高中英语Module 4 Which English模块综合测评外研版选修.docx

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高中英语Module4WhichEnglish模块综合测评外研版选修

模块综合测评（四）

Ⅰ.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Thoughinadigitalage，collegestudentsnowadaysarestillholdingfasttotraditionalbooks.AccordingtotheNationalAssociationofCollegeStores，digitalbooksmakeupjustunder3%oftextbooksales，althoughtheassociationexpectsthatsharetogrowto10%to15%by2014asmoretitlesaremadeavailableasebooks.However，threequartersofthestudents，whogrewuplearningfromprintbooks，saythattheyareunwillingtogiveuptheabilitytoturnoverquicklybetweenchapters，writeintheedgesandhighlightpassages.

Thenewtechnologyhasproducedvariousoptionsforstudents.CollegeBooksellers，whichoperates636campusbookstoresnationwide，isnowmarketingitsnewsoftwareapplication，whichallowsstudentstoreadetextbooksonPCs.Thecompanyintroducedthefreeapplicationlastsummerinhopesofattractingmorestudentstobuyitselectronictextbooks.“Nowthebiggestbarrierisgettingthemtotryit，”saidthecompany'svicepresident.

Butnoteverytextbookisavailableindigitalorrentalformat.Generally，anetextbookischeaperthanausedbook，thoughmoreexpensivethanarental.Theexpenseofcollegetextbookshasbecomeagreatconcernandteachersfromover40collegesnationwideareencouragedtoassigntextsthatarelessexpensive，ortoofferthemfreeonline.Asthebuybackpricedropsgreatlyandquickly，someprofessorssuggestthatthebookstoresshouldnothavethelastsayandthereshouldbesomethingforstudentstodecidebythemselves.

【语篇解读】　本文为说明文。

虽然现在已经进入数字时代，但大多数大学生仍然钟爱传统纸质书籍。

1．Collegestudentsprefertraditionalbooksmainlybecausethey______.

A.wanttokeeptheabilityofreadingprintbooks

B．havethehabitofturningoverquicklybetweenpages

C．finditinterestingtokeepnotesintheedgesofbooks

D．feelmorerelaxedtoreadprintmaterials

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第一段倒数第一句“由于从小就用纸质书籍学习，因此有四分之三的学生不愿放弃在章节间迅速翻动，在空白处写字，标注文章。

”可知答案为A。

【答案】　A

2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothe2ndparagraph?

A．CollegeBooksellersoperatesmorethan600bookstoresincampus.

B．Thefreeapplicationwasintroducedtoincreasesalesofelectronictextbooks.

C．Campusstudentsnowfancyatryofthefreesoftwareapplication.

D．Thecompany'smanagementstillhastodomoretoselltheebooks.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句中“whichoperates636campusbookstoresnationwide”可排除A项；根据第二段中“Thecompanyintroducedthefreeapplicationlastsummerinhopesofattractingmorestudentstobuyitselectronictextbooks.”可排除B项；根据第二段最后一句中的“Nowthebiggestbarrierisgettingthemtotryit，...”可知在校学生并没有表示出对这款免费软件有所钟爱，故答案为C项，且排除D项。

【答案】　C

3．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat______.

A.secondhandbooksarecheaperthanrentalbooks

B．allthetextbookshaveboththedigitalandrentalformats

C．thepricetotallydeterminesthestudent'sselectionofbooks

D．thepriceofbuybackbooksisdeterminedbybookstores

【解析】　推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段最后一句（随着回购价的急剧下降，一些教授建议图书回购书店不应该有最后的定价权，回购价应该由学生自己决定）可见目前图书回购价格是由书店决定的。

【答案】　D

4．Thebesttitleforthetextwouldbe______.

