】Shehadthe________overothergirlsofhavinghadaverygood

preschooleducation.

ability

strength

A:

advantage

B:

benefit

C:

答D:案：C

16、【單選題】_____monkeysdon'ttalklikehumansisn'tpurelyduetothe

physicallimitationsoftheirvocalcords.

That

Which

A:

How

B:

Why

C:

答D:案：A

17、【單選題】AlthoughI__________thatRussiansoundforalmostanhour,I

stillcan'tpronounceitwell.

waspracticing

ampracticing

A:

hadbeenpracticing

B:

havebeenpracticing

C:

答D:案：D

18、【單選題】Arecentstudyshowsthatpeoplewearingawatchreducetheir

time________usingsmartphones.

spend

tospend

A:

spending

B:

spent

C:

答D:案：D

19、【單選題】Understandingthepastgivesyouabetteridea______whatthe

futuremightbe.

to

A:

of

in

B:

for

C:

答D:案：B

20、【單選題】Manyofthethingswehavefoughthardfor________nottohave

beenworththefight.

turnoff

turnout

A:

turnup

B:

turnover

C:

答D:案：B

21、【單選題】Passage1Openingabookfortheveryfirsttimestillfillsme

withthesameexcitementandexpectationthatitdidwhenIwasachild.Notonly

dobooksenablechildrentodiscovernewworlds,meetnewpeopleandlearnabout

thepast,buttheyalsohavethepowertochangelives.Bysparking

imaginations,stimulatingcriticalthinkingandhelpingdevelopempathy(共鳴),

readinggiveschildrentheveryliteracy(會讀會寫)skillstheyneedtosucceedat

school,atworkandinlife.Helpingchildrendiscoveraloveofreadingis

crucial,butitisworryingtodaythatchildren'senjoymentofreadingisfalling

behindtheirreadingskills.Whydoesthismatter?Whilereadingskillsare

essential,readingforpleasureiscrucialforacademicsuccess,mentalhealthand

evenlatereconomicsuccess.Theemphasishereisonreadingforpleasure:being

abletoreaddoesnotgivethesamebenefitsasenjoyingit.Gettingtheright

bookintotherightchild'shandsattherighttimeisthekey.Yet1in8

disadvantagedchildrenintheUKdon'townasinglebookandprimaryschool

librarieshaveclosedacrossthenation.Ifyourparentscan'taffordtobuybooks

andyourprimaryschoolhasn'tgotalibrary,howonearthareyousupposedto

becomeareaderforpleasure?Theproblemisbiggerforboysthanitisfor

girls.Manyparentstellmethatmybookshavebeeneffectiveinturningtheir

boysintoreaders.Ihavetosaythatalthoughitisalwaysapleasuretobetold

thatmybookshavebeeneffective,ithasneverbeenmyintentiontotargetboys

specifically.Idon'twanttowriteeitheraboys'bookoragirls'book,ordraw

conclusionsaboutboyorgirlbehavior.Ihaven'tfoundthegenderofthe

charactersinmybookstobeanissue.I'velostcountofthenumberofnine-year-

oldboyswhosaythatCamicazi,thegirlheroinHowtoTrainYourDragon,is

theirfavoritecharacter.ThatiswhyIpreferboysandgirlsreadingthesame

books.Girlsneedtoseegirlslikethemselvesbeingstrong,dynamicheroes,and

boysdotoo.Whatistheauthortryingtotellthereader?

Moreattentionshouldbepaidtoreadingskills.

Readingforpleasureisasimportantasreadingskills.

A:

Childrenwillbenefitmuchfromreadingforpleasure.

B:

Readingcriticallyisimportantforacademicandeconomicsuccess.

C:

