2023年湖北省襄樊市普通高校對(duì)口單招英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)

2023年湖北省襄樊市普通高校對(duì)口單招英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、單選題(30題)1.Wecanassigntheworkto__________isreliable.

A.whoseB.whomC.whoeverD.whomever

2.Letmehelpyou,______?

A.won'tyonB.willyouC.shallID.shan'tI

3.Thescientistsallagreedthatrulesofphysics,______weareallfamiliar,governtheworldA.towhichB.onwhichC.whichD.withwhich

4.NotonlyIbutalsoTomandMary______fondofcollectingstamps.

A.amB.willC.areD.have

5.While______ajob,thegraduatestudentgotanoffertostudyabroad

A.appliedforB.applyingtoC.appliedtoD.applyingfor

6.TheheavysnowcouldnotkeepUS_________goingouttowork．

A.onB.upC.uponD.from

7.Thatistheonlywaywecanimagine_______theoveruseofwaterinstudents‘bathrooms.

A.reducingB.toreduceC.reducedD.reduce

8.Balloonsfloatintheair_________boatsdoonthesea.A.justasB.whenC.thatD.where

9.Thesearchwas_______whennightcame,eventhoughthechildhadnotbeenfoundA.approvedB.acquiredC.achievedD.abandoned

10.Finallyhegottimeforaglance______thisreport.

A.offB.roundC.onD.at

11.Sicknessdeprivedme______thepleasureofseeingyou.

A.fromB.ofC.outofD.with

12.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

13.Mr.Black,ournewEnglishteacher,isstrict______kind.

A.orB.butC.withD.aswell

14.Icanneverforget______thefamousactressduringhervisittoourschool．

A.havingbeenmetB.tomeetC.tohavemetD.meeting

15.Thisisjusttheplace______heandhiswifevisitedlastyear.

A.whereB.thatC.whenD.why

16.______hecome,theproblemwouldbesettled.

A.WouldB.ShouldC.ShallD.If

17.Hewasamanofstrongfeelings,______normallylayhiddendeepinsidehim.

A.itB.thatC.thoseD.which

18.

Allthestudentswenttothemagicshowyesterday.Itwasreally______A.amusinglyB.amuseC.amusingD.amused

19.Thenovelwrittenbytheauthor_______well,butfiveyearsagronoonecouldhaveimaginedhowgreatarolehe_______intheliteraryworldA.sells;wastoplay

B.selling;wasplaying

C.sold;hadplayed

D.sell;isplaying

20.—Hasthewalletbeenreturnedyet?—No，butweexpect______anydaynow.

A.toreturnit

B.ittoreturn

C.ittobereturned

D.itreturned

21._______manytimes,hefinallyunderstoodtheproblem.

A.ToldB.TellingC.HavingtoldD.Havingbeentold

22._____cryingsadly,heraisedhisheadandlettearsstreamdownhisfaceonpurposeA.TobeseenB.SeeingC.ToseeD.Havingseen

23.Heistooweakto______theheavybox.

A.riseB.putC.raiseD.arise

24.Theproblemwassettledtothecompleteofthem,sotheydidn‘tcomplain.

A.amazementB.satisfactionC.disappointmentD.attraction

25.—Oh,Mary!YoushoulddoyourworkinsteadofsittingherewatchingTV.—______.

A.That'snotaverygoodidea.

B.TVproducesgoodinfluenceonchildren.

C.Whatmakesyousaythat?

D.YousaidTVwaseducational.

26.Whathedescribedasonlya______detailIthoughtwasthemostimportantpartoftheplan.

A.commonB.plainC.justD.mere

27.Thebankisreportedinthelocalnewspaper,_______inbroaddaylightyesterday.

A.beingrobbed

B.havingbeenrobbed

C.tohavebeenrobbed

D.robbed

28.Mary，_________here——everybodyelse，staywhereyouare．

A.comeB.comesC.tocomeD.coming

29.Wemust__earlyinthemorningsoastocatchthefirsttrain.

A．setup

B．setout

C．setabout

D．setaside

30.—That'smewhenIgotmarried.SeewhatIlooklikenow!—Whynotgoonadiettogetinto______?