A．AddictiontoTraditionalBooks

B．PrintBooksinaDigitalWorld

C．MoreTextsinDigitalFormat

D．BookPriceDropsSharplyandQuickly

【解析】　主旨大意题。

文章是以数字时代纸质书籍在学生中的地位为线索展开的，故本篇文章的题目为：

数字世界的纸质书籍。

A项中的addiction（上瘾；入迷）不是本篇文章的中心，故被排除。

【答案】　B

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TherearemanywordsuniquetoAustralianEnglish.

Ortotrot?

IcameacrossthatwordwhilestudyingataschoolinNorthHead，Manly,NewSouthWales,Australia，in1974.Itislocalslang（俚语）forAreyouready（togo）?

anditwasderivedfromthesoundofacarriagepullinghorse.AtSydneyAirport，Iaskedthewaytothetrainstationandhetoldme，“Goaskthatblokeoverthere.”BlokeisusedinAustraliaandreferstoaperson.

Dayanddiesoundalmostalikeandsince“a”，“i”and“o”allsoundalmostthesame，Ihavealwaystoldmyfriends，jokingly，thattheyonlyneed24letters，andnot26liketherestofus.

AustralianEnglishbegandivergingfromBritishEnglishin1788.In1827PeterCunningham，inhisbookTwoYearsinNewSouthWales，reportedthatnativebornwhiteAustraliansspokewithadistinctiveaccentandvocabulary.

AustralianEnglishhasmanywordsthatsomeconsideruniquetothelanguage.Oneofthebestknownisoutback，meaningafarawayarea.Anotheristhebush，meaningeitheranativeforest.BushisawordofDutchorigin：

“Bosch”．However，bothtermshavebeenwidelyusedinmanyEnglishspeakingcountries.EarlysettlersfromEnglandbroughtothersimilarwords，phrasesandusagestoAustralia.Bonzer，whichwasonceacommonAustralianslangwordmeaning“great”or“beautiful”，isthoughttohavebeenanAmericanterm.Sincethe1950s，theAmericaninfluenceonlanguageinAustraliahascomefrompopculture.AustralianEnglishismostsimilartoNewZealandEnglishfortheirsimilarhistory.

WordsofIrishoriginareused，someofwhicharealsocommonelsewhereintheIrish，suchastuckerfor“food”，aswellasoneortwonativeEnglishwordswhosemeaningshavechangedunderIrishinfluence，suchaspaddockfor“field”，whichhasexactlythesamemeaningastheAustralianpaddock.

【语篇解读】　本文介绍了澳大利亚英语的独特性以及其他英语对它的影响。

5．ThemainpurposeofParagraph2istoshow______.

A．theauthorwasn'tfamiliarwithAustralianEnglish

B．theauthorfounditdifficulttounderstandAustralians

C．manyAustralianEnglishwordsareunique

D．Australiansarequitefriendlytoforeigners

【解析】　推理判断题。

作者在本段举的两个例子都是为了说明澳大利亚英语有其独有的词汇。

【答案】　C

6．WhydidthewritertellhisfriendsAustraliansonlyneed24letters?

A.BecauseAustraliansspeakveryeasyEnglish.

B．BecauseAustraliansneveruse“a”or“i”．

C．Becausethereare3lettershavingalmostthesamepronunciation.

D．Becausetherearedifferentwaystocallthesamething.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第三段前半句可知，作者之所以认为澳大利亚人只需要24个字母，是因为在澳大利亚英语中“a”，“i”和“o”这三个字母的发音很相似。

【答案】　C

7．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“diverging”inParagraph4mean?

A．Drawingapart.　　　B．Holdingback.

C．Wakingup.D．Mixingup.

【解析】　词义猜测题。

根据下文所述，澳大利亚英语有了自己本土的、独特的口音和词汇。

由此可以推知，此处指澳大利亚英语从英国英语中分离了出来，故A项“分离”符合题意。

【答案】　A

8．Fromthepassage，wecanknowthat______.

