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学年高中英语Unit5Launchingyourcareer单元综合测评新人教版选修11
Unit5Launchingyourcareer
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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
WhenIfirstmovedtotheUS,itwasveryhardformetounderstandafriendlychatorconversation.Therewerealotofwordsthatwerequiteunfamiliartome.Theywerejustcommonwords,buttheonlydifferencewastheactualmeaningandtheirusage.WeareusedtodifferentsetsofwordsinotherpartsoftheworldduetoBritishEnglishinfluence.Thoughthishasbeenchangingalotinrecenttimes,IwouldliketosharewithyousomeofthecommonwordsusedhereandwhatIfeltweredifferent.IttookmeawhiletocatchupverybasicwordsthatAmericansuseindaytodayconversationsandIamstilllearningnewwordseveryday!
UsuallyinIndia,wesay,“CanIgetmystuffinaplasticcover?
”HereintheUS,peoplesay,“CanIgetabagforthestuff?
”
WeareusedtosayingIamanonvegetarian,butintheUS,peoplemightgetlost.Youhavetosay,“Ieatmeatorchicken.”Whenyougotoarestaurant,ifyouareavegetarian,youshouldsay,“NOMeatorChicken”;otherwise,youmayfindinterestingstuffasavegetarianinyourfood.
Americansconsiderassociationfootball(英式足球)tobeakids'sport.Peoplesaysoccerwhentheyrefertoactualfootball.InEuropeandotherpartsoftheworldwecallfootball,buthereintheUStheysayitsoccer.
Typicallyintherestaurantafteryouaredonewithameal,youaskforachecknotabillintheUSfromthewaiter.Nooneuses“lift”here;itis“elevator”.Anyshopiscalledstore.WeoftengetconfusedwhenAmericansuse“bike”.Itmeans“bicycle”.Ifyouwanttotakeabath,peoplesay,“Ineedtotakeashower.”
1.WhichofthefollowinggroupsofwordsismostlikelytobesaidbyanAmerican?
A.Waiter,getmystuffinaplasticcover,please.
B.Isthereanythingwrongwiththelift?
C.Wouldyouliketowatchthesoccermatchthisafternoon?
D.Itissogreattogotravellingacrossthecountryonabicycle!
【解析】 细节理解题。
根据第四段中的“InEuropeandotherpartsoftheworldwecallfootball,buthereintheUStheysayitsoccer.”可知C项正确,其余三项均可在文中找到错误的依据。
【答案】 C
2.WhenyougotoarestaurantintheUS,whichofthefollowingsentenceswillbeused?
A.Ifyoudon'teatmeat,youwillsay“Iamavegetarian.”
B.Ifyouareanonvegetarian,youwillsay“Ieatmeatorchicken.”
C.Ifyouaredonewithameal,youwillsay“CouldIhavethebill,please?
”
D.Ifyouwantinterestingstuffasavegetarianinyourfood,youwillsay“NoMeatorChicken.”
【解析】 细节理解题。
根据文章第三段可知A、D两项错误,B项正确;根据第五段第一句可知C项错误。
【答案】 B
3.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.
A.justcommonwordsareusedindaytoday
conversations
B.EnglishspokeninIndiaismostlyinfluencedby
BritishEnglish
C.BritishEnglishisdifferentfromAmerican
Englishinallwords
D.EnglishinEuropeancountriesismostly
influencedbyAmericanEnglish
【解析】 推理判断题。
根据第一段的“WeareusedtodifferentsetsofwordsinotherpartsoftheworldduetoBritishEnglishinfluence.”以及第二段中的“UsuallyinIndia,wesay...”可以推断出印度人说的英语主要是受英式英语的影响。
【答案】 B
4.What'stheauthor'spurposeofwritingthispassage?
A.Tosharesomeofhisfunnyexperiences.
D.TointroducesomedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.
【解析】 写作意图题。
纵观全文,作者讲述自身的经历,目的是为了向我们介绍英式英语和美式英语之间的一些差异。
故选D。
【答案】 D
B
Sometimespeopleaddtowhattheysayevenwhentheydon'ttalk.Gesturesarethe“silentlanguage”ofeveryculture.Wepointafingerormoveanotherpartofthebodytoshowwhatwewanttosay.Itisimportanttoknowthebodylanguageofeverycountryorwemaybemisunderstood.
IntheUnitedStates,peoplegreeteachotherwithahandshakeinaformalintroduction.Thehandshakemustbefirm.Ifthehandshakeisweak,itisasignofweaknessorunfriendliness.Friendsmayplaceahandontheother'sarmorshoulder.Somepeople,usuallywomen,greetafriendwithahug.
SpaceisimportanttoAmericans.Whentwopeopletalktoeachother,theyusuallystandabouttwoandahalffeetawayandatanangle,sotheyarenotfacingeachotherdirectly.Americansgetuncomfortablewhenapersonstandstooclose.Theywillmovebacktohavetheirspace.IfAmericanstouchanotherpersonbyaccident,theysay,“Pardonme.”or“Excuseme.”
Americansliketolookattheotherpersonintheeyeswhentheyaretalking.Ifyoudon'tdoso,itmeansyouarebored,hidingsomething,orarenotinterested.Butwhenyoustareatsomeone,itisnotpolite.
ForAmericans,thumbsupmeansyes,verygood,orwelldone.Thumbsdownmeanstheopposite.Tocallawaiter,raiseonehandtoheadlevelorabove.Toshowyouwantthecheck,makeamovementwithyourhandsasifyouaresingingapieceofpaper.Itisallrighttopointatthingsbutnotatpeoplewiththehandandindexfinger(食指).Americansshaketheirindexfingeratchildrenwhentheyscoldthemandpatthemontheheadwhentheyadmirethem.
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