Unit 3 English around the World 单元话题阅读理解练习-单元重难点易错题精练（仁爱版)（含解析）

Unit 3 English around the world
单元话题阅读理解练习
（2022秋·福建厦门·九年级厦门市槟榔中学校考期中）When you learn English, you may come across these phrases we think you will love to use!
“Touch wood” is said when you hope something will happen without any problems. This phrase comes from the old belief that touching something made of wood will bring good luck.
So, if you and a friend had to write a report together for school that had to be done by the next morning, you might say, “If we work all night, we should be able to finish in time, As long as we don’t ▲ — touch wood.”
Being “out of the woods” means not being in danger anymore, having gotten out of a difficult situation, or just not having a problem anymore. This old phrase comes from how dangerous it was to travel through a forest, or be lost in one.
So when the report is written, your friend could say, “I think we’re out of the woods. Now we just need to check our work.”
A person’s “neck of the woods” is the area of a town or city that they live in, but it can also be used to refer to a region. A “neck”, as the word is used in this expression, is a narrow piece of land.
So if you missed the school bus and couldn’t hand your report in on time, your mother might say, “Don’t worry— I’ll drive you. I’m going to the same neck of the woods as your school this morning anyway.”
1．When you “touch wood”, it will ________.
A．protect you from bad luck B．have a lot of problems
C．bring you bad luck D．hurt your hand
2．Which of the following is the best to fill in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 3
A．never give up B．fall asleep
C．go for a walk D．think carefully
3．When a boy says he is “out of the woods”, it means he ________.
A．is in trouble B．is lost in the forest
C．gets into a difficult situation D．is safe
4．What does the underlined word “region” mean in Chinese
A．困境 B．区域 C．瓶颈 D．机会
5．What is the passage mainly about
A．The way to write a report for school. B．Some phrases about wood.
C．Ways to learn English phrases. D．Some phrases meaning good luck.
（2022秋·福建厦门·九年级统考期中）When my friends discuss their coming trips with me, they ask similar questions: “Do I need to learn the local language to order food ” or “I’m nervous about finding my way around, will people speak English ”—they care much about language. My answer is not to expect everyone to speak English. After all, you’re the one visiting their country.
Languages for me are a wonderful insight（见解）to a place we’re visiting. I try my hardest to learn at least a greeting and how to thank someone. People will answer with kindness when you try to speak their language. It’s not about perfecting the pronunciation. Just try and connect with the local people. When I lived in Italy, pizza, pasta, ciao (hello) and grazie (thanks) were most often spoken by me. However, languages have never been something that I’ve thought to be difficulties during my stay in Italy. I love this place.
Even though you try, I won’t say it will be easy. On the trip in China, my bathroom light wouldn’t turn off. I called down to the front desk and the lady thought I was asking for laundry（洗衣）service. I tried to express things differently like “housekeeping”, hoping they would send someone up and fix it up. It’s not always easy to be understood abroad, but when I look back on, it still makes me laugh heartedly.
So be patient while traveling, be open to learning other languages and cultures and be kind to people if they don’t understand you. A smile, some practice and some understanding can get you far!
6．What do friends worry most about their trip
A．The food. B．The direction. C．The language. D．The people.
7．The locals will be ____________ when you try to speak their language.
A．relaxed B．nervous C．angry D．kind
8．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2
A．It is difficult for the writer to learn Italian.
B．We should speak with good pronunciation.
C．Knowing how to greet in other languages is enough.
D．Language is a good way to understand a foreign place.
9．The writer called the front desk to find someone to ____________.
A．repair the light B．wash the clothes C．clean the room D．watch the show
10．What can be inferred（推理）from the passage
A．The writer ate a lot of pizza during his stay in Italy.
B．The writer’s friends will visit an English-speaking country.
C．The writer has a good attitude（态度）towards most of the trips.
D．The writer once lived in a Chinese hotel with good service.
（2022秋·福建厦门·九年级厦门市华侨中学校考期中）
Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the word was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small closely knit (联系) groups developed their own forms of speech which have no connection with each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling (定居) down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation (工业化), the development of the nation-state and the wide spread of basic education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few years, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. And they are used in different parts of the world. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot wet zones have lot, often spoken by small numbers, Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone offers over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is only 6,000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. For example, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
11．What can we infer (推断) about languages in hunter-gatherer times
A．They developed very fast.
