版权说明:本文档由用户提供并上传,收益归属内容提供方,若内容存在侵权,请进行举报或认领
文档简介
Ⅰ.Matchthewordwithitsmeaning.1.accentA.不断地;持续地2.obviousB.口音3.switchC.评论;讲话4.queueD.比较5.confusingE.种类6.pareF.不同,有区别7.varietyG.排队(等候)8.differH.令人困惑的;难懂的9.remarkI.开关10.steadilyJ.显然的;显而易见的答案:1~5BJIGH6~10DEFCAⅡ.Writedownthemeaningofphrasesineachsentence.1.Thesethingsseemdifferent,buttheyhavealotinmoninfact.有很多共同点2.Whatyouhavetoldmemaymakeadifferencetomychoice.Ihavechangedmymindnow.有影响3.Iwishtogetaroundallovertheworldoneday.四处旅行4.Sometimessmallmistakescanleadtoserioustrouble.导致5.Thisshootingissimilartotheonethathappenedtwodaysago.与……相似6.Ihavedifficulty(in)learningmathsandIamsoworried.学习有困难WehavelearntEnglishforalongtime.DoyouknowinwhichcountriespeoplespeakEnglish?Thefollowingpicturescanhelpyou.ABCDEF答案:A:England;_B:America;_C:Canada;_D:Australia;_E:New_Zealand;_F:South_AfricaⅠ.FastreadingMatchthefollowingparagraphswiththeirmainideas.①Paras1~2A.Someexpertsbelievethatthetwovarietiesaremovingclosertogether.UsersofEnglishwillallbeabletounderstandeachother—wherevertheyare.②Para3B.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.Buttherearesomewordsandexpressionsnotsowellknown.③Para4C.BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinspellingandpronunciation.④Paras5~7D.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.答案:①B②D③C④AⅡ.CarefulreadingReadthetextagainandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1.InwhichofthefollowingwaysdoBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishmostobviouslydiffer?A.Pronunciation.B.Accent.C.Vocabulary.D.Grammar.2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.FrenchfriesinAmericaarecalledchipsinBritain.B.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciation.C.WhenyouvisitNewYork,youneedtousethesubway.D.Americansuseatorch,butfortheBritish,it'saflashlight.3.WhatcausessomepeopletobelievethatBritishEnglishwilldisappear?A.ManyBritishwordsandstructuresaretooplex.B.LotsofAmericanwordsandstructuresarepassingintoBritishEnglish.C.ThenewsandtheweatherforecastsoftheAmericanTVnetworksareallmadeinAmericanEnglish.D.municationbetweenpeopleofthetwocountrieswouldbemucheasier.4.Accordingtothetext,inthefuture________.A.therewillbemanykindsof“Englishes”B.therewillbeonlytwomainvarietiesC.EnglishspeakerswillhavemoredifficultyunderstandingeachotherD.onlyAmericanEnglishwillbeusedintheworld答案:1~4CDBAⅢ.StudyreadingAnalyzethefollowingdifficultsentencesinthetext.1.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyamonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.[句式分析][尝试翻译]当爱尔兰作家乔治·萧伯纳说“英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族”这句名言时,他显然想到了它们之间的区别。2.Thisnonstopmunication,theexpertsthink,hasmadeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother.[句式分析]madeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother属于“makeit+adj./n.+forsb./sth.todosth.”结构,it是形式宾语,真正的宾语是动词不定式短语todosth.,形容词/名词作宾语补足语,for用于引出不定式的逻辑主语。[尝试翻译]专家们认为,这种不间断的交流使英美两国人相互理解起来更加容易。3.However,ifyouturnonCNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwithdifferentaccents—American,British,Australian,andevenSpanish.[句式分析]本句为主从复合句,if引导条件状语从句,从句中theAmericanTVnetwork为CNN的同位语;主句中破折号后的内容为differentaccents的同位语。[尝试翻译]然而,如果你打开CNN——美国电视网,你会发现新闻播报员和天气预报员都操着不同的口音——美国的、英国的、澳大利亚的,甚至西班牙的。[对应学生课时达标训练(一)]阅读理解AAmericanandBritishpeopleusedifferentgreetings.IntheUSAthemonestgreetingis“Hi!”.InBritainitis“Hello!”or“Howareyou?”.