高中英语人教版十二省区必修1课后强化作业unit2section4word版含答案

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldSectionⅣUnitRevisionⅠ.阅读理解AAmericanandBritishpeoplebothspeakEnglishofcourse.Butsometimesitdoesnotseemlikethesamelanguage.Infact,therearesomeimportantdifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Firstofall,theysoundverydifferent.Often,Americansdon'tsayeachwordseparately.Theysayseveralwordstogether.Americansmaysay“Idunno”insteadof“Idon'tknow”.However,theBritisharemorecarefulontheirspeech.Theyusuallysayallthewordsandkeepthemseparate.Also,somelettershavedifferentsounds.Forexample,theAmericanssaythe“a”inhalflikethe“a”incat.ButtheBritishsaythe“a”inhalflikethe“o”insoft.SoundisnottheonlydifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Wordssometimeshavedifferentmeaningstoo.SomeAmericanwordsareneverusedinEngland.ThesamethingistrueofsomeBritishwordsinAmerica.Forexample,thevocabularyforcarsanddrivingisverydifferent.Americansdrivetrucks,butinEnglandtheydrivelorries.Manyexpressionsarealsodifferentinthetwocountries.InEngland,ifyouaregoingtotelephonefriends,you“ringthemup”.InAmericayou“givethemacall”．Therearealsosometimesdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,Americansusuallyusethehelpingverb“do”whentheyaskaquestion.Theysay“Doyouhaveclasstoday？”ButtheBritishoftenleaveoutthehelpingverb.Theysay“Haveyouclasstoday？”AllthesedifferencescanbeconfusingifyouarelearningEnglish.Butmostlanguagesarelikethis.Languageschangeovertime.Whenpeopleliveinseparateplaces,thelanguageschangeindifferentways.ThisiswhathappenedtoEnglish.Itcanalsohappentootherlanguages,suchasFrench.ManypeopleinCanadaspeakFrenchbuttheirFrenchisverydifferentfromtheFrenchofFrance.文章大意：本文介绍了美式英语与英式英语的不同点。1．ComparedtotheBritish,Americansareusually________.A．morecarefulaboutsayingwordsB．lesscarefulaboutsayingwordsC．easiertounderstandD．slowerspeakers答案：B细节判断题。由文章第二段的第二句“Often,Americansdon'tsayeachwordseparately.”可以直接得出答案为B项。2．SomelettersinEnglish________.A．alwayssoundthesameB．havedifferentsoundsintheUSandEnglandC．don'tchangeD．haveanunusualsound答案：B细节判断题。由第三段首句可得出正确答案为B项。3．Thevocabularyforcarsanddrivingis________.A．anexampleofBritishEnglishB．differentintheUSandEnglandC．anexampleofmoderntechnologyD．thesameintheUSandEngland答案：B细节判断题。由文章第四段的最后两句可知。B(2014·邯郸市高一期末)Sometimesitisdifficulttotalktotaxidrivers.Theymustgivealltheirattentiontotheroadastheyworkouttheshortestwaytotheplacewhereyouaregoing.However,passengersfromWangfujingwereinsurprisewhentheytookataxi.Thedriverjustwouldnotstoptalking—inEnglish.OrganizedbytheCulturalandEducationSectionoftheBritishEmbassy,“DaretoSpeak”examinesifChinesepeoplewillspeakEnglishin“real­life”situations.MatthewKnowles,anactingstudentfromSouthCarolinaatBeijingFilmAcademy,actedthepartasthe“driver”.HecollectedsixpassengersonSaturdaymorning,mostofwhomwerefemalewhite­collar(白领)workers.“Ofcoursetheyweresurprisedatfirst,wonderingwhyI'mdrivingataxi,andwonderingwhetherthisisarealtaxi,butthenmostofthemwereprettywillingtospeak，”hesaid.Knowlessaidhewasalsosurprisedbyhis“passengers”.“Apartfrommyfirst‘passenger’，whocouldspeakverylittleEnglish,alltherestspokeEnglishverywell,anditwasfuntocommunicatewiththem，”hesaid,addingthatsome“passengers”werequitetalkative.The“foreigntaxidriver”projectwasjustoneofthe“DaretoSpeak”activities,whichhavebeengoingonsincetheendofOctober.OtherprojectsincludedaforeignstoreownernearahighschoolinBeijing,acookinaShanghaiuniversitycanteen.TheyweretestingthewillingnessofChinesepeople,especiallystudentsandwhite­collarworkers,tospeaktoforeignersinEnglish.RongXin,seniormanagerofIELTS(雅思)withtheBritishEmbassy,saidtheyhopedtoletIELTStakersinChinaknowthatcommunicationistheultimategoalofIELTS.“WehopethatmoreandmoreIELTStakersinChinacanrealizetheimportanceofcommunicatinginEnglishinreallife,insteadofjustgettinghightestscores，”shesaid.文章大意：本文是一篇小品文，主要介绍了英国驻华大使馆所举行的一个活动：敢于说英语。4．WhydidMatthewKnowlesdriveataxi?A．Hetookpartintheproject“Deartospeak”．B．Heplayedtheroleofataxidriverinafilm.C．HeenjoyedchattingwithpeopleinEnglish.D．HewantedtoimprovehisChinesewhiledriving.答案：A推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段的整体理解，可推知MatthewKnowles开出租是因为他参与了这项“敢开口说英语”的活动，故答案A符合文意。5.TheChinesemaymeetandtalkto________in“Deartospeak”projects.A.awhite­collarworkerB.aforeignstoreownerC.arestaurantmanagerD.ahighschoolstudent答案：B推理判断题。根据第二段：“DaretoSpeak”examinesifChinesepeoplewillspeakEnglishin“real­life”situations.可推知，在这项活动中中国人会遇到外国人，从而有机会说英语，故答案B符合文意。6.Theunderlinedword“ultimate”isclosestinmeaningto________.A.mostdifficultB.mostcommonC.mostfamousD.mostimportant答案：D词义猜测题。根据最后一段的整体理解并结合生活常识可知，学习语言的最终目的是为了交流，无论是书面的还是口头，而不是所谓的考试，考试只是一种检验语言掌握水平的方式而已，由此可推知答案D符合文意。7.Thepurposeoftheproject“DeartoSpeak”isto________.A.attractmoreforeignerstostartbusinessinChinaB.drawChinesepeople'sattentiontoIELTC.remindlanguagelearnersofthegoaloflearningD.givemorechancesforEnglishlearnersinChina答案：C目的意图题。根据第二段：“DaretoSpeak”examinesifChinesepeoplewillspeakEnglishin“real­life”situations.这个活动的主旨和最后一段的呼应，可推知答案C符合文意。Ⅱ.完形填空(2014·福州八县市一中期中联考)Ayearago,IpaidnoattentiontoEnglishidioms,thoughmyteacheremphasized(强调)theimportanceagainandagain.Butsoon,theimportanceofEnglishidiomswasshown__1__anamusingexperience.One