A.shapeB.formC.appearanceD.body

二、補(bǔ)全對(duì)話(10題)31.

第57題請(qǐng)將57處填上正確答案.

32.60.Simon:Areyoucomingtomybirthdaypartytomorrow?Gary;______,butIhavetofinishmytermpaperfirst.

33.請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺______處填上正確答案。

34.Roy:__________?Earl:Notreally,IthinkIhavebrokenmyknees.Roy:Oh,myGod,we’dbettersendforthedoctor.

A.AreyouOKB.HowdoyoudoC.IsityouD.WhatcanIdo

35.

第57題請(qǐng)將正確答案填在第57處。

36.Student:__________,I’dliketoreturnthesebooks.Assistant:OK.Oh,thesebooksareamonthoverdue.Sorry,youhavetopayafine.Iknow.ButhowmuchshouldIpay?Assistant:Justaminute.Letmecheck.A.HiB.HowareyouC.ExcusemeD.Hello

37.

第58題請(qǐng)將58處填上正確答案.

38.59.StudentA:TheSpringFestivaliscomingfinally!Whataboutgoingforapicnictomorrow?StudentB:Great!______.

Whattimeandwhere?

39.根據(jù)中文提示，將對(duì)話中缺少的內(nèi)容寫在橫線上，這些句子必須符合表達(dá)習(xí)慣。打句號(hào)的地方，用陳述句;打問(wèn)號(hào)的地方，用疑問(wèn)句。提示：Bill對(duì)Alice說(shuō)昨晚看電視一直到后半夜。Alice說(shuō)她通常是感到無(wú)事做才看電視。她問(wèn)Bill是不是感到無(wú)聊才看到這么晚。Bill說(shuō)他把書包忘在了出租車上，并說(shuō)看電視時(shí)心情好一點(diǎn)，可關(guān)上電視機(jī)，心情反而更糟。Alice:Whatagreatday,don'tyouthink?Bill:Iguessso.Ididn'tnotice.IfeelterriblebecauseIwatchedtelevision(1).Alice:Aftermidnight!(2)becauseyouwerebored?IusuallywatchTVonly(3).Bill:Bored?No,Iwasunhappy(4).Alice:So,didwatchingTVmakeyoufeelbetter?Bill:Well,IfeltabitbetterwhileIwaswatching.Youknow,ittookmymindoffmytroubles.But(5),Ijustfeltevenworsewithmyselfforwastingsomuchtime.

40.

第59題請(qǐng)?jiān)诘?9處填上正確答案。

三、語(yǔ)法與詞匯(10題)41.Therainwasheavyand______(consequence)thelandwasflooded.

42.Youshouldmakegooduseofyourtime.Thereisnotamomentto______(loss).

43.Therearesome______(art)flowersonthetable.

44.Manyforeignwordsandphraseshave______(rich)theEnglishlanguage.

45.--Marycareslittleaboutmoney--__________.

A.SodoIB.Iam,tooC.NotdoID.NeitherdoI

46.Athiefstolesome______(value)paintingsfromthemuseum.

47.Wemadeplansforavisitbutthesubsequent______(difficult)withthecarpreventedit.

48.Ifyouthinktheplanis______(accept)youshoulddoitaccordingtotheplanrightnow.

49.His______(prefer)isreadingbooksratherthanwatchingTV.

50.DuringtheDepression,alotofworkerswerethrownoutof______(employ).

四、詞匯與語(yǔ)法知識(shí)(10題)51.Dr．Smith,togetherwithhiswifeandtwosons,__toarriveontheeveningflight.

A．a(chǎn)re

B．a(chǎn)regoing

C．is

D．willbe

52.Itisquitenecessaryforateachertohavegoodmannersand__________knowledgeA.extensiveB.expensiveC.intensiveD.expressive

53.

54.Drunkdriving，whichwasoncea_________occurrence，isnowundercontrol．

A.generalB.frequentC.normalD.particular

55.Fivehundredyuanaweek

enoughtoliveon．

A．is

B．a(chǎn)re

C．isbeing

D．hasbeen

56.