“Hi!”iscreeping(不知不觉地进入)intoBritishEnglish,too.Whentheyareintroducedtosomeone,theAmericanssay,“Gladtoknowyou.”TheBritishsay,“Howdoyoudo?”or“Pleasedtomeetyou.”WhenAmericanssay“Goodbye”,theynearlyalwaysadd“Haveagoodday.”or“Haveagoodtrip.”tofriendsandstrangersalike.Britonsarealreadybeginningtouse“Haveagoodday.”TheBritishusuallyuse“got”inthesenseof“have”.TheAmericanshardlyeverdo.AmericanEnglish:Doyouhaveacar,room,etc.?Yes,Ido.BritishEnglish:Haveyougotacar,room,etc.?Yes,Ihave.ManyAmericanwordsendingin“or”,e.g.honor,laborarespeltinBritishEnglishwithan“our”,e.g.honour,labour.ManyverbsinAmericanEnglishwith“ize”or“izing”forms,e.anize,realizingarespeltinBritishEnglishwith“ise”or“ising”,e.g.organise,realising.InAmericanEnglish,“practice”isusedbothfortheverbandnoun.InBritishEnglish,theverbisspelt“practise”,andthenoun“practice”.InAmericanEnglish,onewrites“traveler”,whileinBritishEnglish,onewrites“traveller”.ItwasoncepredictedthatBritishandAmericanEnglishwouldbeeseparatelanguagesfinally.Buttheoppositehashappened.Thelinksbetweenthetwocountriesaresostrongthatlinguistically(语言上地),andprobablyculturallytoo,theyareclosertogetherthanever.语篇解读:本文主要介绍了英式和美式英语之间的差异,最后预测最终两种语言将变成不同的语言或越来越接近。1.TheAmericanshardlysay“________”.A.Goodbye.Haveagoodday!B.Gladtoknowyou!C.Hi!D.Haveyougotacar?解析:选D细节理解题。根据第二段所举例子可知英国人常使用havegot,而美国人常使用have可知。2.Whatdoesthethirdparagraphtalkabout?A.TherearelotsofdifferencesinspellingbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.B.ThereasonswhytheAmericansandtheBritishusedifferentspellings.C.TherearefewdifferencesinspellingbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.D.ThedifferentusagesofwordsinAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.解析:选A段落大意题。根据第三段所举例子可知英式和美式英语在拼写上有很多差别。3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.Thetwolanguagesmustbeeseparatelanguages.B.AmericanEnglishwillbeusedmoreandmore.C.Thetwolanguagesmaybecloserandcloser.D.BritishEnglishwillbeusedmoreandmore.解析:选C推理判断题。根据文章最后一句可推知C项正确。4.Theunderlinedword“predicted”means“________”.A.explainedB.foretoldC.consideredD.proved解析:选B词义猜测题。本文主要介绍了英式和美式英语之间的差异,最后预测最终两种语言将变成不同的语言。故predict应为“预测”。explain“解释”;consider“考虑;认为”;prove“证实”。BTheEnglishlanguagewasintroducedtotheAmericansthroughBritishcolonizationintheearly17thcenturyanditspreadtomanypartsoftheworld.Overtheyears,EnglishspokenintheUnitedStatesandinBritainaredifferentinmanyways.DifferencesinvocabularyWhileawordmaymeansomethinginBritishEnglish,itmightmeansomethingelseinAmericanEnglish.Forexample:anathleteinBritishEnglishisonewhojoinsintrackandfieldevents(田径比赛),butanathleteinAmericanEnglishisonewhoparticipatesinsportsingeneral.__________________TherearealsoafewdifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishintheuseofprepositions.Forexample:whiletheBritishwouldplayinateam,Americanswouldplayonateam.Anotherexample:whiletheBritishwouldgooutattheweekend,Americanswouldgooutontheweekend.DifferencesinverbusageAmericanandBritishEnglishmayalsouseabaseverbindifferentmanners.Forexample:fortheverb“dream”,Americanswouldusethepasttense“dreamed”whiletheBritishwoulduse“dreamt”inthepasttense.Thesameappliesto“learned”and“learnt”.AnotherexampleofdifferingpasttensespellingsforverbsinAmericanandBritishEnglishis“forecast”.Americansuse“forecast”whiletheBritishwouldsay“forecasted”inthesimplepasttense.Thesewordshavethesamemeanings.DifferencesintimetellingBothlanguageshaveadifferentstructuresoftellingthetime.WhiletheBritishwouldsayaquarterpasttentoexpress10:15,itisunmoninAmericatosayaquarterafterorevenaquarterpastten.Thirtyminutesafterthehourismonlycalledhalfpastinbothlanguages.Americansalwayswritedigitaltimewithacolon,thus6:00,buttheBritishoftenuseapoint,6:00.语篇解读:文章介绍了英式英语和美式英语之间的区别。5.AnathleteinAmericanEnglishreferstoapersonwho________.A.takespartinanykindofsportB.entersintotrackandfieldeventsC.haswonmedalsinsportsmeetingsD.hasthequalificationtoattendtheOlympicGames解析:选A细节理解题。根据第二段中的“butanathleteinAmericanEnglishisonewhoparticipatesinsportsingeneral”可知,在美式英语中athlete指的是参加任何一项体育运动的人。6.Whichofthefollowingcanfilltheblank?A.DifferencesinorallanguageB.DifferencesinpronunciationC.DifferencesintheuseoftensesD.Differencesintheuseofprepositions解析:选D段落大意题。