答D:案：C

22、【單選題】Passage1Openingabookfortheveryfirsttimestillfillsme

withthesameexcitementandexpectationthatitdidwhenIwasachild.Notonly

dobooksenablechildrentodiscovernewworlds,meetnewpeopleandlearnabout

thepast,buttheyalsohavethepowertochangelives.Bysparking

imaginations,stimulatingcriticalthinkingandhelpingdevelopempathy(共鳴),

readinggiveschildrentheveryliteracy(會讀會寫)skillstheyneedtosucceedat

school,atworkandinlife.Helpingchildrendiscoveraloveofreadingis

crucial,butitisworryingtodaythatchildren'senjoymentofreadingisfalling

behindtheirreadingskills.Whydoesthismatter?Whilereadingskillsare

essential,readingforpleasureiscrucialforacademicsuccess,mentalhealthand

evenlatereconomicsuccess.Theemphasishereisonreadingforpleasure:being

abletoreaddoesnotgivethesamebenefitsasenjoyingit.Gettingtheright

bookintotherightchild'shandsattherighttimeisthekey.Yet1in8

disadvantagedchildrenintheUKdon'townasinglebookandprimaryschool

librarieshaveclosedacrossthenation.Ifyourparentscan'taffordtobuybooks

andyourprimaryschoolhasn'tgotalibrary,howonearthareyousupposedto

becomeareaderforpleasure?Theproblemisbiggerforboysthanitisfor

girls.Manyparentstellmethatmybookshavebeeneffectiveinturningtheir

boysintoreaders.Ihavetosaythatalthoughitisalwaysapleasuretobetold

thatmybookshavebeeneffective,ithasneverbeenmyintentiontotargetboys

specifically.Idon'twanttowriteeitheraboys'bookoragirls'book,ordraw

conclusionsaboutboyorgirlbehavior.Ihaven'tfoundthegenderofthe

charactersinmybookstobeanissue.I'velostcountofthenumberofnine-year-

oldboyswhosaythatCamicazi,thegirlheroinHowtoTrainYourDragon,is

theirfavoritecharacter.ThatiswhyIpreferboysandgirlsreadingthesame

books.Girlsneedtoseegirlslikethemselvesbeingstrong,dynamicheroes,and

boysdotoo.WhataspectrelatedtoreadingismentionedinParagraph3?

Availabilityofbooks.

Libraries'choiceofbooks.

A:

Encouragementofparents.

B:

Suitablecontentsofbooks.

C:

答D:案：A

23、【單選題】Passage1Openingabookfortheveryfirsttimestillfillsme

withthesameexcitementandexpectationthatitdidwhenIwasachild.Notonly

dobooksenablechildrentodiscovernewworlds,meetnewpeopleandlearnabout

thepast,buttheyalsohavethepowertochangelives.Bysparking

imaginations,stimulatingcriticalthinkingandhelpingdevelopempathy(共鳴),

readinggiveschildrentheveryliteracy(會讀會寫)skillstheyneedtosucceedat

school,atworkandinlife.Helpingchildrendiscoveraloveofreadingis

crucial,butitisworryingtodaythatchildren'senjoymentofreadingisfalling

behindtheirreadingskills.Whydoesthismatter?Whilereadingskillsare

essential,readingforpleasureiscrucialforacademicsuccess,mentalhealthand

evenlatereconomicsuccess.Theemphasishereisonreadingforpleasure:being

abletoreaddoesnotgivethesamebenefitsasenjoyingit.Gettingtheright

bookintotherightchild'shandsattherighttimeisthekey.Yet1in8

disadvantagedchildrenintheUKdon'townasinglebookandprimaryschool

librarieshaveclosedacrossthenation.Ifyourparentscan'taffordtobuybooks

andyourprimaryschoolhasn'tgotalibrary,howonearthareyousupposedto

becomeareaderforpleasure?Theproblemisbiggerforboysthanitisfor

girls.Manyparentstellmethatmybookshavebeeneffectiveinturningtheir

boysintoreaders.Ihavetosaythatalthoughitisalwaysapleasuretobetold

thatmybookshavebeeneffective,ithasneverbeenmyintentiontotargetboys

specifically.Idon'twanttowriteeitheraboys'bookoragirls'book,ordraw

conclusionsaboutboyorgirlbehavior.Ihaven'tfoundthegenderofthe

charactersinmybookstobeanissue.I'velostcountofthenumberofnine-year-

oldboyswhosaythatCamicazi,thegirlheroinHowtoTrainYourDragon,is

theirfavoritecharacter.ThatiswhyIpreferboysandgirlsreadingthesame

books.Girlsneedtoseegirlslikethemselvesbeingstrong,dynamicheroes,and

boysdotoo.Whattypeofreadersdoestheauthormostlikelyhaveinmindfor

hisbooks?

Girlsinparticular.

Boysinparticular.

A:

Boysandgirlswithproblems.

B:

Boysandgirlsingeneral.

