外研版2019新版-高一-必修一-英語-Unit2-Exploring-English-單元測試試題

2019-2020學(xué)年度高一英語必修一U2ExploringEnglish單元測試聽力（略）（1-20題）閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。AAstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish．Hewonders：CanIcommunicatewithAmericans？Cantheyunderstandme？LearnersofEnglishoftenask：WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish？Howimportantarethesedifferences？Certainly，therearesomedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish．Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar．Forexample，speakersofBritishEnglishsay"inhospital"and"Haveyouapen？"，Americanssay"inthehospital"and"Doyouhaveapen？"．Pronunciationissometimesdifferent．Americansusuallysoundtheirsinwordslike"bird"and"hurt"．SpeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundtheirsinthesewords．TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary．Forexample，"colour"and"honour"areBritish，"color"and"honor"areAmerican．Thesedifferencesingrammar，pronunciation，spellingandvocabularyarenotimportant，however．Forthemostpart，BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage．21．Accordingtothispassage，astudentwhoislearningtospeakAmericanEnglishmightbeafraidthat．A．thegrammaristoohardforhimB．AmericanpeoplecannotunderstandhimC．BritishpeoplecannotunderstandhimD．thespellingistoohardforhim22．WhatisNOTmentioned（提及）inthepassage？A．HowimportantthedifferencesareB．WhetherBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo．C．WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish．D．HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout．23．Mostsay"Doyouhaveawatch？"A．AmericansB．BritishpeopleC．childrenD．teachersBPutonghuaistheofficiallanguageonthemainland,butifhistoryhadplayedoutdifferently,mostofthepeoplecouldhavebeenspeakingCantonese.In1912,shortlyaftertheendoftheQingdynasty,thefoundingfathersoftherepublicmettodecidewhichlanguageshouldbespokeninthenewChina.Mandarin-nowknownasPutonghua--wasjustanortherndialectspokenbythehatedManchurianofficialsatthattime.WhileithadservedasChina'slinguafranca(混合語)forcenturies,manysawitasan“impureform”ofChinese.Manyoftheleaders,includingSunYat-sen,werefromGuangdong--wherepeopleareopentonewideas.Agreatdebatestartedandeventuallyledtoaformalvote.CantoneselostoutbyasmallmargintoPutonghuaandtherestishistory.Whilehistorianstodaystillargueaboutwhetherthisstoryisreal,itissomethingGuangdongpeoplelovetotell.ManyCantonesespeakersfeelproudoftheirnativelanguage,sayingithasmoreincommonwiththeclassicalChinesethanPutonghua--whichisamixofnortherndialectsheavilyinfluencedbyManchurianandMongolian.Linguistsagreetosomedegree.“CantoneseisclosertoclassicalChineseinitspronunciationandsomegrammar,”JiangWenxian,aChineselanguagescholar,said.“UsingCantonesetoreadclassicalpoetryisarealpleasure,”hesaid.“Manyancientpoemsdon'trhyme(押韻)whenyoureadtheminPutonghua,buttheydoinCantonese.”“CantonesekeepsaflavorofancientChinese.NowadaysfewpeopleunderstandclassicalChinese,soCantoneseshouldbeprotectedasatypeoflanguagefossilhelpingusstudyancientChineseculture.”Cantoneseisspokenbyabout70millionpeopleinGuangdong,HongKong,Macauandcommunitiesabroad.Inthe17thand18thcenturies,GuangdongwastheonlyChineseprovinceallowedtotradedirectlywithforeigners.ManyWesternersatthetimelearnedCantonese.Uptillveryrecently,thereweremoreCantonesespeakersinoverseasChinesecommunitiesthanPutonghuaspeakers.InCanada,forexample,CantoneseisthethirdmostcommonlyspokenlanguageafterEnglishandFrench.24.What’sthefunctionofthefirstparagraph?A.Tointroducethetopic. B.Toattractionpeople’sattention.C.Tosummarizethewholepassage. D.ToshowtheimportanceofPutonghua.25.Whatcanwelearnfromthefourthparagraph?A.MostoftheleadersareinfavorofPutonghua.B.MostoftheleaderscamefromGuangdongatthattime.C.Guangdongpeoplearemorelikelytoacceptnewideas.D.SunYat-sensuggestedhavingadebatetodecideonthenewlanguage.26.WhyCantoneseshouldbeprotectedasatypeoflanguagefossil?A.Becauseit’sasimportantasPutonghua.B.Becauseitisanancientlanguagewithalonghistory.C.BecausenowadaysfewpeoplecanunderstandCantonese.D.BecauseitisveryhelpfulwhenstudyingChineseculture.27.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A.Newlanguage,NewChina.B.HowPutonghuadefeatedCantoneseC.ThedevelopmentofanofficiallanguageD.CantonesealmostbecametheofficiallanguageC

