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Ⅰ.介词填空
1.American English is very different______British English.
2.The first and most obvious way is______the vocabulary.
3.Americans drive automobiles________free ways and fill up________gas.
4.The chips the British know and love are French fries________the other side________the Atlantic.
5.The accent, which is most similar________British English, can be heard________the East Coast of the US.
6.________all, there is probably as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries________between them.
7.But it has also led________lots of American words and structures passing________British English.
8.It has been possible to listen to British and American English ________the flick________a switch.
答案:1.from 2.in 3.down, with 4.on, of 5.to, on 6.After, as 7.to, into 8.at, of
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.尽管他们是好朋友,但他们几乎没有共同之处。
Although they are good friends, they ________ ________ ________ ________.
2.这个男孩领着路,我们毫不费事地找到了他的家。
The boy leading the way, we ________________ ________ ________ ________ his home.
3.我们对人生持不同的看法,这丝毫没有影响我们的友谊。
Our different views of life ________ ________ ________ to our friendship.
4.和班上其他学生的作文相比,玛丽的是最好的。
________ ________ the other students' compositions in the class, Mary's is the best.
5.他的工作和我的很相似。
His job is ________ ________ ________.
答案:1.have little in common
2.had no difficulty in finding
3.make no difference 4.Compared to/with
5.similar to mine
Ⅲ.单项填空
1.Violence on TV turns out to be a strong ________ on some young people.
A.impression B.expression
C.influence D.influential
答案:C 句意是:电视中的暴力片段对一些年轻人有强烈的影响力。impression“印象”;expression“表情,表达”;influence“影响力”;influential“有影响的”。
2.I had driven for a whole day, and decided to put up in a small town, because I was tired out; besides, my car needed to be ________.
A.cleaned up B.filled up
C.pulled up D.used up
答案:B 句意是:我开了一天的车,决定在一座小城镇中住下来,因为我累极了,再说我的车也需要加油。clean up“把……收拾干净,除掉”;fill up“装满,填充”;pull up“停车”;use up“用光”。
3.—How did you like his speech?
—Oh, it was very good. What he said ______ like poetry.
A.sounded B.sound
C.was sounded D.is sounded
答案:A 句意是:“——你认为他的演讲怎么样?”“——噢,好极了,他的演讲听起来像诗一般。”what he said是主语从句,sound是系动词,此处用一般过去时,没有被动形式;like poetry是介词词组,作sounded的表语。
4.Most people on this island are recreational fishermen, and ________, fishing becomes an actual part of their leisure time.
A.accidentally B.purposefully
C.obviously D.formally
答案:C 句意是:这个岛上的大部分人都是消遣性的渔民,很显然,钓鱼实际上成了他们悠闲时光的一部分。
5.________ English language is taught ________a foreign language at ________schools in China.
A./; as; most of B./; are; most of
C.The; like; most D.The; as; most
答案:D English language前需加the;而English单独使用时不需加冠词;as作介词用时意为“作为”,而like作介词则指“像……”,侧重于比较;“most of the+名词”,译作“大多数……”;“most+名词”,译作“许多……”。据此,只有D为正确选项。
6.Mary's father likes to ________; Monday he was in Washington; Wednesday he was in Chicago, and today he is in New York.
A.get along B.turn around
C.get around D.turn up
答案:C 句意是:玛丽的父亲喜欢到处跑,星期一他在华盛顿,星期三他在芝加哥,而今天他又到了纽约。get along“进展”;turn around“转身”;get around“四处走动”;turn up“出现”。
7.—What do you think of the new English teacher?
—________ she is an elegant (优雅的) lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with.
A.Even if B.When
C.While D.Once
答案:C 句意是:“你认为这位新来的英语老师怎么样?”“虽然她是一位优雅的女士,但是与她共事很难。”此处要用while引导让步状语从句,表示“虽然……但是……”。
8.—She should not have done that sort of thing.
—Whatever she did was reasonable, ________ to what you had done. Besides, it's none of your business. Get down to ________ your lessons.
A.compared; doing B.comparing; doing
C.compared; do D.comparing; do
答案:A 句意是:“她不应当做那种事情。”“与你所做的相比,她所做的任何事情都是合情合理的,再说,这也不关你的事,赶紧做你的功课吧。”compare与主语whatever she did是被动关系,故用compared;get down to后接名词、动名词作宾语。
9.Supermarkets now offer a great ________ of goods to satisfy different needs and ________.
A.variety; tastes B.type; hopes
C.number; smell D.kind; market
答案:A 句意是:超市现在提供种类繁多的货物以满足不同的需要和爱好。a variety of“不同种类的”;这里taste指“爱好”。
10.—Which team is ________ to win the game?
—In my opinion, it is ________ for our team to win.
