第二單元測評(píng)(時(shí)間:120分鐘滿分:150分)第Ⅰ卷第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題2分,滿分30分)閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。AYoumaythinktherearenodifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanpeople.Afterall,theyspeakthesamelanguage,don’tthey?IfyouaskaBritishoranAmericanperson,hewillprobablytellyouthattherearedifferences.Andthedifferencesarequitegreat.WhatdoBritishpeoplethinkAmericanpeoplearelike?TheBritishthinkAmericanpeopleareverystrange.Theymakealotofnoiseandtheylaughtooloudly.Theyarerich,andtheyonlythinkaboutmoney.ButtheBritishdosaythatAmericanpeoplearekind,andfriendlypeople.They’rehappytohelpyouifyouareintrouble.WhatdoAmericansthinkoftheBritish?Well,theythinktheBritisharecoldandveryunfriendly.Theyarenotinterestedinsuccessorinmakinglotsofmoney.TheythinkBritishisthebestcountryintheworld.Theylookdownonothercountries.ButAmericanssaythattheBritisharequitehardworkers.Theyarebraveandhonest.Andintimeoftroubletheyfacedifficultieshappily.YoucanseethattheseideascancausemisunderstandingbetweentheBritishandAmericans.ButwhenAmericanandBritishpeoplebecomefriends,theyusuallyfindthingsarenotasbadastheyexpected.21.ArethereanydifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanpeople?A.Yes,thedifferencesareverysmall.B.Yes,thedifferencesarequitegreat.C.No,thereisn’tanydifferencebetweenthem.D.Somepeoplethinkthereare,butsomepeopledon’tthinkso.22.WhatdoBritishpeoplethinkAmericansarelike?A.Theyareselfish.B.Theyarepoor.C.Theyarestrangepeople. D.Theyareunfriendly.23.WhatdotheAmericansthinkoftheBritish?A.Theyarecoldandunfriendly.B.Theyarekind.C.Theyarelazy.D.Theyarerich.24.TheAmericanandBritishpeopleusuallygetalongquitewell.

A.whentheybecomefriendsB.whentheybecomeenemiesC.aftertheyfightD.aftertheyquarrelBTheEnglishlanguagestartedabout1500yearsagoinEngland.Threegroupsofpeoplecametothecountry.TheyweretheAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes.ThesethreegroupsbroughttheirlanguageswiththemtoEngland.Aftersometime,thethreelanguagesbecameonenewlanguage—English.Thename“English”comesfromtheAngles.TheylivedinmostofEngland.“England”means“AngleLand”or“CountryoftheAngles”.Thelanguagethatwespeaktoday—ModernEnglish—isnotthesameastheEnglishthatpeopleused1500yearsago,includingOldEnglish(before1150)andMiddleEnglish(uptill1500).Thatlanguage—OldEnglish—soundsdifferent,andithassomedifferentrulesofgrammar.TherewereonlyafewthousandwordsinOldEnglish.ButModernEnglishdoescomefromOldEnglish,anditisstilllikeitinmanyimportantways.25.WhendidModernEnglishstart?A.Abouttheyear1150.B.Beforetheyear1500.C.Betweenthe12thcenturyandthe16thcentury.D.About1500yearsago.26.HowmanylanguagesdidOldEnglishcomefrom?A.One.B.Two.C.Three. D.Four.27.Whichlanguagedidthename“English”comefrom?A.ModernEnglish. B.TheAngles.C.TheJutes. D.TheSaxons.28.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?A.ModernEnglishhasnothingtodowithOldEnglish.B.ModernEnglishhasmorewordsthanOldEnglish.C.ModernEnglishhasavocabulary(詞匯量)twiceaslargeasoldEnglish.D.ThereisnodifferencebetweenOldEnglishandMiddleEnglish.CAstudentislearningtospeakBritishEnglish.Hewonders(想知道):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”andhonor”areAmerican.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spellingandvocabularyarenotimportant,however.Forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.29.Accordingtothispassage,astudentwhoislearningtospeakBritishEnglishmightbeafraidthat.

