-Unit 5 starting out and understanding ideas 外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

外研版（2019）选修四unit5startingoutandunderstandingideas学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单词拼写1.Asimilar_____(特点)isfoundat13degreesnorthbetween230degreesand250degreeslongitude.2.The_____(册)publishedlastmonthconsistsof60shortpoemsand20longpoems.3.Itisgenerallyagreedthattheeconomiccrisisledtothe________(衰败）ofthecountry.4.Thebookthatheboughtyesterdayexplorestherelationshipbetweenreligionand________(文明).5.Astronautswillmakean_____(尝试)todaytorescueacommunicationssatellitefromitsuselessorbit.二、翻译题6.无论付出什么代价,这座古建筑必须要保留。(whatever)_____,theancientbuildingmustbepreserved.7.如果您能抽出时间看一下随信附上的材料,我将不胜感激。(过去分词作定语)Iwouldbeappreciateifyoucouldsparesometimetoseethematerial_____.8.《我和我的家乡》是一部非常有趣的电影,我们都so…that...)MyPeople,MyHomelandis_____.9._____(随着科学技术的快速发展),themysteryoftheBurmudaTrianglewillbesolvedoneday.10._____(关于这个现象人们有许多的猜想),buttheyarenotbasedontheoriesorfacts.三、阅读理解

Canadaisabilingual(双语的)countrywith"co-official"languages.EnglishandFrenchenjoyequalstatusastheofficiallanguagesofallgovernmentagenciesinCanada.ThismeansthatthepublichastherighttocommunicateandreceiveservicesfromthegovernmentineitherEnglishorFrench.Governmentemployeeshavetherighttoworkintheofficiallanguageoftheirchoiceincertainbilingualregions.

LiketheUnitedStates,Canadastartedasacolony.Beginninginthe1500sitwaspartofNewFrancebutlaterbecameaBritishcolonyaftertheSevenYears'War.Asaresult,theCanadiangovernmentrecognizedthelanguagesofbothcolonizers:FranceandEngland.TheConstitutionActof1867admittedtheuseofbothlanguagesinfederalcourts.Yearslater,CanadastrengtheneditscommitmenttobilingualismwhenitpassedtheOfficialLanguagesActof1969,whichreconfirmedtheconstitutionaloriginsofitsco-officiallanguages.

RecognitionofbothEnglishandFrenchprotectstherightsofallCanadians.Amongotherbenefits,the1969ActrecognizedtheCanadiancitizensshouldbeabletoaccessfederallawsandgovernmentdocuments,whethertheirnativelanguagewasFrenchorEnglish.Thegenerallawalsorequiresthatconsumerproductsfeaturebilingualpackagingthroughoutthecountry.

TheCanadiangovernmentiscommittedtoadvancingtheequalityandtheuseofEnglishandFrenchandprovidessupporttothedevelopmentofEnglishandFrenchminoritycommunities.Althoughthefederalgovernmenttheoreticallyguaranteesbilingualservicesinallareas,therearemanyregionswhereEnglishistheclearmajoritylanguagesothegovernmentdoesnotofferservicesinFrenchinthoseregions.Canadiansusethephrase

"wherenumbersjustify"toindicatewhetheralocalpopulation'slanguagerequiresbilingualservicesfromthegovernment.

WhilemanyCanadiansarebilingualinEnglishandFrench,StatisticsCanadafindsthatover200otherlanguageswerereportedasalanguagespokenbyitspeople.Abouttwo-thirdsoftherespondentswhospokeoneoftheselanguagesalsospokeeitherEnglishorFrench.

1.WhyaretwoofficiallanguagesacceptedinCanada?

A.Thelanguage-usingtraditioncausedbycolonialhistory.

B.Thecommitmentmadebyfederalcourtsinthepast.

C.Thewelcomeattitudetowardspeoplefromallovertheworld.

D.Thecommandoftwolanguagesbecauseofschooleducation.

2.WliatisthecurrentsituationofofficiallanguagesinCanada?

A.PeoplespeakingEnglisharesuperiorbecauseoftheiraccesstofederallaws.

B.ThefederalgovernmenthastoprovidebilingualservicesforallcitizensinCanada.

C.FrenchminoritycommunitiesaregivenmoresupportthanEnglishminoritycommunities.

D.TheCanadiangovernmentoffersservicesaccordingtothelocalpopulation'slanguage.

