A.Pride. C.Excitement.
B.Praise. D.Kindness.
解析:选C 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“This is the UK's largest archaeology project ... we stand to learn a great deal.”可知,对于这一发现他非常兴奋,故选C项。
31.What would be the best title for the text? A.The Museum of London B.A Roman road in Bedlam C.History of the Black Death D.Skeleton secrets in London
解析:选D 标题归纳题。文章主要介绍了伦敦修建车站时发现的一些遗骸,故用D项作为标题最恰当。
D
Part of the reason that English has grown as a world language is that it easily adjusts to (适应) change. However, this means that what one was taught as a child in school may be out of date many years later. When words or phrases change, it can make speakers feel “wrong” because they were taught that something else was “right.”
One example of this is a term connected to school itself. Today, it is common for people to say that they “graduated high school” or college. The word “graduate” has two common meanings. One is to mark off a series. The other meaning is closely related. As you move through
school, you cross off a series of achievements: grade school, middle school, high school, and college. So, in a way, school itself is “graduated.”
So, when people used to speak of getting a degree, they said they “graduated from college.” “To graduate college” would have meant to mark it off by year — the first year, the second year etc. Similarly, “to graduate to college” would have meant to complete high school and move up to the next level.
But as happens often in English, when people understand your meaning, smaller words can disappear. “I graduated college” is now easy to say. This may distress people who were taught that you had to use “from” to be correct. But this is not the first time this phrase has been simplified. It us