人教新课标必修一英语Unit 2English around the world【同步练习】

Unit 2 English around
the World
同步练习
1-20（略）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
A
Anne Sullivan could not teach Helen Keller to speak until some other important things had been learned．The little girl had to learn to control her actions and feelings．She had to learn that she could not always do what she wished to do．She had always been able to get what she wanted by using force．The teacher had to change such habits（习惯）without breaking the child's spirit．
Miss Sullivan's battle（斗争）began．Sometimes，there was real fighting between the wild child and the strong young teacher．At last，however，the battle was won by Miss Sullivan，who had succeeded in showing Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her．The child and her teacher became friends．They continued to be friends until the teacher's death，fifty years later．
The day on which Helen finally accepted Sullivan as her friend and teacher was a great day in Helen's life．After that，the teacher could begin to teach language to the child．
21. Before Miss Sullivan entered her life，Helen Keller had been a?__________ girl．
A．stupid B．clever C．wild D．tame
22. What was Helen Keller's first lesson before she was taught to speak？
Learning ____ ．
A．to sit all day long B．to make friends with her teacher 2·1·c·n·j·y
C．to do a thing again and again D．to control actions and feelings 21·cn·jy·com
23. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned（提及）in the passage？
A．Helen Keller had been in touch with Miss Sullivan for fifty years．
B．Anne Sullivan took great trouble to show Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her．
C．It was not until Helen had learned some other important things that Miss Sullivan could teach her to speak．
D．Miss Sullivan met with many difficulties in teaching Helen how to speak．
B
Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.
There are now about 976 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are on billion people learning English now and bout 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.
Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?
Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thought — although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India).
If we all speak English, well we then all start eating McDonald’s burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant (占主导地位的), will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own languages but also one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.
When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully portic e-mail from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it’s like a rose,” he said. “But who would ever want the garden just full of roses?”
Well, I love roses and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don’t necessarily need to pull put everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me. 【出处：21教育名师】
24. By saying “Ask the people of India… and Pakistan…”(in Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that ________.
A. speaking the same language doesn’t necessarily bring peace.
B. wars can destroy the relationship between two countries 21教育名师原创作品
C. English doesn’t kill other languages
D. English is widely used in the world
25. What does “garden” in the last two paragraphs stand for?
A.. language. B. Family. C. The world. D. The earth.
26. The author would probably agree that _____.
A. it’s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden
B. it’s good for people from other countries to learn English21·世纪*教育网
C. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens
D. English is easier to learn than the other languages
27. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. why English has become a global language
B. how many people in the world learn English
C. how people in the world learn English as a foreign language
D. whether we need to worry about English being a world language 21*cnjy*com
C
Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books., science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.
28. It can be inferred from the passage that ___ ___.
A. TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge
B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information
C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun
D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself
29. What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however ” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?
A. People only need reading, though. B. Reading is still necessary today.
C. Reading is more fun than television. D. Watching television doesn’t help reading.
30. Which of the following is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?
A. Types of books B. Kinds of dictionaries.
C. Lists of history books. D. Collections of stories. 【版权所有：21教育】
31. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.
B. A good dictionary should be kept in every home.
C. Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.
D. More people like TV programs about famous men.
D
Throughout history，people have been interested in knowing how language first began，but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However，we do know a lot about language，the language of today and also the language of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English，Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand，some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example，most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original（最初的）language of this family was spoken about 4500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time，some even die out completely. About 1000 years ago English was a little-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a large number of speakers，or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is，the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.
32.The first paragraph mainly tells us that______.
A. most people in the world speak Chinese
B. there are thousands of languages in today’s world
C. man has much knowledge about languages
D. some people know several languages
33.Most European and Indian languages______.
A. will soon die out completely
B. were once a relative of English
C. are no longer spoken
D. come from the same family
34.The underlined word “dialect” in the last paragraph means______.21*cnjy*com
A. a special language spoken by Chinese
B. the sign used by Chinese people in a special area
C. the difference between the old and today’s Chinese
D. the form of a language used in one part of the country
35. It is considered that the most difficult thing for one to learn to speak Chinese is that______.
A. there are great differences between the dialects of Chinese21cnjy.com
B. Chinese and many foreign languages are not of the same family
C. Chinese is a very old language
D. there are great differences between the old Chinese and the present day Chinese
第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Linguistic(语言学的) Puzzles
How did language begin? What was the world’s first language? Do all languages come from one original language? 36 .
In the 4th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik I, an Egyptian King, wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was. 37 . He told his servant to find two newborn babies. When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd (牧羊人) and said, “Keep these babies with the goats. Take care of them, but do not talk to them. Listen to any words that they say.” The king wanted to find out what language the children would speak if they were left alone. He said, “The first words they speak will come from the original language of the world.”
38 . He told the king, who asked his scholars about this word. They told him that the Phrygians, who lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread “becos.” The king said, “Then Phrygian is the oldest language.” Today we know that the king’s conclusion was wrong. We don’t know why the children said “becos” .www.21-cn-jy.com
39 . Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same “family” and that they started from the same parent language, Proto-Indo-European. Linguists think that it had split into several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2000 and 1000 BC. Other languages, such as English and Spanish, developed from later splits.