根据第三段的“TherearealsoafewdifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishintheuseofprepositions.”可知,本段主要讲美式英语和英式英语在介词运用方面的差异。7.WhichoneisCORRECTfromthepassage?A.UsinghalfpasttwoismoninAmerica.B.TheAmericansusuallyuse“t”toshowapasttenseverb.C.ThereisnodifferencebetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.D.IfyouuseBritishEnglishinAmerica,theAmericanswillnotunderstandwhatyouaresaying.解析:选A细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Thirtyminutesafterthehourismonlycalledhalfpastinbothlanguages.”可知,“halfpast”在两种语言中都适用。故可知“halfpasttwo”在美式英语中是常见的。8.Bywritingthepassage,theauthorwantsto________.A.underlinetheimportanceoflearningasecondlanguageB.encouragepeopletolearndifferentlanguagesandculturesC.tellreaderssomedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishD.explainwhytherearesomanydifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish解析:选C写作意图题。作者写这篇短文的目的是告诉读者英式英语和美式英语的不同。CItissaidthatagreatmanythingsaboutlanguagesaremysterious,andmanywillalwaysbeso.Butsomethingswedoknow.Firstly,weknowthatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomekind.Thereisnoraceofmenanywhereonearthsobackwardthatithasnolanguage,nosetofspeechsoundsbywhichthepeoplemunicatewithoneanother.Inhistoricaltimes,therehasneverbeenaraceofmenwithoutalanguage.Secondly,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage.Therearemanypeoplewhoseculturesareunderdeveloped,whoare,aswesay,uncivilized,butthelanguagestheyspeakarenotprimitive.Inallknownlanguageswecanseeplexitiesthatmusthavebeentensofthousandsofyearsindeveloping.Thishasnotalwaysbeenwellunderstood;indeed,thedirectcontraryhasoftenbeenstated.PopularideasofthelanguageoftheAmericanIndianswillillustrate.ManypeoplehaveguessedthattheIndiansmunicatedinaveryprimitivesystemofnoises.Studyhasprovedthistobenonsense.Thereare,orwere,hundredsofAmericanIndianlanguages,andallofthemturnouttobeveryplicatedandveryold.Theyarecertainlydifferentfromthelanguagesthatmostofusarefamiliarwith,buttheyarenomoreprimitivethanEnglishandGreek.Athirdthingweknowaboutlanguageisthatalllanguagesareperfectlyadequate.Thismeanseachoneisaperfectmeansofexpressingthecultureofthepeoplewhospeakthelanguage.Finally,weknowthatlanguagechanges.It'snaturalandnormalforlanguagetochange;theonlylanguageswhichdonotchangearethedeadones.Thisiseasytounderstandifwelookbackwardintime.Changegoesoninallaspectsoflanguage.Grammaticalfeatureschangeasdospeechsoundsandchangesinvocabularyaresometimesveryextensiveandmayoccurveryrapidly.Vocabularyistheleaststablepartofanylanguage.语篇解读:本文主要论述了关于语言的问题,不论哪个民族都有属于自己的语言,而且都各有特色。9.Inthe2ndparagraphtheauthorthinksthat________.A.somebackwardracesdon'thavealanguageoftheirownB.someracesinhistorydidn'tpossessalanguageoftheirownC.anyhumanrace,whetherbackwardornot,hasalanguageD.someracesonearthcanmunicatewithoutalanguage解析:选C细节理解题。根据“Thereisnoraceofmenanywhereonearthsobackwardthatithasnolanguage...”可知作者认为任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。故选C。10.Astheauthorsays,peopleofunderdevelopedculturescanhave________languages.A.plicatedB.uncivilizedC.primitiveD.wellknown解析:选A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Secondly,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage...butthelanguagestheyspeakarenotprimitive”可知选A。11.AmericanIndianlanguagesarementionedtoprovethattheyare________.A.asfullydevelopedassomewellknownlanguagesB.moreprimitivethansomewellknownlanguagesC.moreplexthansomewellknownlanguagesD.justasprimitiveassomewellknownlanguages解析:选A细节理解题。作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。根据第四段中的“Theyarecertainlydifferentfromthelanguagesthatmostofusarefamiliarwith,buttheyarenomoreprimitivethanEnglishandGreek”可知选A。12.Accordingtotheauthor,languagechangesaremostlikelyappearin________.A.grammarB.vocabularyC.intonationD.pronunciation解析:选B细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Vocabularyistheleaststablepartofanylanguage.”