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外研版新版高一必修一英语Unit2ExploringEnglish单元测试试题
2019-2020学年度高一英语必修一U2ExploringEnglish单元测试
一、听力(略)(1-20题)
二、阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
AstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish.Hewonders:
CanIcommunicatewithAmericans?
Cantheyunderstandme?
LearnersofEnglishoftenask:
WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish?
Howimportantarethesedifferences?
Certainly,therearesomedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay"inhospital"and"Haveyouapen?
",Americanssay"inthehospital"and"Doyouhaveapen?
".Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundtheirsinwordslike"bird"and"hurt".SpeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundtheirsinthesewords.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.Forexample,"colour"and"honour"areBritish,"color"and"honor"areAmerican.
Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spellingandvocabularyarenotimportant,however.Forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.
21.Accordingtothispassage,astudentwhoislearningtospeakAmericanEnglishmightbeafraidthat .
A.thegrammaristoohardforhim
B.Americanpeoplecannotunderstandhim
C.Britishpeoplecannotunderstandhim
D.thespellingistoohardforhim
22.WhatisNOTmentioned(提及)inthepassage?
A.Howimportantthedifferencesare
B.WhetherBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo.
C.WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.
D.HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout.
23.Most say"Doyouhaveawatch?
"
A.Americans B.Britishpeople C.childrenD.teachers
B
Putonghuaistheofficiallanguageonthemainland,butifhistoryhadplayedoutdifferently,mostofthepeoplecouldhavebeenspeakingCantonese.
In1912,shortlyaftertheendoftheQingdynasty,thefoundingfathersoftherepublicmettodecidewhichlanguageshouldbespokeninthenewChina.
Mandarin-nowknownasPutonghua--wasjustanortherndialectspokenbythehatedManchurianofficialsatthattime.WhileithadservedasChina'slinguafranca(混合语)forcenturies,manysawitasan“impureform”ofChinese.
Manyoftheleaders,includingSunYat-sen,werefromGuangdong--wherepeopleareopentonewideas.Agreatdebatestartedandeventuallyledtoaformalvote.CantoneselostoutbyasmallmargintoPutonghuaandtherestishistory.
Whilehistorianstodaystillargueaboutwhetherthisstoryisreal,itissomethingGuangdongpeoplelovetotell.ManyCantonesespeakersfeelproudoftheirnativelanguage,sayingithasmoreincommonwiththeclassicalChinesethanPutonghua--whichisamixofnortherndialectsheavilyinfluencedbyManchurianandMongolian.
Linguistsagreetosomedegree.“CantoneseisclosertoclassicalChineseinitspronunciationandsomegrammar,”JiangWenxian,aChineselanguagescholar,said.“UsingCantonesetoreadclassicalpoetryisarealpleasure,”hesaid.“Manyancientpoemsdon'trhyme(押韵)whenyoureadtheminPutonghua,buttheydoinCantonese.”
“CantonesekeepsaflavorofancientChinese.NowadaysfewpeopleunderstandclassicalChinese,soCantoneseshouldbeprotectedasatypeoflanguagefossilhelpingusstudyancientChineseculture.”
Cantoneseisspokenbyabout70millionpeopleinGuangdong,HongKong,Macauandcommunitiesabroad.
Inthe17thand18thcenturies,GuangdongwastheonlyChineseprovinceallowedtotradedirectlywithforeigners.ManyWesternersatthetimelearnedCantonese.Uptillveryrecently,thereweremoreCantonesespeakersinoverseasChinesecommunitiesthanPutonghuaspeakers.InCanada,forexample,CantoneseisthethirdmostcommonlyspokenlanguageafterEnglishandFrench.
24.What’sthefunctionofthefirstparagraph?
A.Tointroducethetopic.B.Toattractionpeople’sattention.
C.Tosummarizethewholepassage.D.ToshowtheimportanceofPutonghua.
25.Whatcanwelearnfromthefourthparagraph?
A.MostoftheleadersareinfavorofPutonghua.
B.MostoftheleaderscamefromGuangdongatthattime.
C.Guangdongpeoplearemorelikelytoacceptnewideas.
D.SunYat-sensuggestedhavingadebatetodecideonthenewlanguage.
26.WhyCantoneseshouldbeprotectedasatypeoflanguagefossil?
A.Becauseit’sasimportantasPutonghua.
B.Becauseitisanancientlanguagewithalonghistory.
C.BecausenowadaysfewpeoplecanunderstandCantonese.
D.BecauseitisveryhelpfulwhenstudyingChineseculture.
27.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?
A.Newlanguage,NewChina.
B.HowPutonghuadefeatedCantonese
C.Thedevelopmentofanofficiallanguage
D.Cantonesealmostbecametheofficiallanguage
C
TheEnglishlanguagestartedabout1,500yearsagoinEngland.Threegroupsofpeoplecametothecountry.TheyweretheAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes.ThesethreegroupsbroughttheirlanguageswiththemtoEngland-Aftersometime,thethreelanguagesbecameone
new-language-English.Thename“English”comesfromtheAngles.TheylivedinmostofEngland.“England”means“AngleLand”or“CountryoftheAngles”.