3.Whichisthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.TheOfficialLanguagesinCanada

B.Canada,aMulti-languageLand

C.LawsDecidetheLanguageUsedbyPeople

D.TheFederalGovernmentProvidesSupportforCommunities四、完形填空

IthasbeenseveraldecadessincetheUFOracedacrosstheUSandcrashednearKecksburg.Atthebeginning,takenfornothingmorethanameteor(流星)impact,thefamouseventlater

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thenicknameof"Pennsylvania'sRoswell"afterthemilitarywassaidtoattempttocoveritup.

TheincidentbeganonDecember9,1965whenthousandsofpeopleacrossseveralstates

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astrangefireballwhichdropped"hotmetalpieces"asit

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throughthesky.

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thesightingsbeingfairlywidespread,itwasthesmalltownofKecksburginPennsylvaniathatwouldbecomemostclosely

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withtheincident.

Itstartedwhenayounglocalboyclaimedthathehadseenanobjectlandinginnearby

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andhismotherlater

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ittotheauthorities(当局)whenshesawstrangebluethinlinesoffirerisingfromthetrees.

Severallocalsincludingmembersofthefiredepartmentwentouttolookintothesceneand

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anoddacorn(橡实)-shapedobjectthesizeofasmallcarwith

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writingonitssurface.

Withinashortspaceoftimetherewerereportsofaseriousmilitary

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atthecrashsitewitharmyofficials

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ordinarypeopleawayfromthescenewhiletheobjectwasbeingloadedintoatruck.

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whatcrashedinKecksburgthatday54yearsagocontinuestoremainthesubjectofmuchcontroversy(争议)and

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SomepeoplebelievethatitmighthavebeenacrashedSovietsatelliteortheremainsofsomeexperimentaltestflightthatwenthorriblywrong.

Thereare

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thosewhobelievethattheobjectwasevidenceofalienvisits.

Whateverthe

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,theKecksburgmysteryislikelytolastformanymoreyearstocome.

1.A.caused

B.promised

C.earned

D.led

2.A.caught

B.observed

C.picked

D.avoided

3.A.burned

B.struggled

C.rushed

D.moved

4.A.Despite

B.Through

C.Beyond

D.Across

5.A.shared

B.crowded

C.connected

D.concerned

6.A.areas

B.fields

C.caves

D.woods

7.A.wrote

B.reported

C.showed

D.recalled

8.A.cameacross

B.cameafter

C.camealongwith

D.cameupwith

9.A.familiar

B.common

C.strange

D.meaningful

10.A.training

B.exploration

C.absence

D.presence

11.A.begging

B.forbidding

C.ordering

D.allowing

12.A.Exactly

B.Naturally

C.Possibly

D.Especially

13.A.value

B.debate

C.attraction

D.trouble

14.A.even

B.seldom

C.almost

D.still

15.A.case

B.purpose

C.design

D.appearance

参考答案一单词拼写1.答案：feature2.答案：volume3.答案：downfall4.答案：civilisation5.答案：attempt二翻译题6.答案：Whateverthecost(is)

解析：此处应用Whatever引导让步状语从句,句中的is可以省略。7.答案：attachedtotheletter

解析：此处作定语修饰thematerial,且thematerial和attached是逻辑上的动宾关系,故应用过去分词作定语。8.答案：sointerestingafilmthatweallenjoyseeingit

解析：so...that..."如此……以至于……",引导结果状语从句。so后接形容词或副词。注意:"such...that...”结构中such后接名词,此处sointerestingafilm相当于suchaninterestingfilm。9.答案：Withtherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology

解析：10.答案：Therearemanyguessesaboutthisphenomenon

解析：三阅读理解答案：1-3ADA解析：1.根据第二段第三句"Asaresult,theCanadiangovernmentrecognizedthelanguagesofbothcolonizers:FranceandEngland"可知,加拿大接受两种官方语言的原因是加拿大的殖民历史,由此形成了语言使用传统,故选A。

2.根据第四段中的"Althoughthefederalgovernment…servicesfromthegovernment"可知,加拿大政府对于英语占主导地位的地方不提供法语服务,即加拿大政府根据当地人的语言来决定提供哪种服务,故选D。

3.文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了加拿大的两种官方语言、形成这两种官方语言的历史原因以及官方语言在加拿大的使用现状,故本文主