40 . Two questions that interest linguists are: How does language change? Why does language change? If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you.
A. Nowadays, we study the origin of language more scientifically
B. He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea
C. The King was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him
D. Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families
E. People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2,000 years
F. One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say “becos”
G. Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
hen you read a story in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a __41__ that is not so foolish as it may seem, __42__ I find that many students of English __43__ far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and enjoy and for a long time afterwards _44__ the story, __45__ do not care to study the __46__ of words and phrases in it. __47__, they care for the memory of __48__ the mystery (谜) in the story is solved, but do not remember a __49__ sentence in the story and can not __50__ what preposition (介词) is used before a certain word in the speech of a certain character.www-2-1-cnjy-com
Of course, it is all right to read and __51__ and remember a story, and __52__ one wants to know the story only, one need not bother about the language. But the case is quite different __53__ a student of English. I mean a __54__ of English is different from a student of stories or __55__ is called the general reader.
As you may also have learned from the __56__, you ought to read very carefully. Not only very __57__ but also aloud, and that again and again till you know the passage by heart and can __58__ it as if it were your own. On one hand, this will teach you many useful words and phrases; __59__, it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression. I have found from __60__ that intelligent copying is a help for learning by heart.
41. A. question B. fact C. thing D. puzzle
42. A. since B. for C. if D. while
43. A. send B. take C. keep D. pay
44. A. study B. forget C. make D. remember
45. A. but B. and C. so D. however
46. A. meanings B. structures C. differences D. uses
47. A. As a result B. In a word C. What’s more D. For instance
48. A. when B. where C. why D. how
49. A. only B. simple C. single D. difficult
50. A. tell B. understand C. realize D. notice
51. A. enjoy B. like C. revise D. retell
52. A. in case of B. as long as C. because of D. even if
53. A. from B. with C. on D. between
54. A. student B. teacher C. master D. foreigner
55. A. what B. how C. which D. that
56. A. above B. following C. beginning D. end
57. A. silently B. carefully C. slowly D. seriously
58. A. keep B. read C. recite D. learn
59. A. on the other hand B. for one thing C. in other words D. that is to say
60. A. practice B. experiment C. past D. experience
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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about __61___ (be) late for school.
There were many people waiting at the bus stop, ___62____ some of them looked very anxious and ___63__(disappoint) . when the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next ____64___ the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike ____65___ (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused ____66___(stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept ____67___(ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“____68___ anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It ‘s ____69___ (I )”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers ___70__(sudden) became friendly to one another.
第一节： 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My grandfather and I enjoy fishing.
One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water. Before waiting for about half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there were a sudden pull at the pole and fish was caught. Within the next few minute, my grandfather also caught a fish. Felt hungry, we built a fire by the lake and barbecued the fish. It was delicious.21教育网
第二节： 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom上个月来到北京学习。七月份你将去北京参加暑期中学生英语演讲比赛(speech contest)，你在资料搜集、语言运用等方面遇到了困难。请根据以下要点给Tom写一封电子邮件：
1．询问Tom的生活和学习情况；
2．谈谈你的困难并请Tom帮忙；
3．告诉Tom你打算赛后去看他。
注意：1.词数：120—150；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
