1、必修第一册必修第一册 Unit5 Languages Around the World 过关测试过关测试 （考试时间：60分钟 试卷满分：100分） . 单词拼写单词拼写 1.D_ the cold weather,we had a happy weekend. 2. As we know, taking a positive a_ to life is good for our body and mind. 3. When I said that somebody was really naughty, I didnt r_ to you. 4. I also enjoyed the sig
2、hts of the Arch of Triumph, which is regarded as the s_ of France. 5. Nowhere else in the US can we find such a v_ of peoples. 6. You can always tell the difference between the tourists and the _ (当地人) 7. The students, _ (主修) in history at college, made a comment on the matter. 8. Radio and telephon
3、es are important _ (手段) of communication. 9.We really_(感激)all the help you gave us last weekend. 10. Chinese _ (汉字) are becoming more and more popular around the world. 答案:1. Despite 2.attitude 3. refer 4. symbol 5. variety 6. natives 7. majoring 8. means 9. appreciate 10. characters . 单句语法填空单句语法填空
4、1. In my opinion, my best friend changed my attitude _ life. 2. The study was based _ the data from 2，000 men and women. 3. The _ (major) of people own a dog for companionship. 4. The novel is regarded _ one of the excellent works. 5. So far, every possible means _ (try) to solve the problem. 6. As
5、we all know, _ (globe)warming is a real problem. 7. The article was about the different _ (various) of English spoken all over the world. 8. I would appreciate _ if you could call back this afternoon. 9. In his speech, he _ (refer) to a recent trip to Canada the other day. 10.In fact no , picture or
6、 photograph conveys the impact which it makes.(describe) 答案: 1. to/towards 2. on/upon 3. majority 4. as 5. has been tried 6. global 7. varieties 8. it 9. referred 10. description III. 选词填空选词填空 relate to, refer to; all the way; in spite of; up and down; be based on; date back to; be divided into; a v
7、ariety of; regard as 1.The novel _one of the excellent works. 2. The book _ at the meeting by White is written by his father. 3. All the photographs in this book, unless stated otherwise, _ the 1950s. 4. She didnt speak a word to me _ back home. 5. His first book to be published next month _ a true
8、story. 6. _ many difficulties, he managed to get through the experiment. 7. Join us to taste _ fresh local foods and drinks. 8. The circle _ sections, and each section represents a fraction of the data. 9.In Chinese culture,each year an animal according to the 12- year cycle. 10. Ive tried every die
9、t to lose some weight, but I failed every time. My weight has always been _ 答案: 1.is regarded as 2. referred to 3. date back to 4. all the way 5. is based on 6. In spite of 7. a variety of 8. is divided into 9.is related to 10. up and down IV. 语法填空语法填空 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 English ha
10、s developed over a long history. Old English consists of a 56 (mix) of Celtic language and the languages spoken by two Germanic groups from the 57 (Europe) mainland.At the end of the 9th century,the Vikings moved to Britain, 58 (bring) with them their languages.Their languages also mixed 59 Old Engl
11、ish,which had become the official language of England by the 10th century. Middle English refers to the English 60 (use) from around the 12th to the 15th centuries.In 1066,Normans, 61 French- speaking people,defeated England. 62 French did not replace English as the first language,it 63 (play) an im
12、portant role in the formation of English. During the Renaissance in the 16th century,Modern English appeared,in 64 many Latin and Greek words were included.Now English is 65 (wide) spoken around the world. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61._ 62. 63. 64. 65. 语篇导读这是一篇说明文,介绍了英语的发展过程。 56mixture 【解析】此处表示古英语由凯尔特语和来自
13、欧洲大陆的两个日耳曼语族混合而成。根据前面的a可知此处应用名词,故填mixture。 57European 【解析】由语境可知,此处应用形容词修饰名词mainland,故填European。 58bringing 【解析】此处表示九世纪末,维京人带着他们的语言到了英国。因主语“the Vikings”与bring之间是逻辑上的主谓关系,所以用现在分词做伴随状语,故填bringing。 59with 【解析】此处表示他们的语言也与古英语混合在一起,古英语到10世纪时已成为英国的官方语言。mix with sth.是固定搭配,表示“与混合”,故填with。 60used 【解析】中世纪英语是指大约
14、从12世纪到15世纪使用的英语。因use与被修饰词English之间是逻辑上的动宾关系,故此处用过去分词短语做后置定语,故填used。 61a 【解析】1066年,诺曼人,一个说法语的民族打败了英国。句中的people在此表示“民族”,是可数名词,此处表示泛指,故填a。 62Although/Though/While 【解析】句意:法语虽然没有取代英语作为第一语言,但在英语的形成中起了重要作用。根据句意可知,此处引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然,尽管”,位于句首时应注意首字母大写,故填Although/Though/While。 63played 【解析】本段讲述的是中古英语,即约12世纪到15世
15、纪的英语,所以应该用一般过去时,故填played。 64which 【解析】句意:在16世纪的文艺复兴时期,出现了现代英语,其中包括许多拉丁词汇和希腊词汇。这是一个由“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句,修饰先行词Modern English,关系词在从句中做宾语,因为前面有介词,所以只能用which。 65widely 【解析】句意:现在,英语在世界各地广泛使用。此处用副词修饰动词,故填widely。 V. 阅读理解阅读理解 A When you study abroad in France, you can expect to be treated the same as your nativ
