C.the general opinion about the character， qualities， etc.

D.something that provokes or annoys

正确答案：final statement of conditions to be accepted

7、It was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "；the King'；s English，"； which produced some rather tartremarks about what one could expect from the descendants of convicts.

A.loaded

B.different

C.special

D.sarcastic

正确答案：sarcastic

8、One could have expected that it would be abo then that the phrase would be coineD.

A.invented

B.coincided

C.comforted

D.happened

正确答案：invented

9、After five centuries of growth， o1f tusslingwith the French of the Normans and the Angevins and the Plantagenets and at last absorbing it， the conquered in the end conqueredthe conqueror.

A.have a hard struggle or fight

B.raise to a higher grad

C.come to a lower level or state

D.make the greatest possible use of

正确答案：have a hard struggle or fight

10、When E.M.Forster writes of “the sinistercorridor of our age”， we sit up at the vividness of the phrase， the force and even terror in the image.

A.not pretended

B.happeningin the same time

C.giving orders

D.suggesting evil

正确答案：suggesting evil

11、Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes， but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost.

A.long tedious talk

B.short amusing story

C.exciting information

D.uninteresting writing

正确答案：short amusing story

12、However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other， they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.

A.simple

B.complicated

C.invalid

D.difficult

正确答案：complicated

13、The conversation had swung from Australian convictsof the 19th century to the English peasants of the 12th century.

A.criminal

B.aggressor

C.captain

D.captor

正确答案：criminal

14、Perhaps it is worth trying to speak it， but it should not be laid down as an edict ， and made immuneto change from below.

A.odorous

B.revival

C.secure

D.impure

正确答案：secure

15、The phrase has always been used a little pejorativelyand even facetiously by the lower classes.

A.penetrating

B.distasteful

C.Sharp

D.contemptuous

正确答案：contemptuous

16、The King'；s English is a model（）a rich and instructive one--but it ought not to be an ultimatum.