成才之路高中英语外研版选修8同步练习4单元综合检测.docx

成才之路高中英语外研版选修8同步练习4单元综合检测.docx

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成才之路高中英语外研版选修8同步练习4单元综合检测

Module4　综合检测

时间100分钟　满分120分

第一部分　阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

OffshoreEnglishisatermbeingusedbymanypeopleforInternationalEnglish.ItistheEnglishspokenandwrittenbynonnativespeakersininternationalcommunication.Manyinbusinessarestartingtoworrythatnativespeakersareactuallyatadisadvantageininternationalcommunication.OnecasestudythatisquotedisofacontracttoprovideflightsimulatorstoSouthKorea，whereaFrenchcompanywonthecontractbecausethebuyersfounditeasiertounderstandtheEnglishspokenbytheFrenchthantheEnglishspokenbytheBritishcompany.

ManynativeEnglishspeakersfeellittleneedtolearnforeignlanguages，sotheyoftenlackunderstandingofthedifficultiesandproblemslearnersface.Theyalsodon'tseetheneedtomodifytheirlanguageforaforeignaudience，sotheyuseidioms，synonyms（同义词）,phrasalverbs，etc...,withoutthinkingoftheimpactthismighthaveonaforeignbusinessperson.

TheEnglishstudiedbynonnativespeakerstendstouseanarrowercorevocabulary.Thismeansthatnonnativespeakersfromdifferentcountriesandculturesmayunderstandeachothermoreeasilythanthenativespeakersdo.FewnativespeakersoutsidetheworldofESLteachinghavemuchideaofwhatnonnativelearnersaretaught，andthinkthatastheirEnglishisatnativespeakerlevel，theyspeakitbetterthantheirnonnativecounterparts.Thisunawarenessisstartingtocauseproblemsthatbusinessesarebeginningtoidentify，andcoursesinoffshoreEnglisharenowbeingofferedtonativespeakersinanattempttotrainthemtospeakthekindofEnglishthatwillmakeiteasierfornonnativespeakerstounderstand，enablingthemtowinmorecontracts.

1．WhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutoffshoreEnglish?

A．Itcanbespokenbynonnativespeakers.

B．Itisusedtowinmorecontracts.

C．Itisdifficulttounderstand.

D．Itisfullofidioms，synonyms，phrasalverbs，etc.

答案：

A　细节判断题。

从文章第一段第二句话可知答案。

2．AFrenchcompanywonthecontractbecause________.

A．ithasadvancedtechnologyandequipment

B．itcanbereliedon

C．itisongoodtermswithSouthKorea

D．theEnglishspokenbytheFrenchiseasiertounderstand

答案：

D　细节判断题。

从文章第一段第四句话可看出答案。

3．WhyarenativeEnglishspeakersactuallyatadisadvantageininternationalcommunication?

A．Becausewhattheysayisdifficultforthenonnativespeakerstounderstand.

B．BecausetheyspeakEnglishbetterthantheirnonnativecounterparts.

C．Becausetheyaredifficulttodealwith.

D．Becausetheydon'twanttoimprovethemselves.

答案：

A　细节推理题。

从文章第三段第一、二句话我们看出，非操本族语者，用的词汇比较少，比较集中，而操本族语者用的词汇广泛，不利于非操本族语者理解。

4．Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A．OffshoreEnglishwilltaketheplaceofEnglishspokenbynativespeakers.

B．MoreandmorepeoplewillstudyoffshoreEnglish.

C．OffshoreEnglishiswhatiswrittenincontracts.

D．ManynativeEnglishspeakersoftenlackunderstandingofthedifficultiesandproblemsnonnativespeakersface.

答案：

B　判断推理题。

文章最后一段告诉我们一个事实：

在国际交往中操本族语者开始学习“offshoreEnglish”，所以我们推断学习这门语言的人会越来越多。

B

Tomasteralanguageonemustbeabletospeakit，understanditwhenitisspoken，aswellastoreadandwriteit.ThesedaysmoreandmoreforeignersarecomingtoChinaandmoreandmoreChinesearegoingabroadtoworkorstudysothatthespokenlanguageisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.

