1、研究表明,动起来有益于语言学习,也就是说大脑和肢体的结合有助于语言技能的提高。1Why does the author refer to Morsella and Krauss?ATo measure their achievement.BTo prove Jones opinion right.CTo introduce the theme of the passage.DTo present a commonlyheld idea.解析:选B推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“English learners can improve their language skills through
2、movement”以及第三段中的“a study by Morsella and Krauss, suggests that your body might help your brain to find memories . and use the correct words.”可知,Morsella和Krauss的观点是肢体可能有助于人们找寻记忆,记起并准确地使用单词,与文章首段中Tamara Jones的观点是一致的。因此作者提到这两个人是为了证明Tamara Jones的观点是正确的。故选B项。2How can physical movements affect ones learni
3、ng?ABy shortening the repeating process.BBy motivating the brain to remember things.CBy helping one to study in a relaxed state.DBy enabling one to use advanced words.根据文章第三段中的“movements we make with our body, such as hand gestures, may help us to remember and use the correct words”并结合最后一段的内容可知,肢体运动
4、有助于刺激大脑进行记忆,由此可知选项B正确。3Which statement may Tamara Jones agree with?AKnowledge starts with practice.BThe body can control the brain deeply.CMovements help the brain work better.DLanguage learners must be more active.选C细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的内容,尤其是“Beyond helping the brain to find memories, movements also aid
5、 in learning”可知,Tamara Jones的观点应是身体运动能帮助大脑更好地工作,有助于提高英语学习者的语言技能。因此选项C正确。4What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph mean?APracticing English on your own.BSpeaking the word again and again.CGrasping an effective learning strategy.DRepeating words while moving your body.选D代词指代题。根据最后一段中
6、的“to repeat and repeat and repeat the word as we are doing the physical movement, and this also helps us remember the word”可知,this指代的应是最后一个and前的内容,即当我们在做身体运动时不断地重复单词。故选D项。BSequoyah was born in the 1770s and grew up in the Cherokee village of Tuskeegee, Tennessee. He was skilled at working with silve
7、r jewelry. One day Sequoyah was advised to put his name on the silver jewelry he made. However, he could not write his name because Cherokee was only a spoken language. Sequoyah decided to learn how to write his name, so he asked one of his customers to teach him, who knew English very well. From th
8、at time on, Sequoyah signed his work in English.Then Sequoyah realized that a written language was necessary for his people. In 1809, he started by making small drawings, and then he experimented with creating a letter for each sound in the Cherokee language. First, Sequoyah picked out all the sound
9、s in the Cherokee language. Then he gave each sound a symbol. Unlike English, however, no two sounds shared the same symbol.Sequoyahs work was difficult and took him a lot of time. Worse, those around Sequoyah didnt understand what he was doing with all those strange symbols. Some raised doubts abou
10、t his work. However, Sequoyah didnt stop working. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his alphabet (字母表). Each symbol in the alphabet symbolized one of the eightyfive sounds in the Cherokee language. By saying the name of each symbol, a person could read the spoken word.Sequoyah taught the symbols to his si
11、xyearold daughter, Ayoka. One day, they went to visit the elders of the Cherokee Nation. Seqouyah asked Ayoka to leave while he wrote down what the elders said. When Ayoka returned, she read out loud what Sequoyah had written. The elders were stunned. Ayoka was able to repeat their words without bei
12、ng present! Sequoyahs alphabet was soon accepted as the written language of the Cherokee Nation.本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了切罗基语文字的由来。5Sequoyah learned to sign his work _.Aso that he would become famousBwith the help of one of his customersCwhen he moved to a Cherokee villageDin order to save the Cherokee languag
13、e选B细节理解题。由第一段中的“he asked one of his customers to teach him”可知,B项正确。6What can we learn about Sequoyahs alphabet?AIt is made up of eightyfive letters.BIt uses at least two letters to symbolize a sound.CIt was created in the early eighteenth century.DIt was the same as the English alphabet at first.选A细
