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英语ⅴ外研版m14culturalcorner练习
英语ⅴ外研版m1-4culturalcorner练习
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.R______aregiveninfullattheendofthisarticle.
2.Allthesevansaremadetoas______design.
3.He'sthemanager'ssonbutthatdoesn'tqualifyhimtoc______mywork.
4.Myfirsta______atachocolatecaketastedhorrible.
5.Shehaslosthergoodl______withthetimegoingon.
6.Thesubjectisrathercomplex,andhardto________(简化).
7.The________(结合)ofthe50statesformstheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
8.Soldiersoftenhave________(与众不同的)insigniasontheirlapels.
答案:
1.References 2.standard 3.criticise 4.attempt 5.looks Ⅱ.完成句子
1.他因我没及时完成工作而批评我。
He________me________________Ididnotfinishworkintime.
2.那天温斯顿没有提及她的童年。
Winston________________________toherownchildhoodthatday.
3.他们必须达到一定的标准,不然就无法通过。
Theyhaveto________________________________ortheywon'tpass.
4.年轻时他曾经在美国独立战争中参加抗英斗争。
Asayoungmanhehad________________theBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence.
5.他的许多建议很快被采纳。
Manyofhissuggestions________________________.
答案:
1.criticises;forthat 2.madenoreference 3.reach/meet/attainacertainstandard 4.foughtagainst 5.arequicklyadopted
Ⅲ.单句改错
1.CanyouseeanyfamiliaritiesbetweenWebster'sworkandattemptstosimpleChinese?
_______________________________________________________
2.InEnglishthespellofwordsdoesnotalwayspresentthesound.
_______________________________________________________
3.ForAmericansthingsarealotbiteasier,thanktoWebster.
_______________________________________________________
4.HefeltthatwritingEnglishinthenewlyindependenceUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.
_______________________________________________________
5.By1850sitwasselling1,000,000copiesayear,madeitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.
_______________________________________________________
答案:
1.familiarities→similarities;simple→simplify
2.spell→spelling;present→represent
3.lot→little;thank→thanks
4.writing→written;independence→independent
5.By→Bythe;made→making
Ⅳ.单项填空
1.TheChinesearelookingforwardtothefirst________tolandonthemoonafterYangLiwei'ssuccessfultriptospace.
A.measure B.attempt
C.purposeD.desire
答案:
B 句意是:
中国人在杨利伟太空之旅成功后盼望着第一次尝试登陆月球。
attempt此处表示“试图”;measure“测量;手段”;purpose“目的”;desire“愿望”。
2.______ourparty'spolicy,theeconomicsituationofourcountryhasalready________muchbetterthanbefore.
A.Owingto;turnedon
B.Becauseof;turnedover
C.Despite;turnedaround
D.Thanksto;turnout
答案:
D 句意是:
多亏了党的改革方针,我们国家的经济状况比以前已大有改善。
thanksto指“多亏了”,表示原因;turnout意为“结果是……”。
3.Shangairlaattractstensofthousandsoftouristseverydayduetoitsfascinatingand________scenery.
A.distinctiveB.positive
C.sensitiveD.attentive
答案:
A 句意是:
由于它迷人而独特的景色,香格里拉每天都吸引着成千上万的游客。
distinctive“独特的;与众不同的”;positive“积极的”;sensitive“敏感的”;attentive“专心的”。
4.Ican'treadtheadvertisementontheboard.Couldyouholdthelight________?
A.alittlebitclosertoit
B.alittlebittoitcloser
C.closertoitalittlebit
D.closeralittlebittoit
答案:
A 句意是:
我看不清牌子上的广告,你可不可以把灯拿得更近一点?
5.Youdidverywell.Haveyou________hissuggestiontoimproveyourwork?
A.offeredB.adopted
C.providedD.received
答案:
B 句意是:
你做得很好。
你采纳了他的建议来改进你的工作了吗?
6.Thepointthatyoumakehereisverycomplicated,andIhopeyoucan________it.
A.explainB.simplify
C.shortenD.enlarge
答案:
B simplify“简化”,与题干的complicated相呼应,符合题意。
Ⅴ.完形填空
WhenIwas16yearsold,ImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeen__1__.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschoolandIhadoften__2__toFrance,soIwasused__3__aforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn'tunderstand__4__.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardto__5__aniceeasyholidaywithoutany__6__problems.
HowwrongIwas!
Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.Iwaslookingfora__7__telephonetogivemyfriendDannya__8__andtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawme__9__lostandasked__10__hecouldhelpme.“Yes,”Isaid,“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”“Well,that's__11__,”heexplained.“Areyougetting__12__?
Butaren'tyouabit__13__?
”“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?
”Ireplied.“I__14__wanttogivearingtotellherI'vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethere'saphonebox?
”“Oh!
”hesaid,“There'saphonedownstairs.”
Whenatlastwe__15__meetup,Danny__16__themisunderstandingstome.“Don'tworry,”shesaidtome.“Ihad__17__misunderstandingsatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericans__18__differentlyinmeaningfrom__19__.You'llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.Mostofthe__20__BritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!
