2010年职称英语《综合AB类》试题精粹三(13)

27、The kind of English spoken 1,500 years ago was so different from the English we speak today ____________________.

A:because of their similarity
B:that we would not be able to understand it at all
C:to the popularization of English as a world language
D:the trend to become a globe language
E:what once happened to Latin

本题正确答案为:B
本题解析:该空前面部分的语义是“1，500年前说的英语与我们现在说的英语是如此的不同...”， 且在该部分中发现了so一词，而 so..that是常常在一块连用的，所以初步选择B。B的含义是“以至于我们根本不能理解它（1，500年前说的英语）”，可见语义搭配也正确。所以答案B。

28、What impresses people most is not the increasing number of speakers of English found over the world, ____________________ the language in the past half century or so.

A:because of their similarity
B:to the popularization of English as a world language
C:the trend to become a globe language
D:what once happened to Latin
E:but the speed with which

本题正确答案为:E
本题解析:该空前所在的结构在句中是做插入语的结构。问题句中的前一部分是说“给人们留下的印象最深的不是在全世界发现的越来越多的讲英语的人，...”，在这部分中有not, 而not的出现预示后面可能会有 but，所以初步的选择F。 把F放入问题句中，剩下部分的句义是“而是在上半个世纪中英语的传播速度。”，可见语义也正确，所以答案是F。