Twoyearsago,WendyHasnip,47，experiencedabraininjurythatleftherspeechlessfortwoweeks．Whenshefinallyrecovered,shefoundherselftalkingwithwhatseemedtobeaFrenchaccent．“Iphonedafriendtheotherday,andshespentthefirsttenminuteslaughing,”Hasnipsaidatthetime,“whileIhavenothingagainsttheFrench．”
Hasnipsufferedfromforeignaccentsyndrome(外国口音综合症),arareconditioninwhichpeoplefindthemselvesspeakingtheirownlanguagelikesomeonefromaforeigncountry．Theconditionusuallyoccursinpeoplewhohaveexperiencedaheadinjuryorastroke-asuddenlossofconsciousness,sensation,ormovementcausedbyablockedorbrokenbloodvesselinthebrain．
TheconditionwasfirstidentifiedduringtheSecondWorldWarinaNorwegianwomanwhoseheadwasinjuredduringanattackbytheGermanmilitary．ThewomanrecoveredbutwasleftwithaGerman-soundingaccent,tothehorroroffellowvillagerswhoavoidedherafterthat．
Researchershavediscoveredthatthecombinedeffectofthedamagetoseveralpartsofthebrainmakesvictimslengthencertainsyllable,mispronouncesounds,andchangethenormalpitch(音高)oftheirvoice．Thosechangesinspeechadduptowhatsoundslikeaforeignaccent．
Anotherresearcher,aphonetician,saysvictimsofthesyndromedon'tacquireatrueforeignaccent．Theirstrangelychangedspeechonlyresemblestheforeignaccentwithwhichithasafewsoundsincommon．
WhenanEnglishwomannamedAnnierecentlydevelopedforeignaccentsyndromeafterastroke,shespokewithwhatseemedtobeaScottishaccent．However,Annie'sScottishcoworkerssaidshedidn'tsoundatalllikeaScot．
(1)
Accordingtothepassage,people________mayhaveforeignaccentsyndrome．
A．
whoseparenthasexperiencedaheadinjury
B．
whohavelivedinaforeigncountryforalongtime
C．
whohavelosttheirconsciousnessowingtoastroke
D．
whohavelearnedforeignlanguagefromtheircoworkers
(2)
Ifapersonsuffersforeignaccentsyndrome,________．
hiscoworkerswillbeafraidofhimandavoidcontactingwithhim
hehasmorechanceofsufferingstrokeagain
hewillspeakafluentforeignlanguagelikenativespeakers
hisspeechonlyhasafewsoundsincommonwiththeforeignaccent
(3)
Writingthispassage,thewriter'smainpurposeisto________．
introduceforeignaccentsyndromeandsomerelatedinformation
warnpeoplenottobeattheriskofexperiencingastroke
makeitclearthatforeignaccentsyndromecanbecured
tellastoryofaninjuredwomanduringtheSecondWorldWar
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Iusemybikemostinthesummerwhen1._____________
theweatheriswarmordry.Itcanbevery2._____________
unpleasantofwinterwhenitiscoldand3._____________
therainispourdown.Itcanalsobe4._____________
verydangerous.Youmustofcourse5._____________
carefulonabike.Accidentarenotthe6._____________
onlyproblem,though.OnedayIgotoschool7._____________
andcamebacktofindmyfrontwheelhad8._____________
missing.Itwasalongwalktowardsthe9._____________
repairer’s!NowIhavetwostronglocks.10._____________
Israelipaintings－IsraeliartistMenasheKadishmanwillholdapersonalshownamed“FlockofSheep”fromNovember26toDecember20attheChinaNationalArtMuseum．Onshoware550colorfuloilpaintingsofsheepheads．
HisworkshavebeenonshowintheMetropolitanMuseuminNewYorkandTateGalleryinLondonoverthepast30years．
Time：9∶00a.m.－4∶00p.m.,November26-December20．
Place：ChinaNationalArtMuseum,1WusiStreet,DongchengDistrict,Beijing．
Tel：6401-2252
