张静中学2014高考英语一轮阅读题及答案6_高考复习指南

张静中学2014高考英语一轮阅读题及答案6

　　答案：A

　　4．解析：从第3段最后两句可知答案。

　　答案：D

　　5．解析：文章介绍了Winnipeg Program的地点，目的和活动内容，所有内容都是围绕Winnipeg Program这个主题的，所以B为正确选项。

　　答案： B

　　Do you know what really troubles me? For some reason, words with silent letters have always bothered me．For example, consider these words: know, design, island, school, wrist, naughty, and salmon．All of these words have at least one letter that is not typically pronounced, and these words are just a very small part of words with silent letters in them．

　　Some words are even worse, consider this word: colonel．Not only are some letters not pronounced, but letters that are not even there are pronounced．

　　Even foreign languages, especially French, are guilty of this needless complexity and confusion．I know there must be some main historical reasons why the words are spelled and pronounced the way they are, but that does not mean bad traditions must continue to survive．Especially if they are no longer logical．

　　Unfortunately, there is very little that anyone can do for it, because there’s no group of people who can change or have the right to change the English language for everyone．However, the only thing we can do is make changes in the way we talk and write in hopes that it catches on．For example, I pronounce the letter “l” in salmon on purpose to make people annoyed and to sound more different or complicated．I even pronounce colonel the correct or French way．