A.AmericanpeoplecannotunderstandhimB.AmericanpeoplecannotunderstandhimC.thegrammaristoohardforhimD.thespellingistoohardforhim30.WhatareAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferentin?A.Spelling. B.Pronunciation.C.Grammar. D.Alloftheabove.31.WhatisNOTmentioned(提及)inthepassage?A.WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.B.WhetherBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo.C.HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout.D.Howimportantthedifferencesare.32.Whosay“Doyouhaveawatch?”A.Britishpeople. B.Americanpeople.C.Children. D.Teachers.DStandardEnglishistheformalEnglishthatyouneedtousewhenyouwriteincourseworkorintheexam.StandardEnglishistheformofEnglishyoulearninschool.AllwrittenEnglishshouldbestandardmeansthatitshouldbeclearenoughforanyoneinBritaintounderstandit.StandardEnglishdevelopedasthemainformofprintedEnglishinthe15thcentury.Atthetime,everyregionofBritainusedtospellwordsdifferently,butprintersneededafixedspelling.PrinterslikeCaxtonchosetheEastMidlandsdialectformwhichwasusedinLondonandtheSouthEast.SoonstandardEnglishreplacedallwrittendialectforms—theotherformsofEnglishspokenaroundthecountry.ItalsoreplacedFrenchandLatininlawandinacademic(學(xué)術(shù)的)works.Inthe18thcentury,peoplewrotedictionariesandgrammarbookswhichstandardizedspelling.DrJohnson’sDictionaryof1755fixedmanyofthespellingswestillusetoday.AllwrittenEnglishshouldbestandardEnglish—anygrammarrulesyoulearnareforstandardEnglishandyouwilldefinitelyneedtolearnthemtoavoidmakingmistakesinyourwork.TherulesofstandardEnglishmeanusingthecorrectformsofwordswiththecorrectspellings.Avoidslangwords(俚語)—wordsthatyourteachersorfriendswouldn’tunderstand.You’lllosemarksiftheexaminerscan’tunderstandwhatyousayorwrite.Don’tusedialectwords.Everyregionhaswordsorphrasesthatareonlyusedthere.Don’tusetheminyourcoursework,becauseyouwon’tbeunderstood.Makesureyourevisegrammarandpunctuation(標(biāo)點(diǎn))youhavelearned,andlearnthelistofcommonlymisspelledwordsyouhavemade.Clichésareideasorsayingswhichhavebeenusedsooftenthatthey’vebecomeboringandunoriginal.Phraseslike,“Asgoodasitgets”“Attheendoftheday”“Inthefullnessoftime”areallclichés.Soareimageslike,“asfierceasalion”“ascunningasafox”.Ifyouusethemyouwillsoundboringandunimaginative—thatcouldmeanyoulosemarksforwritingandspeakingstyle.Soavoidclichés.33.WhatisstandardEnglish?A.TheEnglishspokenbyBritishpeople.B.TheEnglishspokenbyAmericanpeople.C.TheEnglishspokenbyBritishpeopleinthe15thCentury.D.TheEnglishusedinLondon.34.Whatareclichésaccordingtothepassage?A.TheEnglishfullofslangwords.B.Thelongphraseswhichareusedoften.C.Theboringideasorsayingsbecauseofbeingusedoften.D.AlltheEnglishwhichisusedoutsideofLondonandinthesoutheastofBritain.35.WhydoweneedtousestandardEnglish?A.Becausenoonecanunderstanddialectwords.B.Becauselocaldialectbelongstoacertainregion,noteveryonecanunderstandit.C.BecausetherearemanykindsofEnglishintheworld,weneedstandardEnglishtomakecommunicationeasier.D.BecausestandardEnglishhasbeenusedforalongtime.第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。OralEnglish,alsoknownasspokenEnglish,istheformofEnglishthatisusedwhenpeoplearespeakingtooneanother.StudentswhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguageoftenfeeluncomfortableusingoralEnglishbecausetheyfearthattheywillnotbeunderstood.ItisimportantthatapersonwhoislearningtospeakEnglishpracticesusingthelanguage.36

ListeningisimportanttolearningspokenEnglish.37Payattentiontoconversationsthathappenaroundyouwhileyouareshopping.Watchthenewseveryeveningwhileyouhavesupper.

PartoflearningspokenEnglishisinunderstandinghowEnglishwordsareformed.WatchthemouthsandtonguesofnativeEnglishspeakerscarefully.38Noticehowthelipsformcertainsounds.Imitate(模仿)whatyousee.

