第二课时
Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成句子
1.It is a great surprise that almost one q of the students in this school have met so many problems.
2.The temperature was far below z . It was very difficult to start the car.
3.Electricity is a t of energy that is useful in our daily lives.
4.With the development of electronic (工业), e-waste pollution has become a problem.
5.[2019·新疆] This activity showed us the (重要性) of protecting our environment.
Ⅱ.用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空
be used by, together with, between…and…,
a quarter of, more and more, even though, be used for, at least
6.The girl became beautiful.
7.He has been there twice.
8. you do not like it, you must do it.
9.What is the difference this picture that one
10.More than the people in the survey said that they would like to go to Sanya for vacation.
11.He sent me the book, a letter.
12.Tents campers and soldiers in the field.
13.The woolen sweater keeping warm.
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子
14.他撒谎的原因是怕受到惩罚。
The he told a lie is he was afraid of being punished.
15.“多么棒的建筑物啊!它是用来做什么的 ”
“它被用作旅馆。”
—How wonderful the building is! What is it
—It is a hotel.
16.[2019·兰州] 当我长大后,我想成为一名工程师。
I want to be an engineer when I .
17.我丢了这本书很难过,这本书我是从图书馆借的。
I’m very sorry that I have lost the book. I it the library.
18.英语是联合国的工作语言之一。
English is one of the in the United Nations.
Ⅳ.完形填空
Languages are always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we wouldn’t have words to 19 telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Languages change for several 20 . First, they change because the needs of their speakers change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them 21 . Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different kinds of words and expressions, 22 they have different ages, jobs, education levels and so on.
How do languages develop then In the first place, many of the language changes begin with young people. When young people 23 others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are 24 the old people’s. Some have a short lifetime but 25 can influence the language for long. What’s more, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages. We create them 26 making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that 27 over time is considered to be dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is 28 .
( )19.A.invent B.produce
C.describe D.carry
( )20.A.purposes B.reasons
C.advantages D.habits
( )21.A.quickly B.nearly C.actually D.clearly
( )22.A.because B.so
C.and D.or
( )23.A.discuss with B.communicate with
C.pay for D.suffer from
( )24.A.the same as B.proud of
C.different from D.famous as
( )25.A.no one B.the other
C.another D.others
( )26.A.by B.with
C.in D.for
( )27.A.change B.don’t change
C.record D.don’t break
( )28.A.alive B.lucky
C.successful D.friendly
Ⅴ.[2020·大庆改编] 阅读理解
Chinese has a long history. It has shaped other languages in Asia the way Latin has shaped languages in the West. With this history, will Chinese have a surprising future
Over one billion people speak Chinese in the world—far more than any other language. It is the language of the country which is soon to have the world’s largest economy(经济). Chinese people are found studying and doing business all over the world.
In fact, Chinese is definitely going to be a world language. Why is this certain We must look at the economic and political power(政治影响力) of China, which is increasing every day. In the past, world languages have always been the languages of countries with powerful economics. Latin, French and English were important because of the power of the countries that spoke those languages.
Foreign interest in Chinese has developed very quickly together with the development of the Chinese economy. Chinese has become one of the most important and popular languages to learn.
As China develops, more and more people will want to learn about Chinese language and culture, to work and study in China, and to do business with Chinese companies. Chinese will one day become an international language.
( )29.What’s probably the meaning of the underlined word “definitely” in the third paragraph
A.Always. B.Certainly.
C.Never. D.Possibly.
( )30.What is the relationship between language and the economy
A.The more important language is, the stronger the economy is.
B.The stronger the economy is, the less important language is.
C.The weaker the economy is, the more important language is.
D.The stronger the economy is, the more important language is.
( )31.Why is Chinese more widely used
A.Because more and more Chinese go abroad.
B.Because people across the world travel to China.
C.Because many universities in China are world-famous.
D.Because more foreigners are becoming interested in Chinese.
( )32.What might the writer think of the future of Chinese
A.Hopeful. B.Unclear. C.Dark. D.Doubtful.
Ⅵ.语法填空
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Today, 33. English becomes more and more important, many Chinese people want 34. (improve) their English in different ways. Recently, 24 young singers from all over China entered a competition by 35. (sing) popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on the stage. 36. some of them took part in the competition for the first time, they were able to sing English songs as well as native 37.
(speak).
The winner of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an and the winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both of them thought that they were not 38. (good) than the others. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said that studying English helped her 39. (win) the prize and she would study harder.
This kind of competition encourages people 40. (speak) English more, and many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it’s a good idea 41.
(have) fun with English.
Apart from singing English songs, there are many other different ways to learn English.
42. you work hard enough, you will achieve your goal!
Ⅰ.1.quarter 2.zero 3.type 4.industry 5.importance
Ⅱ.6.more and more 7.at least 8.Even though 9.between; and
10.a quarter of 11.together with 12.are used by 13.is used for
Ⅲ.14.reason why; that 15.used for; used as 16.grow up 17.borrowed; from
18.working languages
Ⅳ.19.C
20.B
21.D 22.A
23.B
24.C
25.D
26.A
27.B
28.A
29.B
30.D
31.D
32.A
Ⅵ.33.as 34.to improve 35.singing 36.Although/Though 37.speakers 38.better
39.(to) win 40.to speak 41.to have 42.If