第18題Doyouthinkherbeautycould__________herStupidity?

A.makeupB.makeoutC.makeupforD.makefor

57.ThecostoflivinginGlasgowisamongthelowestinBritain，__________thequalityoflifeisbablyoneofthehighest．

A.sinceB.whenC.asD.while

58.

第13題Thepresentmadeher__________

A.tobehappyB.behappyC.happyD.thatshebecamehappy

59.Whatalovelyday,__.?

A．doesn'tit

B．isn'tit

C．hasn'tit

D．won'tit

60.18.Ihaven'tseenhimforquitealongtime,buthisparents______himsometimes.A.stillsawB.stillseeC.havestillseenD.hasstillseen

五、閱讀理解(10題)61.

第54題Peopleintheplanecan__________

A.haveagoodsleep

B.havesomesmallgifts

C.buysomeduty-freegoods

D.gotothebartohaveadrink

62.ThedistancefromthecenterofEnglandtosouthcoastisabout_____.

A.onehundredmiles

B.threehundredmiles

C.onehundredandfiftymiles

D.sixhundredmiles

63.Mostoftheindependentsecondaryschools______.A.A.arereligiousschools

B.arefamousschoolswherestudentscaneasilygetaplace

C.aresingle-sexinBritain

D.havealongtradition

64.Therearethousandsofdifferentlanguagesintheworld.Everyoneseemstothinkthathisnative(本國(guó)的)languageisthemostimportantone,asitistheirfirstlanguage.Formanypeopleitiseventheironlylanguagealltheirlives.ButEnglishistheworld'smostwidelyusedlanguage.

Asanativelanguage,Englishisspokenbynearlythreehundredmillionpeople:intheU.S.,England,Australiaandsomeothercountries.

ForpeopleinIndiaandmanyothercountries,Englishisoftennecessaryforbusiness,education,informationandotheractivities.SoEnglishisthesecondlanguagethere.

Asaforeignlanguage,nootherlanguageismorewidelystudiedorusedthanEnglish.Weuseittolistentotheradio,toreadbooksortotravel.ItisalsooneoftheworkinglanguagesintheUnitedNationsandismoreusedthantheothers.

Thenativelanguageisaperson's______language.

A.firstB.onlyC.oneD.foreign

65.Childrenofdivorcewhomarry______.

A.havetheirmarriagesfailasoftenasothers

B.staymarriedtwotimesaslong

C.aretwotimesaslikelytohavetheirmarriagefail

D.areusuallyhappy

66.Inthesecondparagraph,theterm"ineffect"means______.

A.infactB.itisdoubtfulC.oftenD.withoutreason

67.

Thewomenwhodisagreesaythat______.

A.womenneedchancestogooutofthehomemoreoften

B.womenwantmorefreedomindecidingwhatkindoflifetheywant

C.womenarenolongerinterestedintakingcareoftheirhomes

D.ifwomenaregivenequalpay,theycandoeverythinginsteadofmen

68.

ThesecondlargeststockexchangeintheU.S.usedtobecalled______.

A.theWallStreetExchange

B.theNewYorkStockExchange

C.theCurbExchange

D.theU.S.Exchange

69.Electronicbookscouldrevolutionizereading,butpeopleoughttoconsidertheirfar-reachingimpactsaswell."Thee-bookpromisestowreakaslowhavoc(浩劫)onlifeasweknowit,"JasonOhler,professoroftechnologyassessment(評(píng)估),universityofAlaskaSoutheastInJuneau,warnedtheWorldFutureSociety,Bethesda,Md.Hisassessmentweighedtheprosandcons(贊成和反對(duì)的理由)ofe-booktechnology'simpactonsocialrelationships,theenvironment,theeconomy,etc.Beforeyoucurlup(蜷曲)withane-book,considerthedisadvantages.

Theyincreaseeyestrainduetopoorscreenresolution,replacearelativelycheapcommoditywithamoreexpensiveone,anddisplaceworkersinprintbookproductionandtraditionalpublishing.E-booksmakeiteasytosharedata,therebythreateningcopyrightagreementsandreducingcompensationofauthors,aswellascreatingnonbiodegradable(不可生物降解的)trash.