C:

答D:案：D

24、【單選題】Passage1Openingabookfortheveryfirsttimestillfillsme

withthesameexcitementandexpectationthatitdidwhenIwasachild.Notonly

dobooksenablechildrentodiscovernewworlds,meetnewpeopleandlearnabout

thepast,buttheyalsohavethepowertochangelives.Bysparking

imaginations,stimulatingcriticalthinkingandhelpingdevelopempathy(共鳴),

readinggiveschildrentheveryliteracy(會讀會寫)skillstheyneedtosucceedat

school,atworkandinlife.Helpingchildrendiscoveraloveofreadingis

crucial,butitisworryingtodaythatchildren'senjoymentofreadingisfalling

behindtheirreadingskills.Whydoesthismatter?Whilereadingskillsare

essential,readingforpleasureiscrucialforacademicsuccess,mentalhealthand

evenlatereconomicsuccess.Theemphasishereisonreadingforpleasure:being

abletoreaddoesnotgivethesamebenefitsasenjoyingit.Gettingtheright

bookintotherightchild'shandsattherighttimeisthekey.Yet1in8

disadvantagedchildrenintheUKdon'townasinglebookandprimaryschool

librarieshaveclosedacrossthenation.Ifyourparentscan'taffordtobuybooks

andyourprimaryschoolhasn'tgotalibrary,howonearthareyousupposedto

becomeareaderforpleasure?Theproblemisbiggerforboysthanitisfor

girls.Manyparentstellmethatmybookshavebeeneffectiveinturningtheir

boysintoreaders.Ihavetosaythatalthoughitisalwaysapleasuretobetold

thatmybookshavebeeneffective,ithasneverbeenmyintentiontotargetboys

specifically.Idon'twanttowriteeitheraboys'bookoragirls'book,ordraw

conclusionsaboutboyorgirlbehavior.Ihaven'tfoundthegenderofthe

charactersinmybookstobeanissue.I'velostcountofthenumberofnine-year-

oldboyswhosaythatCamicazi,thegirlheroinHowtoTrainYourDragon,is

theirfavoritecharacter.ThatiswhyIpreferboysandgirlsreadingthesame

books.Girlsneedtoseegirlslikethemselvesbeingstrong,dynamicheroes,and

boysdotoo.WhatdoweknowaboutCamicazifromthepassage?

Onefictionalcharacter.

Oneoftheauthor'schildren.

A:

Aheroinepopularamonggirls.

B:

Awell-knownherointheUK.

C:

答D:案：A

25、【單選題】Passage1Openingabookfortheveryfirsttimestillfillsme

withthesameexcitementandexpectationthatitdidwhenIwasachild.Notonly

dobooksenablechildrentodiscovernewworlds,meetnewpeopleandlearnabout

thepast,buttheyalsohavethepowertochangelives.Bysparking

imaginations,stimulatingcriticalthinkingandhelpingdevelopempathy(共鳴),

readinggiveschildrentheveryliteracy(會讀會寫)skillstheyneedtosucceedat

school,atworkandinlife.Helpingchildrendiscoveraloveofreadingis

crucial,butitisworryingtodaythatchildren'senjoymentofreadingisfalling

behindtheirreadingskills.Whydoesthismatter?Whilereadingskillsare

essential,readingforpleasureiscrucialforacademicsuccess,mentalhealthand

evenlatereconomicsuccess.Theemphasishereisonreadingforpleasure:being

abletoreaddoesnotgivethesamebenefitsasenjoyingit.Gettingtheright

bookintotherightchild'shandsattherighttimeisthekey.Yet1in8

disadvantagedchildrenintheUKdon'townasinglebookandprimaryschool

librarieshaveclosedacrossthenation.Ifyourparentscan'taffordtobuybooks

andyourprimaryschoolhasn'tgotalibrary,howonearthareyousupposedto

becomeareaderforpleasure?Theproblemisbiggerforboysthanitisfor

girls.Manyparentstellmethatmybookshavebeeneffectiveinturningtheir

boysintoreaders.Ihavetosaythatalthoughitisalwaysapleasuretobetold

thatmybookshavebeeneffective,ithasneverbeenmyintentiontotargetboys

specifically.Idon'twanttowriteeitheraboys'bookoragirls'book,ordraw

conclusionsaboutboyorgirlbehavior.Ihaven'tfoundthegenderofthe

charactersinmybookstobeanissue.I'velostcountofthenumberofnine-year-

oldboyswhosaythatCamicazi,thegirlheroinHowtoTrainYourDragon,is

theirfavoritecharacter.ThatiswhyIpreferboysandgirlsreadingthesame

books.Girlsneedtoseegirlslikethemselvesbeingstrong,dynamicheroes,and

boysdotoo.Whatmightbetheauthor'sattitudetowardsreadingandgender?

Boysneedmorehelpwithreading.

There'snorelationbetweenthetwo.

