高中英语Unit 2 English around the world 同步练习八人教版必修一.docx

1、高中英语Unit 2 English around the world 同步练习八人教版必修一Unit 2 English around the world 同步练习(八)I完形填空(40分)Computers have been taught to act and speak, now the trick is to_1 them to listen to understand spoken words. So far speech recognition systems have been used by workers who need to enter data (数据) into a

2、 computer while their hands and eyes are 2 occupied.The recognition of a limited vocabulary of single words from a single speaker is pretty much 3 problem. Some systems, however, have trouble 4 the noise of crumpling (揉) paper from the 5 of a human voice.Speakers of independent systems that can reco

3、gnize the same word 6 spoken by many different people can be built by sampling (提供.样品) how several people say the same words 7 storing several patterns for each word. But the chances for error are greater and the vocabulary must usually be 8 Even more difficult is continuous speech. People 9 running

4、 words together and even changing some sounds when they speak, so the computer does not know when one word ends and another_10_, making the process much more 11 It was reported that it 12 an hour on the largest computer in 13 use to recognize one second of continuous speech.Some attempts have been m

5、ade to 14 continuous speech recognition by giving the computer some rules of grammar to restrict 15 word can follow 16 other word. A device (装置) has been developed that has a 5,000-word vocabulary but 17 the speaker to 18 between words.These devices, 19 at the moment, will represent the first applic

6、ations (应用) of what is considered a 20 but extremely difficult technology.1. A. build B. develop C. get D. make2. A. other than B. no other than C. otherwise D. other ways3. A. a solved B. an impossible C. an unsolved D. an unpractical4. A. preventing B. separating C. selecting D. distinguishing5. A

7、. noise B. sound C. speech D. words6. A. as B. when C. that D. which7. A. as B. while C. and D. but8. A. limited B. limiting C. multiplied D. enlarged9. A. would B. feel like C. used to D. are used to10. A. heads B. starts C. ends D. concludes11. A. easy B. uneasy C. different D. difficult12. A. cos

8、t B. took C. spent D. expended13. A. common B. present C. current D. past14. A. clean B. make C. correct D. improve15. A. which B. what C. some D. such16. A. which B. the C. some D. still17. A. takes B. requires C. orders D. asks18. A. choose B. stop C. rest D. pause19. A. however rapid B. however s

9、low C. however rough D. however20. A. satisfactory B. costly C. promising D. far-fetched阅读理解(60分)ABritish English and American English are almost exactly the same. But there are minor differences between British English and American English in the following small areas.The first difference between B

10、ritish English and American English is vocabulary. Almost all of the words used in British English and American English are exactly the same. Only a very small number of words are used differently.The second difference between British English and American English is pronunciation. Sometimes the Amer

11、icans and Britishers dont understand each others pronunciation. But most of the time, they do understand each others pronunciation because most of the sounds of the two dialects are the same.The third difference is very small. This is the different spellings. A few kinds of words are spelled differe

12、ntly in British English and American English.21. British English and American English are_A. very different languagesB. almost the sameC. exactly the sameD. quite different from each other22. According to the writer, minor differences between British English and American English are found in the are

13、as of_.A. idiomatic expressions, vocabulary and pronunciationB. pronunciation, vocabulary and spellingC. grammar, idiomatic expressions and spellingD. grammar, spelling, vocabulary23. Which of the following words have different spellings but the same pronunciation in British English and American Eng

14、lish?A. Doctor. B. Kilometer.C. Travel. D. Different BEnglish may not be a world language foreverWhile 375 million people around the globe use English as their mother tongue, the number of people using it as a second language has already been well over that figure.It is said that by the end of 2000,

15、 one billion people could use English to communicate with others, including both native speakers and non-native speakers.The rise and fall of a language is closely connected with that countrys economic strength and development potential ( 潜力), Rhodri Jones, the English 2000 manager of the ELT group

16、of the British Council said.An expert who has given many lectures on the future of English said the economic boost (快速发展) in Asia would raise the positions of the Chinese and Hindi languages. Therefore, the English language is facing a serious problem. Where will English turn in the next 50 years or

17、 the century?The recently introduced book from Britain Future of English might give people concerned with their question some enlightenments (启发). The book helps English teachers, planners, managers and decision makers with a professional interest in the development of English worldwide.With the boo

18、k written in English translated into Chinese and to be published soon, the book might be brought to a wider sphere of people.From the book, we learn many facts about the English language, and we may be able to predict (预测) its future after reading it, said Dorothy Humphery, who used to be a senior E

19、nglish teacher for the British Council. 24. The reason why some language rises in the world depends on_.A. the population of the countryB. the countrys economy strength in the worldC. the number of the population who use itD. the countrys economy strength and development potential25. The book Future

20、 of English helps to_A. improve the standard of peoples learning EnglishB. adds to peoples interest toward EnglishC. emphasize (强调) the importance of English in the worldD. make people interested in the development of English worldwide26. After reading Future of English we know_A. English is the lan

21、guage that the people who speak it is the most in the worldB. English may disappear sooner or laterC. the world is keeping changing from time to timeD. what the future of the English language is27. The main idea of the passage is_.A why English has been popular in the worldB. how to improve peoples

22、ability of learning EnglishC. English has a bright futureD. the usage of English may become less in the world one dayCLanguage learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount (数量) of listening they need before they start speaking, and children who start speaking late are

23、 often long listeners. Most children will obey (服从) spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey can hardly describe the cooperation (合作) shown by the children. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures (手势) and by making noises.It is agree

24、d that babies enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two special noises are used by them to show their happiness, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cannot be said to be a kind of communication, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. From about

25、three months old they play with sounds for enjoyment, and by six months they are able to add new sounds to their store. This self-imitation ( 自我模仿) leads on to deliberate (有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises that these imitations can be cons

26、idered as speech.It is a problem we need not get our teeth into(全身心地做.). The meaning of a word depends on what a special person means by it in special situation; and what a child means by a word will change as he gets more experience of the world.Playful and meaningless imitation of what other peopl

27、e say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself. I wonder, however, whether anything is gained when parents try to use this ability to teach new sounds.28. Before children start speaking,_.A. they need equal amounts of listeningB. they need different amounts of listeningC. they can al

28、l cooperate with the adults (成年) by obeying spoken instructionsD. they cant understand and obey the adults spoken instructions29. Children who start speaking late_.A. may have problems with their hearingB. probably do not hear enough language spoken around themC usually pay close attention to what t

29、hey hear D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly30. The problem that a babys imitations can be considered as speech_.A. is important because words have different meanings for different peopleB. is not especially important because the changeover takes place graduallyC. is one that ca

30、n never be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with ageD. is one that should be completely ignored (忽略) because childrens use of words is often meaningless31. Babys first noises are_.A. a reflection (映射) of his moods (情绪) and feelingsB. an early form of languageC. a sign that he

31、 means to tell you somethingD. an imitation of the speech of adults.32. From the last paragraph we know that_.A. parents can never hope to teach their children new soundsB. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak for themselvesC. children who are good at imitating learn new sounds more quicklyD. even after they have learnt to speak children still enjoy imitating延伸探究题I完形填空(20分)Do you know 1 languages there are in the world? There are about 1 500, but m