Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding Ideas—2023-2024学年高一英语外研版(2019)必修第一册课时分层练
【夯实基础】
知识点1 形容词的用法
1. The newcomer was _____ (familiar) with our school, so I guided him around it.
2. Smoking after supper is more _____ (harm) to health.
知识点2固定搭配
3. The young teacher frankly said that she had trouble _____ (deal) with the naughty children.
4. The author is likely _____ (contact) the organization for more information.
知识点3 动名词的用法
5. For the past month he's been spending all his energy _______ (try) to find a job.
【提升能力】
6. As she stared at the watermelon she felt her _______ (喉咙) go dry.
7. Our best lessons are not learned through success, but through _______ (不幸) .
8. We were _______ (相当) surprised to see him with his ex-wife.
9. Why does the media present such a _______ (消极的) view of this splendid city
10. I was wondering whether you had any _______ (评论) about that.
【核心素养】
A
Charles Ⅴ (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, once said, "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse."
I first heard the Spanish language in 2017 while lining up to ride the London Eye. Two boys were murmuring (嘟囔) something in the sweetest language. I asked them what the language is, and they told me it was Spanish.
In the fall of the same year, I selected Spanish as a compulsory foreign language course throughout the next six years in my junior and senior high schools.
I had a burning desire and persistence to learn Spanish well. My interest and passion helped me succeed.
Spanish trills were quite difficult for me at the very beginning. I repeatedly tried to figure out where to place my tongue to pronounce perfect trills.
There is no easy short-term solution to master a foreign language. Spanish conjugations(动词变位) are much more complicated than English ones, so I practiced more. The cycle of learning, forgetting and memorizing continued.
Reaching milestones has always been important. I set up several goals for learning Spanish in 12 semesters. For example, I drew up a plan last winter to pass the DELE B2 test before graduating from my high school.
I usually split up my tasks into six sections—vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, writing and oral practices. I regularly read Spanish books, recited(背诵) words and phrases, and kept on doing grammar exercises. I did listening exercises every day while showering or bathing. I wrote emails or letters to my Spanish friends as practice and took all opportunities to talk with my Spanish teachers and people I met online to enhance my oral Spanish.
I believe that success only comes with practice, patience and persistence. There’s no end to learning!
1. Why did the author begin to learn Spanish
A. He was attracted by the beauty of Spanish.
B. His friends encouraged him to learn it.
C. It was a compulsory course at his school.
D. He admired Holy Roman Emperor Charles Ⅴ.
2. What was hard for him to learn at the beginning
A. Listening skills. B. Spanish vocabulary.
C. Spanish conjugation. D. Spanish trills.
3. What is the second-to-last paragraph mainly about
A. His short-term learning plans.
B. His goals for learning Spanish.
C. The ways he practiced Spanish.
D. The ways he prepared for the DELE B2 test.
4. Which of the following best describes the author
A. Creative and hardworking. B. Patient and modest.
C. Organized and determined. D. Outgoing and humorous.
B
"Long time no see." is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend's e-mail, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish(中国式英语).
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with wrong English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was very surprised and I thought her words were unbelievable. So I did a search on Google. To my surprise, there were over 60 thousand web pages containing "Long time no see." Though it is kind of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. Interestingly, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar has an error and needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan's movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood movie makers successfully created a worldwide famous Chinese detective(侦探) named "Charlie Chan" on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius(孔子). "Long time no see." was his symbol. Soon after Charlie Chan, "Long time no see." became a popular expression in America thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars compare America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of cultures are mixed in the pot together, and they change the colour and taste of each other. Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed pot.
You can have some examples from other countries such as pizza from Italian and sushi from Japanese. There is a long list! Since more and more Americans admire Chinese culture nowadays, I firmly believe that more Chinese words will become American English in the future. In this way, the melting pot keeps adding richness.
1. What did the writer himself feel surprised at
A. The Chinglish expression "Long time no see."
B. So many literal translations of the expressions used in America.
C. Knowing that "Long time no see." is used as a standard American English greeting.
D. Finding that Americans use the expression every day.
2. What do the underlined words "melting pot" in Paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Confucius's words. B. The culture mixture.
C. A kind of cooked dish. D. American changing cultures.
3. What can be inferred according to the passage
A. Detectives translated the phrase "Long time no see."
B. Cultures cannot be changed in the huge melting pot.
C. The huge melting pot greatly affects all kinds of languages.
D. Hollywood made "Long time no see." popular.
4. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Some Chinese expressions are introduced into English.
