Unit2Sportingevents同步練習Ⅰ.完形填空A“Longtimenosee”isaveryinterestingIfirstreadthissentencefromanAmericanfriend’semail，Ithoughtitwasaperfect__1__ofChinglish.Obviously，itisaword-by-wordliteraltranslationoftheChinesegreetingswitha__2__Englishgrammarandstructure！Lateron，myfriendtoldmethatitisastandardAmericanwastoothrilledtobelievewordscouldn’t__4__meatIdidasearchonmysurprise，thereareover60thousandwebpages__5__“Longtimenosee”．Thissentencehasbeenwidelyusedinemails，letters，newspapers，movies，books，oranyotherpossibleit’ssortofinformal，itispartofthelanguagethatAmericansuse，ifyoutypethisphraseinMicrosoftWord，thesoftwarewilltellyouthatthegrammarneedstobecorrected.Nobodyknowsthe__7__ofthisChinglishpeoplebelievethatitcamefromCharlieChan’s1930s，Hollywoodmoviemakerssuccessfully__8__aworldwidefamousChinesedetectivenamed“CharlieChan”onwideChanlikedtoteachAmericanssomeChinesewisdombyquoting(引用)Confucius.“Longtimenosee”washisafterCharlieChan，“Longtimenosee”becamea__9__phraseintherealworldthankstothepopularityofthesemovies.Somepeople__10__Americatoahugemeltingpot(大熔爐)．Allkindsofculturesaremixedinthepottogether，andthey__11__thecolorandtasteofeachChinese，thoughaminorityethnic(少數的)groupintheUnitedStates，isalsocontributingsomechangestothestew(混雜物)！Languageisusuallythefirstthingtobe__12__inthemixedpot.1． B．sign C．word D．change2． B．perfected C．learned D．ruined3． B．greeting C．habit D．proverb4． B．encourage C．convince D．believe5． B．printing C．publishing D．expressing6． B．Luckily C．Ironically D．Suddenly7． B．origin C．expressionD．meaning8． B．published C．did D．discovered9． B．rare C．modern D．popular10． B．add C．join D．owe11． B．change C．lower D．promote12． B．mentioned C．used D．consideredBAlittleoldladywentintoapetshopandsawalovely-lookingparrot.“Iwouldliketobuythathandsomebird，please，”shesaidtotheowner.“Ohyoudon’twant__13__，”themanreplied.“Heusessomeprettyterribledon’tyougetapuppyoracat？”“Iwantthatparrot！”thewomaninsisted，andproceededtoputhermoney__15__theownershruggedhisshouldersandmadethesale.Whenthewomanreturnedhome，shestartedplayingwithhernewwaspettinghimandpokingathisfeatherswhenallofasuddenhestartedswearingabluewomanwassoshocked__16__shegrabbedtheparrotandstuckhimintheshetooktheshiveringbirdoutlater，shewarnedhimthateverytimeheusedbadlanguagehe’dbeputback__17__itwascold.Theparrot’sbehaviorwasprettygoodfor__18__coupleofdays，butthenonemorningwhilethecatwasputtingherpawthroughhiscage，hegotreallymadandstartedcursingtimethewomangrabbedthe__19__andstuckhiminthehesatthere，shiveringandlookingaround，he__20__afrozenturkeyrightnexttohim.“Hi，guy！”squawkedtheparrot，“Whatdidyousay？”Ⅱ.