Speaking，ofcourse，can'tgowithoutlistening.Ifyouwanttopronounceawordcorrectly，youmustbeabletohearitcorrectly.ThesoundsoftheChineseandEnglishlanguagesarenotexactlythesame.Ifyoudon'tlistencarefully，you'llfinditdifficultorevenimpossibletounderstandthenativespeakers.

Well，whataboutwriting？

Likespeaking，it'susedtoexchangeideas.Peoplegenerallyuselongersentencesintheirwriting.Theimportantthingistomakeyourideasclearinyourheadandthenwritetheminclearlanguage.

Chinesestudentsreadfartooslowly.Ifyoureadfaster，youunderstandbetter.Ifyoureadtooslowly，bythetimeyouhavereachedtheendofapageyouhaveforgottenwhatthebeginningisabout.Whenyoumeetwithnewwords，don'tlookthemupinthedictionaryatonce.Guessthemeaningsfromthecontext.Youmaynotguessquitecorrectlythefirsttime，butasthenewwordscomeupagainandagainindifferentcontexts，theirmeaningswillbecomeclearerandclearer.Ifyoutrytolookupeveryword，you'llneverfinishabook.

Studentsofaforeignlanguageneedaparticularknowledge，theknowledgeofthelife，historyandgeographyofthepeoplewhoselanguagethey'restudying.Theyshouldstudythesesubjectsintheforeignlanguage，notonlyintranslation.Inthiswayone_can_kill_two_birds_with_one_stone：

hecanlearnthelanguageandsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountryatthesametime.

5．Inthefirstparagraphthewritertoldus________.

A.howtospeakEnglish

B．howtoreadandwrite

C．whyEnglishpeoplecouldn'tunderstandeachother.

D．whyspokenEnglishisimportant

答案：

D　根据第二句话ThesedaysmoreandmoreforeignersarecomingtoChinaandmoreandmoreChinesearegoingabroadtoworkorstudysothatthespokenlanguageisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.可知，越来越多的外国人到中国来和越来越多的中国人到外国去，这里的英语越来越重要。

故答案选D项。

6．Inthefourthparagraphthewritergaveussomeadviceon________.

A.howtoguessthemeaningfromthecontext

B．howtoreadfast

C．howtolookupnewwordsinthedictionary

D．howtogetthegeneralideaofapassage

答案：

B　根据第四段第二句话Ifyoureadfaster，youunderstandbetter可知，如果读得快，那么对文章的理解也较好，然后本段分析了快慢的优缺点，故本段主要是讲述快读的方法。

7．“Tokilltwobirdswithonestone”means________.

A．togetsomeparticularknowledge

B．togetmorethanwhatonepays

C．thestoneisveryuseful

D．thebirdsareblindenough

答案：

B　根据最后的一句话hecanlearnthelanguageandsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountryatthesametime可知，短语Tokilltwobirdswithonestone（本意是：

一石二鸟）此处意义为得到的比一个人所祈求的东西多。

故答案选B。

C

Irelandhashadaverydifficulthistory.Theproblemsstartedinthe16thcenturywhenEnglishrulerstriedtoconquer（征服）Ireland.Forhundredsofyears，theIrishpeoplefoughtagainsttheEnglish.Finally，in1921，theBritishgovernmentwasforcedtogiveindependencetothesouthofIreland.Theresultisthattodaytherearetwo“Irelands”．NorthernIreland，inthenorth，ispartoftheUnitedKingdom.TheRepublicofIreland，inthesouth，isanindependentcountry.

Inthe1840sthemaincrop，potatoes，wasaffectedbydiseaseandabout750,000peoplediedofhunger.This，andashortage（短缺）ofwork，forcedmanypeopletoleaveIrelandandliveintheUSA，theUK，AustraliaandCanada.Asaresultoftheseproblems，thepopulationfellfrom8.2millionin1841to6.6millionin1851.