Rentmoviesovertheweekend.Trytofollowthestorylineofcomedyshows.39NothavingtorespondinEnglishletsyouconcentrateonsimplyunderstandingwhatisbeingsaid.UnderstandinghowEnglishisusedinconversationwillhelpyoutobettercommunicateinthelanguage.

40Whenyouarereading,paymoreattentiontothecorrectpronunciationofthewordsyouarereadingratherthancomprehensionofeachword.Readeasybooksthatarewrittenforchildren.Readingsimplebookstakesawaythefrustrationofsoundingouthardwords.

A.Readoutloudfortwentytothirtyminuteseveryday.B.ListentoEnglishradiowhilegettingreadyinthemorning.C.Observehowmuchthemouthisopenedtosaycertainwords.D.FindafriendorteacherwhoiswillingtohelpyoulearnEnglish.E.Repeattheconversationsseveraltimestoincreaseyourspeakingspeed.F.WatchingTVshowsandmoviesallowsyoutohearEnglishusedinconversation.G.Themoreapersonpracticeshisorherskills,themoreeasilyspeakingEnglishwillbecome.第三部分英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分45分)第一節(jié)完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。PeoplefromGreatBritainbroughttheEnglishlanguagetoNorthAmericainthe16thand17thcenturies.Andinthe41300years,therewere42manychangesin43placesthatnowpeoplecan44tellanEnglishperson45anAmericaninthewayheorshetalks.

Manyoldwords46inEnglandbutwerekeptinAmerica.Forexample,300yearsagopeopleinGreatBritaingottheirwaterfromsomethingtheycalledeithera“faucet”,a“spigot”,ora“tap”.Allthesewordsare47heardindifferentpartsofAmerica,butonly“tap”isstillcommonin48.Americansoftenmadeupnewwordsorchangedold49.“Corn”isonekindofplantinAmericaand50inEngland.

Also,overthelastthreecenturiestheEnglishlanguagehas51thousandsofnewwordsforthingsthatweren’tknown52.Andoften,AmericanandEnglishpeopleusedtwo53namesforthem.Atincaniscalled“tin”forshortinEngland,buta“can”inAmerica.Theword“radio”is54allovertheworld,includingAmerica.ButmanyEnglishpeoplecallit“wireless”.Andalmostanythinghavingsomethingtodo55cars,railroads,etc.56differentnamesinBritishandAmericanEnglish.

ButnowAmericanandBritishEnglishmaybegrowingclosetogether.One57isthelargeamountofAmericanspeechesthatBritishpeopleheardailyinmovies,ontelevision,or58travelers.59this,AmericansseemtobeinfluencingtheBritishmoreorless.Sosomeday,Englishmayevenbe60onbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

41.A.followingB.recentC.oldestD.last答案:A解析:在16、17世紀(jì)后(following)的三百年里。following意為“接下來的”;recent意為“最近的”;oldest意為“最古老的”;last意為“上一個(gè),最后的”。42.A.such B.too C.so D.great43.A.either B.both C.neither D.two44.A.hardly B.difficultly C.clearly D.easily45.A.with B.from C.to D.and46.A.disappeared B.happened C.spoke D.took47.A.not B.hardly C.also D.still48.A.America B.thetwocountriesC.England D.British49.A.word B.forms C.ones D.ways50.A.another B.other C.others D.one51.A.watched B.added C.discovered D.answered52.A.anywhere B.insomecountriesC.before D.forcenturies53.A.new B.shortC.different D.surprising54.A.produced B.made C.developed D.used55.A.to B.away C.with D.from56.A.has B.have C.havegiven D.wasgiven57.A.thing B.causeC.belief D.expression58.A.from B.in C.on D.to59.A.As B.BecauseC.Besides D.Becauseof60.A.different B.moredifferentC.thesame D.moreuseful第Ⅱ卷第三部分英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分45分)第二節(jié)(共10小題;每小題1.5分,滿分15分)閱讀下面材料,在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Englishis61.languagespokenallaroundtheworld.There62.(be)morethan42countrieswheremostpeoplespeakEnglish.MostnativespeakersofEnglisharefound63.theUnitedStates,theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,IrelandandNewZealand.Formorethan375millionpeople,Englishis64.(them)mothertongue.Anequal(同等的)numberofpeoplelearnEnglishasa65.(two)language.Thesepeoplespeakthelanguageoftheirowncountryathomewiththeirfamily,66.thelanguagethatthegovernment