1、Unit 2 English around the worldSection Warming Up, Pre-reading,Reading to be spoken2.So why has English changed time? 答案:over3.India has a very large number of fluent English speakers Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. 答案:because4.At first the English (speak)in England between about AD 450 and 1
2、150 was very different the English we speak today. 答案:spoken;from5.By the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a (wide)vocabulary than ever before. 答案:wider三、单句改错1.Do you know there are more than one kind of English?答案:areis2.Native English speakers can understand each other if they dont speak
3、the same kind of English.答案:if 前加 even3.Actual all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.答案:ActualActually4.Late in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too.答案:LateLater5.Today the number of people learning English in China are increa
4、sing rapidly.答案:areis四、阅读理解AA year ago,I paid no attention to English idioms,though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again.But soon,the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.One day,I happened to meet an Englishman on the road,and soon we began to talk.As I wa
5、s talking about how I was studying English,the foreigner seemed to be astonished,gently shaking his head,shrugging his shoulders,saying,“You dont say!” “You dont say!” I was puzzled.I thought,perhaps this is not an appropriate topic.“Well,Id better change the topic.” So I said to him,“Well,shall we
6、talk about the Great Wall?By the way,have you ever been there?” “Certainly,everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it.It is magnificent(雄伟的 ,壮观的).” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide,“The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world.We are v
7、ery proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his order,“You dont say!” I couldnt help asking,“Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”“Well,I didnt ask you to do so,”he answered,greatly surprised.I said,“Didnt you say you dont say?” Hearing this,the Englishman laughed to tears.He began to expla
8、in,“You dont say actually means really.It is an expression of surprise.Perhaps you dont pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I realize I had made a fool of myself.Since then,I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.1.A year ago,I paid no attention to English idioms because . A.
9、English idioms were too difficult to masterB.I did not realize the importance of themC.my teacher didnt emphasize the importanceD.I had no interest in English learning 答案:B解析:细节理解题。由第一段可知 ,是因为我没有意识到它们的重要性。2.The underlined word “amusing” means “ ”. A.interesting B.importantC.terrible D.lucky答案:A解析:词义
10、猜测题。由下文所讲的经历非常有意思可知 ,amusing 的含义是“有趣味的”。3.When I first heard “You dont say!”,I thought . A.the Englishman was not interested in my English studiesB.the Englishman was only interested in the Great WallC.I had talked too muchD.I had to stop talking at once答案:A解析:推理判断题。因为开始时 “我”和那个英国人谈论的是“我”的英语学习情况,那个英
11、国人说“You dont say!”直译为“你不要说了!”,“我”误解为他对此事不感兴趣。4.We can learn from the second paragraph that . A.the Englishman was leaving China without seeing the Great WallB.the Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about itC.the Englishman wanted me to act as his guideD.the Englishman visited the
12、 Great Wall and thought it worth visiting答案:D解析:细节理解题。由第二段的叙述可知 ,这个英国人参观了长城,并对其表示了赞扬。5.After the Englishman explained the idiom, . A.the Englishman made me a foolB.the Englishman made a fool of himselfC.I felt very silly D.I felt proud of my understanding答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第二段倒数第二句 “Only then did I reali
13、ze I had made a fool of myself.”可知,“我”对自己的无知感到愚蠢可笑。BEnglish as a Foreign LanguageThere are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language,and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue.There are one billion people learning English now and abou
14、t 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.Is this a good thing,or a bad thing?Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate,using a common language,across countries and cultures?Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-culturalism”,a world in which we all sp
15、eak the same language,eat the same food and listen to the same music?Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language?On the contrary,I would have thoughtalthough I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better,there would be fewer wars.Ask
16、 the people of India(where many of them speak at least some English)and Pakistan(the same situation with India). If we all speak English,will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers?Surely not.If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的),will it kill other languages?I doubt it.When I travel in Africa
17、 or Asia,I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages,as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago,we received a wonderful poetic e-mail from
18、a listener in Ireland.“The English language is a beautiful language.Maybe its like a rose,” he said.“But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?” 6.By saying “Ask the people of India .and Pakistan .” in Paragraph 3,the author is trying to show that . A.speaking the same language doesnt
19、necessarily bring peace B.wars can destroy the peace between two countriesC.English doesnt kill other languages D.English is widely spoken in the world 答案:A解析:细节理解题。根据该画线部分前面的 “.there would be fewer wars”可推断出,作者借助于印度和巴基斯坦来说明说同一种语言不一定带来和平。7.What does the underlined word “garden” in the last paragraph
20、 probably stand for?A.Language. B.Family.C.The world. D.The culture.答案:C解析:词义猜测题。本文主要论述英语和世界之间的关系 ,因此如果英语是玫瑰,那么 garden就应是整个世界。8.The author would probably agree . A.its very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden B.its good for people from other countries to learn English C.more and more peo
21、ple like to plant roses in their gardens D.English is easier to learn than other languages 答案:B解析:推理判断题。根据短文第三、四段可知 ,作者认为学英语是一件好事情。9.What does the passage talk about?A.Why English has become a global language.B.How many people in the world speak English.C.How people in the world learn English as a f
22、oreign language.D.Whether we need to worry about English being a world language.答案:D解析:主旨大意题。本文主要讨论我们是否需要担心英语成为一门世界性的语言。五、七选五阅读理解1 People use money to buy food,furniture,books,bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want.When they work,they usually get paid in money. Most of the money tod
23、ay is made of metal or paper. 2 One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money.In China,cloth and knives were used.In the Philippine Islands,rice was used as money for a long time.Elephant tusks,monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.Th
24、e first metal coins were made in China.They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 3 Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4 Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money.Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But even gold and
25、 silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive.Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 5 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until tod
26、ay.A.They began to use paper money.B.Money,as we know,is all made of paper.C.The first coins in England were made of tin (锡).D.But people used to use all kinds of things as money.E.No one knows for certain when people began to use money.F.Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.G.People strung (串联)them together and carried them from place to place.答案:1.F 2.D 3.G 4.C 5.A
