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Unit 2 English Around the World
Exercises for warming up and reading
【一清--知识扫描】
I.构词法Word formation
1. culture ____________adj
2. actual ____________adv.
3. east____________adj
4. polite____________antonym
5. identity____________v.
6. use____________n.
7. direction____________v.
8. rule____________ n.
II.选词填空
Choose the proper words from the box for the blanks, using the right forms.
direction block usage rapid native recognize request standard identity
1. Noticing there might be danger ahead, she gathered the children around her _______.
2. He has lost his _______ card and is being questioned by the police.
3. The police have _______ the road as a result of an accident.
4. Everyone _______ him to be the lawful heir.
5. The gunshot sent hte birds flying in all _______.
6. Visitors are _______ not to pick the flowers.
7. Columbus thought the _______ of America were Indians.
8. The kilogram is the international _______ of weight.
【二清—能力过关】
III.单选题
1. We all have a part to ________ in the fight against crime.【版权所有:21教育】
A. play B. take C. playing D. taking
2. It was not ________ that native speakers don’t know grammar very well.
A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surpises
3. Spring is coming and the grass is just beginning to ________.
A. come along B. come up C. come with D. come through
4. He lives three ________ away from here.
A. blockings B. buildings C. streets D. blocks
5. The boy often ________ money from his grandparents.
A. requests B.orders C. tells D. commands
6. He likes to help others ________ he is very busy.
A. because B. if C. even D. even if
7. The film was made ________ the World War II.
A. base on B. based on C. base in D. based in
8. There are twenty students who are going to have a picnic on Sunday, six girls ________.
A. include B. included C. including D. includes
9. Did you have any difficulty ________ the question?
A. to answer B. answering C. having answered D. answered
10. The number of people invited to the party ________ sixty, but a number of them ________ absent.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
【三清—思维拓展】
IV.阅读
What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words——the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely.
Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistake in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make languages, also. But a people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students learning English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put the communication at the first place.
1. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he .
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can’t avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
2.The sentence “Foreighers often speak English too correctly” means that .
A. foreighers speak connect English
B. foreigners speak incorrect English
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
3. When we speak a foreign language, we should .
A. speak in the Chinese way B. speak according to the rules
C. break the rules D. not be afraid of making mistakes
4. What is the most important when speaking a foreign language?
A. Grammar rules. B. Lists of words.
C. Making no mistakes. D. Communication.
Exercise for reading
【一清--知识扫描】
I.词组翻译
1. 在…中起作用(担任角色)____________
2. 因为;由于____________
3. 例如____________
4. 走近;上来____________
5. 以…为根据____________
6. 一个又一个____________
7. 迅速增长____________
8. 互相交流____________
9. 外国语____________
10. 与…不同____________
11. 利用____________
12. 标准英语____________
13. 信不信由你____________
14. 扮演一个角色;参与____________
【二清—能力过关】
II.翻译句子
1.这部电影是以现实生活中的一件事为基础的。
The movie ________ ________ ________ a real-life incident.
2.他因为腿不方便而行走缓慢。
He walked slowly ________ ________ his bad leg.
3.他走到我跟前来借火。
He ________ ________ ________ me and asked for a light.
4.众所周知,英语在国际交流中起重要作用。
As is known to all, English ________ ________ ________ ________ in international communication.
5.乡村生活与城市生活是相当不同的。
Country life is quite ________ ________ city life.
6.这是一个你可以利用来提高英语口语的机会。
This is a good chance that you can ________ ________ ________ to improve your spoken English.
7.即使你不成功,他们也会支持你。
They will stand by you ________ ________ you don’t succeed.
8.在19世纪60年代,美国内战爆发了。
________ ________ ________the American Civil War broke out.
III.课文改编完型
At the end of the ________ century, about five to seven ________ people spoke English. At ________, more people speak English as their ________, ________ or ________ language than ever before. Although there are some ________ between American English and British English, ________ speakers can understand each other. English changes when cultures ________ with one another. Old English was very different ________the English spoken today. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in ________ Asia, where there are a large ________ of English speakers. In China, the number of people learning English is ________ rapidly and it is supposed that Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes.
【三清—思维拓展】
IV.阅读
Fitting in
(Luis Lopes was a high school student when he wrote this prize-winning essay. It appeared in a collection of student essays called Discovery.)
When I first came to the United States, I made friends with a neighbor who used to live a couple of blocks from my street. We used to visit each other, do some activities, and go out together sometimes. This friend taught me a lot about American culture, but in some cases I had to learn the hard way because we didn’t have enough time together as friends for me to learn all about American culture from him.
One day this same friend invited me to a party. It wasn’t a real party. It was some kind of informal get-together. Since it was summertime he had a cookout where most of his American friends and relatives were known to me, but there were others I had never met before.
It was the most embarrassing party for me when I noticed that everybody was wearing jeans and simple T-shirts for the day, while I arrived in proper dress with my shoes and my hair all fixed for a fancy party. It was hard to explain my embarrassment to the other guests. When one of them turned around and said, “What nice clothes! What’s the occasion?” I felt my face burning hot with embarrassment. I did not answer at all. If she knew how bad I already felt, she wouldn’t have come near me. But she did. Maybe she didn’t ask intentionally to make me feel bad or uncomfortable, but my reaction had to do with the way I already felt. I could have told her I had to go to another party afterward, but I did not want to continue the conversation.