B．They were large in number.
C．They had similar patterns.
D．They were closely connected.
12．Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2
A．Interesting. B．Useful. C．Powerful. D．Modern.
13．How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present
A．About 6,800. B．About 3,400. C．About 2,400. D．About 1,200.
14．The underlined word “these” in paragraph 4 refers to ________.
A．languages close to extinction B．a few elderly speakers
C．people in Mexico D．people in Australia
15．What is the main idea of the text
A．New languages will be created.
B．People’s lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C．Human development results in fewer languages.
D．Geography determines language evolution.
（2023春·福建龙岩·九年级校考期中）
Have you ever wondered, what’s the fastest, most effective way to learn What’s the secret to remembering what you learn
The “learning pyramid”, developed by the National Training Laboratory, suggests that most students only remember 10% of what they read from textbooks, but keep nearly 90% of what they learn through teaching others. Research shows that when we teach what we learn, something magical happens in our minds. We suddenly notice mistakes in our thinking. We have more creative insights(洞察力). Our ideas become sharper. We remember what we learned for longer.
Many of the world’s top entrepreneurs(企业家), creatives, and scientists have used this method as a central approach to their work. They’ve done this through various methods:
In 2016, Buffett wrote a 50-year retrospective(回顾). He says,“ As you might guess, I ended up being the main beneficiary of this effort. There’s nothing like actually writing something out to clear thinking.”
Leonardo da Vinci filled tens of thousands of pages with drawings on his art, inventions, observations, and ideas. Albert Einstein took more than 80,000 pages of notes in his lifetime. Thomas Edison wrote more than five million pages of notes.
Many of the most remarkable insights in history came from pairs of friends who spent years discussing, conversing, and arguing with each other. Nobel laureates Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky spent years walking for hours a day, sharing and laughing about different opinions they noticed. Francis Crick and James Watson, the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, batted ideas back and forth all the time, both in their shared office and during daily lunches in Cambridge.
The Feynman Learning Technique is a simple way to prove the power of teaching for better learning. It was designed by Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. You can read articles in the “How to Learn” to find out how it works.
16．From this passage, we can remember most of what we learn by ________.
A．reading textbooks B．discussing with others
C．teaching others D．taking notes
17．What were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky doing while they were walking together
A．They were thinking. B．They were sharing different ideas.
C．They were arguing with each other. D．They were writing something.
18．How many methods did the world’s top persons use according to the passage
A．Three. B．Four. C．Two. D．Five.
19．What may the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to
A．Richard Feynman. B．Learning pyramid.
C．The Feynman Learning Technique. D．A Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
20．What’s the passage mainly about
A．How to have more creative insights B．How to be the world’s top person
C．Buffett’s 50-year retrospective. D．A more effective way to learn.
（2023·福建三明·统考二模）
My Learning RecordModule 1 How to Learn English Class: 3 Name: Jessica Marks: * (Full marks 50)
Requirements Self-assessment(自我评估) Teacherevaluation (评价)
Listening★I can understand the topics about English study while listening. ★I can catch the key words and get useful information while listening.
Speaking★I can talk about problems in English study and give suggestions. ★I can speak loudly and clearly while holding conversations.
Reading★I can understand the main idea of the passage quickly. ★I can read and find specific information about English study.
Writing★I can write a letter to ask for advice, or write down my personal advice on English study.
Grammar★I can correctly use expressions about giving advice.
Comments45—50: Excellent! You work hard. 40—44: Very good! Keep it up! 30—39: Good! Practice makes perfect. 20—29: Just so-so. Try harder!
21．What can Jessica do while listening
A．Talk about problems in English study.
B．Use expressions about giving advice correctly.
C．Write a letter to ask for advice on English study.
D．Catch the key words and get useful information.
22．What does the teacher think Jessica is best at
A．Writing. B．Grammar. C．Listening. D．Reading.
23．What is Jessica’s total score
A．20. B．31. C．40. D．47.