14、节理解题。由第二段中的“he started . creating a letter for each sound”和第三段中的“the eightyfive sounds in the Cherokee language”可知,他发明的字母表中共有85个字母,故选A项。7The underlined word “stunned” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Aworried BthankfulCregretful Dsurprised选D词义猜测题。由该词后面的“Ayoka was able to repeat their words wi
15、thout being present!”可知,那些长者感到非常惊讶,故选D项。8What would be the best title for the text?AThe Cherokee Nation BA popular languageCA gift beyond price DFine silver jewelry选C标题归纳题。文章主要讲述了Sequoyah是如何为切罗基族人的口头语言设计出一套实用的书写文字,这是一份无法用价钱来衡量的礼物,故C项作标题最佳。CDuring an airport delay the man to the left, a Korean perhap
16、s, starts talking to the man opposite, who might be Colombian, and soon they are chatting away in what seems to be English. But the native English speaker sitting between them cannot understand what they are saying.The Korean and the Colombian are actually speaking Globish, the latest addition to th
17、e 6,800 languages that are said to be spoken across the world. Not that its inventor, JeanPaul Nerrire, considers it a proper language.“It is not a language; it is a tool,” he says. “A language is the vehicle of a culture. Globish doesnt want to be that at all.” It is a means of simplifying the Engl
18、ish language and giving it rules so it can be understood by all.Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words, short sentences, basic grammar rules, and many hand gestures to get the point across. The word list goes from “able” to “zero”. “Niece and nephew are not included, but you can replac
19、e them with the children of my brother,” Nerrire says.The seeds for Globish came about in the 1980s when Nerrire was working for IBM in Paris with colleagues of about 40 nationalities. At a meeting where they were to be addressed (演讲) by two Americans whose flight had been delayed, they started talk
20、ing in their lowquality English. Then the Americans arrived and beyond their opening phrases, “Call me Jim,” “Call me Bill,” no one understood a word. And Jim and Bill, needless to say, did not understand the audiences English.“My colleagues all, like me, spoke lowquality English. One might have a v
21、ocabulary of 2,000 words, another of 1,200 and not the same words. One of the things of interest in Globish is that with 1,500 words you can express everything. People all over the world will speak with the same limited vocabulary,” says Nerrire.Nerrire believes that with 182 hours learning the stud
22、ent should be able to communicate in Globish. It is not a pretty language full of redundancies (多余;累赘) but Nerrire repeats that it is nothing but a tool. “It is not the language of great writers such as Shakespeare, Faulkner or Virginia Woolf,” he explains.本文是说明文。文章介绍了一种只有1 500个单词的国际辅助语全球语。9The nati
23、ve English speaker mentioned in the first paragraph _.Aknows the Colombian Bcant speak GlobishCdoesnt like chatting Dcan speak Korean根据第一段的“But the native English speaker sitting between them cannot understand what they are saying.”可知,这个以英语为母语的人不懂全球语。10According to Nerrire, Globish is _.Aa proper la
24、nguageBthe vehicle of a cultureCa means of communicationDthe rule of the English language根据第三段的“It is not a language; it is a tool”和“It is a means . so it can be understood by all.”可知,Nerrire认为全球语只是一种交流的工具。故选C项。11Which of the following words can be used to describe the meeting in the 1980s?AInterest
25、ing. BAmazing.CUnimportant. DUnsuccessful.选D推理判断题。根据第五段可知,Nerrire和他的同事们听不懂两个美国人的演讲,美国人也听不懂观众的英语,由此可见这次会议很不成功。12What can we learn about Globish?AIt creates many new words.BIt is very difficult to learn.CIt doesnt require grammar rules.DIt contains a list of 1,500 words.选D细节理解题。根据第四段的“Globish involves
26、 a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words”可知,D项正确。DThere are around 6,000 living languages in the world and at least half of these are in danger. In every part of the world, languages are disappearing. In fact, one scientist has said that languages are in more danger of extinction than birds or mammals. Professor Steve Sutherland of the University of East Anglia says
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