A.leadyourlifeasusual.

　　B.Seekprofessionalhelp.

　　C.Exerciseconsciouscontrol.

　　D.Avoidanxietyinthedaytime.

　　Text4

　　Americannolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,tocommandtheEnglishlanguagewithskillandgift.Nordotheyaspiretosuchcommandthemselves.Inhislatestbook,DoingOurOwnThing.TheDegradationoflanguageandMusicandwhyweshouldlike,care,JohnMcWhorter,alinguistandcontroversialistofmixedliberalandconservativeviews,seesthetriumphof1960scounter-cultureasresponsibleforthedeclineofformalEnglish.

　　Butthecultoftheauthenticandthepersonal,“doingourownthing”,hasspeltthedeathofformalspeech,writing,poetryandmusic.Whileeventhemodestlyeducatedsoughtanelevatedtonewhentheyputpentopaperbeforethe1960s,eventhemostwellregardedwritingsincethenhassoughttocapturespokenEnglishonthepage.Equally,inpoetry,thehighlypersonal,performativegenreistheonlyformthatcouldclaimrealliveliness.InbothoralandwrittenEnglish,talkingistriumphingoverspeaking,spontaneityovercraft.

　　Illustratedwithanentertainingarrayofexamplesfrombothhighandlowculture,thetrendthatMr.McWhorterdocumentsisunmistakable.Butitislessclear,totakethequestionofhissubtitle,whyweshould,likecare.Asalinguist,heacknowledgesthatallvarietiesofhumanlanguage,includingnon-standardoneslikeBlackEnglish,canbepowerfullyexpressive-thereexistsnolanguageordialectintheworldthatcannotconveycomplexideasHeisnotarguing,asmanydo,thatwecannolongerthinkstraightbecausewedonottalkproper.

　　Russianshaveadeeplovefortheirownlanguageandcarrylargechunksofmemorizedpoetryintheirheads,whileItalianpoliticianstendtoelaboratespeechthatwouldseemold-fashionedtomostEnglish-speakers.Mr.McWhorteracknowledgesthatformallanguageisnotstrictlynecessary,andproposesnoradicaleducationreforms-heisreallygrievingoverthelossofsomethingbeautifulmorethanuseful.WenowtakeourEnglish“onpaperplatesinsteadofchina”.Ashame,perhaps,butprobablyaninevione.

　　36.AccordingtoMcWhorter,thedeclineofformalEnglish

　　A.isineviinradicaleducationreforms.

　　B.isbutalltoonaturalinlanguagedevelopment.

　　C.hascausedthecontroversyoverthecounter-culture.

　　D.broughtaboutchangesinpublicattitudesinthe1960s.

　　37.Theword“talking”（Linge6,paragraph3）denotes

　　A.modesty.

　　B.personality.

　　C.liveliness.

　　D.informality.

　　38.TowhichofthefollowingstatementswouldMcWhortermostlikelyagree?

　　A.Logicalthinkingisnotnecessarilyrelatedtothewaywetalk.

　　B.BlackEnglishcanbemoreexpressivethanstandardEnglish.

　　C.Non-standardvarietiesofhumanlanguagearejustasentertaining.

　　D.Ofallthevarieties,standardEnglishCanbestconveycomplexideas.

　　39.ThedescriptionofRussians'loveofmemorizingpoetryshowstheauthor's

　　A.interestintheirlanguage.

　　B.appreciationoftheirefforts.

　　C.admirationfortheirmemory.

　　D.contemptfortheirold-fashionedness.

　　40.Accordingtothelastparagraph,“paperplates”isto“china”as

　　A.“temporary”isto“permanent”.

　　B.“radical”isto“conservative”.

　　C.“functional”isto“artistic”.

　　D.“humble”isto“noble”.

　　PartB

　　Directions：

　　Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshaveremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuionefromthelistA-Gtofitintoofthenumberedblanktherearetwoextrachoices,whichdonotfitinanyofthegaps.Markyouranswerson