24．Which of the following comments will Jessica receive
A．Just so-so. Try harder! B．Very good! Keep it up!
C．Excellent! You work hard. D．Good! Practice makes perfect.
25．What might be the purpose of the learning record
A．To find out the students’ learning methods.
B．To explain why the students failed the exam.
C．To check the students’ learning of the module.
D．To show what the students have done at school.
（2022春·福建福州·九年级校考期中）Recently, China Youth Daily has done a survey on memes(梗). They find that 67.34% of the interviewees will share new memes with their friends while the rest of the interviewees say “no”. Some people think that memes can create a relaxing atmosphere, but others think that Internet language should not be widely used in real life. Do you think memes can help social communication
Chen Shuqi Memes are created to communicate with others not only online but also in daily communication offline. Most memes have more than one meaning ,which helps people express their feelings better. Nowadays, memes have become fashionable in daily lives and have made the Chinese language more diverse and colorful.
Xia Xiaoyu Though memes are popular in daily communication, they have some disadvantages. For example, memes are changing so fast that some people will fall behind. Using memes depends on the important premise(前提) that both speakers understand each other. If one of them doesn’t understand, it will be embarrassing. So I suggest that people should use easier words instead of following the crowd blindly.
Zeng Xinyue Some memes are from movies, comics and other popular entertainment(娱乐). People can use this kind of memes to recognize friends who have the same interests as they do. What’s more, these funny memes can attract more people to share what they like. If you get tired of a boring conversation, you can add proper memes that not only make it lively but also show your sense of humor.
Liu Jiaming Using certain memes may sometimes resonate(共鸣) with someone, but they can also cause misunderstanding. Recently, the meme “AaBaAaBa” has been popular. But do you know the meme was first used to laugh at the deaf and dumb What if you were made fun of
26．Who may probably share the same opinion with Xia Xiaoyu
A．The writer. B．Chen Shuqi. C．Zeng Xinyue. D．Liu Jiaming.
27．What does Zeng Xinyue think of memes
A．Memes may cause misunderstanding if we use them too much.
B．Memes are changing so fast that some people will fall behind.
C．Memes help to find out friends sharing the same interests.
D．Memes have made either online or offline dialogues boring.
28．What does the underlined word “diverse” mean in Chinese
A．博大精深的 B．有意义的 C．多样化的 D．个性化的
29．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A．Memes are only used to communicate with others on the Internet.
B．Memes sometimes help to make the conversation lively and interesting.
C．All the memes have many meanings that help people show their feelings in many ways.
D．Using memes can always cause embarrassing atmosphere and misunderstanding.
30．Where can we most probably read the passage
A．In a storybook. B．In a newspaper.
C．On a shopping website. D．In a sports magazine.
（2022·福建福州·福州华伦中学校考三模）“Perseverance” was chosen by the free online Cambridge Dictionary as its word of the year 2021, based on data(数据)from its searches.
“Perseverance”, which is defined by Cambridge Dictionary as “continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time”, has been looked up more than 243,000 times during 2021, by people across the world. “Perseverance” is a very appropriate word for English language learners around the world. When people learn English, it’s so much more than just memorizing words and phrases. It takes a lot of effort and continual practice.
According to Wendalyn Nichols, Publishing Manager for the Cambridge Dictionary, “perseverance” didn’t appear noticeably in searches before 2021. The number of searches increased between 19 and 25 February 2021 after NASA’s Perseverance Rover (毅力号) made its final landing to Mars on 18 February. “‘Perseverance’ is not a common word for students of English to have in their vocabulary, but it made sense that the number of searches increased at this time,” Nichols said. “Just as it takes perseverance to land a rover on Mars, it takes perseverance to face the challenges(挑战)to our lives from COVID-19, climate disasters, …”
31．The passage mainly talks about _________.
A．a word B．English learning C．COVID-19 D．Mars rovers
32．In this passage, Cambridge Dictionary refers to a _________.
A．survey B．book C．challenge D．website
33．The underlined word “appropriate” is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A．secret B．proper C．simple D．direct
34．The number of searches for the word “perseverance” increased after _________.