閱讀理解Whatisitthatmakesahouseahome?Ahomeisaplaceofcompanionshipwithpeopleinitwholoveeachother，whoareharmonious(和諧的)andcloserinsidewithoneanotherthantheyareoutsidewiththoseintheworkplaceorwithclassmatesathomeisaplacethat’ssomagneticthatit’sdifficulttoahomethereislove，sharingandappreciation，andthemembershelponeanother.Ihaveseenfamiliesontheiftheylive，sleep，talk，andeattogether，theyareafamily，eveniftheyarepoorlydon’tneedarooftomakeatrulyhomelessaresomeoftherichpeoplewhobuildmulti-million-dollarhousesandaretoobusytoreallyliveintrulyhomelessarethosewhohaveturnedtheirhomeintoahotelparentschildrendodon’ttalkandeattogethereveryrarelyseeeachtrulyhomelesspeoplearethosewithbabysitters，caretakers，gardenersandareunaware，toobusymakingmoneyoutsidethehomethattheydon’tliveisanotherwayoflookingattherichandtheistobepitied?ControlofthecomputerandtheInternetisalsoimportanttomakeahouseintoathecomputerisonallthetime，thehouseturnsintoanoffice，evenifeveryoneisathomesthesedaysarejustcommunicationhascomputereatsupthetimethatoneshouldbegivingtootherswithinthethecomputermoderatelygivesustimeforgentleness，playandcommunication，notwithascreen，butwithahumanbeing.1．Whichofthefollowingmayserveasthebesttitleofthepassage?A．HowtoMakeaHouseaHome?B．WhatMakesaHouseaHome?C．WhoAreHomeless，thePoor?D．WhatisaHomefor?2．Thepurposeofthefirstparagraphisto________.A．tellusthatwherethereishomethereisloveB．telluswhatpeoplethinkhomeisC．showtheauthor’sconceptofhomeD．tellpeoplehowtohaveahappyhome3．Theunderlinedword“those”refersto________.A．peoplewhobuildmulti-million-dollarhousesB．peoplewhohavelosttheirfamilymembersC．peoplewhodon’tspendtimewiththefamilyD．homelessfamilieslivingonthestreet4．WhichstatementisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Ahomeisaplacewhereyouarewillingtostay.B．Eventhepoorestpersoncanhaveahappyhome.C．ComputersandtheInternetareimportantforahappyhome.D．Sometimesit’stherichthatshouldbepitied.5．Accordingtothepassage，whatisNOTmentionedasanelement(要素)ofahome?A．Communication.B．Appreciation.C．Companionship.D．Selflessness.Unit2SportingeventsⅠ.【解題導語】本文為說明文，講述了跨文化交際中中美文化相互影響的語言現象。文章第一段引入話題Longtimenosee表達式。第二段講述作者考證Longtimenosee是個漢語式英語表達方式的情況。第三段講述了Longtimenosee的來歷。第四段通過Longtimenosee的例子，進一步引申語言相互影響的問題，說明美國是一個多元文化并存的國家。1．解析：作者認為Longtimenosee(好久不見)是一個很典型的中國式的英語例子。答案：A2．解析：由語境可知，“Longtimenosee”在結構上不符合英語語法，故選D項。此處ruined意為“糟糕的”，符合語境。答案：D3．解析：根據上文“Obviously，itisaword-by-wordliteraltranslationoftheChinesegreetings”的提示可推斷，這是一個標準的美國問候語。答案：B4．解析：她的話不能使我信服。convince是“使……信服”的意思。答案：C5．解析：有6萬多個網頁包含了Longtimenosee這個短語。答案：A6．解析：ironically有“具有諷刺意味的是”之意。前面講到這個問候語使用廣泛。而Word軟件卻把它當作一個錯誤的句子來處理，前后意義轉折。答案：C7．解析：從后面的“camefrom”可以推斷，前一句話的意思是“無人知道這個短語的來歷”。答案：B8．解析：create在此是“塑造(電影、文學形象)”之意。答案：A9．解析：這些電影放映后不久，“Longtimenosee”在美國成了一個流行詞語。答案：D10．解析：有些人將美國比作一個大熔爐。compare...to...意為“把……比作……”，符合語境。答案：A11．解析：互相之間都進行改變(同化)。答案：B12．解析：在這個多元文化的大熔爐里，語言通常是第一個受到影響的。答案：A13．解析：此處用him指代上文的parrot。且下文的“He”也有提示。答案：him14．解析：根據下文“shewarnedhimthateverytimeheusedbadlanguagehe’dbeputback__17__itwascold.”的提示可判斷。答案：language15．解析：她把錢放在柜臺上。答案：on16．解析：考查句型“so...that...”，意為“如此……以致于……”。答案：that17．解析：此處用where引導地點狀語從句，意為：“他被放回到冷的地方。”答案：where18．解析：考查搭配acoupleof，意為“幾個”