答案与解析
第一部分 听力
答案略。
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
A【语篇解读】安妮以惊人的毅力，克服重重困难，成功地改变了海伦凯勒固有的思想和行为习惯，使她走向了新生活。
21.C．推理判断题。从第一段She had to learn that she could not always do what she wished to do. 以及第二段there was real fighting between the wild child and the strong young teacher.可知。
22.D．细节理解题。从第一段第二句The little girl had to learn to control her actions and feelings可知。
23. D. 推理判断题。本文讲述安妮以惊人的毅力，克服重重困难，成功地改变了海伦固有的思想和行为习惯，使她走向了新生活。
A篇【语篇解读】英语就像花园里的一支玫瑰，学习英语有益于这个世界。
24. A。事实细节题。由第四段可知，作者不同意“大家讲同一种语言，战争就会减少”这一观点，印巴冲突是举的一个例子。
25. C。推理判断题。一个听众把世界比作一个大花园，把英语比作花园里的一支玫瑰。
26．B．判断推理题。最后一段提到玫瑰会使花园更加美丽，所以作者认为人们学习英语有益于这个世界。
27. D。主旨大意题。从整篇文章可以推知。
C篇【语篇解读】随着越来越多家庭有了电视，买书读报的人越来越少。真的如此吗？
28. C。推理判断题。根据第二段第四句“Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment.”以及该段最后两句可推知C正确。
29. B。句意理解题。第一段讲有人认为，随着越来越多家庭有了电视，买书读报的人越来越少。真的如此吗？画线部分告诉我们，并非如此。根据第二段接下来的内容可知，报纸的销量很大，各种书籍的销售量也比任何时候都多。可见，电视并没有扼杀看书读报，故选B。
30. A。主旨大意题。最后一段主要讨论各种类型的书籍，而不是词典、历史书目或故事书集和诗集。
31. B。判断推理题。A是部分人的错误看法，平装书比精装书畅销，C错。D在文中找不到依据。根据最后一段第二句可知B正确。
D篇【语篇解读】当今世界上有300多种语言，语言一直在发展变化，地方语言差异非常大，这给我们的语言学习带了困难。
32. C。推理判断题。A项是错误的，因为第一段说讲汉语的人最多，但并不是世界上大多数人讲汉语;B项只是人们对语言了解的一部分内容，并不是全段的主要内容;D项根本未提及。正确答案为C，从第二句话后面的内容说明了人们对于语言了解得很多。
33. D。细节理解题。从第二段可知，most European and Indian languages来自同一个语系，即Indo-European语系，是这种古老语言的现代表达形式。
34. D．词义猜测题。从最后一段前两句话可知，如果有很多人讲同一种语言，且这种语言历史悠久，在不同地区就会有差异，因此dialect指“方言”。
35.A。推理判断题。从全文最后一句话可知，中国的地方语言差异非常大，即使不同地区的中国人都听不懂，所以学汉语的最大困难应是地方语言的巨大差异。
第二节【语篇解读】：本文是篇说明文．说明语言学方面未解决的迷。
36．E．考查上下文的语境理解。开篇就是几个问题，那紧接着就要找答案的事了，故选E。
37．B．考查上下文的语境理解。前句讲的是国王要找出世界最古老的语言是什么，那么本句就要与此问题相关，故选B。21世纪教育网版权所有
38．F．考查上下文的语境理解。后句中是he是指shep-herd．根据前句“The first words they speak will come from the original language 0f the world．”可知选F。
39．A。考查上下文的语境理解。通过后句可知讲的是与过去研究方法的对比，故选A。
40．G．考查上下文的语境理解。本句起到承上启下的作用，故选G。
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
【语篇解读】本文开门见山地提出一个我们学英语的学生普遍存在的问题：当你读英语故事时，是为故事情节而读还是为学英语而读？作者就阅读给我们提出了很好的建议。
41. A。文章的首句是个问句，提出问题，因此答案选A。
42. B。并列连词for可以表示原因又可以用于解释、提出说明，意为“因为”。
43. D。pay attention to为习惯用语，意为“注意；重视”。因为我发现与英语相比较许多学英语的学生更加注意故事情节。2-1-c-n-j-y
44. D。他们阅读和欣赏并且后来好长时间“记得”那个故事。
45. A。根据语境，前后是转折关系，因此用连词but。
46. D。但是不注意研究故事里词和短语的运用。
47. D。for instance意为“例如”，用来举例说明。
48. D。how引导从句作介词of的宾语。他们记得住故事里的谜是如何解开的。
49. C。但记不住故事里的一个句子。
50. A。并且“说不出”在某个人物的言语中某个词的前面用什么介词。
51. A。由上文They read and enjoy and for…提示可知。
52. B。as long as意为“只要”，引导条件状语从句。
53. B。但是这种情况“对于”学英语的学生来说就完全不同了。
54. A。与句子后面…a student of stories属对比结构。
55. A。what引导从句作介词from的宾语，并在从句中作主语。what is called意为“所谓”。我的意思是学英语的学生与读故事的学生或所谓的普通读者是不同的。
56. A。the above指“上面的内容”。
57. B。上句中有提示。不但要仔细读而且要朗读。
58. C。而且要反复读直到熟记并能背诵。
59. A。on one hand…on the other hand意为“一方面……另一方面……”。一方面，教会你许多有用的词和短语，另一方面，帮助你避免表达中的许多错误。
60. D。指根据经验所得。
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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
61. being 62. and 63. disappointed 64. to 65. caught 66. to stop 67. riding 68.did 69. me/mine 70. suddenly
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
My grandfather and I enjoy fishing.
One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and went our【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water.
去掉so
Before waiting for about half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to
After impatient
give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there were a
but was
sudden pull at the pole and ∧ fish was caught. Within the next few minute, my
a minutes
grandfather also caught a fish.
Felt hungry, we built a fire by the lake and barbecued the fish. It was delicious.
Feeling
第二节： 书面表达（满分25分）
参考范文：
Dear Tom，
How time flies! You have been studying in Beijing for nearly a month, during which you must have achieved a lot. Well, how's everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days, which is very different from that of your country. Have you adapted to it? In addition, you once complained that the food served there was not to your taste. I hope that should have been improved.
I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an English speech contest in July, which is not only an honor, but also a great opportunity for me to improve myself. And now I try my best to make preparations for it. However, I have some trouble in collecting the materials relevant and using of the language. I will appreciate it if you give me a hand to solve the problems.
After the contest, I am to drop in at your school to visit you. Please wait for my phone.
Yours，
Li Hua