Thelanguagethatwespeaktoday-ModernEnglish-isnotthesameastheEnglishthatpeopleusedmanyyearsago,includingOldEnglish(before1150)andMiddleEnglish(uptill1500).Thatlanguage—OldEnglish—soundsdifferent,andithassomedifferentrulesofgrammar.TherewereonlyafewthousandwordsinOldEnglish.ButModernEnglishdoescomefromOldEnglish,anditisstilllikeitinmanyimportantways.
28.WhendidModernEnglishstart?
A.Abouttheyear1150.B.Beforetheyear1500.
C.Betweentile12thcenturyandtile16thcentury.D.Abouttheyear1500.
29.HowmanylanguagesdidOldEnglishcomefrom?
A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.
30.Whichlanguagedidthename“English”comefrom?
A.ModernEnglish.B.TheAngles.C.TheJutes.D.TheSaxons.
31.Accordingtothepassage,ModernEnglishdiffersfromOldEnglishin_______.
A.grammarB.pronunciationC.wordsD.Alloftheabove
D
IfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeaker,youshouldtakesomeadvice:
therearefourskillsinlearningEnglish.Theyarelistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Themostimportantthingyoumustrememberisthatifyouwanttoimproveyourspeakingandwritingskillsyoushouldfirstmastertheskillsofreadingandlistening.
Readasmuchasyoucan.Butyourreadingmustbeactive.Itmeansthatyoumustthinkaboutthemeaningofthesentences,themeaningoftheunfamiliarwords,etc.
Thereisnoneedforyoutopaymuchattentiontogrammar---ortrytounderstandalltheunfamiliarwordsyoucomeacross,butthefactyouseethemforthefirsttimeandrecognizethemwheneveryouseethem,forexampleinotherpassagesorbooks,isenough.Itwouldbebettertoprepareyourselfanotebooksoyoucanwritedowntheimportantwordsorsentencesinit.
Asforlistening,therearetwochoices:
besidesreading,youcanlisteneverydayforabout30minutes.Youcanonlypayattentiontoyourreadingandbecomeskillfulatyourreading,thenyoucancatchuponyourlistening.Sinceyouhavelotsofinputsinyourmind,youcaneasilyguesswhatthespeakerisgoingtosay.Thisnevermeansthatyoushouldnotpracticelistening.
Forlisteningyoucanlistentocartoonsorsomemoviesthatarespeciallymadeforchildren.Theirlanguagesareeasy.Orifyouaregoodatlistening,youcanlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday.Againthethingtorememberisbeingactiveinlisteningandpreferablytakingsomenotes.
Ifyoufollowthesepiecesofadvice,yourspeakingandwritingwillimproveautomatically,andyoucanbesurethatwithalittleefforttheywillbecomeperfect.
32.Accordingtotheauthor,whichshouldyouimprovefirstamongthefourskills?
_______
A.ReadingandlisteningB.Readingandwriting
C.WritingandspeakingD.Speakingandlistening
33.Toimproveyourreading,whenyoureadyoushould____.
A.lookupallthenewwordsinthedictionary.
B.thinkaboutwhatyouarereadingactively
C.spendmoretimestudyinggrammar
D.copyasmanywordsandsentencesaspossible
34.Theunderlinedwords“comeacross”inparagraph3probablybereplacedby_____.
A.meetbyaccidentB.discoverC.findonpurposeD.lookfor
35.Theauthorseemstoagreewiththeviewthat_____.
A.everyoneshouldlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday
B.youneedn’tpracticelisteningifyoukeepinreadingeveryday
C.beinggoodatreadingishelpfulinimprovingyourlistening
D.youshouldtakenotesofwhateveryouarehearing
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有两项为多余选项。
E
SpeakingEnglishisnotonlyaboutusingpropergrammar.TouseEnglisheffectively,youneedtounderstandthecultureinwhichitisspoken.HereareanumberofimportanttipstorememberwhenspeakingEnglishintheUnitedStates.
ConversationTips
Talkaboutlocation.36Whenspeakingtostrangers,askthemwheretheyarefromandthenmakeaconnectionwiththatplace.Forexample:
“Oh,IhaveafriendwhostudiedinLosAngeles.Hesaysit’sabeautifulplacetolivein.”MostAmericanswillthenwillinglytalkabouttheirexperienceslivingorvisitingthatparticularcityorarea.
Talkaboutwork.37It’snotconsideredimpoliteandisapopulartopicofdiscussionbetweenstrangers.
Talkaboutsports.Americanslovesports!
38Whenspeakingaboutfootball,mostAmericansunderstand“AmericanFootball”,notsoccer.
39
ManyAmericanspreferfirstnames.Americansoftenpreferusingfirstnames,evenwhendealingwithpeopleinverydifferentpositions.Americanswillgenerallysay,“CallmeTom.”andthenexpectyoutoremainonafirstna