Ontheotherhand,e-bookssavepaperandtrees,reducetheburdenofthecarryingandstoringofprintedbooks,promoteself-sufficiencyinlearning,andmakereadingacollaborativeexperienceonline.Theyalsocreatenewjobsforwritersandartistsandencourageself-publishing.

Infinalanalysis,Ohlerpointsout,e-booksshouldgainsociety'sapprovalifafewconditionsaremet:makethembiodegradableandrecyclable,solvetheproblemofeyefatigue(疲勞),besurethe"have-nots"getthetechnology,andsupporte-booktraininginschoolsandbusiness.

Whatistheauthor'spurposeofwritingthepassage?

A.Drawpeople'sattentiontothedisadvantagesofe-books.

B.Callonpeopletorejecte-books.

C.Criticizeschoolsandbusinessthatdon'tprovidee-books.

D.Encouragepeopletousee-books.

70.Artificialflowersareusedforscientificaswellasfordecorativepurposes.Theyaremadefromavarietyofmaterials,suchaswaxandglass,soskillfullythattheycanscarcelybedistinguishedfromnaturalflowers.Inmakingsuchmodels,painstakingskillandartistryarecalledfor,aswellasthoroughknowledgeofplantstructure.ThecollectionofglassflowersintheBotanicalMuseumofHarvardUniversityisthemostfamousinNorthAmericaandiswidelyknownthroughoutthescientificworld.Inall,thereareseveralthousandmodelsincoloredglass,theworkoftwoartists-naturalists,LeopoldBlaschkaandhissonRudolph.

TheintentionwastohavethecollectionrepresentatleastonememberofeachflowerfamilynativetotheUnitedStates.Althoughitwasnevercompleted,itcontainsmorethansevenhundredspeciesrepresenting164familiesoffloweringplants,agroupoffruitsshowingtheeffectoffungusdiseases,andthousandsofflowerpartsandmagnifieddetails.Everydetailoftheseisaccuratelyreproducedincolorandstructure.Themodelsatekeptinlockedcases,astheyaretoovaluableandfragileforclassroomuse.

Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.AnExtensiveCollectionofGlassFlowers.

B.TheLiveLeopoldandRudolphBlaschka.

C.FlowersNativetotheUnitedStates.

D.MaterialsUsedforArtificialFlowers.

六、作文(1題)71.Youaretowritein100-120wordsonthetopicGlobalShortageof

FreshWater.YoushouldbaseyourcompositionontheoutlinegiveninChinesebelow

：1.人們認(rèn)為淡水是取之不盡的

;2.實(shí)際上淡水是短缺的;3.我們應(yīng)當(dāng)怎么辦。

參考答案

1.C

2.A解析：反問(wèn)疑問(wèn)句的陳述部分是肯定式時(shí)，疑問(wèn)部分用否定式。以letme或letus起始的反問(wèn)疑問(wèn)句，疑問(wèn)部分用willyou或won'tyou，所以選項(xiàng)A是正確的。

3.D

4.C解析：notonly…butalso連接主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞根據(jù)就近原則由butalso后的成分來(lái)決定。TomandMary是兩個(gè)人，所以動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

5.Dapplyto應(yīng)用；applyfor申請(qǐng)

6.D

7.B

8.A本句考查兩個(gè)并列句之間的連接的詞。題干的意思是：“氣球能夠浮在空氣中正如船能夠浮在海面上一樣?！痹谒膫€(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有A項(xiàng)的justas有“正如，猶如”的意思。故選A。

9.D

10.D

11.B解析：本題考查動(dòng)詞固定搭配的用法。deprive后常接介詞of，表示剝奪什么。

12.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

13.B

14.D解析：forgetdoingsth．忘了已做過(guò)某事。注意區(qū)別forgettodosth。忘了而沒有做某事。

15.B

16.B解析：此處是對(duì)將來(lái)情況的假設(shè)。虛擬條件句的謂語(yǔ)部分為should，had或were時(shí)，可把if省去，而把should，had或were放在從句的主語(yǔ)之前，構(gòu)成主謂部分倒裝。