A．COVID-19 spread around B．people started to learn English
C．Perseverance Rover landed on Mars D．it was chosen as word of the year 2021
35．Which of the following is TRUE about the word “perseverance”
A．NASA used it to name a Mars rover.
B．For English learners, it’s a word they often use.
C．It’s looked up more than 243,000 times every year.
D．It’s pronounced the same in American and British English.
（2023·福建龙岩·统考三模）
A tree has roots. People have roots too. If you get to the root of a problem, you will solve it. It’s the same thing with words. Dig deeply into a big, unfamiliar word and you will understand where it came from.
As readers, especially those reading in a second language, we need to deal with the text as if we were detectives (侦探) looking for information to unlock the unknown. Like any good detective arriving on the crime scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to judge the situation, to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand what it means.
As you know, prefixes (前缀) and suffixes (后缀) can be added to the beginning or end of words to change the meaning. Know them, and you will have the word building power. But root words are the key. Take time to learn a few of these, put them in your memory, and you will become a master word detective.
Let’s look at one common root word used in English. “Alter” from the Latin word means “other”. When you meet this root word, you know that the bigger word has something to do with “other”. Examine the word “alternate”. Can you find the Latin root in it
·If you and your friend like to eat out, first you pay and the other pays the next time. You are alternating paying. ·If you go to the movies on alternate Saturdays, you go on one Saturday, but not the other Saturday. ·If you have no alternative, you have no other choice.
Learn as many root words as possible in the language you are studying. Then use your “rooting for words” skills. Like any new skill, practice and hard work are always paid back.
36．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to
A．The situation. B．The crime scene.
C．A new and difficult word. D．Everything that is known.
37．If Jim and Lily go to the movies, which one below is “alternating paying”
A．They each pay half. B．Jim pays every time.
C．They take turns paying. D．Their parents pay for them.
38．How does the author explain his ideas about root words
A．By giving a fact. B．By taking an example.
C．By telling a story. D．By having a discussion.
39．“Sen” from the Latin word means “old”. Which word uses this Latin root
A．My brother is my senior by two years. B．He was ill so he was absent from school.
C．A criminal was sentenced to death by law. D．60 students were present at the sports meeting.
40．Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage
(①=paragraph 1 ②=paragraph 2,…)
A． B． C． D．
参考答案：
1．A 2．B 3．D 4．B 5．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了几个与木头有关的英语短语。
1．细节理解题。根据“touching something made of wood will bring good luck.”可知触摸木制的东西会带来好运，即避免厄运。故选A。
2．推理判断题。根据“If we work all night, we should be able to finish in time. As long as we don’t”可知是如果我们整夜工作，我们就能按时完成，故此处填“fall asleep”。故选B。
3．细节理解题。根据“Being ‘out of the woods’ means not being in danger anymore, having gotten out of a difficult situation, or just not having a problem anymore”可知“脱离困境”意味着不再处于危险之中，摆脱了困境，或者只是不再有问题。故选D。
