PAGEPAGE5語篇速測(三)完形填空+閱讀理解C+任務型閱讀(限時:30分鐘)Ⅰ.完型填空Weliveinaworldwheretherearenearly6,000differentlanguages,soitisveryeasyforyoutoget1whenyouaretranslating.Ingeneral,the2awayfromhomeyouget,thestrangerthelanguagesaroundyoubecome.But,haveyouevernoticedanything3amongdifferentlanguages?

Languagestudieshaveshownthatthe4for“mama”and“papa”aroundtheworldaresurprisinglylikeeachother.Itwasoncebelievedthatdifferentlanguagessharedsomethingincommon5severallanguagesstartedtodevelopfromonelanguage.Thatwastheorigin(起源)ofmanylanguagesspokenaroundEurope.

6,thiscannotexplainwhytherearesimilaritiestoooutsideEurope,suchas“nanay”and“tatay”inthePhilippineswhichalso7insomeplacesinGuangdong,China.Sowhatcould8thissimilarityaroundtheworld?

Russian-Americanlinguist(語言學家)RomanJakobsonshares9hehasfoundout.Maybeheis10.

“Ifyou'rea(n)11makingyourfirstsound,theeasiestwillbe‘ah’becauseyoucanmakeit12doinganythingwithyourtongue(舌頭)orlips(嘴唇),”hesaid.

“M”and“n”arealsocreated13byopeningandclosingthemouth,sothesesoundsoftendevelopnext.Inasimilar14,thesoundsthatarecloselyrelatedto“father”,like“p”,“d”and“t”,developnext.Thiscouldbethereasonwhy,aroundtheworld,achild'sfirstwordsareoften“ma”or“pa”,leadingparentstobe15“mama”and“papa”.

()1.A.interested B.lost C.used D.prepared()2.A.closer B.farther C.closest D.farthest()3.A.straight B.important C.difficult D.similar()4.A.characters B.passages C.words D.sentences()5.A.when B.until C.because D.although()6.A.Anyway B.MoreoverC.However D.Instead()7.A.compare B.divide C.find D.appear()8.A.explain B.express C.expect D.excuse()9.A.how B.what C.whether D.why()10.A.stupid B.terrible C.right D.bored()11.A.baby B.adult C.alien D.foreigner()12.A.beyond B.against C.through D.without()13.A.slowly B.easily C.quietly D.carefully()14.A.way B.place C.dream D.hurry()15.A.written B.added C.called D.keptⅡ.閱讀理解“I'mgoingtobedearliertomorrow!”Butnomatterhowwedecide,therearestillmanychancesthatwebreakourpromises.Thisbehavioriscalled“bedtimeprocrastination”(睡眠拖延癥),andresultsfrombeingshortofself-controlandourbodyclock.Bedtimeprocrastinationisacommonproblem.Accordingtoastudy,among2,400people,53percentofthemcouldn'tfollowtheirsleepingtimetheyhadplanned,delaying(推遲)itatleasttwiceaweek.Theydelayedbedtimenotbecausetheylikedtostayuplate,buttheycouldn'tstopdoingsomeotherthings.Accordingly,peoplewhousuallyhavetroubleresistingtemptations(抵制誘惑)andadheringtotheirintentions(堅持己見)aremorelikelytodelaygoingtobed.However,scientiststhinkbeingshortofself-controlisnottheonlyproblem.Ourbodyclockalsoplaysanimportantrolewhenitcomestobedtime.Inordertochecktheinfluenceofthebodyclockonsleep,scientistsstudiedthesleeppatterns(模式)of108people.Itwasfoundthatthosewhogotuplatearemorelikelytodelaytheirbedtimethanthosewhowokeupearlyeverymorning.Andmoresurprisingly,nightowls(夜貓子)wouldgotobedlateattheverybeginningoftheweekday,eventhoughtheyhadtogetupearlyforworkandschool.It'stheirspecialbodyclockthatplaysapartindelayingtheirbedtime.Peoplealwaysthinkthatbedtimeprocrastinationisn'tabigproblem,butthechoiceswemakethataffect(影響)oursleepcouldfinallybeprettyimportantforourhealth.1.Bedtimeprocrastinationispartlybecauseof.()

