外研版新版 高一 必修一 英语 Unit2 Exploring English 单元测试试题.docx

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外研版新版高一必修一英语Unit2ExploringEnglish单元测试试题

2019-2020学年度高一英语必修一U2ExploringEnglish单元测试

一、听力（略）（1-20题）

二、阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

AstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish．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．thegrammaristoohardforhim

B．Americanpeoplecannotunderstandhim

C．Britishpeoplecannotunderstandhim

D．thespellingistoohardforhim

22．WhatisNOTmentioned（提及）inthepassage？

A．Howimportantthedifferencesare

B．WhetherBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo．

C．WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish．

D．HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout．

23．Most　　say"Doyouhaveawatch？

"

A．Americans　　B．Britishpeople　C．childrenD．teachers

B

Putonghuaistheofficiallanguageonthemainland,butifhistoryhadplayedoutdifferently,mostofthepeoplecouldhavebeenspeakingCantonese.

In1912,shortlyaftertheendoftheQingdynasty,thefoundingfathersoftherepublicmettodecidewhichlanguageshouldbespokeninthenewChina.

Mandarin-nowknownasPutonghua--wasjustanortherndialectspokenbythehatedManchurianofficialsatthattime.WhileithadservedasChina'slinguafranca（混合语）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（押韵）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.HowPutonghuadefeatedCantonese

C.Thedevelopmentofanofficiallanguage

D.Cantonesealmostbecametheofficiallanguage

C

   TheEnglishlanguagestartedabout1,500yearsagoinEngland.Threegroupsofpeoplecametothecountry.TheyweretheAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes.ThesethreegroupsbroughttheirlanguageswiththemtoEngland-Aftersometime,thethreelanguagesbecameone

new-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.grammarB.pronunciationC.wordsD.Alloftheabove

D

IfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeaker,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.ReadingandlisteningB.Readingandwriting

C.WritingandspeakingD.Speakingandlistening

33.Toimproveyourreading,whenyoureadyoushould____.

A.lookupallthenewwordsinthedictionary.

B.thinkaboutwhatyouarereadingactively

C.spendmoretimestudyinggrammar

D.copyasmanywordsandsentencesaspossible

34.Theunderlinedwords“comeacross”inparagraph3probablybereplacedby_____.

A.meetbyaccidentB.discoverC.findonpurposeD.lookfor

35.Theauthorseemstoagreewiththeviewthat_____.

A.everyoneshouldlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday

B.youneedn’tpracticelisteningifyoukeepinreadingeveryday

C.beinggoodatreadingishelpfulinimprovingyourlistening

D.youshouldtakenotesofwhateveryouarehearing

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。

E

SpeakingEnglishisnotonlyaboutusingpropergrammar.TouseEnglisheffectively,youneedtounderstandthecultureinwhichitisspoken.HereareanumberofimportanttipstorememberwhenspeakingEnglishintheUnitedStates.

ConversationTips

Talkaboutlocation.36Whenspeakingtostrangers,askthemwheretheyarefromandthenmakeaconnectionwiththatplace.Forexample:

“Oh,IhaveafriendwhostudiedinLosAngeles.Hesaysit’sabeautifulplacetolivein.”MostAmericanswillthenwillinglytalkabouttheirexperienceslivingorvisitingthatparticularcityorarea.

Talkaboutwork.37It’snotconsideredimpoliteandisapopulartopicofdiscussionbetweenstrangers.

Talkaboutsports.Americanslovesports!

38Whenspeakingaboutfootball,mostAmericansunderstand“AmericanFootball”,notsoccer.

39

ManyAmericanspreferfirstnames.Americansoftenpreferusingfirstnames,evenwhendealingwithpeopleinverydifferentpositions.Americanswillgenerallysay,“CallmeTom.”andthenexpectyoutoremainonafirstna