4．词义猜测题。根据“A person’s ‘neck of the woods’ is the area of a town or city that they live in, but it can also be used to refer to a region.”可知一个人的“林颈”是指他们居住的城镇或城市的面积，但它也可以用来指代一个地区，故此处划线部分意为“区域”。故选B。
5．主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了几个与木头有关的英语短语。故选B。
6．C 7．D 8．D 9．A 10．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者关于语言在旅行时的作用的看法。
6．细节理解题。根据“When my friends discuss their coming trips with me, they ask similar questions: ‘Do I need to learn the local language to order food ’ or ‘I’m nervous about finding my way around, will people speak English ’—they care much about language.”可知，朋友们担心语言问题。故选C。
7．细节理解题。根据“People will answer with kindness when you try to speak their language.”可知，当你试着说出当地人的语言时，人们会善意地回答。故选D。
8．段落大意题。根据“Languages for me are a wonderful insight（见解）to a place we’re visiting.”可知，作者认为，语言是对我们正在访问的地方的一种极好的见解。换句话说，语言是了解外国的好方法。故选D。
9．细节理解题。根据“On the trip in China, my bathroom light wouldn’t turn off. I called down to the front desk and the lady thought I was asking for laundry（洗衣）service. I tried to express things differently like “housekeeping”, hoping they would send someone up and I fix it up.”可知，在中国旅行时，作者浴室的灯一直关不上。作者打电话到前台，那位女士以为作者在要求洗衣服务。作者试着用不同的方式表达，比如“家政”，希望他们能派人来解决问题。说明作者打电话给前台希望有人来修理电灯。故选A。
10．推理判断题。根据“It’s not always easy to be understood abroad, but when I look back on, it still makes me laugh heartedly.”可知，作者认为在国外被理解并不总是那么容易，但当回首往事时，仍然能让作者开怀大笑。由此可知，作者对大部分旅行的态度都很好。故选C。
11．B 12．C 13．B 14．A 15．C
【导语】本文是一篇科教类阅读，文章讲述的是语言已经有千百年的历史，不断地出现和消失，但最近新出现的语言越来越少，而消失地越来越多，随着社会和工业化的发展，语言消失地越来越快。
11．推断判断题。根据“When the word was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small closely knit (联系) groups developed their own forms of speech which have no connection with each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.”可知，在游猎社会时期，族群内部非常紧密，而族群之间语言相互独立；一万年前，世界人口仅有五百万到一千万，而语言的种类数达到一万两千种。故选B。
12．词义猜测题。根据“and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over”可知，dominant的语言指的是渐渐变成主流的英语、西班牙语和中文这些在世界上被广泛使用的语言。可以用Powerful这个近义词来表达。故选C。
13．推理判断题。根据“The median number (中位数) of speakers is only 6,000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.”可知，少于6000人的群体在说的语言占所有语言的一半。又根据“At present, the world has about 6,800 languages.”可知，用所有的语言数量6800除以2，因此正确答案为大约3400种语言。故选B。
14．代词指代题。分析“For example, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.”可知，例如，喀麦隆的布苏语(仅存8人)，墨西哥的恰帕内奇语(150人)，美国的利潘阿帕奇语(2-3人)，澳大利亚的瓦迪古语(1人？)：这些语言似乎都没有多少生存的机会。此处these指的是“濒临灭绝的语言”。故选A。
15．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文是一篇科教类阅读，文章讲述的是语言已经有千百年的历史，不断地出现和消失，但最近新出现的语言越来越少，而消失地越来越多，随着社会和工业化的发展，语言消失地越来越快，故选C。
16．C 17．B 18．C 19．C 20．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了当我们教我们学到的东西时，能更长久地记住所学的东西，并举例了一些名人的事迹来验证这个结论。
16．细节理解题。根据“but keep nearly 90% of what they learn through teaching others”可知，通过教别人能记住所学的大部分内容，故选C。
17．细节理解题。根据“Nobel laureates Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky spent years walking for hours a day, sharing and laughing about different opinions they noticed”可知，一起散步时分享不同观点，故选B。
18．细节理解题。第四段和第五段介绍名人使用的是写下来的方式，第六段介绍名人使用的是互相讨论的方式，所以是一共提到了2种方式，故选C。
19．词义猜测题。根据“The Feynman Learning Technique is a simple way to prove the power of teaching for better learning. It was designed by Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.”可知，“The Feynman Learning Technique”是由Richard Feynman设计的，所以it指代“The Feynman Learning Technique”，故选C。
20．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一个更有效的学习方法，那就是向别人传授我们所学的东西，故选D。
