Unit2單元過關測試完形填空WhenPatJonesfinishedcollege，shedecidedtotravelaroundtheworldandseeasmanyforeignplacesasshecould1shewasyoung．PatwantedtovisitLatinAmerica2，soshegotajob3anEnglishteacherinaschoolinBolivia．PatspokealittleSpanish，4shewasabletocommunicatewithherstudentsevenwhentheydidn't5muchEnglish．Asentenceshehadreadsomewherestuckinhermind：ifyoudream6aforeignlanguage．youhavereallymastered(掌握)it．Patrepeatedthissentencetoherstudentsand7thatsomedayshewoulddreaminSpanishandtheywoulddreamin8．Oneday，oneofher9studentscameuparidexplainedmSpanishthathehadnotdonehishomework．Hehad1Oearly．andhadslept11．“Whatdoesthishavetodowithyour12?”Patasked．“Idreamedallnight，MissJones.andmydreamwasinEnglish?”“InEnglish?”Patwasvery13，sincehewassuchFlbadstudent．Shewas14secretlyjealous(嫉妒的)．Her15wasstillnotinSpanish．Butsheencouraged(鼓勵)heryoungstudent．“Well，16meaboutyourdream．”“Allthepeopleinnaydream17English.”thestudentsaid．“AndallthesignswereinEnglish．Allthenewspapersandmagazinesanda11theTVprogramswereinEnglish．”“Butthat's18，”saidPat．“Whatdidallthepeoplesaytoyou?”“I'msorry，MissJones．That's19Isleptsobadly．1didn't20awordtheysaid．Itwasanightmare(噩夢)!”1.A.becauseB.whileC.ifD.since【解析】趁著年輕想多到國外看看，用while合適。【答案】B2.A．firstB．atfirstC．1astD.atlast【答案】A3.A．forB．ofC．asD．1ike【解析】getajobas…“獲得一份……工作”。【答案】C4.A.andB.butC.soD.yet【解析】上下文為因果關系，故用so。【答案】C5.A.sayB.knowC.readD.write【解析】學生對英語懂得不多。【答案】B6.A.inB.aboutC.ofD.for【解析】如果能用外語思維，你就真正掌握了外語。【答案】A7.A.thoughtB.realizedC.hopedD.wanted【解析】Pat希望有一天能用西班牙語思維，而學生們能用英語思維。【答案】C8.A．EnglishB．SpanishC．RussianD．German【答案】A9.A.brightB.excellentC.hestD.worst【解析】由文章的最后一段可知，該學生一句英語也聽不懂，說明他英語學得很差。【答案】D10.A.gotupB.gonetobedC.fallenasleepD.wokenup【答案】B11.A.wellB．soundlyC.badlyD．heavily【解析】文章最后一段有提示。【答案】C12.A．EnglishB．1anguageC.dreamD.homework【解析】學生說他的作業沒有做，是因為晚上沒睡好。Pat問：這與作業有何關系?【答案】D13.A.surprisedB.worriedC.pleasedD.excited【解析】學習最差的學生竟然能用英語做夢了．Pat當然感到驚奇。【答案】A14.A.yetB.seldomC.alsoD.still【解析】驚奇之余，還有點嫉妒。因為她還不能用西班牙語做夢。【答案】C15.A.studyB.classC.workD.dream【答案】D16.A.answerB.writeC.tellD.ask【解析】tellsb.aboutsth.“告訴某人……的情況”。【答案】C17.A.readB.likedC.spokeD.learned【解析】由原文可知，該學生夢中的人都說英語，他自己卻一句也不懂。【答案】C18.A.wonderfulB.terribleC.funnyD.stange【答案】19.A.howB.whyC.whenD.because【解析】That’swhy…“所以……”。【答案】B20.A.hearB.understandC.knowD.remember【答案】B閱讀理解AInordertoknowaforeignlanguagethoroughly(完全地),fourthingsarenecessary.First,wemustunderstandthelanguagewhenwehearitspoken.Secondly,wemustbeabletospeakitourselves,correctlywithconfidence(自信)andwithouthesitation(猶豫).Thirdly,wemustbeabletowriteit.Wemustbeabletomakesentencesthatarecorrectingrammar.Thereisnoshortwaytosucceedinlanguagelearning.Agoodmemory(記憶)isagreathelp,butitisnotenoughonlytomemorizetherulesfromagrammarbook.Itisnomuchuselearningbyheartlonglists(一覽表)ofwordsandtheirmeanings,studyingthedictionaryandsoon.Wemustlearnbyusingthelanguage.Ifwearepleasedwithafewruleswehavememorized,wearenotreallylearningthelanguage.Wemust“Learnthroughuse”.Practiceisimportant.Wemustpractisespeakingandwritingthelanguagewhenever(無論何時)wecan.1.Themostimportantthingstolearnaforeignlanguageare__________.A.understandingandspeakingB.hearing,speaking,readingandwritingC.writingandunderstandingD.memorizingandlistening【解析】學習一門外語最重要的是聽、說、讀、寫四種技能，A、C、D三項都不夠全面。