1、- 1 -Module 1 课下能力提升（一）阅读理解AA school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all
2、 of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson.The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures show
3、ing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home double the number ten years ago the technology could soon become popular in many more schools.Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer
4、 and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays 700 a
5、year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than 2.5 million to produce.Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging an
6、d dangerous” “Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English， ” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.”语篇解读：学校里 60%的学生的母语不是英语，教师怎么上课、怎么和学生交流呢
7、？一种新发明的电脑软件能帮助解决这个问题。1What is the name of the electronic translator? - 2 -ATalking Tutor. BEMAS UK.CNick Seaton DDawn Holt.解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，该软件的名称为 Talking Tutor。2Manor Park Primary decided to use electronic translators in order to _.Ahelp the pupils to learn English well in a short timeBma
8、ke the teachers and the students understand each otherClet the students master foreign languages quicklyDattract more and more pupils to the school解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句可知，该校配备这个软件的目的是帮助师生更好地交流。3From the text we can infer that _.AEMAS UK cant make a lot of money from the softwareBmore and more pupi
9、ls begin to choose to study in BritainCthere are many schools which have already used the softwareDthe teachers had no difficulty talking with the students before解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，在英国，有六分之一的小学生的母语不是英语，这一比例是十年前的两倍。由此可以推知，越来越多的国外的小学生选择到英国去上学。4Why do some people say giving pupils the translators
10、could be “damaging and dangerous”？ABecause the students will pay more money to the school.BBecause the students wont get enough care from the teachers.CBecause the students cant use the translators properly.DBecause the students wont speak to the teachers any more.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后两句可知，其原因在于这会
11、导致老师把过多的时间用在电脑操作上，学生感觉老师不够关心自己。BThe morning sun was shining on fivefoot waves as old friends McKenzie Clark and Brian Wargo slid their surfboards into the warm water and paddled out to sea.About 400 yards from shore, McKenzies board hit what she thought was a rock.When she looked down, instead she s
12、aw the outline of a shark easily twelve feet long.She screamed as she felt the board rising, the sharks body - 3 -breaking the surface.“I settled on its head, getting pulled out to sea， ” says McKenzie, 35.Brian, 45, saw the tiger shark.He knew the species was aggressive and paddled anxiously toward
13、 his friend.Before Brian reached McKenzie, the shark slipped beneath the water, leaving her on the surfboard, gripping its side with her left hand.Seconds later, the shark bit into the surfboard, pinning McKenzies hand to the board.As she pulled it free, she fell into the water, still tied to the bo
14、ard by her ankle leash.The shark took off again toward open water, the surfboard still in its mouth.Blood flowed from her left hand as McKenzie removed the leash from her ankle.“Hes coming back， ” Brian yelled to McKenzie.“Get on your board！”On its way in McKenzies direction, the shark swam undernea
15、th Brians board, and when the sharks fin appeared above water, Brian caught it.With his left hand holding onto the fin, Brian hit the shark in the gills (鱼鳃) with his right fist several times.On the fifth blow, “The shark trembled， ” Brian says, “and swam back out toward open water.”“Are you OK？” Br
16、ian called out.“He bit my fingers off！” McKenzie responded.Two other surfers heard the yelling and swam over to help.Back on dry land, Brian drove Mckenzie to the hospital, about 25 miles away, where doctors removed part of her left fingers and repaired damage to her hand.McKenzie realizes how lucky
17、 she was that her friend was there to help.For his part, Brian says he acted on instinct.“I knew what I had to do to save my friend， ” he says.语篇解读：文章讲述了两个朋友去冲浪，其中一人被鲨鱼袭击，另一人勇敢击退鲨鱼，拯救朋友的故事。5What made McKenzies board rise?AThe pull of the shark.BThe crash into a rock.CThe strong waves.DThe sharks bod
18、y.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“She screamed as she felt the board rising, the sharks body breaking the surface.”可知，鲨鱼的身体冲出水面使得她的冲浪板升了起来。故选 D项。6What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?- 4 -AMcKenzies left hand.BMcKenzies surfboard.CThe aggressive shark.DThe strong wave.解析：选 A 代词指代题。根据第三段第
19、一句中的“leaving her on the surfboard, gripping its side with her left hand”和第二句可知，it 指代麦肯齐被鲨鱼咬住的左手。7How did Brian help his friend McKenzie?ABy removing the leash from her ankle.BBy hitting the shark in its gills.CBy helping her get on her board again.DBy holding the sharks fin back toward open water.解析
20、：选 B 细节理解题。根据第四段第二、三句“With his left hand holding onto the fin, Brian hit the shark in the gills . On the fifth blow . swam back out toward open water.”可知，布赖恩击打鲨鱼的鳃，使得鲨鱼逃跑，从而救了朋友麦肯齐。8What can we infer from the last paragraph?AMcKenzie had her left hand fingers removed.BThe shark was frightened away b
21、y surfers shouts.CBrian didnt think his action a great deal at all.DMcKenzies board was torn into halves by the shark.解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“For his part, Brian says he acted on instinct.I knew what I had to do to save my friend， he says.”可知，布赖恩认为自己的救人行为是出于本能，并不觉自己的行为很了不起。CIt is said that a great man
22、y things about languages are mysterious, and many will always be so. But some things we do know.Firstly, we know that all human beings have a language of some kind. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate
23、with one another. In historical times, there has never been a race of men without a language.Secondly, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many people whose cultures are underdeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized, but - 5 -the languages they speak are not primitive. In all
24、 known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.This has not always been well understood; indeed, the direct contrary has often been stated. Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate. Many people have guessed that the
25、Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises. Study has proved this to be nonsense. There are, or were, hundreds of American Indian languages, and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old. They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,
26、 but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. This means each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.Finally, we know that language changes. Its natural and norm
27、al for language to change; the only languages which do not change are the dead ones. This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language. Grammatical features change as do speech sounds and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur
28、 very rapidly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.语篇解读：本文主要论述了关于语言的问题，不论哪个民族都有属于自己的语言，而且都各有特色。9In the 2nd paragraph the author thinks that _.Asome backward races dont have a language of their ownBsome races in history didnt possess a language of their ownCany human race, whether bac
29、kward or not, has a languageDsome races on earth can communicate without a language解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据“There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language .”可知作者认为任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。故选 C。10As the author says, people of underdeveloped cultures can have _ languages.Acomplicated Bunci
30、vilizedCprimitive Dwellknown解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Secondly, there is no such thing as a - 6 -primitive language . but the languages they speak are not primitive”可知选 A。11American Indian languages are mentioned to prove that they are _.Aas fully developed as some wellknown languagesBmore primitive than
31、 some wellknown languagesCmore complex than some wellknown languagesDjust as primitive as some wellknown languages解析：选 A 细节理解题。作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。根据第四段中的“They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with, but they are no more primitive than English and Greek”可知选 A。12According to the author, language changes are most likely appear in _.Agrammar BvocabularyCintonation Dpronunciation解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.”可知，词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。- 7 -