21．D 22．A 23．C 24．B 25．C
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章为杰西卡的英语学习记录。
21．细节理解题。根据“I can understand the topics about English study while listening.”和“I can catch the key words and get useful information while listening.”可知，杰西卡能边听边理解有关英语学习的话题，而且可以在听的时候抓住关键词并获得有用的信息。选项D“可以在听的时候抓住关键词并获得有用的信息”符合题意，故选D。
22．细节理解题。根据表格可知，老师对杰西卡的五项评价中，Writing项评价最高，因此老师认为杰西卡最擅长写作，故选A。
23．细节理解题。杰西卡的自我评价分数为21分，老师对她的评价分数为19分，所以总分为21+19=40分。故选C。
24．细节理解题。根据“40—44: Very good! Keep it up!”可知，杰西卡会得到“非常好！继续加油！”的评价，故选B。
25．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章中杰西卡的学习记录分为五大模块，推测此表格目的为检查学生对该模块的学习情况，故选C。
26．D 27．C 28．C 29．B 30．B
【导语】本文介绍几个人对于“梗”在日常生活中的使用的看法。
26．细节理解题。根据“Though memes are popular in daily communication, they have some disadvantages.”和“Using certain memes may sometimes resonate(共鸣) with someone, but they can also cause misunderstanding.”可知，Xia Xiaoyu和Liu Jiaming二人都认为“梗”有一些缺点，故选D。
27．细节理解题。根据“What’s more, these funny memes can attract more people to share what they like.”可知，Zeng Xinyue认为这些有趣的表情包可以吸引更多的人分享他们喜欢的东西，也就是可以帮助你找到志同道合的朋友。故选C。
28．词句猜测题。分析“Nowadays, memes have become fashionable in daily lives and have made the Chinese language more diverse and colorful.”可知，如今，表情包在日常生活中已成为一种时尚，并使汉语更加丰富多彩。此处diverse的意思是“多样化”，故选C。
29．细节理解题。根据“If you get tired of a boring conversation, you can add proper memes that not only make it lively but also show your sense of humor.”可知，如果你厌倦了一段无聊的对话，你可以添加适当的表情包，不仅让它变得生动，还能展示你的幽默感。选项B“表情包有时有助于使对话生动有趣”表述正确，故选B。
30．推理判断题。本文介绍几个人对于“梗”在日常生活中的使用的看法，所以推测可能会在报纸中看到这篇文章。故选B。
31．A 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．A
【导语】本文主要谈论“Perseverance毅力”一词。Perseverance选为2021年度英语词汇。毅力是即使在困难或需要很长时间的情况下，也要继续努力去做或实现某事。2021年2月18日美国宇航局“毅力”号火星探测器成功登陆后，人们才频繁搜索Perseverance。
31．主旨大意题。根据““Perseverance” was chosen... “Perseverance”, which is defined by Cambridge Dictionary...”可知本文主要谈论词语“Perseverance毅力”。故选A。
32．细节理解题。根据第一段中““Perseverance” was chosen by the free online Cambridge Dictionary”可知Cambridge Dictionary是一家网站，故选D。
33．词义猜测题。根据下文“When people learn English, it’s so much more than just memorizing words and phrases. It takes a lot of effort and continual practice.”可知此句““Perseverance” is a very appropriate word for English language learners around the world.”意为“对于世界各地的英语学习者来说，‘毅力’是一个非常合适的词。” 我们可知appropriate意为“合适的，恰当的”，故选B。
34．细节理解题。根据第三段中“The number of searches increased between 19 and 25 February 2021 after NASA’s Perseverance Rover (毅力号) made its final landing to Mars on 18 February.”可知，在“毅力号”登陆火星后，搜索“毅力”一词的次数增加了。故选C。
35．推理判断题。根据第三段中“...NASA’s Perseverance Rover (毅力号)...”可知美国宇航局用“毅力”为火星探测器命名。故选A。
36．C 37．C 38．B 39．A 40．B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍学习语言的一些方法。
36．推理判断题。根据“the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to judge the situation, to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand what it means.”可知，当遇到一个新的和困难的单词时，第一件要做的事情是判断情况，查看所有已知的东西，看看它是否有助于我们理解它的意思。此处it指的是“一个新的和困难的单词”，故选C。
37．推理判断题。根据“If you and your friend like to eat out, first you pay and the other pays the next time. You are alternating paying.”可知，如果你和你的朋友喜欢出去吃饭，你先付钱，下次由对方付钱。“alternating paying”的意思是“轮流付钱”，故选C。
38．推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，作者通过举例来解释他对词根的看法，故选B。
39．推理判断题。根据“ ‘Sen’ from the Latin word means ‘old’.”可知，“Sen”来自拉丁语，意思是“老”，结合选项“My brother is my senior by two years.”表示“我哥哥比我大两岁”与之相符，故选A。
40．篇章结构题。分析文章内容可知，第一段引出主题；第二段介绍处理文本时需要注意的东西；第三、四段介绍前后缀和词根的问题；第五段总结。故选B。