TheEnglishlanguagestartedabout1,500yearsagoinEngland.Threegroupsofpeoplecametothecountry.TheyweretheAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes.ThesethreegroupsbroughttheirlanguageswiththemtoEngland-Aftersometime,thethreelanguagesbecameonenew-language-English.Thename“English”comesfromtheAngles.TheylivedinmostofEngland.“England”means“AngleLand”or“CountryoftheAngles”.Thelanguagethatwespeaktoday－ModernEnglish－isnotthesameastheEnglishthatpeopleusedmanyyearsago,includingOldEnglish(before1150)andMiddleEnglish(uptill1500).Thatlanguage—OldEnglish—soundsdifferent,andithassomedifferentrulesofgrammar.TherewereonlyafewthousandwordsinOldEnglish.ButModernEnglishdoescomefromOldEnglish,anditisstilllikeitinmanyimportantways.28.WhendidModernEnglishstart？A.Abouttheyear1150. B.Beforetheyear1500.C.Betweentile12thcenturyandtile16thcentury. D.Abouttheyear1500.29.HowmanylanguagesdidOldEnglishcomefrom？A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.30.Whichlanguagedidthename“English”comefrom？A.ModernEnglish. B.TheAngles. C.TheJutes. D.TheSaxons.31.Accordingtothepassage,ModernEnglishdiffersfromOldEnglishin_______.A.grammar B.pronunciation C.words D.AlloftheaboveDIfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeaker,youshouldtakesomeadvice:therearefourskillsinlearningEnglish.Theyarelistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Themostimportantthingyoumustrememberisthatifyouwanttoimproveyourspeakingandwritingskillsyoushouldfirstmastertheskillsofreadingandlistening.Readasmuchasyoucan.Butyourreadingmustbeactive.Itmeansthatyoumustthinkaboutthemeaningofthesentences,themeaningoftheunfamiliarwords,etc.Thereisnoneedforyoutopaymuchattentiontogrammar---ortrytounderstandalltheunfamiliarwordsyoucomeacross,butthefactyouseethemforthefirsttimeandrecognizethemwheneveryouseethem,forexampleinotherpassagesorbooks,isenough.Itwouldbebettertoprepareyourselfanotebooksoyoucanwritedowntheimportantwordsorsentencesinit.Asforlistening,therearetwochoices:besidesreading,youcanlisteneverydayforabout30minutes.Youcanonlypayattentiontoyourreadingandbecomeskillfulatyourreading,thenyoucancatchuponyourlistening.Sinceyouhavelotsofinputsinyourmind,youcaneasilyguesswhatthespeakerisgoingtosay.Thisnevermeansthatyoushouldnotpracticelistening.Forlisteningyoucanlistentocartoonsorsomemoviesthatarespeciallymadeforchildren.Theirlanguagesareeasy.Orifyouaregoodatlistening,youcanlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday.Againthethingtorememberisbeingactiveinlisteningandpreferablytakingsomenotes.Ifyoufollowthesepiecesofadvice,yourspeakingandwritingwillimproveautomatically,andyoucanbesurethatwithalittleefforttheywillbecomeperfect.32.Accordingtotheauthor,whichshouldyouimprovefirstamongthefourskills?_______A.Readingandlistening B.ReadingandwritingC.Writingandspeaking D.Speakingandlistening33.Toimproveyourreading,whenyoureadyoushould____.A.lookupallthenewwordsinthedictionary.B.thinkaboutwhatyouarereadingactivelyC.spendmoretimestudyinggrammarD.copyasmanywordsandsentencesaspossible34.Theunderlinedwords“comeacross”inparagraph3probablybereplacedby_____.A.meetbyaccidentB.discoverC.findonpurposeD.lookfor35.Theauthorseemstoagreewiththeviewthat_____.A.everyoneshouldlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseverydayB.youneedn’tpracticelisteningifyoukeepinreadingeverydayC.beinggoodatreadingishelpfulinimprovingyourlisteningD.youshouldtakenotesofwhateveryouarehearing根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。