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

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高中英语Unit2Englisharoundtheworld同步练习八人教版必修一

Unit2Englisharoundtheworld同步练习（八）

I．完形填空（40分）

Computershavebeentaughttoactandspeak,nowthetrickisto_____1themtolisten—tounderstandspokenwords.Sofarspeechrecognitionsystemshavebeenusedbyworkerswhoneedtoenterdata（数据）intoacomputerwhiletheirhandsandeyesare2occupied.

Therecognitionofalimitedvocabularyofsinglewordsfromasinglespeakerisprettymuch3problem.Somesystems,however,havetrouble4thenoiseofcrumpling（揉）paperfromthe5ofahumanvoice.

Speakersofindependentsystemsthatcanrecognizethesameword6spokenbymanydifferentpeoplecanbebuiltbysampling（提供......样品）howseveralpeoplesaythesamewords7storingseveralpatternsforeachword.Butthechancesforerroraregreaterandthevocabularymustusuallybe8

Evenmoredifficultiscontinuousspeech.People9runningwordstogetherandevenchangingsomesoundswhentheyspeak,sothecomputerdoesnotknowwhenonewordendsandanother___10_____,makingtheprocessmuchmore11Itwasreportedthatit12anhouronthelargestcomputerin13usetorecognizeonesecondofcontinuousspeech.

Someattemptshavebeenmadeto14continuousspeechrecognitionbygivingthecomputersomerulesofgrammartorestrict15wordcanfollow16otherword.Adevice（装置）hasbeendevelopedthathasa5,000-wordvocabularybut17thespeakerto18betweenwords.

Thesedevices,19atthemoment,willrepresentthefirstapplications（应用）ofwhatisconsidereda20butextremelydifficulttechnology.

1.A.buildB.developC.getD.make

2.A.otherthanB.nootherthanC.otherwiseD.otherways

3.A.asolvedB.animpossibleC.anunsolvedD.anunpractical

4.A.preventingB.separatingC.selectingD.distinguishing

5.A.noiseB.soundC.speechD.words

6.A.asB.whenC.thatD.which

7.A.asB.whileC.andD.but

8.A.limitedB.limitingC.multipliedD.enlarged

9.A.wouldB.feellikeC.usedtoD.areusedto

10.A.headsB.startsC.endsD.concludes

11.A.easyB.uneasyC.differentD.difficult

12.A.costB.tookC.spentD.expended

13.A.commonB.presentC.currentD.past

14.A.cleanB.makeC.correctD.improve

15.A.whichB.whatC.someD.such

16.A.whichB.theC.someD.still

17.A.takesB.requiresC.ordersD.asks

18.A.chooseB.stopC.restD.pause

19.A.howeverrapidB.howeverslowC.howeverroughD.however

20.A.satisfactoryB.costlyC.promisingD.far-fetched

Ⅱ．阅读理解（60分）

A

BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharealmostexactlythesame.ButthereareminordifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishinthefollowingsmallareas.

ThefirstdifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishisvocabulary.AlmostallofthewordsusedinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareexactlythesame.Onlyaverysmallnumberofwordsareuseddifferently.

TheseconddifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishispronunciation.SometimestheAmericansandBritishersdon'tunderstandeachother'spronunciation.Butmostofthetime,theydounderstandeachother'spronunciationbecausemostofthesoundsofthetwodialectsarethesame.

Thethirddifferenceisverysmall.Thisisthedifferentspellings.AfewkindsofwordsarespelleddifferentlyinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.

21.BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishare________

A.verydifferentlanguages

B.almostthesame

C.exactlythesame

D.quitedifferentfromeachother

22.Accordingtothewriter,minordifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharefoundintheareasof__________.

A.idiomaticexpressions,vocabularyandpronunciation

B.pronunciation,vocabularyandspelling

C.grammar,idiomaticexpressionsandspelling

D.grammar,spelling,vocabulary

23.WhichofthefollowingwordshavedifferentspellingsbutthesamepronunciationinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?

A.Doctor.B.Kilometer.

C.Travel.D.Different

B

Englishmaynotbeaworldlanguageforever

While375millionpeoplearoundtheglobeuseEnglishastheirmothertongue,thenumberofpeopleusingitasasecondlanguagehasalreadybeenwelloverthatfigure.

Itissaidthatbytheendof2000,onebillionpeoplecoulduseEnglishtocommunicatewithothers,includingbothnativespeakersandnon-nativespeakers.

"Theriseandfallofalanguageiscloselyconnectedwiththatcountry'seconomicstrengthanddevelopmentpotential（潜力）,"RhodriJones,theEnglish2000manageroftheELTgroupoftheBritishCouncilsaid.

AnexpertwhohasgivenmanylecturesonthefutureofEnglishsaidtheeconomicboost（快速发展）inAsiawouldraisethepositionsoftheChineseandHindilanguages.Therefore,theEnglishlanguageisfacingaseriousproblem.WherewillEnglishturninthenext50yearsorthecentury?

