期末复习备考-新版外研必修一unit2 exploring english复习检测卷（含答案）
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Unit2 Exploring English复习检测卷
时间：100分钟 满分：120分
选择题部分
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
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
Introduction：Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.
General Points to RememberMost Americans only speak English. While it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish, most Americans only speak English. Don't expect them to understand your native language.Americans have difficulty understanding foreign accents (口音). Many Americans are not used to foreign accents. This requires patience from both of you！ Public BehaviorAlways shake hands.Look your partner in the eye.Don't hold hands: Same sex friends do not usually hold hands or put their arms around each other in public in the United States.Smoking is out! Smoking, even in public places, is strongly disagreed by most modern Americans.
Addressing People Use last names with people you do not know.Always use “Ms” when addressing women. Many Americans prefer first names. Americans prefer informal greetings and using first names or nicknames when speaking with friends and workmates. Conversation TipsTalk about work. Americans commonly ask “What do you do？” It is a popular topic of discussion between strangers.Talk about sports: Americans love sports! However, they love American sports.Speak about location.
1．What is necessary to know when we speak English besides using grammar
A．The culture. B．Introduction.
C．Body language. D．Topics.
2．If you are introduced to a woman called Pearl S. Buck, how should you address her usually
A．Madam Buck. B．Ms Buck.
C．Mrs Pearl. D．Miss Pearl S．.
3．What can we learn from the table
A．Smoking is allowed in the modern United States.
B．Americans shake hands when greeting same sex friends.
C．Different sex friends should hold hands when they meet for the first time.
D．When you speak to others, it's polite to look into their eyes.
4．What would be the best title for the text
A．American English Tips
B．American Customs
C．Language Differences
D．The Different Language Culture
B
Many people have tried to simplify (简化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. For example, there is “light” but “white”， “loan” but “phone”， and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing “ough”： “though”， “through”， “bough”， “cough”， “enough”， “ought” and “thorough”.
The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906, Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board. He was one of the richest men in the United States of America. The board's plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word “though” would be spelt “tho” and “through” would become “thru”. Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt, who thought that it was indeed logical. He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters.
But people didn't like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either. Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.
Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However, people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “through”.
5．What was Theodore Roosevelt's attitude towards simplified spelling
A．Worried. B．Supportive.
C．Uncertain. D．Doubtful.
6．According to the passage, simplified spelling ________.
A．was welcomed by the US politicians
B．changed the way the words sound
C．has been used widely for over a century
D．was first used in US government letters
7．Roosevelt's plan to simplify English spelling ________.
A．failed in the end
B．proved quite successful
C．won wide support
D．influenced English greatly
C
Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what the first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.
Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step, you were able to make the right sound for one thing.
On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.
After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words mean doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learnt to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.
8．When you were a little baby, you ________.
A．came to understand the secret of language
B．spent most of your time playing with your parents
C．could not hear any sound around you
D．spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying
9．The secret of language is that ________.
A．one sound might be as good as another
B．people can understand each other
C．a certain sound is for a certain thing
D．there is a special sound for each person
10．The aim of using language is ________.
A．to get everything one wants from others
B．to say what one wants to know
C．to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another
D．to show one is as good as another
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
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。
English has been called one of the most difficult languages for non native speakers to learn. One reason is that English has so many rules. 1 Sometimes, this leaves learners confused. For example, the order of words in a sentence can be tricky.
2 The pronunciation of English words cannot always be judged by their spelling. For example, there are at least six ways to pronounce the group of letters spelled o—u—g—h. And, maybe the worst thing of all is that there are many idioms, or expressions, in English. 3
So, it is comforting to know that learning root words can help a non native speaker use English. 4 Root words can help you to break down large, new words into smaller units to discover their meanings.
Learning just one root word can help you understand several words in English. 5 Then where can a root be found A root can be any part of a word that carries meaning: the beginning, middle or end. Prefixes, bases, and suffixes are types of roots. The prefix appears at the beginning of a word, the base in the middle and the suffix at the end.
A．A root word is the most basic form of a word.
B．The English have always been fond of all kinds of rules.
C．You could say we use idioms like they're going out of style.
D．And there are almost as many exceptions (例外) of those rules!
E．Most English root words came from the Greek and Latin languages.
F．Another reason why English is hard to learn is the pronunciation of its words.
G．So, by learning 20 or 30 root words, you can increase your vocabulary to hundreds of more new words.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
How do young people learn best This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often 1 that traditional teaching 2 are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language.
