人教新课标必修一英语Unit 2同步练习Word格式.docx

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sbattle（斗争）began．Sometimes，therewasrealfightingbetweenthewildchildandthestrongyoungteacher．Atlast，however，thebattlewaswonbyMissSullivan，whohadsucceededinshowingHelenthatshelovedherandwantedtohelpher．Thechildandherteacherbecamefriends．Theycontinuedtobefriendsuntiltheteacher'

sdeath，fiftyyearslater．

ThedayonwhichHelenfinallyacceptedSullivanasherfriendandteacherwasagreatdayinHelen'

slife．Afterthat，theteachercouldbegintoteachlanguagetothechild．

21.BeforeMissSullivanenteredherlife，HelenKellerhadbeena 

__________girl．

A．stupidB．cleverC．wildD．tame

22.WhatwasHelenKeller'

sfirstlessonbeforeshewastaughttospeak？

Learning____．

A．tositalldaylongB．tomakefriendswithherteacher

C．todoathingagainandagainD．tocontrolactionsandfeelings

23.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTmentioned（提及）inthepassage？

A．HelenKellerhadbeenintouchwithMissSullivanforfiftyyears．

B．AnneSullivantookgreattroubletoshowHelenthatshelovedherandwantedtohelpher．

C．ItwasnotuntilHelenhadlearnedsomeotherimportantthingsthatMissSullivancouldteachhertospeak．

D．MissSullivanmetwithmanydifficultiesinteachingHelenhowtospeak．

B

WhotaughtyoutospeakEnglish?

Yourparents,whileyouwereayoungchild?

Yourteachersatschool?

PerhapseventheBBCasagrown-up.Whoeveritwas,somehowyouhavedevelopedanunderstandingofwhatisrapidlybecomingatrulygloballanguage.

Therearenowabout976millionpeoplewhospeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageandaboutthesamenumberwhohavelearntitinadditiontotheirmothertongue.ThereareonbillionpeoplelearningEnglishnowandbout80%oftheinformationontheInternetisinEnglish.

Isthisagoodthing,orabadthing?

Shouldwecelebratethefactthatmoreandmoreofuscancommunicate,usingacommonlanguage,acrosscountriesandcultures?

Orshouldweworryaboutthedangersof“mono-culturalism”,aworldinwhichweallspeakthesamelanguage,eatthesamefoodandlistentothesamemusic?

Doesitmatterifanincreasingnumberofpeoplespeakthesamelanguage?

Onthecontrary（相反）,Iwouldhavethought—althoughIhaveneveracceptedtheargumentthatifonlyweallunderstoodeachotherbetter,therewouldbefewerwars.AskthepeopleofIndia（wheremanyofthemspeakatleastsomeEnglish）andPakistan（thesamesituationwithIndia）.

IfweallspeakEnglish,wellwethenallstarteatingMcDonald’sburgers?

Surelynot.IfEnglishbecomesmoredominant（占主导地位的）,willitkillotherlanguages?

Idoubtit.WhenItravelinAfricaorAsia,Iamalwayssurprisedbyhowmanypeoplecanspeaknotonlytheirownlanguagesbutalsooneormoreotherrelatedlanguages,aswellasEnglishandperhapssomeFrenchorGermanaswell.

WhenwediscussedthisonTalkingPointacoupleofyearsago,wereceivedawonderfullyportice-mailfromalistenerinIreland.“TheEnglishlanguageisabeautifullanguage.Maybeit’slikearose,”hesaid.“Butwhowouldeverwantthegardenjustfullofroses?

”

Well,IloverosesandIthinktheymakeabeautifuladditiontoanygarden.ButthewayIseeit,justbyplantingafewroses,youdon’tnecessarilyneedtopullputeverythingelse.IfmoreandmorepeoplewanttoplantEnglishroses,that’sfinebyme.

24.Bysaying“AskthepeopleofIndia…andPakistan…”（inParagraph4）,theauthoristryingtoshowthat________.

A.speakingthesamelanguagedoesn’tnecessarilybringpeace.

B.warscandestroytherelationshipbetweentwocountries

C.Englishdoesn’tkillotherlanguages

D.Englishiswidelyusedintheworld

25.Whatdoes“garden”inthelasttwoparagraphsstandfor?

A..language.B.Family.C.Theworld.D.Theearth.

26.Theauthorwouldprobablyagreethat_____.

A.it’sveryhardtoplantmanykindsofflowersinagarden

B.it’sgoodforpeoplefromothercountriestolearnEnglish

C.moreandmorepeopleliketoplantrosesintheirgardens

D.Englishiseasiertolearnthantheotherlanguages

27.Thepassageismainlyabout_____.

A.whyEnglishhasbecomeagloballanguage

B.howmanypeopleintheworldlearnEnglish

C.howpeopleintheworldlearnEnglishasaforeignlanguage

D.whetherweneedtoworryaboutEnglishbeingaworldlanguage

C

Somepeoplethinkthatasmoreandmorepeoplehavetelevisionsintheirhomes,fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooksandnewspapers.Whyreadanarticleinthenewspaper,whentheTVnewscanbringyoutheinformationinafewminutesandwithpictures?

