Unit 2 Let’s talk teens
Period Ⅱ Grammar and usage & Integrated skills
拓展阅读训练
一、阅读理解
There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.
When my friend Lily from London used the word “larder”, I didn’t know what it meant. Realizing I didn’t follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.
The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.
Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.
Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store(食品杂货店)recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn’t follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.
In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.
1. When Lily used the word “larder”, she was probably looking for a __________.
A. cup B. ladder
C. cupboard D. cooker
2. What does the underlined phrase “jotted down” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Wrote down. B. Left behind.
C. Looked for. D. Settled down.
3. According to the passage, Lily regretted sending her boys to watch a tennis game mainly because __________.
A. the game was boring
B. she wanted to spend time with her boys
C. she didn’t dress her boys in thick clothes
D. her boys got lost
4. What is the passage mainly about
A. The British way of using words.
B. Some new words the writer’s British friends taught her.
C. The reasons why Americans can’t follow the British at times.
D. Some words used differently in British English and American English.
二、七选五
Teenagers do not always agree with adults. 1 But in a programme in New York, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer vacation 200 teenagers and 50 adults are invited to join the programme. 2 Every group works for seven hours a day. They not only keep busy, but also find meaning and happiness in work. Some teenagers work in the forest or on the farm. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs. 3
There are a few free hours each day, and weekends are free, too. During the free hours, some of the teenagers learn to take photos or paint pictures. Some sit around and talk, sing or dance. All in all, each teenager has his own way to spend his free time. 4 In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, they will talk about it and ask: “What should we do about it ” One teenager talks about his experience. “You stop thinking only about yourself. 5 ”
A. You learn to think about the group.
B. They, at times, have their own opinions.
C. Teenagers and adults talk with each other.
D. The adults will teach them to make other things too.
E. Proper rules are necessary while people live together.
F. Some teenagers don’t know how to spend their free time.
G. They live together for two months as members of a work group.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. __________
三、完形填空
It was the start of another summer session(学年)at the university. I signed up for(报名)a psychology class. It was extremely difficult to 1 , as the class was very popular. Lots of students were put on a 2 list but I was lucky and succeeded on my first 3 .
I enrolled in this class not only because of the subject matter but also because of the 4 . I had heard wonderful things about her. She had 5 many books which had been translated(翻译)into many languages. It would be a(n) 6 to learn from her. And I also had a(n) 7 .
Today was the first day of class. The professor entered the 8 lecture hall and made her way to the front. She faced us, quieted us and 9 around. Could she see me She was my mother.
It was 10 seeing my mother giving a lecture. After all, we had just had breakfast together that morning and talked about the 11 mother/daughter things. Could I get past the 12 that the professor was my mother and 13 learn something
My mother first gave an overview of what we could 14 in the following eight weeks. Then she started the lecture. I listened and took notes and somewhere along the way my mother 15 a professor. She was so good a professor that I was completely 16 in the subject matter and forgot that my mother was the person lecturing.
That summer session passed quickly. Did the other students in the class ever learn my secret Well, yes they did. Did I 17 it No. But someone else did. On the last day of the session, the professor asked me to stand. She 18 me, telling the class that she was very proud of me.
My mother, who had so many important 19 in her life, was telling her students that the thing she was proudest of was me! Over the years I had heard her lecture many times but I have 20 been prouder as her daughter than 1 was that day when she introduced me to the class.
1. A. get across B. get into C. teach D. pass
2. A. writing B. reading C. mailing D. waiting
3. A. try B. class C. experience D. taste
4. A. interest B. grade C. professor D. guidance
5. A. bought B. wrote C. studied D. sold
6. A. honor B. comfort C. success D. action
7. A. story B. secret C. answer D. expression
8. A. crowded B. warm C. distant D. empty
9. A. smiled B. moved C. walked D. looked
10. A. enjoyable B. strange C. surprising D. wise
11. A. extra B. serious C. usual D. foolish
12. A. feeling B. fact C. pressure D. fault
13. A. nearly B. really C. properly D. fully
14. A. expect B. prepare C. suffer D. handle
15. A. got along with B. fitted in with C. turned into D. turned out
16. A. excited B. confused C. bored D. lost
17. A. keep B. tell C. learn D. agree
18. A. protected B. upset C. defended D. introduced
19. A. achievements B. moments C. lectures D. memories
20. A. once B. never C. ever D. often