According to McWhorter, the decline of formal English ________.

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• 1What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams、

  A.Lead your life as usual.

  B.Seek professional help.

  C.Exercise conscious control.

  D.Avoid anxiety in the daytim

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• 2Cartwright seems to suggest that ________.

  A.waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreams

  B.visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under control

  C.dreams should be left to their natural progression

  D.dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious

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• 3The negative feelings generated during the day tend to ________.

  A.aggravate in our unconscious mind

  B.develop into happy dreams

  C.persist till the time we fall asleep

  D.show up in dreams early at night

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• 4By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show ________.

  A.its function in our dreams

  B.the mechanism of REM sleep

  C.the relation of dreams to emotions

  D.its difference from the prefrontal cortex

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• 5Researchers have come to believe that dreams ________.

  A.can be modified in their courses

  B.are susceptible to emotional changes

  C.reflect our innermost desires and fears

  D.are a random outcome of neural repairs

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• 6The word “talking” (Line 6, Paragraph 3) denotes ________.

  A.modesty

  B.personality

  C.liveliness

  D.informality

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• 7To which of the following statements would McWhorter most likely agree、

  A.Logical thinking is not necessarily related to the way we talk.

  B.Black English can be more expressive than standard English.

  C.Non-standard varieties of human language are just as entertaining.

  D.Of all the varieties, standard English can best convey complex ideas.

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• 8The description of Russians’ love of memorizing poetry shows the author’s ________.

  A.interest in their language

  B.appreciation of their efforts

  C.admiration for their memory

  D.contempt for their old-fashionedness

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• 9According to the last paragraph, “paper plates” is to “china” as ________.

  A.“temporary” is to “permanent”

  B.“radical” is to “conservative”

  C.“functional” is to “artistic”

  D.“humble” is to “noble”

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