17.D解析：which修飾非限定性定語(yǔ)從句，指代前邊一句話。本題涉及句法知識(shí)——簡(jiǎn)單句、并列句和復(fù)合句。例如：Hehastwodaughters.Theyaredoctors.(簡(jiǎn)單句)Hehastwodaughtersandtheyaredoctors.(并列句)Hehastwodaughters,whoaredoctors．(復(fù)合句)

18.C所有的學(xué)生都去看了昨天的魔術(shù)表演。它太令人不可思議了。這里主要考查的是動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞和過(guò)去分詞的不同用法。Sth．bedoing表示某一事物令人怎么樣。Sb．bedone表示某人處于某種狀態(tài)。例：Theletteristouching．這封信令人感動(dòng)。

Iammoved．我很感動(dòng)。

19.A

20.C

21.D

22.A

23.C解析：本題考查詞義的辨別。rise出現(xiàn)，put放下，raise提起，arise升高。

24.B

25.D解析：上句責(zé)備瑪麗應(yīng)該做作業(yè)而不是坐到那兒看電視，下句是瑪麗對(duì)媽媽責(zé)備的一種辯解：“你說(shuō)過(guò)電視是有教育意義的?！彼訢項(xiàng)正確。

26.D解析：本題測(cè)試形容詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思分別是“普通的”，“清楚的”，“正義的”，“僅僅的”。根據(jù)句意，D項(xiàng)正確。本句大意為：他僅僅把它作為一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)來(lái)描述，而我卻認(rèn)為它是這個(gè)計(jì)劃中最重要的部分。

27.C

28.A本題考查祈使句型：

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：Mary，到這里來(lái)，其余的人待在原處。根據(jù)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)可判斷出這是個(gè)祈使句。所以要用動(dòng)詞原形開頭。Mary在句中不是

主語(yǔ)，而是“呼語(yǔ)”。

29.Bsetout意為“出發(fā)，動(dòng)身”。

30.A解析：shape意為“(女人的)姿態(tài)，身段”；form意為“形狀，形態(tài)”；appearance意為“外表，樣子”；body意為“身體”。由題意知應(yīng)選A。

31.B

32.H60.H

33.A

34.A

35.E

36.C

37.H

38.F

59.F

39.【提示】本題立足于日常表達(dá)。平日里，人們可用不同的說(shuō)法表達(dá)相同的意思，因此此題比較靈活，答案不唯一，符合題意和口語(yǔ)表達(dá)方式即可。1.【答案】untilaftermidnightlastnight【解題指要】根據(jù)中文提示得知Bill昨晚看電視一直到后半夜，因此應(yīng)填入untilaftermidnightlastnight。2.【答案】Didyouwatchsolate【解題指要】根據(jù)中文提示“她問(wèn)Bill是不是感到無(wú)聊才看到這么晚”，以及下文提到“因?yàn)闊o(wú)聊”，因此應(yīng)填入Didyouwatchsolate。3.【答案】ifIhavenothingbettertodo【解題指要】根據(jù)中文提示“Alice說(shuō)她通常是感到無(wú)事做才看電視”，此空應(yīng)填入ifIhavenothingbettertodo。4.【答案】becauseIleftmyschoolbaginataxi【解題指要】根據(jù)中文提示“Bill說(shuō)他把書包忘在了出租車上”，此空應(yīng)填入becauseIleftmyschoolbaginataxi。5.【答案】afterIturnedofftheTV【解題指要】根據(jù)中文提示“可關(guān)上電視機(jī)，心情反而更糟”，此空填入afterIturnedofftheTV?！緟⒖甲g文】Alice：今天天真好，你覺得呢?Bill：大概是這樣的。我沒有留意天怎么樣。我感覺很糟糕，因?yàn)樽蛲砜措娨曇恢钡胶蟀胍埂lice：一直到后半夜!你是不是感到無(wú)聊才看到這么晚呢?我通常是感到無(wú)事做才看電視。Bill：無(wú)聊?我昨天心情不好，因?yàn)槲野褧诔鲎廛嚿狭?。Alice：那看電視有沒有使你心情好些呢?Bill：看電視時(shí)心情好一點(diǎn)，暫時(shí)讓我忘記了那些煩惱?？申P(guān)上電視機(jī)，我心情反而更加糟糕，因?yàn)槲矣掷速M(fèi)了那么多時(shí)間。