After moving to southern Italy, I was 3 to have had the chance to 4 a private course teaching English to children under 7. I 5 children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these 6 to help my students 7 English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online, 8 they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童谣) they once were 9 with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but 10 could still not have a basic 11 in English.
I wanted these guys to be 12 in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90% of my lessons in English. 13 ， I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they 14 speak outside our lessons. So I had to 15 a simple yet effective plan.
One day I decided to 16 a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱) 17 . I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English—it 18 ！
So when teaching English to young people now, I 19 them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember 20 or complex sentences.
1．A.suggest B．know
C．find D．guess
2．A.materials B．processes
C．attitudes D．methods
3．A.anxious B．lucky
C．surprised D．puzzled
4．A.get B．offer
C．meet D．run
5．A.considered B．realized
C．proved D．insisted
6．A.activities B．tools
C．skills D．lessons
7．A.develop B．practice
C．support D．increase
8．A.that B．when
C．where D．which
9．A.popular B．familiar
C．similar D．particular
10．A.students B．teachers
C．writers D．readers
11．A.conversation B．performance
C．application D．contact
12．A.experienced B．interested
C．concerned D．caught
13．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．However D．Though
14．A.fairly B．eagerly
C．nearly D．seldom
15．A.come up with B．put up with
C．keep up with D．catch up with
16．A.prepare B．manage
C．connect D．bring
17．A.that B．it
C．one D．them
18．A.mattered B．valued
C．worked D．wondered
19．A.persuade B．encourage
C．remind D．command
20．A.expressions B．conversations
C．courses D．measures
非选择题部分
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Voyages of people from England play an important part in 1 (spread) the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as 2 official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries, all of 3 are based on British English. The Englishes spoken in these countries can 4 (understand) well by native English speakers. But actually, these Englishes have been changing gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary. Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences 5 (tell) which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss 6 (fluent) commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment 7 elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”， instead 8 requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”， you can recognize 9 (he) American identity while the latter 10 (suggest) that he is British.
1． 2. 3. 4.
5． 6. 7. 8.
9． 10.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作（15分）
假设你是红星中学学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以“A Day with an Artist of Traditional Chinese Painting”为题，介绍上周在“国画之旅”活动中向国画艺术家学习国画的过程。
注意：词数80左右。
参考词汇：国画traditional Chinese painting；荷花lotus
第二节 概要写作（25分）
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
How can you start a conversation with an English person The answer is quite simple. Many people will tell you that any English conversation begins with “the weather”. Such a fixation (固定) with the weather finds expression in Dr Johnsons famous comment that “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons finding is almost the same as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators (评论员) fail to come up with a convincing (令人信服的) explanation for this English weather speak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not exciting at all, the obsession (痴迷) with it can hardly be understood. He argues that the most impressive thing about the English weather to an outsider is that there is not very much of it. Simply the reason is that it doesn't matter to talk about weather because it is so changeable and unpredictable.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive, Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather is not about the natural phenomena (H) at all. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, it is because the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain that it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman stand for common misunderstandings about the weather speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation has nothing to do with the weather. English weather speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome shyness and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather speak is a means of social bonding (关系，纽带)．
参考答案：
【阅读】
1-4ABDA 5-7BDA 8-10DCC
【七选五】
1-5DFCAG
【完型】
1-5CDBDB 6-10BADBA 11-15ABCDA 16-20ADCBA
【语法填空】
1.spreading 2.an 3.which 4.be understood
5．to tell 6.fluently 7.by 8.of 9.his 10.suggests
【写作】
【应用文】
A Day with an Artist of
Traditional Chinese Painting
Last Friday, our class invited a well known artist to teach us how to draw a lotus using Chinese brushpainting techniques.
As soon as the artist came into the classroom, he was given a warm welcome, which made him so happy. All of us wore smiles. First, he showed us some skills of drawing a lotus. We watched carefully around him. Then instructed by him, each of us made an attempt to do it by ourselves. Finally, because of my excellent performance, I was awarded “Outstanding Young Artist”. Looking at the award, I felt very excited.
Through this experience, we are all amazed at Chinese painting and proud of being Chinese. We hope we can have more activities of this kind in the future!
【概要写作】
As is widely known, any English conversation starts with “the weather”， but few commentators can convincingly explain the reasons for it. (要点1) Bill Bryson holds that the obsession with the English weather isn't understandable as there is nothing serious about it. (要点2) Jeremy Paxman, however, argues that its attraction just lies in its uncertainty. (要点3) In fact, English weather speak is not about the weather itself but serves as a way to keep social connection. (要点4)
时间：100分钟 满分：120分
选择题部分
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
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
Introduction：Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.
