新人教版高中英语必修第一册课时作业1：Reading and Thinking-Comprehending

本卷由系统自动生成，请仔细校对后使用，答案仅供参考新人教版高中英语必修第一册PAGE答案第=2页总=sectionpages22页PAGE1课时作业1：（步步高）ReadingandThinking—Comprehending学校：__________姓名：__________班级：__________考号：__________一、阅读理解（共3小题）WhenIwas16yearsold，ImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildren，IlearnedFrenchatschoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrance，soIwasusedtospeakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn’tunderstandEnglish.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardtohavinganiceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblems.HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.IwaslookingforapublictelephonetogivemyfriendDannyaringandtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglikebeinglostandaskedifhecouldhelpme.“Yes，”Isaid.“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”“Well，that’snice，”hesaid.“Areyougettingmarried?Butaren’tyouabityoung？”“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage？”Ireplied.“IjustwanttogivemyfriendaringtotellherI’vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethere’saphonebox？”“Oh！”hesaid.“There’saphonedownstairs.”Whenatlastwedidmeetup，Dannyexplainedthemisunderstandingtome.“Don’tworry，”shesaidtome.“Ihadmanydifficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromusBritish.You’llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.ButmostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeoplecanunderstandeachother！”据此回答以下4题。1.Wherewasthewriterfrom?A.HewasfromAmerica.B.HewasfromFrance.C.HewasfromEngland.D.HewasfromChina.2.ThewriterthoughtinAmerica.A.hewouldn’thaveanylanguagedifficultiesB.hewouldnotunderstandtheAmericansC.theAmericansmightnotunderstandhimD.hewouldhavedifficultiesattheairport3.Thewriterwanted.A.tobuyaringforhisfriendB.tomakeacalltohisfriendC.togotothetelephonecompanyD.hisfriendtoseehimoff4.Fromthepassagewecanseethat“givesomebodyaring”.A.meansthesameinAmericaasinEnglandB.means“callsomebody”totheoldmanC.means“begoingtogetmarried”D.hasdifferentmeaningsinAmericaandinEnglandLikemanyotherplacesintheworld，recently，Indianaeducationofficialsdecidedthattheschoolsofthestatewillnotberequiredtoteachhandwritingskillstostudentsanylonger.Instead，theywillfocustheirenergiesonteachingstudentshowtotype.Ishandwritingstillanimportantskill?Anonlinesurveyreceivedsomesurprisingresponses.Handwritingisnotnecessary.Studentsonlyneedtoknowhowtoreadit，andtheonlytimethattheymustwritesomethingistomakeasignature.Whystressthemmorethantheyneedtobestressed?Wealreadyputsomuchpressureonthemtoperformonstatetests.—RitaChildrendon’twritelettersnow.Theysende-mailsortextmessages.Alotofthoseoldwaysaregoingaway.Howmanybillsdoyoupaybywritingacheckanymore？—BrownAlthoughmysonisnotcomfortablewithwriting，Iboughtaworkbookforhimtopracticehishandwriting.Canyouimaginebeinganadultandnotbeingabletosignadocument？—SusanWhatashame!Iguessonedayitwillbealostart，becausehandwritingisthatpersonalandbeautiful.Ithaspersonality.—AnnaTheschoolwhereIworkeddroppedhandwritingseveralyearsago.Unlessthestudentshavecomputersinclass，theywillnotbeabletotakenotesathighspeed.Ihavetospeakveryslowlyandstopafterasentenceortwobecausemanystudentswriteveryslowly.—HelenThesamethinghappenedhereinTennesseelastyear.Ithinkit’sashame.Ijustreceivedahandwrittenletterfrommystepmotheranditmeantthatshespenttimesittingandwriting.Suchaletterbroughtmeagoodfeeling.—KathyChildrenshouldstilllearnwriting，forthesakeofhavingaskillthatallpeoplecancommunicatewith.Icertainlyappreciateahandwrittennoteofthanksornewsfrommychildrenandgrandchildren.—Ruth据此回答以下4题。5.WhatbothRitaandBrownhaveincommonisthattheybelievethat.A.it’sdifficultforstudentstolearnwritingB.inmanycases，handwritingisuselessC.handwritinghascausedmanyproblemsD.studentsshownointerestinhandwriting6.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.It’sofnouseforstudentstolearnwritingatschool.B.Susanvaluesherson’shandwritingverymuch.C.Handwritinghasalreadybecomealostart.D.Kathydoesn’tlikethetypedlettersfromothers.7.InKathy’sopinion，inaway，handwriting.A.couldworkasafeelingconnectionB.washerstepmother’sfavoriteC.wascompletelydroppedinTennesseeD.broughtmuchfuntoherfamily8.