届高一英语上学期必修一Unit 5 Languages Around the World.docx

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届高一英语上学期必修一Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld

必修第一册Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld

能力提升卷

姓名__________班级__________学号___________

一、完形填空

Throughouthistory,peoplehavebeeninterestedinknowinghowlanguagefirstbegan,butnooneknowsexactlywhereorhowthishappened.1,wedoknowalotabout2,thelanguagesoftodayandalsothelanguagesof3times.There4aboutthreethousandlanguagesintheworldtoday.Chineseisthelanguage5themostspeakers.English,RussianandSpanisharealsospokenbymanymillionsofpeople.6,somelanguagesintheworldhavelessthanonehundredspeakers.

Thereareseveralimportant7oflanguagesintheworld.Forexample,mostofthelanguagesof8areinonelargefamily9theIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.Theoriginallanguageofthisfamilywasspokenabout4,500years10.ManyofthepresentlanguagesofEuropeandIndiaaremodern11ofthelanguageof4,500yearsago.

Languagesare12changing.TheEnglishoftodayisverydifferent13theEnglishof500yearsago.Intimesomeeven14completely.About1,000yearsago15wasalittle-knownrelativeofGerman16ononeoftheborders（边界）ofEurope.

Ifalanguagehas17speakersorifitisveryold,theremaybe18inthewayitisspokenindifferentareas.19,thelanguagemayhaveseveraldialects.Chineseisagoodexampleofdialectdifferences.Chinesehasbeenspokenforthousandsofyearsbymanymillionsofspeakers.ThedifferencesamongthedialectsofChinesearesogreatthatspeakersofChinesefromsomepartsofChina20understandspeakersfromotherparts.

1.A.ButB.SoC.HoweverD.Besides

2.A.EnglishB.historyC.ChineseD.languages

3.A.earlierB.laterC.modernD.hard

4.A.isB.areC.wasD.were

5.A.forB.withC.inD.of

6.A.InawordB.OntheonehandC.What’smoreD.Ontheotherhand

7.A.forms B.systemsC.families              D.changes

8.A.Europe             B.AsiaC.Africa               D.America

9.A.calledB.spokenC.calling            D.speaking

10.A.before            B.agoC.later                D.old

11.A.times             B.familiesC.forms               D.members

12.A.always            B.seldomC.often                D.sometimes

13.A.about             B.withC.between             D.from

14.A.dieout            B.dieawayC.diedown            D.dieoff

15.A.Spanish           B.EnglishC.Chinese             D.Russian

16.A.called            B.toldC.spoken              D.named

17.A.agreatdealofB.afewC.alittle               D.alotof

18.A.speakers          B.differencesC.similarities           D.changes

19.A.Thatis            B.ThereforeC.Infact               D.However

20.A.mustn’t            B.maynotC.won’t                D.can’t

二、阅读理解

A

Whenwedon'tunderstandeachother'slanguage,wecantalkwiththehelpofsigns.AFrenchmanwasoncetravellinginEngland.HecouldnotspeakEnglishatall.Onedayhewentintoarestaurantandsatdownatatable.Whenthewaitercame,heopenedhismouth,puthisfingersinit,andtookoutagain.Hewantedtosay.“Bringmesomethingtoeat.”

Thewaitersoonbroughthimacupoftea.Themanmovedhisheadfromsidetoside.Thewaiterunderstoodhimandtooktheteaaway.Inamomenthecamewithacupofcoffee.Butthemanagainrefusedit.Heshookhisheadwheneverthewaiterbroughthimsomethingtodrink,fordrinksarenotfood.Whenthemanwasgoingaway,anothermancamein.Thismansawthewaiter,andheputhishandonhisstomach.Thatwasenough.Inafewminutestherewasalargeplateofmeatandvegetablesonthetableinfrontofhim.

Soyousee,wecannotunderstandthelanguageofsignsaswellaswecanunderstandthelanguageofwords.

21.Accordingtothepassage,whenpeopledonotunderstandeachother'slanguage,theycantalkwiththehelpof________.

A.awaiterB.ateacher

C.anEnglishmanD.theirhands,heads,andotherpartsoftheirbodies

22.AFrenchmansignedtothewaiter________.

A.togivehimsomemedicine

B.tobringhimacupofcoffee

C.toaskhimforfood

D.totellhimwhathesaid

23.Anothermansawthewaiter,andputhishandonhisstomach.Hemeant________.

A.hehadastomachacheB.hewashungry

C.hewasverythirstyD.hewasfull

24.Fromthisstoryweknow________.

A.peoplecanonlyunderstandthelanguageofwords

B.propergesturescanhelptounderstandeachother

C.waitersshouldunderstandbodylanguages

D.itisimportanttolearnforeignlanguages

B

NowadayseverybodyseemstothinkthattheyknowEnglish.Manypeoplespeakitbutfewspeakitreallywell.PracticeisnecessaryinspeakingEnglishwell.

ReadingisalsooneofthethingsthatwillhelpyoutospeakEnglishbetter.Readwheneveryoucanandwhatever