★D
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
Emily Egan, 31, who went mute for two months after a mystery brain injury, has finally got her voice back, but now speaks with four different accents. Doctors were perplexed after countless tests failed to explain why she lost the ability to speak. And when she finally began to talk again, Emily’s voice sounded nothing like the Essex accent she had before. Emily, from Bournemouth, now mostly speaks with a Polish accent——even in “broken English” at times—but her accent can suddenly change to sound French and Italian as well. If she experiences a lot of stress, her accent will become Russian, and when she is exhausted, Emily can lose the ability to speak altogether.
After months of being confused, Emily has finally been diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome—a rare speech disorder caused by brain damage. Initially suffering from headaches, she went to hospital and doctors suspected a stroke at first, but tests ruled out. Finally, she lost the ability to speak altogether and doctors were baffled. They believe her speech disorder was caused by brain damage, but don’t yet know what happened to cause the damage.
Emily said, “It’s not just my accent that has changed. I don’t speak or think in the same way as before and I can’t construct sentences like I used to. I write differently now, my whole vocabulary has changed and my English has got worse.”
Emily and her partner Bradleigh, 27, had booked a holiday to Thailand before she fell ill and her doctor encouraged her to take the trip and try to relax as much as possible. Five days into her holiday in March 2020, Emily slowly began to speak again but with great difficulty. “I was so thrilled when my voice started coming back but now I don’t even recognize the voice that comes out of my mouth, it doesn’t sound like me,” she said.
1. The following words mentioned in the passage can be replaced with each other EXCEPT _____.
A . perplexed
B . confused
C. baffled
D . thrilled
2. Why was Emily Egan unable to speak as usual?
A . Because she had a stroke.
B . Because she suffered brain damage.
C. Because she experienced a lot of stress.
D. Because she got tired in a trip to Thailand.
3. What has nothing to do with Emily’s illness?
A. The changes in her handwriting.
B . The changes in her way of thinking.
C .. The changes in her language learning ability.
D The changes in her manner of oral expression.
4. Which tip may probably make a difference to Emily?
A . A light heart lives long.
B . An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
C . All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
D . Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy.
★D1-4 DBCC
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
Emily Egan, 31, who went mute for two months after a mystery brain injury, has finally got her voice back, but now speaks with four different accents. Doctors were perplexed after countless tests failed to explain why she lost the ability to speak. And when she finally began to talk again, Emily’s voice sounded nothing like the Essex accent she had before. Emily, from Bournemouth, now mostly speaks with a Polish accent——even in “broken English” at times—but her accent can suddenly change to sound French and Italian as well. If she experiences a lot of stress, her accent will become Russian, and when she is exhausted, Emily can lose the ability to speak altogether.
After months of being confused, Emily has finally been diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome—a rare speech disorder caused by brain damage. Initially suffering from headaches, she went to hospital and doctors suspected a stroke at first, but tests ruled out. Finally, she lost the ability to speak altogether and doctors were baffled. They believe her speech disorder was caused by brain damage, but don’t yet know what happened to cause the damage.
Emily said, “It’s not just my accent that has changed. I don’t speak or think in the same way as before and I can’t construct sentences like I used to. I write differently now, my whole vocabulary has changed and my English has got worse.”
Emily and her partner Bradleigh, 27, had booked a holiday to Thailand before she fell ill and her doctor encouraged her to take the trip and try to relax as much as possible. Five days into her holiday in March 2020, Emily slowly began to speak again but with great difficulty. “I was so thrilled when my voice started coming back but now I don’t even recognize the voice that comes out of my mouth, it doesn’t sound like me,” she said.
1. The following words mentioned in the passage can be replaced with each other EXCEPT _____.
A . perplexed
B . confused
C. baffled
D . thrilled
2. Why was Emily Egan unable to speak as usual?
A . Because she had a stroke.
B . Because she suffered brain damage.
C. Because she experienced a lot of stress.
D. Because she got tired in a trip to Thailand.
3. What has nothing to do with Emily’s illness?
A. The changes in her handwriting.
B . The changes in her way of thinking.
C .. The changes in her language learning ability.
D The changes in her manner of oral expression.
4. Which tip may probably make a difference to Emily?
A . A light heart lives long.
B . An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
C . All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
D . Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy.
★D1-4 DBCC
