1、2018 学年度人教版必修一 Unit2English Around the worldPeriod3Learning about Language 课时作业一、单句填空1.He told me (do) that again. 答案 to do2.I dont know the way he will solve the problem. 答案 that/in which3.My husband has lost so much weight that he can hardly (recognize). 答案 be recognized4.Do you know who will play
2、 major part in the film? 答案 the5.Having lived in China for 8 years,Helen has a good command Chinese. 答案 of6.Although his home is only two (block) away from school,his parents still pick him up every day. 答案 blocks7.Life in the new century changes a lot because what we do is quite different what we d
3、id. 答案 from8.The foreigner I knew comes from the (east) part of America. 答案 eastern9.Many people there speak the same dialect people in the northwestern USA. 答案 as10.Believe it not,anyone can create a website,so you can set up websites about whatever you can imagine. 答案 or二、完成句子1.信不信由你,她已经和我相爱两年了。,s
4、he has been in love with me for two years. 答案 Believe it or not2.在新年庆典中,食物也起了重要的作用。Food also in New Year celebrations. 答案 plays an important role/part3.抱歉,这里没有叫王林的人。Sorry,there is called Wang L in here. 答案 no such person4.他被公认为中国最好的电影导演之一。He is one of the greatest film directors in China. 答案 recogni
5、zed as5.发生这起事故是因为他的粗心。The accident happened his carelessness. 答案 because of三、单句改错1.More than one of the students in our school have been awarded a scholarship.答案 havehas2.Why dont you try learning the second foreign language since youve mastered English?答案 thea3.Good social relationship plays import
6、ant role in the success of your career.答案 plays 后面加 an4.Learning Russian was popular there in 1950s.答案 1950s 前面加 the5.China Daily is rather than a newspaper,for it can also serve as a useful textbook for our English study.答案 rathermore6.On TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way where
7、people speak.答案 wherethat7.Many people believe the English speaking on TV and the radio is standard English.答案 speakingspoken8.Mark commanded that all of us left after the meeting.答案 leftleave9.As the saying goes,“There is not such thing as a free lunch in the world”.答案 notno 或在 such 后加 a10.America
8、has many dialect,especially the midwestern,southern,African American,and Spanish dialects.答案 dialectdialects四、阅读理解Every day,340 million people speak it.One billion people are learning it and it is said that by 2050,half of the worlds population will be using it.What are we talking about?The global l
9、anguageEnglish.The English language started in Britain in the 5th century.It is a mixed language.It was built up when German,Scandinavian and French invaders settled in England and created a common language for communication.Today it is the official language of the UK,the USA,Australia,New Zealand,C
10、anada,South Africa and Ireland as well as many islands in the Caribbean.Many other countries and regions use it for politics and business,for example,India,Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines.English is also one of the official languages of Hong Kong.But global advertising and pop music mean that i
11、n most countries,you will see or hear some English.Thanks to McDonalds,we all know about “burgers”,“fries” and “milkshakes”.Songs by Madonna,Britney Spears and Celine Dion are in English.We can sing along,even if we do not understand what we are singing!English is a messy(杂乱的)language.Every year,dic
12、tionaries include new words that talk about popular culture,for example,computer-related words such as “blogging”,“download” and “chatroom”.Also included are words that teenagers use.Who does not know “cool”,“OK” and “hell o”?Other languages also influence English.Many English words come from French
13、.Words like “cafe” and expressions like “cest la vie”(that is life)are all part of the English language.On the other hand,the French language includes English words like “le weekend” and “le camping”.German words are also part of English.Words like “kindergarten” come from the German language.Recent
14、ly,British people have become interested in “yoga”.But the word comes from an ancient Hindu language in India.1.The English language has a history of . A.over 2000 years B.over 500 years C.over 1500 years D.over 1000 years答案 C 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知,英语开始于 5 世纪,故距今已有 1500 多年。故选 C 项。2.Which statement is
15、true about the language of English?A.It has been changing all the time.B.It has borrowed words from all the other languages.C.French words are used by the English because dictionaries have French words.D.Singers and film stars have the greatest influence on language.答案 A解析 推理判断题。由第四到六段的内容可知,英语这门语言一直
16、在不断发展变化。故选A 项。3.How many people in the world are using English now?A.One billion people.B.340 million.C.Almost all the people in the world.D.Not mentioned above,but the number is growing rapidly.答案 B 解析 细节理解题。由第一段第一句可知答案为 B 项。4.Many countries and regions use English for politics and business except
17、. A.the USA B.NigeriaC.the Philippines D.Norway 答案 D 解析 细节理解题。由第三段可知,只有挪威没有被提及,故选 D项。五、七选五阅读理解Richards father died when he was five.Later on he lost his mother.An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him.Of course he had no money to go to school.He had to work for a rich farmer.The
18、 man paid him nothing exc ept food and clothes. 1 He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write. 2 It connected the village and the town.One morning people found there was a big stone on it.It stopped them from going to town.They had to move it away,or they had to cros
19、s the mountain if they had something to do in the town.But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young men couldnt do that. 3 Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said,“I have a way to move it away.” But few men believed him. 4 Night fell and people went home.Only the bo
20、y stayed there. To their surprise,the villagers found the stone was gone the next morning.They didnt know which spirit had moved it away. 5 “How could he?” the rich farmer called out.“Hes only fifteen!He couldnt move it at all!”“He dug a big hole beside the stone”,said the old woman,“and then he cou
21、ld easily push it into the hole!”Looking at each other,the farmers couldnt say a word.A.There seemed to be nothing strange in the village.B.The old woman said Richard had done it all.C.There was a narrow path between two mountains.D.But the boy didnt lose heart.E.Some farmers even laughed at the boy.F.The boy hoped he could do something for the villagers some day.G.They discussed for a long time,but nobody knew what to do.答案 15 DCGEB