A.probable; likely B.possible; probable
C.likely; probable D.likely; possible
答案:D 句意是:“哪一队有可能赢?”“据我看,我们队有可能赢。”第一个空主语是which team,所以只能用likely。possible 和probable都不能跟在具体意义的主语后面;第二个空只能用possible构成it is possible for sb. to do sth.句型。要注意虽然probable和likely可用形式主语it,但是这时真正的主语只能是that从句,不能是动词不定式。
Ⅳ.完形填空
Do you know __1__ languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them are not very __2__. English is one of the most important languages because many people __3__ it, not only in England and America, __4__ in other countries of the world. About 200 000 000 people speak it __5__ their own languages, and another 200 000 000 use it as __6__ language. It is __7__ to say how many people are learning it. __8__ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. __9__ children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
Which is the best __10__ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt __11__ language well when we were __12__. If we learn a second language in the __13__ way, it won't seem so difficult. How does a small child do? It __14__what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to __15__ it. It is using the language, __16__ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language __17__, they will learn it __18__.
In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak, it is best to learn all new words through the __19__. You can read them, spell them and __20__ them later.
1.A.how many B.what number
C.a lot of D.so many
答案:A 从下一句答语的数字about 1500可知该句问的是“世界上有多少种语言”。
2.A.useful B.necessary
C.important D.good
答案:C 由下面一句中的important一词可推知答案。
3.A.like B.use
C.learn D.speaks
答案:B 注意speaks与主语many people不一致,不可误选。
4.A.but B.and
C.also D.so
答案:A 此处but等于but also; but also中的also常可省略。
5.A.like B.with
C.for D.as
答案:D as在此处意为“作为”。
6.A.foreign B.a second
C.the second D.a special
答案:B a second language指“又一门语言”。
7.A.easy B.again
C.difficult D.best
答案:C 很“难”说有多少人在学英语。
8.A.Millions of B.Million of
C.Millions D.Several million
答案:A millions of意为“数百万”。
9.A.Some B.Other
C.All D.Few
答案:A 由上下文大意可推知答案。
10.A.time B.way
C.thing D.place
答案:B 本段内容谈的是学习语言的“方法”问题。
11.A.A foreign B.or mothers'
C.other's D.our own
答案:D 我们小时候学习自己的语言学得很好。“自己的语言”即“母语”,mother language或native language。
12.A.born B.children
C.grown D.boys
答案:B 当我们处于“童年”的时候。
13.A.same B.different
C.useful D.good
答案:A 如果我们用学母语“同样”的方法学外语,就不会很困难。
14.A.does B.says
C.listens to D.follows
答案:C 小孩儿学语言最先摄入声音,即“听”。
15.A.ask B.want
C.get D.ask for
答案:D ask for sth.意为“要求得到某物”。
16.A.speaking B.writing
C.thinking D.doing
答案:C 用英语“思考”。
17.A.some time B.sometimes
C.all the time D.for the time
答案:C all the time意为“一直”。
18.A.quickly B.soon
C.freely D.easily
答案:A 如果一直使用一门外语,学起来就很快。
19.A.mouth B.hands
C.ears D.mind
答案:C through the ears意为“通过听”。
20.A.speak B.use
C.love D.write
答案:D 学语言时,先听、再说,尔后才是读和写。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
Everyday, 340 million people speak it. One billion people are learning it and it is said that by 2050, half of the world's population will be using it. What are we talking about?That global language—English.
All in all, the English language is full of twists and turns and it is changing all the time. Make sure you keep up with it! Recently, British people have become interested in “yoga”. But the word comes from an ancient Hindu language in India.
When Harry Potter was “born”, he was a boy wizard(巫师) speaking British English. When his “mother” J. K. Rowling wanted to “sell” him in the US market, she made some changes in the American edition:some unfamiliar British English words(gormless became clueless); English spellings(colour to color); English usage(whilst to while).
However, some of the “Queen's English” is still used in the US editions. “American readers should have the exactly same experience reading the book as British readers,” said US editor Arthur Levine. Yet, the more popular and familiar Harry Potter became to American fans, the more British terms appeared in the later American editions.
1.From the text, we learn that “yoga” comes from ______.
A.British English B.American English
C.the Hindu language D.the changing language
答案:C 根据文章第二段最后一句话可知,答案为C项:yoga一词来源于古印度语。
2.The third paragraph mainly tells us about ________.
A.the birth of Harry Potter
B.the difference between the two languages
C.the American edition of Harry Potter
D.the spelling changes in British English
答案:B 文章第三段讲述了英美两国英语常用单词的拼写及用法的不同,故选B项。
3.Which of the following is British English?
A.Whilst. B.Yoga.
C.Color. D.Clueless.
答案:A 根据第三段最后一句中“English usage(whilst to while)”可知,whilst一词为英式英语。
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.British people became more familiar with American English.
B.American English became more popular with British people.
C.American fans became more familiar with British terms.
D.British English became more popular with people from both countries.
答案:C 根据短文最后一段可知,随着《哈利·波特》的流行和英国粉丝对其熟悉度的加深,更多的英式单词将出现在新近出版的美国刊物上,故选C项。
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