【答案】B2.SomeonehearsandwritesEnglishverywell,buthespeaksitverybadly.Thisisbecause__________.A.hedoesn’tunderstandthelanguagewhenhehearsitspokenB.hedoesn’thaveagoodmemoryC.healwaysrememberlistsofwordsandtheirmeaningsD.heoftenhesitatestopractisespeakingit【答案】D3.Onecanneverlearnaforeignlanguagewellonlyby__________.A.muchpracticeB.studyingthedictionaryC.learningthroughuseD.usingthelanguage【答案】B4.Whichofthefollowingisthemostimportantinlearningaforeignlanguage?A.Agoodmemory.B.Speaking.C.Practice.D.Writing.【解析】在學習英語時，最重要的還是“練”(practice)，古語說，熟能生巧(Practicemakesperfect)，故選C項。【答案】C5.“Learnthroughuse”means__________.A.weusealanguageinordertolearnitB.welearnaforeignlanguageinordertouseitC.wecanlearnalanguagewellwhileweareusingitD.bothBandC【解析】“在用中學”，文章強調練習的重要性。A項顛倒了學與用的關系，B項雖對，卻不合題意。【答案】CBAstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish.Hewonders(想知道):CanIcommunicate(交際)withAmericans?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.1.Accordingtothispassage,astudentwhoislearningtospeakAmericanEnglishmightbeafraidthat__________.A.BritishpeoplecannotunderstandhimB.AmericanpeoplecannotunderstandhimC.thegrammaristoohardforhimD.thespellingistoohardforhim【解析】此題考查細節事實和辨別能力。學美式英語的學生常會擔心英國人不懂得他們的意思，從文中第一段可以找到。【答案】A2.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharedifferentin__________.A.spellingB.pronunciationC.grammarD.alloftheabove【解析】文章第二段給出了英式英語和美式英語的幾點不同：在拼寫、發音、詞匯及語法上。故此題選D。【答案】DisNOTmentioned(提及)inthepassage?A.WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.B.WhetherBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo.C.HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout.D.Howimportantthedifferencesare.【解析】此題亦用排除法。只有英式及美式英語不同之處的起源本文中沒有涉及，故選C。【答案】C__________say“Doyouhaveawatch?”A.BritishpeopleB.AmericansC.childrenD.teachers【答案】B5.Accordingtothispassage,BritishpeopleandAmericanshave__________difficultyinunderstandingeachother.A.littleB.muchC.someD.great【解析】本文第三段意在指明：盡管英式英語和美式英語在幾個方面有些不同，但大體來說，它們仍同屬一種語言。所以說英國人和美國人相互理解起來也沒有多大的困難。【答案】ACIfyouaskpeopletonametheonepersonwhohadthegreatesteffectontheEnglishlanguage,youwillgetanswerslike“Shakespeare”“SamuelJohnson”and“Webster”,butnoneofthesemenhadanyeffectatallcomparedtoamanwhodidn’tevenspeakEnglish——WilliamtheConqueror.Before1066,inthelandwenowcallGreatBritainlivedpeoplebelongingtotwomajorlanguagegroups.Inthewest-centralregionintheWelsh,whospokeaCelticlanguage,andinthenorthlivedtheScots,whoselanguage,thoughtnotthesameasWelsh,wasalsoCeltic.IntherestofthecountrylivedtheSaxons,actuallyamixtureofAnglos,Saxons,andotherGermanicandNordicpeoples,whospokewhatwenowcallAnglo-Saxon(orOldEnglish),aGermaniclanguage.Ifthisstateofaffairshadlasted,