General Points to RememberMost Americans only speak English. While it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish, most Americans only speak English. Don't expect them to understand your native language.Americans have difficulty understanding foreign accents (口音). Many Americans are not used to foreign accents. This requires patience from both of you！ Public BehaviorAlways shake hands.Look your partner in the eye.Don't hold hands: Same sex friends do not usually hold hands or put their arms around each other in public in the United States.Smoking is out! Smoking, even in public places, is strongly disagreed by most modern Americans.
Addressing People Use last names with people you do not know.Always use “Ms” when addressing women. Many Americans prefer first names. Americans prefer informal greetings and using first names or nicknames when speaking with friends and workmates. Conversation TipsTalk about work. Americans commonly ask “What do you do？” It is a popular topic of discussion between strangers.Talk about sports: Americans love sports! However, they love American sports.Speak about location.
1．What is necessary to know when we speak English besides using grammar
A．The culture. B．Introduction.
C．Body language. D．Topics.
2．If you are introduced to a woman called Pearl S. Buck, how should you address her usually
A．Madam Buck. B．Ms Buck.
C．Mrs Pearl. D．Miss Pearl S．.
3．What can we learn from the table
A．Smoking is allowed in the modern United States.
B．Americans shake hands when greeting same sex friends.
C．Different sex friends should hold hands when they meet for the first time.
D．When you speak to others, it's polite to look into their eyes.
4．What would be the best title for the text
A．American English Tips
B．American Customs
C．Language Differences
D．The Different Language Culture
B
Many people have tried to simplify (简化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. For example, there is “light” but “white”， “loan” but “phone”， and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing “ough”： “though”， “through”， “bough”， “cough”， “enough”， “ought” and “thorough”.
The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906, Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board. He was one of the richest men in the United States of America. The board's plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word “though” would be spelt “tho” and “through” would become “thru”. Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt, who thought that it was indeed logical. He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters.
But people didn't like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either. Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.
Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However, people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “through”.
5．What was Theodore Roosevelt's attitude towards simplified spelling
A．Worried. B．Supportive.
C．Uncertain. D．Doubtful.
6．According to the passage, simplified spelling ________.
A．was welcomed by the US politicians
B．changed the way the words sound
C．has been used widely for over a century
D．was first used in US government letters
7．Roosevelt's plan to simplify English spelling ________.
A．failed in the end
B．proved quite successful
C．won wide support
D．influenced English greatly
C
Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what the first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.
Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step, you were able to make the right sound for one thing.
On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.
After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words mean doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learnt to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.
8．When you were a little baby, you ________.
A．came to understand the secret of language
B．spent most of your time playing with your parents
C．could not hear any sound around you
D．spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying
9．The secret of language is that ________.
A．one sound might be as good as another
B．people can understand each other
C．a certain sound is for a certain thing
D．there is a special sound for each person
10．The aim of using language is ________.
A．to get everything one wants from others
B．to say what one wants to know
C．to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another
D．to show one is as good as another
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
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。
English has been called one of the most difficult languages for non native speakers to learn. One reason is that English has so many rules. 1 Sometimes, this leaves learners confused. For example, the order of words in a sentence can be tricky.
2 The pronunciation of English words cannot always be judged by their spelling. For example, there are at least six ways to pronounce the group of letters spelled o—u—g—h. And, maybe the worst thing of all is that there are many idioms, or expressions, in English. 3
So, it is comforting to know that learning root words can help a non native speaker use English. 4 Root words can help you to break down large, new words into smaller units to discover their meanings.
Learning just one root word can help you understand several words in English. 5 Then where can a root be found A root can be any part of a word that carries meaning: the beginning, middle or end. Prefixes, bases, and suffixes are types of roots. The prefix appears at the beginning of a word, the base in the middle and the suffix at the end.
A．A root word is the most basic form of a word.
B．The English have always been fond of all kinds of rules.
C．You could say we use idioms like they're going out of style.
D．And there are almost as many exceptions (例外) of those rules!
E．Most English root words came from the Greek and Latin languages.
F．Another reason why English is hard to learn is the pronunciation of its words.
G．So, by learning 20 or 30 root words, you can increase your vocabulary to hundreds of more new words.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
How do young people learn best This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often 1 that traditional teaching 2 are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language.