Formanyyears，themajorityofIrishpeopleearnedtheirlivingasfarmers.Today，manypeoplestillworkonthelandbutmoreandmorepeoplearemovingtothecitiestoworkinfactoriesandoffices.Lifeinthecitiesisverydifferentfromlifeinthecountryside，wherethingsmoveataquieterandslowerpace.

TheIrisharefamousforbeingwarmheartedandfriendly.OscarWilde，afamousIrishwriter，oncesaidthattheIrishwere“thegreatesttalkerssincetheGreeks”．Sinceindependence，Irelandhasrevived（复兴）itsowncultureofmusic，language，literatureandsinging.DifferentareashavedifferentstylesofoldIrishsongswhicharesungwithoutinstruments.OtherkindsofIrishmusicusemanydifferentinstrumentssuchastheviolin，whistles，etc.

8．WhatdoestheauthortellusinParagraph1?

A．HowtheIrishfoughtagainsttheEnglish.

B．HowIrelandgainedindependence.

C．HowEnglishrulerstriedtoconquerIreland.

D．Howtwo“Irelands”cameintobeing.

答案：

D　主旨大意题。

第一段告诉我们爱尔兰人和英格兰人之间的斗争，南部爱尔兰的独立，但主要讲述的是爱尔兰的两部分是怎样形成的。

故D项正确。

9．WelearnfromthetextthatinIreland________.

A.foodshortagesinthe1840sledtoadeclineinpopulation

B．peoplearemovingtothecitiesforlackofworkinthecountryside

C．itishardertomakealivingasafarmerthanasafactoryworker

D．differentkindsofoldIrishsongsareallsungwithinstruments

答案：

A　推理判断题。

根据第二段的Inthe1840sthemaincrop，potatoes，wasaffectedbydiseaseandabout750,000peoplediedofhunger.可推知，A项符合题意。

10.Thelastparagraphismainlyabout________.

A．theIrishcharacterB．Irishculture

C．IrishmusicalinstrumentsD．afamousIrishwriter

答案：

B　主旨大意题。

根据最后一段的Sinceindependence，Irelandhasreviveditsowncultureofmusic，language，literatureandsinging.DifferentareashavedifferentstylesofoldIrishsongswhicharesungwithoutinstruments.OtherkindsofIrishmusicusemanydifferentinstrumentssuchastheviolin，whistles，etc.可知，B项符合题意。

11．Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．LifeinIrelandB．AVeryDifficultHistory

C．Ireland，PastandPresentD．TheIndependenceofIreland

答案：

C　主旨大意题。

前两段介绍爱尔兰的历史，后两段介绍爱尔兰的现在。

故C项符合题意。

D

Isthereadifferencebetweenprivacyandsecrecy？

Whatathoughtprovoking（发人深省的）question！

But，whatisprivateisalsoasecretandwhatissecretisprivate.Therefore，itseemsthatthereisnoactualdifference.Ineithercasewemaychooseatsomepointtosharesomethingprivateorsecret.But，forthemostpart，ourprivatelives，thoughts，ambitions，desiresandactionsarethosethingsthatwealsokeepsecret.

Whensomethingisprivate，inourownlivesoracountryclub，thoseadmittedintothisdomain（范围）arelimited.Itisheldprivatetopreservetheuniquequality.Whensomethingissecretitisalsoheldinthatstatetopreserveitsuniquequality.Whetherprivateorsecretitmaybeanythingfrompreciousanddeartoustoshamefulordangerous.Nevertheless，asindividualswehavetherighttothatpartofusthatwedonotwishtosharewitheveryone.And，whateverwordyoucaretocallit，itisstillthesamething.

Forexample，asurprisebirthdaypartyisasecretuntilitoccursandmayalsobep