40.B

41.consequently

42.lose

43.artificial

44.enriched

45.D本題考查倒裝句的用法。該句要表達(dá)的意思是：一瑪麗不在乎錢。一我也如此。前半句中用little，為否定意義，所以后半句要用否定形式，用neither。A只能用于肯定句，B中的too應(yīng)該改成either，C表達(dá)錯(cuò)誤，故本題選擇D。

46.valuable

47.difficulty

48.acceptable

49.preference

50.employment

51.C主語(yǔ)是單數(shù)，盡管后面跟有togetherwith等引起的短語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞仍用單數(shù)。

52.A

53.Dmustn’t表示“一定不要”，needn’t則表示“不必”做某事，從上下文可判斷出是現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)完成的事件，needn’thurry不必著急，表示現(xiàn)在還未實(shí)施的動(dòng)作。但needn’thavehurried雖表示“不必著急”，但說(shuō)話時(shí)動(dòng)作已經(jīng)完成，表示對(duì)過(guò)去事件的評(píng)論?？梢奃正確。

54.B本題考查形容詞辨析。

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：酒后駕車是過(guò)去常常發(fā)生的事，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)得到控制。general普遍的，全面的；frequent時(shí)常發(fā)生的；normal正常的，正規(guī)的；particular特別的，特殊的。

55.A

56.Cmakeup意為"構(gòu)成、虛構(gòu)、編制”，makeout是“寫出，辯認(rèn)出”之意，makefor為“走向，導(dǎo)致”，這三個(gè)選擇均不符合題意。makeupfor的意義為“彌補(bǔ)”，符合題意。

57.D本題考查連詞辨析。

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：格拉斯哥的消費(fèi)在英國(guó)是最低的，然而，生活質(zhì)量有可能是最高的一個(gè)。while在此處是一個(gè)表示轉(zhuǎn)折意義的連詞，意為“然而”，表示thecostoflivin9與thequalityoflife的對(duì)比：since引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，意為“因?yàn)椤?；when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，意為“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”；as可以引導(dǎo)時(shí)

間語(yǔ)從句也可引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句。

58.Chappy是形容詞，作賓補(bǔ)，一般不用behappy，所以B不符合。A．動(dòng)詞make后作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的不定式不可帶t0，所以tobehappy也不符合；D．是從句，make不接that從句作賓語(yǔ)。

59.B感嘆句的反義疑問(wèn)句要用be的一般現(xiàn)在式。若是對(duì)人的感嘆，主語(yǔ)用人稱代詞；若是對(duì)事物的感嘆，主語(yǔ)用it。疑問(wèn)部分一律用否定式。

60.B

18．答案為B

句中的sometimes表明有時(shí)見過(guò)他，句中謂語(yǔ)要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。

61.C談話者還提到人們可以在飛機(jī)上購(gòu)買免稅的香煙、礦泉水等。所以C正確。

62.C解析：第一段中寫到從南到北、從東到西大約是300多英里，因此本題中從英格蘭中部到南海岸應(yīng)該是300英里的一半，150英里。

63.C本題為綜合歸納題。文章最后一段第一句講到“Themajorityofindependentsecondaryschools，includingpublicschools，aresingle-sex，althoughinrecentyearsgirlshavebeenallowedtojointhesixthformsofboys’schools．”即：盡管最近幾年允許女孩子進(jìn)入男校六年級(jí)學(xué)習(xí)，但是獨(dú)立中學(xué)包括大部分公立學(xué)校都是單性學(xué)校。根據(jù)推斷，答案應(yīng)為C。

64.A解析：我們從第1段第2句Everyoneseemstothinkthathisnativelanguageisthemostimportan