Whyreadthelifestoryofafamousman,whenashorttelevisionprogramcantellyouallthatyouwanttoknow?

Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however.Today,newspaperssellinverylargenumbers.Andbooksofeverykindaresoldmorethaneverbefore.Booksarestillacheapwaytogetinformationandenjoyment.Althoughsomebookswithhardcoversareexpensive,manybooksareprintedtodayaspaperbooks（平装本）,whicharequitecheap.Apaperbackcollectionofshortstories,forexample,isalwayscheaperthananeveningatthecinemaorthetheater,andyoucankeepabookforeverandreaditmanytimes.

Booksareawonderfulproviderofknowledgeandpleasureandsometypesofbooksshouldbeineveryhome.Everyhomeshouldhaveagooddictionary.Agoodencyclopedia（百科全书）,thoughexpensive,isuseful,too,becauseyoucanfindinformationonanysubject.Besides,youcanhavesuchbooksashistorybooks.,sciencetextbook,cookbooks,andcollectionsofstoriesandpoems.Thenfromtimetotimeyoucantakeabookofpoemsoffyourshelvesandreadthethoughtsandfeelingsofyourfavoritepoets.

28.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______.

A.TVprogramsareachiefproviderofknowledge

B.cinemasarethebestchoiceingettinginformation

C.readingisacheapwayoflearningandhavingfun

D.newspapersareanexpensivewaytoenjoyoneself

29.Whatdoesthesentences“Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however”underlinedinthesecondparagraphsuggest?

A.Peopleonlyneedreading,though.B.Readingisstillnecessarytoday.

C.Readingismorefunthantelevision.D.Watchingtelevisiondoesn’thelpreading.

30.Whichofthefollowingismainlydiscussedinthelastparagraph?

A.TypesofbooksB.Kindsofdictionaries.

C.Listsofhistorybooks.D.Collectionsofstories.

31.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooks.

B.Agooddictionaryshouldbekeptineveryhome.

C.Bookswithhardcoverssellbetterthanpaperbooks.

D.MorepeoplelikeTVprogramsaboutfamousmen.

D

Throughouthistory，peoplehavebeeninterestedinknowinghowlanguagefirstbegan，butnooneknowsexactlywhereorhowthishappened.However，wedoknowalotaboutlanguage，thelanguageoftodayandalsothelanguageofearliertimes.Thereareprobablyaboutthreethousandlanguagesintheworldtoday.Chineseisthelanguagewiththemostspeakers.English，RussianandSpanisharealsospokenbymanymillionsofpeople.Ontheotherhand，somelanguagesintheworldhavelessthanonehundredspeakers.

Thereareseveralimportantfamiliesoflanguagesintheworld.Forexample，mostofthelanguagesofEuropeareinonelargefamilycalledIndo-European.Theoriginal（最初的）languageofthisfamilywasspokenabout4500yearsago.Manyofthepresent-daylanguagesofEuropeandIndiaaremodernformsofthelanguageof4500yearsago.

Languagesarealwayschanging.TheEnglishoftodayisverydifferentfromtheEnglishof500yearsago.Intime，someevendieoutcompletely.About1000yearsagoEnglishwasalittle-knownrelativeofGermanspokenononeofthebordersofEurope.

Ifalanguagehasalargenumberofspeakers，orifitisveryold,theremaybedifferencesinthewayitisspokenindifferentareas.Thatis，thelanguagemayhaveseveraldialects.Chineseisagoodexampleofdialectdifferences.Chinesehasbeenspokenforthousandsofyearsbymanymillionsofspeakers.ThedifferencesbetweenthedialectsofChinesearesogreatthatspeakersofChinesefromsomepartsofChinacannotunderstandspeakersfromotherparts.

32.Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsusthat______.

A.mostpeopleintheworldspeakChinese

B.therearethousandsoflanguagesintoday’sworld

C.manhasmuchknowledgeaboutlanguages

D.somepeopleknowseverallanguages

33.MostEuropeanandIndianlanguages______.

A.willsoondieoutcompletely

B.wereoncearelativeofEnglish

C.arenolongerspoken

D.comefromthesamefamily

34.Theunderlinedword“dialect”inthelastparagraphmeans______.

A.aspeciallanguagespokenbyChinese

B.thesignusedbyChinesepeopleinaspecialarea

C.thedifferencebetweentheoldandtoday’sChinese

D.theformofalanguageusedinonepartofthecountry

35.ItisconsideredthatthemostdifficultthingforonetolearntospeakChineseisthat______.

A.therearegreatdifferencesbetweenthedialectsofChinese

B.Chineseandmanyforeignlanguagesarenotofthesamefamily

C.Chineseisaveryoldlanguage

D.therearegreatdifferencesbetweentheoldChineseandthepresentdayChinese

第二节（共5小题；

每小题3分，满分15分）

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