在基础教育阶段，学习英语应以( )为主，学习者最主要的终极目标之一是获得( )。

单项选择题A vowel is different from a consonant in English because of（）

A. absence of obstruction.
B. presence of obstruction.
C. manner of articulation.
D. place of articulation.

单项选择题（）is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.

A. Semantics
B. Pragmatics
C. Cognitive linguistics
D. Sociolinguistics

单项选择题The founder of metaphysical school is（）

A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Edmund Spenser
C. Francis Bacon
D. John Donne

单项选择题Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century（）

A. The Great Gatsby.
B. The Sun Also Rises.
C. The Sound and the Fury.
D. Beyond the Horizon.

单项选择题When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we（）up, her voice had been full of life.

A. were hanging
B. had hung
C. hung
D. would hang

单项选择题—People should start using public transport instead of using their private cars. — （）. The streets in Shandong are too crowded as it is in Jinan.

A. All right
B. Exactly
C. Go ahead
D. Fine

单项选择题The wine industry in the area has developed in a special way（）little foreign ownership.

A. by
B. of
C. with
D. if

单项选择题At first he hated the new job, but decided to give himself a few months to see（）it got any better.

A. when
B. how
C. why
D. if

单项选择题The notice has been told everyone（）a party will be held in the open air tomorrow.

A. whether
B. when
C. where
D. that

单项选择题All of them try to use the power of the workstation（）information in a more effective way.

A. presenting
B. presented
C. being presented
D. to present