RussiaBallet－TheKremlinBalletfromRussiawillperformtwoimmortalclassicalballets－“SwissLake”and“TheNutcracker”－attheBeijingBeizhanTheatre．Setupin1990,thetheatrehasanumberoffirst-classballetdancerswithpride．Mostoftheirperformancesareclassical．
Time：7∶15p.m.,December5and6(“SwanLake”);7∶15p.m.,December7(“Nutcracker”)
Place：BeizhanTheatre,XiwaiStreet,XichengDistrict,Beijing．
Tel：6605-3388
Folkconcert－TheCentralConservatoryofMusic(音乐学院)willholdafolkconcertinmemoryofthelatemusicianSituHuacheng．
Ontheprogrammearemanypopularfolkssuchas“MoonNightontheBambooTower”“CelebratingHarvest”“DeepandLastingFriendship”“GoldenSnakeDancersWildly”,and“ChildrensHoliday”．
Time：7∶30p.m.,November25．
Place：BeijingConcertHall,1BeixinhuaStreet．
Tel：6605-5812
Ifachildisveryfondofdancing,hisparentshouldtakehimto________．
ChinaNationalArtMuseum
BeizhanTheatre
BeijingConcertHall
1WusiStreet
MenasheKadishmaniswellknownforpainting________．
deer
birds
sheep
flowers
WhichofthefollowingisTRUE
Thefolkconcertwilllastthreedays．
Theballet“TheNutcracker”willbeputononce．
TheIsraelipaintingswillbeonshowforamonth．
ChinaNationalArtMuseumliesinXichengDistrict．
(4)
Ifyoudialthetelephonenumber6605-3388onDec．8,youcan________．
gotothefolkconcert
visittheArtMuseum
watchtheballet
noneoftheabove
Tonight'sTVHotList：SundayJanuary31,2010
GrammyAwards8/7cCBS
BeyoncéandTaylorSwiftarereadytotakehomealotofhardwaretonightastheyleadallartistswith10andeightnominations．Theladiesalsoperform,alongwithfellowAlbumoftheYearnomineestheBlackEyedPeas,LadyGagaandtheDaveMatthewsBand．Inaddition,BonJovi,GreenDay,LadyAntebellum,Maxwell,PinkandZacBrownBandwillalsotakethestage．ButperhapsthemostexpectedmomentistheMichaelJacksontribute(吊唁礼物),whichfeaturesthe3-Dmini-movie"EarthSong"andwillbehighlightedbyperformersCelineDion,JenniferHudson,SmokeyRobinson,CarrieUnderwoodandUsher．
Maurer9/8cNBC
AmysteriouscompanynamedSabre,headedbyanattractive,stubbornCEO(KathyBates),appearsoutofnowhereandbuysout(买断股份)DunderMifflin．AsMichaelisunwillingtofollowSabre'snewpolicies,AndyandErinwriteawelcomesongtogreetthecompany．Meanwhile,PamandJimhopetogetacceptedintoadesiredlocalday-carecenter．
SurvivingSurvivor8/7cCBS
It'shardtobelieveit'sbeen10yearssincethefirstseasonofSurvivor．Buttonighttenofthegame'smosticonicplayers,includingpreviouswinnersRichardHatch,ParvatiShallowandTomWestman,discusstheseriesindetailandprovideinsightsintohowthegameisactuallyplayedandtheimpactit'shadontheirlives．Inaddition,updatesonbelovedformercastaways,likeEthanZohn,RupertBonehamandElisabethHasselbeck,aregiven．
PrivatePractice10∶01/9∶01cABC
SoMaya'spregnantandwantstohavethebaby．WhattodonowDink(StephenLunsford),theboywhodidhisparttogetherintothismess,hasasolution：Hewantstomarryher．YoucanimaginehowSamandNaomiwillfeelaboutthat．Andifthatwon'traisethehistrioniclevelenoughforyou,howaboutthis：Acouplehastwodyingdaughters,andonlyonecanbesaved．Theirchoice．AndBrianBenbenisback,soexpectmorePete-Violet-Sheldonangst．
Ednaiscrazyaboutpopstars,soshewillmostlikelychoose________toenjoy．
GrammyAwards
Maurer
SurvivingSurvivor
PrivatePractice
Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthatDunderMifflinis________．
aCEO
acompany
anemployeeinthecompany
apieceofofficeequipment
Accordingtothepassage,SurvivingSurvivorismostprobably________．