”
1.A.outB.aboard
C.awayD.abroad
答案:
D 由第一段首句“ImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates”以及“Ihadoften__2__toFrance”可知,这不是“我”第一次出国。
abroad“在国外,到国外”;aboard“在(飞机、船)上”。
2.A.goneB.been
C.gotD.come
答案:
B 根据语法以及句意,此处用hadbeento表示“去过什么地方”。
3.A.tospeakB.forspeaking
C.tospeakingD.speaking
答案:
C beusedto“习惯于”,to为介词,后接动名词、名词作宾语。
4.A.EnglishB.French
C.RussianD.Latin
答案:
A 作者是英国人且此处为经常去国外,故此处表示“我”已经习惯同不懂英语的人讲外语。
5.A.havingB.buying
C.givingD.receiving
答案:
A 表示“度假”应用haveaholiday。
6.A.timeB.human
C.languageD.money
答案:
C 根据第二段的内容可知作者遇到的是语言问题。
7.A.perfectB.popular
C.publicD.pleasant
答案:
C 根据常识,作者寻找的应该是机场里的公用电话。
8.A.ringB.letter
C.wordD.message
答案:
A 由telephone及tellher...可知,作者是想给在美国的朋友打个电话。
9.A.tolookB.looking
C.lookedD.looks
答案:
B seesb.doingsth.“看见某人正在干某事”,符合题意。
10.A.thatB.if
C.whereD.when
答案:
B 这位友善的老人询问是否他能帮助“我”。
11.A.wellB.strange
C.niceD.funny
答案:
B 此处老人将ring理解为戒指,故他对作者的回答感到很奇怪。
12.A.tomarryB.marrying
C.tobemarriedD.married
答案:
D getmarried“结婚”,为固定搭配。
13.A.smallB.smart
C.littleD.young
答案:
D 根据上文可知作者很年轻,还没有到谈论结婚的时候,而现在就要送别人戒指,故这位老人对此感到很奇怪。
14.A.veryB.just
C.soD.justnow
答案:
B 作者向老人解释,自己只是想给朋友打个电话,而不是送结婚戒指。
15.A.didB.could
C.doD.can
答案:
A 助动词did用于肯定句,表示强调。
16.A.describedB.explained
C.talkedD.expressed
答案:
B 根据下文内容可知,作者的朋友对老人的误解作出了解释。
17.A.somuchB.somany
C.toomuchD.toomany
答案:
B misunderstandings为可数名词,故排除A、C项;toomany“太多”,不符合题意。
18.A.writeB.speak
C.useD.read
答案:
C 产生误解的原因是这两个国家的人们对很多词语在含义上的使用不同。
19.A.usBritishB.Britishus
C.weBritainD.weBritish
答案:
A from是介词,后用代词的宾格;British表示“英国人”,作us的同位语。
20.A.chanceB.place
C.peopleD.time
答案:
D mostofthetime“大多时候”。
Ⅵ.阅读理解
ManyEnglishlearnershavedifficultydecidingwhatkindofEnglishaccenttheywanttohave.AUSaccent,perhapsmodeledonthewayaHollywoodstarspeaks?
OrmaybeyouwanttoimitatetheBritishaccentofaBBCnewsreader?
YoungBritishpeoplefindtheUSaccentattractivewhileyoungUSpeoplelikeaBritishaccent.Especiallywhenthepersonspeakingisoftheoppositesex!
Let'slistentowhattheyhavetosay.
StephenYang,17,fromLondon,UK:
AUSaccentiscute,especiallywhenagirlspeaksit.Whetherit'sJessicaAlbaspeakingorthegirlnextdoor,thewayUSgirlsspeakhasasweettinglethatisreallysassy(时髦).AgirlfromTexasrecentlymovedintoourneighborhood.HerTexantwang(鼻音)hadalltheboyshereontheirkneeswithinsecondsofmeetingher.
Tome,accentsreflecttheattitudes,characteristicsandlifestylesofthepeople.
JenniferSun,14,fromNewJersey,US:
FromwatchingEnglishactorslikeDanielRadcliffe,myfriendsandIhavedevelopedasoftspotforBritishmen.SomeareattractedtothequalitiesofEnglishmales,whileothersadmiretheirsenseofstyle.
Everyone,however,agreesthatthemostappealingaspectofanEnglishmanishisaccent.Forexample,manyAmericangirlswatchHarryPottermoviesoverandoveragainjusttolistentotheactorsspeak.
TheEnglishaccentseemsalmostlikeart.
1.Fromthepassage,welearnthat________.
A.BritishandAmericanaccenteachhavetheiradvantages.
B.BritishaccentisquitedifferentfromAmericanaccent.
C.AmericanaccentismoreattractivethanBritishEnglish.
D.AmericanandBritishaccenteachhavetheirdisadvantages.
答案:
A 纵观全文,文章主要讲述了美式口音和英式口音各有千秋,故选A项。
2.HowdoesanAmericanlearntheBritishaccent?
A.BywatchingEnglishactorslikeDanielRadcliffe.
B.BymodelingEnglishactorslikeDanielRadcliffe.
C.BysayingasweettinglethatisreallysassyinBritain.
D.BymeetingBritishpeopleandtalkingwiththem.
答案:
A 根据文章的倒数第三段第一句,可知美国人,特别是年轻人,获悉英国口音的途径是通过观看英国的演员,即A项。
3.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemean?
A.SpeakingBritishEnglishisverydifficult.
B.SpeakingAmericanEnglishisn'tveryeasy.
C.TheBritishaccentshaveitsownstyles.
D.AmericanandBritishaccentlooklikeapicture.
答案:
C 此处指美国年轻人喜欢英式口音的原因,即英式英语有自己的风格,故选C项。