B. You'll not be surprised at the richness of American English.
C. Some American expressions can be used in China.
D. American English keeps being enriched by different cultures.
答案以及解析
【夯实基础】
1.答案:unfamiliar
解析:句意: 这个新来的人对我们学校不熟悉,所以我带他走了一遍。根据句意可知要填familiar的反义词,需加前缀un-变成unfamiliar(不熟悉的)。
2.答案:harmful
解析:句意: 晚饭后吸烟对健康更有害。此处要用形容词作表语,harm加后缀-ful变成形容词harmful。
3.答案:dealing
解析:句意:这个年轻老师坦率地说她应付这些淘气的孩子有困难。have trouble(in) doing sth.做某事有困难,in可以省略。故填dealing。
4.答案:to contact
解析:句意:为了获取更多的信息,这个作家很可能去联系这个组织。be likely to do sth.很可能做某事。
5.答案:trying
解析:句意:在过去的那个月里,他一直在投入全部精力努力去寻找一份工作。spend… (in) doing sth.表示"花费……做某事"
【提升能力】
6.答案:throat
解析:句意:她盯着西瓜看的时候,感觉自己的喉咙发干。throat 咽喉;喉咙。7.答案:misadventure
解析:句意:我们最好的教训不是得之于成功,而是来之于不幸。misadventure厄运;不幸遭遇。
8.答案:rather
解析:句意:我们看到他和前妻在一起,感到相当惊讶。rather相当,十分。
9.答案:negative
解析:句意:媒体为什么对这座光彩夺目的城市持如此悲观的看法 negative消极的。
10.答案:comments
解析:句意:我想知道您对此有何见解。comment 评论;见解。
【核心素养】
A
答案:1-4 ADCC
解析:1. 推理判断题。根据第二段"Two boys were murmuring (嘟囔) something in the sweetest language. I asked them what the language is, and they told me it was Spanish.(两个男孩用最甜美的语言嘟囔着什么。我问他们是什么语言,他们告诉我是西班牙语。)"可知,作者把西班牙语看作是最甜美的语言,由此可推断作者决定学习西班牙语是因为他被西班牙语的甜美所吸引。故选A。
2. 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句话"Spanish trills were quite difficult for me at the very beginning.(西班牙语的颤音一开始对我来说非常困难。)"可知,作者在一开始学习西班牙语时比较困难的是Spanish trills。故选D。
3. 主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段中的第一句话"I usually split up my tasks into six sections—vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, writing and oral practices.(我通常将我的任务分为六个部分—词汇,语法,阅读,听力,写作和口语练习。)"可知,这一段主要讲的是作者学习西班牙语的具体方法。故选C。
4. 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的"Reaching milestones has always been important. I set up several goals for learning Spanish in 12 semesters.(实现里程碑一直很重要。我设定了几个在12个学期学习西班牙语的目标。)"以及倒数第二段中的"I usually split up my tasks into six sections—vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, writing and oral practices.(我通常将我的任务分为六个部分—词汇,语法,阅读,听力,写作和口语练习。)"可推断作者是一个有组织性的人;再结合最后一段"I believe that success only comes with practice, patience and persistence.(我相信成功需要实践、耐心和毅力。)"可知作者是个有耐心有毅力的人。 故选C。
B
答案:1-4 CBDD
解析:1. 细节理解题。根据第二段中"my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was very surprised"可知,让作者感到惊讶的是得知"Long time no see."竟然是标准的美式英语问候语,故选C。
2. 词义猜测题。根据画线词后文"All kinds of cultures are mixed in the pot together"可知,在美国各种文化混合在一起,因此一些学者把美国比作一个巨大的熔炉,故画线词意思是"文化混合体"。
3.推理判断题。根据第三段中" 'Long time no see.' became a popular expression in America thanks to the popularity of these movies."可知,由于这些电影的流行,"Long time no see."在美国成为一个流行的表达。由此可推知,好莱坞让"Long time no see."流行起来,故选D。
4. 主旨大意题。根据第四段内容可知,一些学者把美国比作一个巨大的熔炉,各种文化在这个大熔炉里混合在一起,改变着彼此的颜色和味道。在这个混合的熔炉中,语言通常是最先受到影响的。结合文章第一段提到的来自汉语的"Long time no see."及最后一段中来自意大利语的pizza和来自日语的sushi可知,本文介绍了美式英语受到不同的文化的影响而不断丰富的社会现象,故选D。
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