A:

Readinghelpsimprovegenderequality.

B:

Girlsshouldreadmorebooksaboutheroes.

C:

答D:案：B

26、【單選題】Passage2AsmanyofushavestartedspendinghoursonZoom,we've

learnednewwaystopresentourselves,adjustingspeakingstyles,lighting,and

cameraangles.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,Englishandmediastudiesscholar

StefanSch8berleinwrites,thetelephoneencouragedsimilarchanges,in

distinctlygenderedways.Inthe1870s,beforemostpeoplehadevertalkedona

telephone,thetechnologywasalreadyseenasfeminine.Inmanyromanticstories

ofthattime,menstruggledwithphoneswhilewomenusedthemwithease.

AsSchoberleincommentsonMarkTwain's1878science-fictionromance"TheLovesof

AlonzoFitzClarenceandRosannahEthelton,"“Thewomandefinesthecallsandhas

thepowertoterminatecommunication—leavingmento.respondonlywithasort

of'telephonicmadness':Rosannah'sfuturehusbandgoestemporarilymadandbegins

perchingontelegraphpoles."Anotherstorytellsaboutaman'spursuitofa

phoneoperatorhemetbychancewhilemakingacall.Sch6berleinwritesthatthe

womeninthiskindofstorydisplayedlittlepersonality,thoughtheydid

inevitablyhaveoneremarkabletrait:agoodvoice.Agoodvoicealsobecamean

increasinglycrucialqualityforwomeninreallife.A1911LifeMagazinearticle

advised:“Ifonedesirestoselecttherightkindofwife,oneshouldneversee

thelady,butshouldtalkwiththeapplicantsoverthephonefirst.Selfishness,

sympathy,shallowness,strength,control,andthecapacitytolove—allthese

thingsandmanymorearerevealedinawoman'svoice."Forbothmenandwomenin

thetelephoneera,agoodvoicecametobeconnectedwiththeuseofStandard

English.Inprevioustimes,Americansenjoyedregionaldialects.But,giventhe

poorsoundqualityofearlyphones,manylistenersfoundithardtounderstand

regionalspeechpatterns.Men,inparticular,wereapparentlyhardtounderstand.

Asatum-of-the-centuryencyclopedia(百科全書)explained,“Ifyoulistentoan

averagewomanspeakingandcomparehervoicewiththatofanaveragemanofher

ownclass,youwillnotice,amongotherthings,thather_enunciation_ofwordsis

better,alsothatthereislesstendencytocuttheendsofwordsortodropthe

voiceandmumbletheendsofwords.Theypronouncewordsclearly."Actually,

Schoberleinpointsout,therewasnothingparticularlynaturalaboutthis

difference.Giventhegrowingimportanceofthevoice,inthelatenineteenth

centuryeducationalinstitutionsbeganofferingvoiceinstructiontofemale

students.Theylearnedtospeakmoreclearlyandprecisely.Allthismeantthat

menwhospokeclearlyoverthephonemightcomeacrossasfeminized.Inone1895

romanticstory,whenamanspeaksthroughatelephone,hisvoice“becamevery

soft...andverydistinct,"even“cooing(綿綿低語)."Todaywemayhavesimilar

worriesaboutself-presentationonZoom,butatleastifwewanttofind

instructionsonhowtodobetter,wecanprobablyfindthemonYouTube.According

toSchb8berlein,whichistrueaboutthetelephoneinthelate19thcentury?

Itenabledpeopletoliveamoreromanticlife.

Itmadecommunicationeasierbetweenmenandwomen.

A:

Itinfluencedmendifferentlyfromthewayitdidwomen.

B:

Itledtotheemergenceofmanyscience-fictionromances.

C:

答D:案：C

27、【單選題】Passage2AsmanyofushavestartedspendinghoursonZoom,we've

learnednewwaystopresentourselves,adjustingspeakingstyles,lighting,and

cameraangles.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,Englishandmediastudiesscholar

StefanSch8berleinwrites,thetelephoneencouragedsimilarchanges,in

distinctlygenderedways.Inthe1870s,beforemostpeoplehadevertalkedona

telephone,thetechnologywasalreadyseenasfeminine.Inmanyromanticstories

ofthattime,menstruggledwithphoneswhilewomenusedthemwithease.