TherecentlyintroducedbookfromBritain"FutureofEnglish"mightgivepeopleconcernedwiththeirquestionsomeenlightenments（启发）.ThebookhelpsEnglishteachers,planners,managersanddecisionmakerswithaprofessionalinterestinthedevelopmentofEnglishworldwide.

WiththebookwritteninEnglishtranslatedintoChineseandtobepublishedsoon,thebookmightbebroughttoawidersphereofpeople.

"Fromthebook,welearnmanyfactsabouttheEnglishlanguage,andwemaybeabletopredict（预测）itsfutureafterreadingit,"saidDorothyHumphery,whousedtobeaseniorEnglishteacherfortheBritishCouncil.

24.Thereasonwhysomelanguagerisesintheworlddependson__________.

A.thepopulationofthecountry

B.thecountry'seconomystrengthintheworld

C.thenumberofthepopulationwhouseit

D.thecountry'seconomystrengthanddevelopmentpotential

25.Thebook"FutureofEnglish"helpsto_______________

A.improvethestandardofpeople'slearningEnglish

B.addstopeople'sinteresttowardEnglish

C.emphasize（强调）theimportanceofEnglishintheworld

D.makepeopleinterestedinthedevelopmentofEnglishworldwide

26.Afterreading"FutureofEnglish"weknow______________

A.Englishisthelanguagethatthepeoplewhospeakitisthemostintheworld

B.Englishmaydisappearsoonerorlater

C.theworldiskeepingchangingfromtimetotime

D.whatthefutureoftheEnglishlanguageis

27.Themainideaofthepassageis________.

AwhyEnglishhasbeenpopularintheworld

B.howtoimprovepeople'sabilityoflearningEnglish

C.Englishhasabrightfuture

D.theusageofEnglishmaybecomelessintheworldoneday

C

Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Childrenaregreatlydifferentintheamount（数量）oflisteningtheyneedbeforetheystartspeaking,andchildrenwhostartspeakinglateareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill"obey"（服从）spokeninstructionssometimebeforetheycanspeak,thoughtheword"obey"canhardlydescribethecooperation（合作）shownbythechildren.Beforetheycanspeak,manychildrenwillalsoaskquestionsbygestures（手势）andbymakingnoises.

Itisagreedthatbabiesenjoymakingnoises,andthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwospecialnoisesareusedbythemtoshowtheirhappiness,pain,friendliness,andsoon.Butsincethesecannotbesaidtobeakindofcommunication,theycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsoflanguage.Fromaboutthreemonthsoldtheyplaywithsoundsforenjoyment,andbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewsoundstotheirstore.Thisself-imitation（自我模仿）leadsontodeliberate（有意的）imitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.Theproblemthenarisesthattheseimitationscanbeconsideredasspeech.

Itisaproblemweneednotgetourteethinto（全身心地做......）.Themeaningofaworddependsonwhataspecialpersonmeansbyitinspecialsituation;andwhatachildmeansbyawordwillchangeashegetsmoreexperienceoftheworld.

Playfulandmeaninglessimitationofwhatotherpeoplesaycontinuesafterthechildhasbeguntospeakforhimself.Iwonder,however,whetheranythingisgainedwhenparentstrytousethisabilitytoteachnewsounds.

28.Beforechildrenstartspeaking,__________.

A.theyneedequalamountsoflistening

B.theyneeddifferentamountsoflistening

C.theycanallcooperatewiththeadults（成年）byobeyingspokeninstructions

D.theycan'tunderstandandobeytheadults'spokeninstructions

29.Childrenwhostartspeakinglate________.

A.mayhaveproblemswiththeirhearing

B.probablydonothearenoughlanguagespokenaroundthem

Cusuallypaycloseattentiontowhattheyhear

D.oftentakealongtimeinlearningtolistenproperly

30.Theproblemthatababy'simitationscanbeconsideredasspeech__________.

A.isimportantbecausewordshavedifferentmeaningsfordifferentpeople

B.isnotespeciallyimportantbecausethechangeovertakesplacegradually

C.isonethatcanneverbeproperlyunderstoodbecausethemeaningofwordschangeswithage

D.isonethatshouldbecompletelyignored（忽略）becausechildren'suseofwordsisoftenmeaningless

31.Baby'sfirstnoisesare__________.

A.areflection（映射）ofhismoods（情绪）andfeelings

B.anearlyformoflanguage

C.asignthathemeanstotellyousomething

D.animitationofthespeechofadults.

32.Fromthelastparagraphweknowthat____.

A.parentscanneverhopetoteachtheirchildrennewsounds

B.childrennolongerimitatepeopleaftertheybegintospeakforthemselves

C.childrenwhoaregoodatimitatinglearnnewsoundsmorequickly

D.evenaftertheyhavelearnttospeakchildrenstillenjoyimitating

延伸探究题

I．完形填空（20分）

Doyouknow1languagesthereareintheworld?

Thereareabout1500,butm