After moving to southern Italy, I was 3 to have had the chance to 4 a private course teaching English to children under 7. I 5 children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these 6 to help my students 7 English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online, 8 they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童谣) they once were 9 with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but 10 could still not have a basic 11 in English.
I wanted these guys to be 12 in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90% of my lessons in English. 13 ， I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they 14 speak outside our lessons. So I had to 15 a simple yet effective plan.
One day I decided to 16 a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱) 17 . I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English—it 18 ！
So when teaching English to young people now, I 19 them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember 20 or complex sentences.
1．A.suggest B．know
C．find D．guess
2．A.materials B．processes
C．attitudes D．methods
3．A.anxious B．lucky
C．surprised D．puzzled
4．A.get B．offer
C．meet D．run
5．A.considered B．realized
C．proved D．insisted
6．A.activities B．tools
C．skills D．lessons
7．A.develop B．practice
C．support D．increase
8．A.that B．when
C．where D．which
9．A.popular B．familiar
C．similar D．particular
10．A.students B．teachers
C．writers D．readers
11．A.conversation B．performance
C．application D．contact
12．A.experienced B．interested
C．concerned D．caught
13．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．However D．Though
14．A.fairly B．eagerly
C．nearly D．seldom
15．A.come up with B．put up with
C．keep up with D．catch up with
16．A.prepare B．manage
C．connect D．bring
17．A.that B．it
C．one D．them
18．A.mattered B．valued
C．worked D．wondered
19．A.persuade B．encourage
C．remind D．command
20．A.expressions B．conversations
C．courses D．measures
非选择题部分
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Voyages of people from England play an important part in 1 (spread) the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as 2 official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries, all of 3 are based on British English. The Englishes spoken in these countries can 4 (understand) well by native English speakers. But actually, these Englishes have been changing gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary. Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences 5 (tell) which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss 6 (fluent) commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment 7 elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”， instead 8 requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”， you can recognize 9 (he) American identity while the latter 10 (suggest) that he is British.
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第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作（15分）
假设你是红星中学学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以“A Day with an Artist of Traditional Chinese Painting”为题，介绍上周在“国画之旅”活动中向国画艺术家学习国画的过程。
注意：词数80左右。
参考词汇：国画traditional Chinese painting；荷花lotus
第二节 概要写作（25分）
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
How can you start a conversation with an English person The answer is quite simple. Many people will tell you that any English conversation begins with “the weather”. Such a fixation (固定) with the weather finds expression in Dr Johnsons famous comment that “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons finding is almost the same as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators (评论员) fail to come up with a convincing (令人信服的) explanation for this English weather speak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not exciting at all, the obsession (痴迷) with it can hardly be understood. He argues that the most impressive thing about the English weather to an outsider is that there is not very much of it. Simply the reason is that it doesn't matter to talk about weather because it is so changeable and unpredictable.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive, Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather is not about the natural phenomena (H) at all. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, it is because the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain that it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman stand for common misunderstandings about the weather speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation has nothing to do with the weather. English weather speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome shyness and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather speak is a means of social bonding (关系，纽带)．
参考答案：
【阅读】
1-4ABDA 5-7BDA 8-10DCC
【七选五】
1-5DFCAG
【完型】
1-5CDBDB 6-10BADBA 11-15ABCDA 16-20ADCBA
【语法填空】
1.spreading 2.an 3.which 4.be understood
5．to tell 6.fluently 7.by 8.of 9.his 10.suggests
【写作】
【应用文】
A Day with an Artist of
Traditional Chinese Painting
Last Friday, our class invited a well known artist to teach us how to draw a lotus using Chinese brushpainting techniques.
As soon as the artist came into the classroom, he was given a warm welcome, which made him so happy. All of us wore smiles. First, he showed us some skills of drawing a lotus. We watched carefully around him. Then instructed by him, each of us made an attempt to do it by ourselves. Finally, because of my excellent performance, I was awarded “Outstanding Young Artist”. Looking at the award, I felt very excited.
Through this experience, we are all amazed at Chinese painting and proud of being Chinese. We hope we can have more activities of this kind in the future!
【概要写作】
As is widely known, any English conversation starts with “the weather”， but few commentators can convincingly explain the reasons for it. (要点1) Bill Bryson holds that the obsession with the English weather isn't understandable as there is nothing serious about it. (要点2) Jeremy Paxman, however, argues that its attraction just lies in its uncertainty. (要点3) In fact, English weather speak is not about the weather itself but serves as a way to keep social connection. (要点4)