16、e classmates, whether in a lecture or a discussion class. While you can study abroad in France and focus on nearly any subject, its the students with a passion for the arts, architecture （建筑学）and history that rush to the country in the largest numbers. And thats no shock, considering that France has
17、 been the center of the arts for centuries. As students of the arts, you will have to make careful use of your time, given all that France has to offer： Visit the Louvre to view the works of French artists such as Monet, Matisse and Renoir； Read the works of such French literary geniuses as Baudelai
18、re, Proust and Voltaire； Listen to the music of Debussy, or more contemporary （当代的） artists like Air and Daft Punk. France is also a main destination for architecture students, as you will see architecture in nearly every style： The Gothic Chateau de Chambord, built in the 1500s； Place Dauphine buil
19、t in 1607 in Baroque style； The post- modern housing development, Marnela- Vall e. History students will find that France has been where the action is for quite some time. Over the course of the centuries, it has been the stage for the most important developments in the history of mankind, including
20、 the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and the rise of the Fifth Republic under President Charles de Gaulle. It was also the site of the D- Day invasion （诺曼底登陆）of World War . As a possible study- abroad location, France has a lot to offer, because the combination of educational institutions （教
21、育机构）, arts and culture, and national history is second to none. 1. What can we learn about studying abroad in France from the text? A. Few students choose to study in France. B. There are many lectures and discussion classes. C. Students from foreign countries are usually treated badly. D. France is
22、 the best place for students who love the arts. 2. What can art students do on weekends? A. Enjoy Voltaires music. B. Listen to Prousts music. C. Read Renoirs literary works. D. View Monets works in the Louvre. 3. The text is most likely taken from _. A. a study- abroad website B. an architecture ad
23、vertisement C. a history book D. a fashion magazine 语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了法国可以为留学生提供许多好的学习机会，是学习艺术、建筑和历史的留学生的好去处。 1. D 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“And thats no shock, considering that France has been the center of the arts for centuries.”可知，法国数世纪以来一直是艺术的中心。由此推知对于爱好艺术的学生，法国是最好的去处。故选D项。 2. D 细节理解题。根据文中提到的Visit the
24、Louvre to view the works of French artists such as Monet, Matisse and Renoir 可知，学习艺术的学生在周末的时候可以去法国卢浮宫参观莫奈的作品。故选D项。 3. A 推理判断题。本文主要介绍法国是留学生学习的好地方，可以为学习艺术、建筑和历史的学生提供许多学习机会。因此，本文很可能选自国外学习网站。故选A项。 B Passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts fr
25、om the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States，m
26、aking it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati. Sadly，the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where th
27、e birds were most abundant，people believed there was an ever lasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，wait until pigeons had settled to feed，then threw large nets over them，taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to larg
28、e cities and sold in restaurants. By the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to
29、 their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again. In 1897，the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy i
30、n Pike County，Ohio，in 1900.For a time，a few birds survived under human care.The last of them，known affectionately as Martha，died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914. 【语篇解读】 本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。 1In the 18th and early 19th centuries，passenger pigeons _. Awere the biggest bird in the wo
31、rld Blived mainly in the south of America Cdid great harm to the natural environment Dwere the largest bird population in the US 答案 D 事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选D。 2The underlined word“undoing”probably refers to the pigeons _. Aescape Bruin Cliberation Devolution 答案
32、 B 词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“where the birds were abundant.by the thousands”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以ruin和undoing词义相似，故选B。 3What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons? ATo seek pleasure. BTo save other birds. CTo make money. DTo protect crops. 答案 C 事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“Commercial hunters attracted them.sold in
33、restaurants”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是捕杀者要赚钱。故选C。 4What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan? AIt was ignored by the public. BIt was declared too late. CIt was unfair. DIt was strict. 答案 B 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“In 1897，the state of.for 10 years”可知通过法律后的10年，鸽群数量仍然不多，所以制定法律为时已晚，故选B。 C As Internet users become