A.thenativelanguageofAustraliaisEnglish

B．thefirstsettlerscametoAustraliain1827

C．AmericanpopcultureplaysapartinAustralianEnglish

D．PeterCunninghamwenttovisitAustraliainthe1850s

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据文章第五段倒数第二句可知，美国的流行文化影响了澳大利亚英语。

【答案】　C

C

Eachnewschoolyearbringsfreshremindersofwhateducatorscallthesummerlearninggap.Somecallitthesummerlearningsetback.Simplyspeaking，itmeansthelongerkidsareoutofschool,themoretheyforget.Theonlythingtheymightgainisweight.

MostAmericanschoolsfollowatraditionalninemonthcalendar.Studentsgetwinterandspringbreaksandabouttenweeksofsummervacation.Someschoolsfollowayearroundcalendar.Theyholdclassesforabouteightweeksatatime,withafewweeksoffinbetween.TheNationalAssociationforYearRoundEducationsaystherewerefewerthanthreethousandsuchschoolsatlastcount.Theywerespreadamongfortysixofthefiftystates.

Butmanyexpertspointoutthatthenumberofclassdaysinayearroundschoolisgenerallythesameasinatraditionalschool.LeadresearcherPaulvonHippelsaid,“Yearroundschoolsdon'treallysolvetheproblemofthesummerlearningsetback.Theysimplyspreaditoutacrosstheyear.”

Acrossthecountry,researchshowsthatstudentsfrompoorfamiliesfallfartherbehindoverthesummerthanotherstudents.Expertssaythiscanbeprevented.Theynotethatmanyschoolsandlocalgovernmentsofferprogramsthatcanhelp.

Butcallingthem“summerschool”couldbeaproblem.ThedirectorofthesummerlearningcenteratJohnsHopkins,RonFairchild,saidresearchwithgroupsofdifferentparentsinChicagoandBaltimorefoundthatalmostallstronglydislikedtheterm“summerschool”．InAmericanculture,theideaofsummervacationisconnectedtobeliefsaboutfreedomandthejoysofchildhood.Theparentswelcomedothertermslike“summercamp”，“enrichment”，“extratime”and“handsonlearning”．

9．Accordingtothefirstparagraphthesummerlearninggap________.

A．helpschildrentogainweight

B．leadschildrentoworkharder

C．improveschildren'smemories

D．affectschildren'sregularstudies

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第一段第三句“Simplyspeaking，itmeansthelongerkidsareoutofschool，themoretheyforget.”可知暑假影响了学生的正常学习，故选D。

【答案】　D

10．Comparedtotraditionalschools,studentsintheyearroundones________.

A．performbetterandhavemorelearninggains

B．havemuchlesstimeforrelaxationeveryyear

C．havegenerallythesamenumberofclassdays

D．holdmoreclasseswithmorefreeweeksoff

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第三段首句“Butmanyexpertspointoutthatthenumberofclassdaysinayearroundschoolisgenerallythesameasinatraditionalschool.”可知，全年的学校与一般的学校都有相同天数的授课时间，故选C。

【答案】　C

11．Whydidalmostallparentsdisliketheterm“summerschool”？

A．Theycherishthechildren'srightsoffreedomverymuch.

B．Theyareworriedaboutthequalityofthe“summerschool”．

C．Theywanttheirchildrentobeforcedtomakeupthegap.

D．Theycan'taffordtothefurtherstudyduringvacation.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第五段中的“...researchwithgroupsofdifferentparentsinChicagoandBaltimorefoundthatalmostallstronglydislikedtheterm‘summerschool’．InAmericanculture，theideaofsummervacationisconnectedtobeliefsaboutfreedomandthejoysofchildhood.”可知，父母认为这样是剥夺孩子的自由的权利，故选A。

【答案】　A

12．Whatwouldbethebesttitleofthispassage?

A．OpeningSummerCamps

B．ForbiddingSummerSchools

C．SpreadingYearRoundEducation

D．MindingtheSummerLearningGap

【解析】　标题归纳题。

根据第一段第一句“Eachnewschoolyearbringsfreshremindersofwhateducatorscallthesummerlearninggap.”及短文的内容可知选D。

【答案】　D

D

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