ESpeakingEnglishisnotonlyaboutusingpropergrammar.TouseEnglisheffectively,youneedtounderstandthecultureinwhichitisspoken.HereareanumberofimportanttipstorememberwhenspeakingEnglishintheUnitedStates.ConversationTipsTalkaboutlocation.36Whenspeakingtostrangers,askthemwheretheyarefromandthenmakeaconnectionwiththatplace.Forexample:“Oh,IhaveafriendwhostudiedinLosAngeles.Hesaysit’sabeautifulplacetolivein.”MostAmericanswillthenwillinglytalkabouttheirexperienceslivingorvisitingthatparticularcityorarea.Talkaboutwork.37It’snotconsideredimpoliteandisapopulartopicofdiscussionbetweenstrangers.Talkaboutsports.Americanslovesports!38Whenspeakingaboutfootball,mostAmericansunderstand“AmericanFootball”,notsoccer.39ManyAmericanspreferfirstnames.Americansoftenpreferusingfirstnames,evenwhendealingwithpeopleinverydifferentpositions.Americanswillgenerallysay,“CallmeTom.”andthenexpectyoutoremainonafirstnamebasis.PublicBehaviorAlwaysshakehands.40Thisistrueforbothmenandwomen.Otherformsofgreetingsuchaskissingonthecheeksisgenerallynotappreciated.SmokingisOut!Smoking,eveninpublicplaces,isstronglydisapprovedofbymostAmericansinthemodernUnitedStates.A.Americansshakehandswhengreetingeachother.B.Americanslovetotalkaboutlocation.C.Americanscommonlyask“Whatdoyoudo?”.D.Talkingwithpeople.E.Addressingpeople.F.However,theyloveAmericansports.G.Americansprefertomakefriendswithforeigners.英語知識運(yùn)用閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。AyearagoIpaidnoattentiontoEnglishidioms,41myteachersaidagainandagainthatitwasimportant.Oneday,Ihappenedto42anEnglishmanontheroad,andsoonwebeganto43.AsIwastalkingabouthowIwasstudyingEnglish,theforeignershookhishead,saying,“Youdon’tsay!Youdon’tsay!”Iwas44,Ithought,perhapsthisisnota45topic.Well,I’d46changethetopic.SoIsaidtohim,“Well,shallwetalkabouttheGreatWall?47theway,haveyouever48there?”“Certainly,everyonebackhomewill49meifIleaveChinawithoutseeing50.Itwasgreat.”Isaid,“TheGreatWallisoneofthewondersintheworld.Itisaplaceof51.”SoonIwasinterruptedagainbyhiswords,“52!”Icouldn’t53asking,“Whydoyouaskmenottotalkaboutit?”“Well,Ididn’taskyoutodo54”,heanswered,gentlysurprised.Isaid,“Didn’tyousay‘Youdon’tsay’?”Hearingthis,theEnglishman55totears.Hebeganto56,“‘Youdon’tsay’actuallymeans‘really?’.Itisan57ofsurprise.Perhapsyoudon’tpayattention58Englishidioms.”ThenIknewIhadmadeafoolof59.SincethenIhavebeenmore60withidioms.41.A.though B.when C.if D.as42.A.look B.meet C.pickup D.findout43.A.walk B.talk C.play D.go44.A.pleased B.angry C.afraid D.surprised45.A.proper B.strange C.safe D.polite46.A.to B.better C.not D.like47.A.On B.In C.All D.By48.A.gone B.visited C.seen D.been49.A.lookat B.thinkof C.sendfor D.laughat50.A.it B.them C.anything D.something51.A.fun B.interest C.business D.mountain52.A.Really B.Good C.Youdon’tsay D.Youareright53.A.be B.help C.think D.do54.A.this B.so C.anything D.meafavor55.A.laughed B.cried C.moved D.came56.A.explain B.shout C.prove D.say57.A.experience B.expression C.explanation D.example58.A.for B.to C.at D.in59.A.me B.myself C.him D.somebody60.A.helpful B.popular C.careful D.satisfied閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。SowhyhasEnglishchanged(61)time？Actuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelop(62)culturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother．AtfirsttheEnglishspokeninEnglandbetweenaboutAD40and110wasverydifferentfromtheEnglish(63)（speak）today．ItwasbasedmoreonGerman(64)theEnglishwespeakatpresent．ThengraduallybetweenaboutAD800and110，Englishbecame(65)（little）likeGermanbecausethose(66)ruledEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench．ThesenewsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguageand(67)（especial）itsvocabulary．Sobythe1600'sShakespearewasabletomakeuseofa(68)（wide）vocabularythaneverbefore．In1620someBritish(69)（