可知,词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。Words,words,wordsBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinmanyways.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic,orwhichareusedwithadifferentmeaning.Someofthesewordsarewellknown—Americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas;theBritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol.Asatourist,youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork,ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(British)orcab(American).ChipsorFrenchfries?Butotherwordsandexpressionsarenotsowellknown.Americansuseaflashlight,whilefortheBritish,it'satorch.TheBritishqueueup,Americansstandinline.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.Chips,forexample,arepiecesofhotfriedpotatoinBritain;intheStateschipsareverythinandaresoldinpackets.TheBritishcallthesecrisps.ThechipstheBritishknowandloveareFrenchfriesontheothersideoftheAtlantic.Haveorhavegot?Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar,too.TheBritishsayHaveyougot...?whileAmericanspreferDoyouhave...?AnAmericanmightsayMyfriendjustarrived,butaBritishpersonwouldsayMyfriendhasjustarrived.Prepositions,too,canbedifferent:pareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend(British).TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimesomitthem(I'llseeyouMonday;Writemesoon!)Colourorcolor?Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Americanspellingseemssimpler:center,colorandprograminsteadofcentre,colourandprogramme.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrivedfourhundredyearsago.Theaccent,whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish,canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyamonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.Butaretheyreallysoimportant?Afterall,thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.ALondonerhasmoredifficultyunderstandingaScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.TurnontheTVSomeexpertsbelievethatthetwovarietiesaremovingclosertogether.FormorethanacenturymunicationsacrosstheAtlantichavedevelopedsteadily.Sincethe1980s,withsatelliteTVandtheInternet,ithasbeenpossibletolistentoBritishandAmericanEnglishattheflickofaswitch.Thisnonstopmunication,theexpertsthink,hasmadeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother.ButithasalsoledtolotsofAmericanwordsandstructurespassingintoBritishEnglish,sothatsomepeoplenowbelievethatBritishEnglishwilldisappear.However,ifyouturnonCNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwithdifferentaccents—American,British,Australian,andeve
温馨提示
- 1. 本站所有资源如无特殊说明,都需要本地电脑安装OFFICE2007和PDF阅读器。图纸软件为CAD,CAXA,PROE,UG,SolidWorks等.压缩文件请下载最新的WinRAR软件解压。
- 2. 本站的文档不包含任何第三方提供的附件图纸等,如果需要附件,请联系上传者。文件的所有权益归上传用户所有。
- 3. 本站RAR压缩包中若带图纸,网页内容里面会有图纸预览,若没有图纸预览就没有图纸。
- 4. 未经权益所有人同意不得将文件中的内容挪作商业或盈利用途。
- 5. 人人文库网仅提供信息存储空间,仅对用户上传内容的表现方式做保护处理,对用户上传分享的文档内容本身不做任何修改或编辑,并不能对任何下载内容负责。
- 6. 下载文件中如有侵权或不适当内容,请与我们联系,我们立即纠正。
- 7. 本站不保证下载资源的准确性、安全性和完整性, 同时也不承担用户因使用这些下载资源对自己和他人造成任何形式的伤害或损失。
最新文档
- 玩具设计师聘用合同范本
- 数控机床安装施工合同
- 2023年上海市中考物理复习-第8章 电能与磁 第4节 无线电波和无线电通信
- 超市通风设施安装合同
- 中药库房药品配送流程优化
- 模具改进合同
- 中南林业科技大学《道路勘测设计》2022-2023学年第一学期期末试卷
- 中南林业科技大学《nux操作系统》2023-2024学年期末试卷
- 中南大学《岩体力学》2021-2022学年第一学期期末试卷
- 中南大学《运动训练学(一)》2022-2023学年第一学期期末试卷
- 湖北省“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”2024-2025学年高二上学期期中联考英语试卷 含解析
- 2024至2030年中国方形保鲜盒数据监测研究报告
- 天津市河西区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题
- 8.3 法治社会 课件高中政治统编版必修三政治与法治
- 第八课 法治中国建设 课件高考政治一轮复习统编版必修三政治与法治
- 刘润年度演讲2024
- JGJ162-2008-建筑施工模板安全技术规范
- 2024年山西省文化旅游投资控股集团限公司校园招聘120人高频难、易错点500题模拟试题附带答案详解
- 2024年新北师大版数学一年级上册 第4单元 10以内数加与减 第9课时 可爱的企鹅 教学课件
- 2024年中国敞篷车市场调查研究报告
- 江西九江富和建设投资集团有限公司招聘笔试题库2024
评论
0/150
提交评论