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Typinghadalreadyreplacedhandwritingworldwide.B.Susan’ssoncannotwritehisownnamebyhand.C.Ruthenjoyswritingtoherchildrenandgrandchildren.D.Annabelieveshandwritingisanart.TherearemanydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Iusedtoteachacourseaboutthedifferencesbetweenthetwo.WespeakEnglishonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanbutwehavemanydifferencesinourcommonlanguage.Wehaveexamplesofthesamewordshavingverydifferentmeanings，differingspellingsofthesamewordsaswellascompletelydifferentwordsforthesamethings.Herearesomeexamples.AcookieintheUSiscalledabiscuitintheUK.AbiscuitintheUSisasmallcakeintheUK.CrispsintheUK，areknownaschips，butweBritishpeopleeataplateofchipsthatyoucallfriesintheUS.IntheUK，apiecanbemadefromeithermeatorfruit，whileintheUSpiesarenormallymadefromfruit；potpiesaremadefrommeat.MostthingsaremeasuredingramsandkilogramsintheUS，notpoundsandounces.Oneveryobviousdifferenceisthesideoftheroadweeachchoosetodriveon.PetrolintheUKisgasintheUS.Theplacewherewefillupourcars，intheUK，isagarage;whileintheUS，it’sagasstation.Thetermgarageisalsousedasaplacetostoreyourcarnexttoorclosebyyourhouse.IntheUKwecallalorrywhatisknownasatruckintheUS.AnelevatorintheUSiscalledalifthere，andthefirstfloorintheUS，iscalledthegroundfloorhere，somanyvisitorsgetoffonthewrongfloorinBritishhotels.Icouldcontinuewiththis.Therearecountlessexamplesofdifferenceswithinouronesharedlanguage.Withsomanydifferences，nowonderit’shardtounderstandeachotherwell.据此回答以下4题。9.ThepassageismainlyaboutthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishin.A.vocabularyB.grammarC.soundD.spelling10.It’simpliedinthepassagethattheauthormaybe.A.adriverfromtheUSB.acookfromtheUSC.ateacherfromtheUKD.agasstationworkerfromtheUK11.Intheauthor’sopinion，.A.languagedifferencesdon’taffectunderstandingB.thesamewordsinthetwodifferenttypesofEnglishmayhavedifferentspellingsC.therewillbefewerdifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishinthefutureD.itisimpossiblethatsomeAmericansgetoffonthewrongfloorinBritishhotels12.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.“Elevator”iscommonlyusedintheUK.B.PiesmeanthesamethingintheUKandtheUS.C.IntheUK，thingsaremeasuredinpoundsandounces.D.BritishandAmericanpeopledriveonthesamesideoftheroad.二、七选五（共1小题）TheEnglishlanguageisaresultoftheinvasionsoftheislandofBritainovermanyhundredsofyears.TheinvaderslivedalongthenortherncoastofEurope.13TheAngleswereaGermantribewhocrossedtheEnglishChannel.LatertwomoregroupscrossedtoBritain.TheyweretheSaxonsandtheJutes.Throughmanyyears，theSaxons，AnglesandJutesmixedtheirdifferentlanguages.TheresultiswhatiscalledAnglo-SaxonoroldEnglish.ThenextgreatinvasionofBritaincamefromthefarnorthbeginningabout1,100yearsago.PeoplecalledVikingscametothecoastalareasofBritain.14Wordslike“sky”，“leg”，“skull”，“egg”，“lift”and“take”arefromtheoldlanguagesofthefarnortherncountries.ThenextinvasionofBritaintookplacemorethan900yearsago，in1066.15WilliamtheConquerorledit.TheNormanswereaFrench-speakingpeoplefromNormandyinthenorthofFrance.TheybecamethenewrulersofBritain.ThesenewrulersspokeonlyFrenchforseveralhundredyears.Itwasthemostimportantlanguageintheworldatthattime.16ButthecommonpeopleofBritainstillspokeoldEnglish.OldEnglishtookmanywordsfromtheNormanFrench.Someoftheseinclude“damage”，“prison”and“marriage”．TheFrenchlanguageusedbytheNormanrulersgreatlychangedthewayEnglishwasspokenby800yearsago.17MiddleEnglishsoundslikemodernEnglish.Butitisverydifficulttounderstandnow.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagecontinuesasMiddleEnglishbecomesModernEnglish，whichisspokentoday.A．HistoryexpertscallthisinvasiontheNormanConquest.B．Itwasthelanguageofeducatedpeople.C．EnglishbecamewhatlanguageexpertscallMiddleEnglish.D．Thereforemostcommonpeoplespeakthelanguage.E．FewpeoplespokeMiddleEnglishatthattime.F．ManyEnglishwordsusedtodaycomefromtheseancientVikings.G．ThefirstinvasionswerebyapeoplecalledAnglesabout1,500yearsago.1.〖答案〗C〖解析〗细节理解题。根据第一段中的“LikemostEnglishchildren，IlearnedFrenchatschoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrance...”可知，作者来自英国。2.〖答案〗A〖解析〗细节理解题。根据第一段中的“ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardtohavinganiceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblems.”可知，作者原以为在美国不会遇到语言麻烦。故选A。3.〖答案〗B〖解析〗细节理解题。根据第二段中的“IwaslookingforapublictelephonetogivemyfriendDannyaringandtellherthatIhadarrived.”及后文中的“Canyoutellmewherethere’saphonebox？”可知，作者是想给朋友打电话。4.〖答案〗D〖解析〗推理判断题。根据文中那位美国老人和作者的对话可知，本题〖答案〗为D。5.〖答案〗B〖解析〗推理判断题。根据第二、三段Rita和Brown的话可知，他们认为书写在大多数情况下是没有用处的，故选B项。6.〖答案〗B〖解析〗细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Iboughtaworkbookforhimtopractice