AsSchoberleincommentsonMarkTwain's1878science-fictionromance"TheLovesof

AlonzoFitzClarenceandRosannahEthelton,"“Thewomandefinesthecallsandhas

thepowertoterminatecommunication—leavingmento.respondonlywithasort

of'telephonicmadness':Rosannah'sfuturehusbandgoestemporarilymadandbegins

perchingontelegraphpoles."Anotherstorytellsaboutaman'spursuitofa

phoneoperatorhemetbychancewhilemakingacall.Sch6berleinwritesthatthe

womeninthiskindofstorydisplayedlittlepersonality,thoughtheydid

inevitablyhaveoneremarkabletrait:agoodvoice.Agoodvoicealsobecamean

increasinglycrucialqualityforwomeninreallife.A1911LifeMagazinearticle

advised:“Ifonedesirestoselecttherightkindofwife,oneshouldneversee

thelady,butshouldtalkwiththeapplicantsoverthephonefirst.Selfishness,

sympathy,shallowness,strength,control,andthecapacitytolove—allthese

thingsandmanymorearerevealedinawoman'svoice."Forbothmenandwomenin

thetelephoneera,agoodvoicecametobeconnectedwiththeuseofStandard

English.Inprevioustimes,Americansenjoyedregionaldialects.But,giventhe

poorsoundqualityofearlyphones,manylistenersfoundithardtounderstand

regionalspeechpatterns.Men,inparticular,wereapparentlyhardtounderstand.

Asatum-of-the-centuryencyclopedia(百科全書)explained,“Ifyoulistentoan

averagewomanspeakingandcomparehervoicewiththatofanaveragemanofher

ownclass,youwillnotice,amongotherthings,thather_enunciation_ofwordsis

better,alsothatthereislesstendencytocuttheendsofwordsortodropthe

voiceandmumbletheendsofwords.Theypronouncewordsclearly."Actually,

Schoberleinpointsout,therewasnothingparticularlynaturalaboutthis

difference.Giventhegrowingimportanceofthevoice,inthelatenineteenth

centuryeducationalinstitutionsbeganofferingvoiceinstructiontofemale

students.Theylearnedtospeakmoreclearlyandprecisely.Allthismeantthat

menwhospokeclearlyoverthephonemightcomeacrossasfeminized.Inone1895

romanticstory,whenamanspeaksthroughatelephone,hisvoice“becamevery

soft...andverydistinct,"even“cooing(綿綿低語)."Todaywemayhavesimilar

worriesaboutself-presentationonZoom,butatleastifwewanttofind

instructionsonhowtodobetter,wecanprobablyfindthemonYouTube.Whywas

thetelephoneconsideredtobefeminineinthe1870s?

Womencouldusethephonemoreskillfully.

Womenspentmoretimetalkingonthephone.

A:

Womenlovedtodatewithmenoverthephone.

B:

Womenshowedmorepersonalityonthephone.

C:

答D:案：A

28、【單選題】Passage2AsmanyofushavestartedspendinghoursonZoom,we've

learnednewwaystopresentourselves,adjustingspeakingstyles,lighting,and

cameraangles.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,Englishandmediastudiesscholar

StefanSch8berleinwrites,thetelephoneencouragedsimilarchanges,in

distinctlygenderedways.Inthe1870s,beforemostpeoplehadevertalkedona

telephone,thetechnologywasalreadyseenasfeminine.Inmanyromanticstories

ofthattime,menstruggledwithphoneswhilewomenusedthemwithease.

AsSchoberleincommentsonMarkTwain's1878science-fictionromance"TheLovesof

AlonzoFitzClarenceandRosannahEthelton,"“Thewomandefinesthecallsandhas

thepowertoterminatecommunication—leavingmento.respondonlywithasort

of'telephonicmadness':Rosannah'sfuturehusbandgoestemporarilymadandbegins

perchingontelegraphpoles."Anotherstorytellsaboutaman'spursuitofa

phoneoperatorhemetbychancewhilemakingacall.Sch6berleinwritesthatthe

womeninthiskindofstorydisplayedlittlepersonality,thoughtheydid

inevitablyhaveoneremarkabletrait:agoodvoice.Agoodvoicealsobecamean

increasinglycrucialqualityforwomeninreallife.A1911LifeMagazinearticle

advised:“Ifonedesirestoselecttherightkindofwife,oneshouldneversee

thelady,butshouldtalkwiththeapplicantsoverthephonefirst.Selfishness,

sympathy,shallowness,strength,control,andthecapacitytolove—allthese

thingsandmanymorearerevealedinawoman'svoice."Forbothmenandwomenin

thetelephoneera,agoodvoicecametobeconnectedwiththeuseofStandard

English.Inprevioustimes,Americansenjoyedregionaldialects.But,giventhe

poorsoundqualityofearlyphones,manylistenersfoundithardtounderstand

regionalspeechpatterns.Men,inparticular,wereapparentlyhardtounderstand.