Many times I thought about going home and changing, but I knew that they would notice. It would be even worse for me, because I knew they would quickly think that I felt out of place. So I wanted to pretend that I was okay…
I had already realized their customs were different from mine, but after I talked to my friend, I was more convinced that people here are more casual(随便的). They care less about formality(礼节),unless it is a special occasion, like a wedding or a very formal invitation.
Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or faulse (F).
( )1. The author of this essay was a native of America.
( )2. The author felt embarrassed at the party because he knew few of the people there.
( )3. The author dressed rather formally because he had to go to another party later on.
( )4. It was the difference in custom that caused this embarrassment.
( )5. When invited to a wedding, the Americans will dress formally.
Learning about language
【一清--知识扫描】】
I.词型变化
1. When the boss ________ him with a set of golf clubs on his retirement, all the colleagues ________ at the meeting clapped. (present)
2. She ________ permission to film at the White House and her ________ was granted. (request)
3. He didn’t speak ________ English, so he failed to reach the reqired ________, and did not qualify for the speech competition. (standard)
4. When you hear two ________ speakers of English, they may still not spead the same kind of English. But at the same time, some people can speak English like a ________. (native)
5. I’m at your ________--what would you like to ________ me to do? (command)
【二清—能力过关】
II.单选题
1. The teacher asked us ________ so much noise.(2003 北京)
A. don’t make B. not make C. not making D. not to make
2. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ________.(1995 全国)
A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to
3. All the people ________ at the party were his supporters.(2002北京)
A. present B. thankful C. interested D. important
4. As I know, there is ________ car in this neighborhood.(2001 上海)
A. no such B. no a C. not such D. no such a
5. The English play ________ my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.(2004 全国)
A. in which B. for which C. at which D. on which
6. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ________.
A. who is he B. who he is C. who is it D. who it is
7. He ________ Mr Smith ________ to them.
A. asked; to introduce yourself B. asked; to introduce himself
C. told; introduce himself D. ordered; introduce himself
8. Ask him ________ come with us.
A. if he will B. if or not he will C. that if he will D. whether will he
9. Please tell me ________.
A. what would you like to do B. what you would like to do
C. you like to do what D. you like what to do
10. He asked me _______ with me.
A. what the matter is B. what the matter was
C. what’s the matter D. what was the matter
【三清—思维拓展】
III.完形填空
Do you know how many languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them are not considered very 1 . English is considered one of most important languages because many people 2 it, not only in England and America, 3 in other countries of the world. About 200 000 000 speak it 4 their own language, and another 230 000 000 use it as 5 language. It is 6 to say how many people are learning it. 7 Boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.【来源:21·世纪·教育·网】
Many 8 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 may not seem so difficult. What 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 and talking in it all of 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 19 .It is best to learn all new words through the 20 . You can read them, spell them and speak them later.
1. A. spoken B. happy C. important D. ideal
2. A. like B. use C. operate D. play
3. A. but B. and C. too D. so
4. A. like B. with C. for D. as
5. A. distant B. a second C. the second D. a special
6. A. easy B. again C. difficult D. best
7. A. Millions of B. Hundreds of C. Tens of D. Thousands of
8. A. Chinese B. Japanese C. English D. Asian
9. A. Some B. Thousands C. All D. Much
10. A. time B. way C. thing D.place
11. A. a foreign B. our mothers’ C. other’s D. our own
12. A. born B. children C. grown D. boys
13. A. same B. different C. useful D. good
14. A. talks B. wants C. cries D. follows
15. A. ask B. want C. get D. ask for
16. A. speaking B. writing C. thinking D. doing
17. A. some time B. sometimes C. all the time D. for the time
18. A. fluent B. confident C. freely D. easily
19. A. fight B. sing C. speak D. play
20. A. mouth B. hands C. ears D. eyes
Using the language
【一清--知识扫描】
I.单词拼写
1. Reading will increase your v________.
2. You can always tell the difference between the tourists and n________.
3. He comes form India and speaks English with a strong Indian a________.
4. The police are trying to discover the i________ of the killer.
5. Venice is a beautiful city full of c________ and history.
6. He made such r________ progress that his parents felt very honored.
7. The United Kingdom i________ Northern Ireland and Wales.
8. Every day, I have to use the e________ to go down to the street, because I live in a flat on the 21st floor.
9. John looked calm, but a________ he was very nervous.
10. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is becoming an increasingly important i________ organization.
【二清—能力过关】
II.单选题
1. He asked ________ for the violin.
A.did I pay how much B. I paid how much
C. how much I pay D. how much I paid
2. The books, ________ the dictionaries, must be put back where they ________.
A. included; were B. to include; are C. including; were D.including; are
3. --Do you know where she comes from?
--Sorry, I don’t know, but her ________ suggests that she is from the North.
A. voice B. appearance C. accent D. sound
4. Although I wore a mask at the evening party, she could still ________ me only by eye-contact.
A. know B. realize C. notice D. recognize
5. If ________ necessary, I will go to see the doctor to make sure that my back is all right.
A. is B. it C. is it D./
6. Alice didn’t want her parents to know ________
A. what has she done B.
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