A.beingshortofself-control B.resistingtemptationsC.adheringtotheirintentions D.workinghard2.Bedtimeprocrastinationisacommonproblembecause. ()

A.peoplelikedtostayuplate B.peoplehavetroublegoingtobedC.over50%ofpeoplecouldn'tsleepontime D.peoplearenightowls3.peopleweretestedonthesleepinginfluenceofthebodyclock. ()

A.2,400 B.53percentofC.47percentof D.1084.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue? ()A.Peoplewhogotuplatearemorelikelytodelaytheirbedtime.B.Peoplewhowokeupearlymaynotdelaytheirbedtime.C.Nightowlsalwaysgotuplate.D.Nightowlsdelayedtheirbedtimeduetotheirspecialbodyclock.5.Thewriterimplies(暗示)thatbedtimeprocrastination. ()

A.isnotabigproblem B.hasnoinfluenceonourbodyC.isthechoicewemake D.isharmfulⅢ.任務型閱讀A)[2020·原創(chuàng)]根據短文內容及首字母提示,寫出所缺單詞,使短文內容完整、正確。ManystudentsliketoworkontheInternet.Of1.citcanbringusmanygoodthings.Wecanlearnmoreknowledge2.oourbooks,practiceourspokenEnglishwithsomeone3.eandlookupsomeusefulinformation.

Atthesametime,itcanbringussomebadthings.Somestudentshave4.mtoomanyfriends,seensomebadinformationthatisnogoodforusandspenttoomuchtimeonit.Somestudentsevenwastealotoftimeplaying5.gontheInternet.Weshouldknowwhatwecandoandwhatwecannotdo.

B)閱讀短文,按要求回答問題。ChineseVSAmericanSchoolsTherearemanydifferencesbetweentheChineseandAmericanschoolsystems.Firstly,thesubjectsthatstudentslearninChineseschoolsarethesameacrossChina.Almostallclassesinthecounty—whethertheyareinmaths,scienceorEnglish—willusesimilarbooksandmaterials(教材).Theeducationgoalsforthecountryaresetbythegovernment.Studentsdon'thavemanychoicesofsubjectstheycantake.However,intheUSA,the50statesallhaveabitdifferentschoolsystems.Studentstakebasicclassessuchasmaths,scienceandEnglish,buttheymayalsochooseclasseslikecomputerscience,music,artandbusiness.Secondly,theexamsystemispartofChinesetradition.Forhundredsofyears,theChinesehaveusedexamstodecidewhichpeoplewerethebesttoworkinthegovernment.Today,theexamsystemisusedtodecidewhichuniversitystudentsshouldattendandwhattheywillstudy.IntheUSA,classessettests,butstudentsfromdifferentschoolsdon'ttakethesametest.Studentsapplyto(申請)theuniversitiestheywanttogoto.Theyhavetosendtheirgradesandwritealetteraboutwhattheychoosetostudy.Thirdly,classsizesaredifferent.TeachersinChinateachtwoclassesaday,andtheymayhave50to60studentsinclass.Americanteachersusuallyteachfiveorsixclassesadaybecausetheclassesaremuchsmallerineach.Finally,Chinesestudentsstaywithinthesamegroupwhiletheyareataschool.IntheChinesesystem,thisgroupofstudentswilllearntheirsubjectstogether.Often,theywillnotswitch(轉換)classrooms.Instead,teacherswillcometotheirclassroom.InAmerica,studentsarenotgrouped.Studentscan'ttakeaclasstogetherbutthentheywillgotodifferentclassrooms.Theycanhaveuptoeightclassesaday.6.DostudentsinChineseschoolslearnthesamesubjects?7.WhosetstheChineseeducationgoals?8.HowdoAmericanstudentsapplytotheuniversitiestheywanttogoto?9.WhydoAmericanteachersusuallyteachmoreclassesthanChineseteachersaday?10.HowmanydifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanschoolsarementionedinthepassage?