1、高 一 英 语 同 步 练 习 必修1 Unit 2 English around the world 第 2课 时 : Reading 基础练习: 阅读课文完成下列表格: The Road To Modern English More and more people start to speak English at the end of 1_, five to seven million people spoke English. in the next century , English _2_ Today, more people speak English as their firs
2、t, second or a 3_language than ever before World English are different from each other in some ways. for example: British people say flat, while American people use _4_. English has changed over time because all languages change when cultures _5_ each other. Between AD 450 and 1150: Based on _6_ 115
3、0 to 1500: more like French, because _7_ In the 1600s: Shakespeare broadened the_8_ Later British people brought English to _9_ English is also spoken in Many other places In South Asian , Africa and _10_ 单句改错: 1. Thomas joined in the army last year. A B C D 2. Driving is also great importance. A B
4、C D 3. They were tiring after a long days hard work. A B C D 4. They returned back in the evening with some money and perhaps a present for their children. A B C D 5.I heard that the old woman was bad injured in the leg. A B C D 6. The number of members in the club are twenty. A B C D 7. Can I excha
5、nge the shirt with a bigger one? A B C D 8. They communicate to each other by telephone. A B C D 9. If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself in home. A B C D 10. The soup tastes so nicely. A B C D 把下列短语翻译成英语 : 1目前,现在 _ 2利用,使用 _ 3根据 _ 4例如 _ 5说英语的国家 _ 6英语口语 _ 7讲得通
6、,有意义 _ 8扮演一个角色 _ 9信不信由你 _ 10太而不能 _ 阅读理解 A Which is the best way to learn a language? We know that we all learnt our own language well when we were children, if we learn a second language in the same way, it wont seem so difficult. How does a small child do? It listens to what people say, and it trie
7、s to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ask for it. Its using the language, thinking in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language all the time, they will learn it quickly. In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is the best way t
8、o learn all new words through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later. 1. When we were very young . A. its difficult for us to understand people B. we learnt our language through our ears C. we could not guess what people say D. we could hear our own language but couldnt underst
9、and it 2. A small child can learn his own language very well because . A. hes clever B. his parents took good care of it C. he keeps on using it D. he often tries to guess what he hears 3. According to the text, what is the best way to learn a second language? . A. remembering as many words as we ca
10、n B. writing all the time C. using our ears first D. looking up the words in the dictionary when we dont know their meanings. 4. In school, when we learn a second language, we must . A. do nothing but listen to our teachers B. often listen, speak, read and write C. learn it by heart all the time D.
11、translate it into our own language all the time 5. The word “it” in the sentence “it wont seem so difficult” refersnull指的是null . A. the small child B. the second language C. learning the second language D. the best way to learn language B A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: C
12、an I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences? Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in Gramm
13、ar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” , Americans say “in the hospital” and Do you have a pen?. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in thes
14、e words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and “honor” are American. These differences in Grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, Britis
15、h and American English are the same language. 1.According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that _. A. British people cannot understand him B. American people cannot understand him C. the Grammar is too hard for him D. the spelling is too hard for h
16、im 2.American English and British English are different in _. A. spelling B. pronunciation C. Grammar D. all of the above 3. What is NOT mentioned(提及 ) in the passage? A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English. B. Whether British English and American English are o
17、ne language or two. C. How the differences between British English and American English came about. D. How important the differences are. 4.Most _ say “Do you have a watch?” A. British people B. Americans C. children D. teachers 5.According to this passage, British people and Americans have _ diffic
18、ulty in understanding each other. A. little B. much C. some D. great C An old friend from New York , who was going to spend a few days with me, called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived .I was not able to leave the office, but I have prepared for his arrival After explaining where my ne
19、w house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigeratornull冰箱null Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house At the m
20、oment, he said,he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator Now, he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon When I asked him if he had any difficulty finding the house,he answered that the only problem wa
21、s that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window I listened to all this in great surprise There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room wind
22、ow of my next-door neighbors house! 1 When my friend arrived, I could not go to meet him because_ A we were not good friends B I was busy at work C he had not told me that he would come D I did not want to see him 2 A doormat is a mat_ A used as a door B for cleaning the bottom of shoes C. put up on
23、 a door as an ornamentnull装null物null D near a door under which people put their keys 3 I listened to my friends phone call in great surprise because_ A he had not waited for me to eat together B he had eaten too much of the food C he mistook my neighbors house for mine D he had left the house with t
24、he window open 4 At last my friend_ A did not enter my house B entered my house after he opened the door C entered my house by climbing through the window D entered my house with the help of my neighbor 5 The writer left the key under the doormat so that_ A nobody would find it B he might not lose i
25、t C his family could use the same key D his friend could easily get it 第 2 课时 基础练习: 1.16th century 2. began to be spoken in many other countries 3. foreign 4. apartment 5. communicate with 6. German 7. French- men ruled England then 8. vocabulary 9. Australia 10. china 改错: 1.B 去 in 2.C great 前 加 of
26、3.A tiring-tired 4.A 去 back 5.B bad-badly 6.D are-is 7.B with-for 8.B to-with 9.D in-at 10. D nicely-nice 翻译: 1 at present 2. make use of 3.according to 4.for example 5.an English speaking country 6. oral/spoken English 7. make sense 8.play a part in 9.believe it or not 10.tooto 阅读理解 A: BCCBC B: ADCBA C: BBCAD