34、more dependent on the Internet to store information，are people remembering less? If you know your computer will save information，why store it in your own personal memory，your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how. In a recent study，Professor Betsy Sparrow
35、conducted some experiments.She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory.In the first experiment，they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer.The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information.The second group understood
36、that the computer would not save it.Later，the second group remembered the information better.People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it. In another experiment，the researchers gave people facts to remember，and told them where to find the in
37、formation on the computer.The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹)Surprisingly，people later remembered the folder location (位置) better than the facts.When people use the Internet，they do not remember the information.Rather，they remember how to find it.This is called “transactive memor
38、y (交互记忆)” According to Sparrow，we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet.Instead，computer users are developing stronger transactive memories；that is，people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.T
39、his doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing. 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇议论文。人们越来越依赖网络了，网络中储存着大量的信息，人们还需要用大脑去记忆吗？是不是我们的大脑越来越不记事情了？科学家对此进行了两个实验，来验证我们的大脑记忆事情的变化。 1The passage begins with two questions to_. Aintroduce the main topic Bshow
40、 the authors attitude Cdescribe how to use the Internet Dexplain how to store information 答案 A 推理判断题。文章主要讨论网络是否引起了人们的大脑记忆事情的变化。作者首先运用两个问题来引出话题，因此A项最佳。文章开头的问题是导入话题的，因此可以排除其他选项。 2What can we learn about the first experiment? AThe Sparrows team typed the information into a computer. BThe two groups rem
41、embered the information equally well. CThe first group did not try to remember the information. DThe second group did not understand the information. 答案 C 细节理解题。由第二段中的“People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it.”可知，因为知道电脑会储存信息，所以第一组实验者就没有去
42、记忆这些信息。故选C。A项错在不是Sparrow的团队，而是参加实验的人把信息输入电脑，可排除；B项与第二段倒数第二句“.the second group remembered the information better.”矛盾，可排除；文章中未提及D项，可排除。 3In transactive memory，people_. Akeep the information in mind Bchange the quantity of information Corganize information like a computer Dremember how to find the info
43、rmation 答案 D 细节理解题。由第三段中的“When people use the Internet，they do not remember the information.Rather，they remember how to find it.”可知，在这样的情况下，人们更容易记住怎样找到信息，而不是信息的内容，故选D项。 4What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrows research? AWe are using memory differently. BWe are becoming more intelli
44、gent. CWe have poorer memories than before. DWe need a better way to access information. 答案 A 推理判断题。由文章最后一段中的最后一句“This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing”(这并不意味着我们变得更聪明或更不聪明了，但毫无疑问我们利用记忆的方式在改变)可排除B、C两项，确定A项正确。文章中未提
45、及D项“我们需要一种更好的方式来获取信息”。 VI. 完形填空完形填空 The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful. Cathy suffered some terrible_1_ in her early childhood.After years of regular treatment，she _2_ became healthy. Two years ago，while Cathy was watching the Olympics，a dream came
46、into her sweet little headto be a swimmer.Last summer，she wanted to _3_ our local swim team.She practiced hard and finally _4_ it.The team practice，_5_，was a rough start.She coughed and choked and could hardly _6_ her first few weeks.Hearing her coughing bitterly one night，I decided to _7_ her from
47、it all.But Cathy woke me up early next morning，wearing her swimsuit _8_ to go! I told her she shouldnt swim after a whole nights coughing，but she refused to _9_ and insisted she go. From that day on，Cathy kept swimming and didnt _10_ a single practice.She had a _11_ intention within herself to be th
48、e best she could be.My ten- year- old was growing and changing right before my eyes，into this _12_ human being with a passion and a mission.There were moments of _13_ of course：often she would be the last swimmer in the race.It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasnt a _14_ever.But that did
49、nt stop her from trying. Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year.Cathy didnt expect any award but was still there to _15_ her friends and praise their accomplishments.As the ceremony was nearing the end，I suddenly heard the head coach _16_，“The highest honor goes to Cathy！” Lookin
50、g around，he continued，“Cathy has inspired us with her _17_ and enthusiasm._18_ skills and talents bring great success，the most valuable asset(财富)one can hold is the heart.” It was the greatest _19_ of my daughters life.With all she had been _20_ in her ten years，this was the hour of true triumph(成功)