EnglishtodaywouldbeclosetoGerman.Butthisstateofaffairsdidnotlast.In1066theNormansledbyWilliamdefeatedtheSaxonsandbegantheirruleoverEngland.Foraboutacentury,FrenchbecametheofficiallanguageofEnglandwhileOldEnglishbecamethelanguageofpeasant.Asaresult,EnglishwordsofpoliticsandthelawcomefromFrenchratherthanGerman.Insomecases,modernEnglishevenshowsadistinction(區別)betweenupper-classFrenchandlower-classAnglo-Saxoninitswords.Weevenhavedifferentwordsforsomefoods,meatinparticular,dependingonwhetheritisstilloutinthefieldsorathomereadytobecooked,whichshowsthefactthattheSaxonpeasantsweredoingfarming,whiletheupper-classNormansweredoingmostoftheeating.WhenAmericansvisitEuropeforthefirsttime,theyusuallyfindGermanymore“foreign”thanFrancebecausetheGermantheyseeonsignsandadvertisementsseemsmuchmoredifferentfromEnglishthanFrenchdoes.FewrealizethattheEnglishlanguageisactuallyGermanicinitsbeginningandthattheFrenchinfluencesarealltheresultofoneman’sambition.1.ThetwomajorlanguagesspokeninwhatisnowcalledGreatBritainbefore1066were__________.A.WelshandScottishB.NordicandGermanicC.CelticandOldEnglishD.Anglo-SaxonandGermanic【解析】這是一道細節理解題。從第二段可知，在1066年前，在英國主要說兩種語言——Celtic和OldEnglish。【答案】C2.Whichofthefollowinggroupsofwordsare,byinference,rootedinFrench?A.president,lawyer,beefB.president,bread,waterC.beard,field,sheepD.folk,field,cow【解析】從第三段可知，當時在英國，凡是政治、法律和供Normans上層階級吃的食物，其名稱都來源于法語。【答案】A3.WhydoesFranceappearlessforeignthanGermanytoAmericansontheirfirstvisittoEurope?MostadvertisementsinFranceappearinEnglish.B.TheyknowlittleofthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.C.ManyFrenchwordsaresimilartoEnglishones.D.TheyknowFrenchbetterthanGerman.【解析】這是一道推斷題。從第四段第一句話“WhenAmericansvisitEuropeforthefirsttime,theyusuallyfindGermanymore’foreign’thanFrancebecausetheGermantheyseeonsignsandadvertisementsseemsmuchmoredifferentfromEnglishthanFrenchdoes.”可知法語單詞與英語單詞比較相似。【答案】C4.Whatisthesubjectdiscussedinthetext?A.ThehistoryofGreatBritain.B.ThesimilaritybetweenEnglishandFrench.C.TheruleofEnglandbyWilliamConqueror.D.TheFrenchinfluencesontheEnglishlanguage.【解析】這是一道主旨題。通讀全文可知，短文主要討論了法語對英語的影響。【答案】D短文改錯InWednesdaymorning,Tomwaswalkingalongthestreet.Suddenlyheheardtwoshots.Itcamefromthebank.Herantothebankandsawamancomingoutof.Themanwasshortandfatwithredhair.Hehadabagofmoneyoraguninhishands.Themanranawayandwasdisappearedbehindabus.ThatafternoonTomwentafilm.Hesawthethiefagainandphonedthepolice.Theycaughtthethief.HowanexcitingdayforTom!.Thebankgavehim$100forareward.【答案及解析】→On改為They3.第一個the→aof后加it→and6.去掉was7.√后加to→What→asWhenIfirstlearnedtowriteinEnglish,Iranintomanydifficulties.ThemainproblemwasinthatIalwaysthoughtinChineseendtriedtotranslateanythingintoEnglish.Myteacheradvisedmetokeepmydiary.Ifollowedheradviceandshouldputdown100wordsorsoeachday.SoonIbegantoenjoytalktomyselfonpaperasIwaslearningtoexpressmeinsimpleEnglish.OnedayIwrotealittlestoryandshowedtomyteacher.Shelikeditverymuchandreadsittotheclass.All