Asatum-of-the-centuryencyclopedia(百科全書)explained,“Ifyoulistentoan

averagewomanspeakingandcomparehervoicewiththatofanaveragemanofher

ownclass,youwillnotice,amongotherthings,thather_enunciation_ofwordsis

better,alsothatthereislesstendencytocuttheendsofwordsortodropthe

voiceandmumbletheendsofwords.Theypronouncewordsclearly."Actually,

Schoberleinpointsout,therewasnothingparticularlynaturalaboutthis

difference.Giventhegrowingimportanceofthevoice,inthelatenineteenth

centuryeducationalinstitutionsbeganofferingvoiceinstructiontofemale

students.Theylearnedtospeakmoreclearlyandprecisely.Allthismeantthat

menwhospokeclearlyoverthephonemightcomeacrossasfeminized.Inone1895

romanticstory,whenamanspeaksthroughatelephone,hisvoice“becamevery

soft...andverydistinct,"even“cooing(綿綿低語)."Todaywemayhavesimilar

worriesaboutself-presentationonZoom,butatleastifwewanttofind

instructionsonhowtodobetter,wecanprobablyfindthemonYouTube.Whatdid

agoodvoiceonthephonerepresentasexplainedintheLifeMagazine?

ApreferenceforStandardEnglish.

Awoman'spositiveattitudetowardsmen.

A:

Essentialqualitiesoftherighttypeofwife.

B:

Goodtrainingthataphoneoperatorreceived.

C:

答D:案：C

29、【單選題】Passage2AsmanyofushavestartedspendinghoursonZoom,we've

learnednewwaystopresentourselves,adjustingspeakingstyles,lighting,and

cameraangles.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,Englishandmediastudiesscholar

StefanSch8berleinwrites,thetelephoneencouragedsimilarchanges,in

distinctlygenderedways.Inthe1870s,beforemostpeoplehadevertalkedona

telephone,thetechnologywasalreadyseenasfeminine.Inmanyromanticstories

ofthattime,menstruggledwithphoneswhilewomenusedthemwithease.

AsSchoberleincommentsonMarkTwain's1878science-fictionromance"TheLovesof

AlonzoFitzClarenceandRosannahEthelton,"“Thewomandefinesthecallsandhas

thepowertoterminatecommunication—leavingmento.respondonlywithasort

of'telephonicmadness':Rosannah'sfuturehusbandgoestemporarilymadandbegins

perchingontelegraphpoles."Anotherstorytellsaboutaman'spursuitofa

phoneoperatorhemetbychancewhilemakingacall.Sch6berleinwritesthatthe

womeninthiskindofstorydisplayedlittlepersonality,thoughtheydid

inevitablyhaveoneremarkabletrait:agoodvoice.Agoodvoicealsobecamean

increasinglycrucialqualityforwomeninreallife.A1911LifeMagazinearticle

advised:“Ifonedesirestoselecttherightkindofwife,oneshouldneversee

thelady,butshouldtalkwiththeapplicantsoverthephonefirst.Selfishness,

sympathy,shallowness,strength,control,andthecapacitytolove—allthese

thingsandmanymorearerevealedinawoman'svoice."Forbothmenandwomenin

thetelephoneera,agoodvoicecametobeconnectedwiththeuseofStandard

English.Inprevioustimes,Americansenjoyedregionaldialects.But,giventhe

poorsoundqualityofearlyphones,manylistenersfoundithardtounderstand

regionalspeechpatterns.Men,inparticular,wereapparentlyhardtounderstand.

Asatum-of-the-centuryencyclopedia(百科全書)explained,“Ifyoulistentoan

averagewomanspeakingandcomparehervoicewiththatofanaveragemanofher

ownclass,youwillnotice,amongotherthings,thather_enunciation_ofwordsis

better,alsothatthereislesstendencytocuttheendsofwordsortodropthe

voiceandmumbletheendsofwords.Theypronouncewordsclearly."Actually,

Schoberleinpointsout,therewasnothingparticularlynaturalaboutthis

difference.Giventhegrowingimportanceofthevoice,inthelatenineteenth

centuryeducationalinstitutionsbeganofferingvoiceinstructiontofemale

students.Theylearnedtospeakmoreclearlyandprecisely.Allthismeantthat

menwhospokeclearlyovertheph