【全程方略】高中英语 Module 1 British and American English Integrating Skills语篇训练卷 外研版必修5(1).doc

module 1integrating skills. 完形填空i believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will. in may 1977, i was living in a howard johnsons motel off interstate 10 in houston. my dad and i1a room with two double beds and a bathroom which was too2for a 15-year-old girl and her father. dads second marriage was3and my stepmother had4us both out of the house the previous week. dad had no5what to do with me. and thats when my other family6. barbara and roland beach took me into their home7their only daughter, su, my best friend, asked them to. i8with them for the next seven years. barb washed my skirts the same as sus. she9i had lunch money, doctors appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. barbara and roland attended every football game where su and i were being cheerleaders. 10i could tell, for the beaches there was no11between su and me; i was their daughter, too. when su and i12college they kept my room the same for the entire four years i attended school. recently, barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when i first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years. the beaches knew13about me when they took me inthey had heard the whole story from su. when i was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to14his kids. before i went to live with the beaches i had believed that life was entirely15and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. i had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me. 16the beaches, i would have become a bitter, cynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman. they gave me a(n)17that allowed me to grow and change. they kept me from being paralyzed by my18, and they gave me the confidence to open my heart. i19family. for me, it wasnt the family that was there on the day i was20, but the one that was there for me when i was living in a howard johnsons on interstate 10. 1. a. livedb. sharedc. possessedd. bought2. a. cheapb. noisyc. smalld. limited3. a. in troubleb. in sightc. in placed. in parts4. a. struckb. removedc. kickedd. knocked5. a. planb. choicec. chanced. idea6. a. looked afterb. showed upc. turned overd. came across7. a. sob. becausec. untild. while8. a. workedb. traveledc. livedd. learned9. a. worked outb. called upc. watched outd. made sure10. a. as long asb. as far asc. as soon asd. as many as11. a. changeb. problemc. conflictd. difference12. a. set offb. left forc. entered intod. admitted into13. a. allb. littlec. somethingd. nothing14. a. supplyb. teachc. encouraged. raise15. a. differentb. unfairc. easyd. hopeful16. a. thanks tob. in spite ofc. except ford. but for17. a. homeb. housec. abilityd. lesson18. a. choiceb. failurec. pastd. present19. a. doubt aboutb. call onc. center ond. believe in20. a. bornb. acceptedc. educatedd. deserted. 阅读理解alanguage experts say that spoken english was almost the same in the american colonies and britain two hundred years ago. americans began to change the sound of their speech after the revolutionary war in seventeen-seventy-six. they wanted to make it different to separate themselves from the british in language, in the same way they separated themselves from the british government. some american leaders proposed major changes in the language. benjamin franklin wanted a whole new system of spelling. his reforms were not accepted. but his ideas did influence others. one was noah webster. webster wrote language books for schools. he believed the united states should have a system of its own language as well as government. webster published a dictionary of the american language in eighteen-twenty-eight. it established rules for speaking and spelling the words used in american english. webster wrote that all words should be said in the order of the letters that spell them. this is why americans use the letters “e-r” to end many words instead of the british “r-e. ”he spelled the word “center, ”for example, “c-e-n-t-e-r, ”instead of the british “c-e-n-t-r-e. ”websters rule for saying every part of a word made american english easier for foreign settlers to learn. they learned to say “waist-coat, ”for example, the way it is spelled instead of the british “wes-kit. ”the different languages of many people who came to the united states also helped make american and british english different. many of their foreign words and expressions became part of english as americans speak them. sometimes americans and british people do not understand each other because of different word meanings. for example, the word “jumper” in britain means a sweater. in the united states, it is a dress. the british word “brolly” is an “umbrella” in america. and the british call potato chips “crisps”. all of these differences led british writer george bernard shaw to joke that britain and america are two countries separated by the same language! 1. what does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to? a. separating themselves from the british in language. b. written english in america. c. spoken english in america. d. spoken english in britain. 2. why did american want their language to differ from british english? a. because they found british english hard to speak. b. because they found british english hard to spell. c. because they wanted to have their own language and government. d. because foreign settlers wanted them to change their language. 3. why do americans use the word “meter” instead of the word “metre” ? a. because benjamin franklin didnt like the word “metre” . b. because the word “meter” was absorbed from other languages. c. because webster thought the word should be said in order of the letters that are spelt. d. because webster thought american english should be made easier for foreign settlers to learn. 4. what does the passage mainly talk about? a. noah websters simplifying the spelling of english words. b. differences and similarities between british and american english. c. the reasons why american english was formed and its development. d. varieties of english throughout the world. b“did you come alone or with your parents? ”when tsinghua universitys new 2013 freshmen arrived on campus late last month, the first question they were faced with at the registration desk was the above. according to statistics, we know that more than half of the 539 students came alone. chen jining, the president of tsinghua university, encouraged them to “start this new adventure by standing on your own two feet”. to help freshmen grow up, some universities have thought of new methods. at tsinghua, for example, freshmen need to register and find their dormitory by themselves. the process requires two to three hours, during which volunteers take parents on a tour of the campus. at zhejiang university, a banner hanging in the information center says “parents let go please; let us guide your children. ”“often parents like to do things or make decisions for their children. in their eyes, children never grow up, ”said lu guodong, dean(系主任)of undergraduate studies at zhejiang university. “but at university, growing up is the goal for all students. growing up is the biggest success. in china, students grow up too slowly as parents are always in charge. students never think about what path they should take and why, ”said he. zhang yanxue, a senior student studying chinese language and literature at the communication university of china, is the president of the self-improvement society. although most students can finish the registration process by themselves, their parents usually prefer accompanying them to the university. “this is the third time ive welcomed freshmen and i havent seen much change in that regard, ”zhang said. “the number of students who came alone is the same as in previous years. sometimes, however, the distance between university and home is so great that many parents are too worried to let their children travel alone. to reassure parents, renmin university of china introduced a new method. it asks senior students to return to their hometown and accompany freshmen back to the campus. this helps freshmen get used to living independently. “students should have an independent character and a dream. learning how to use that independent character to achieve their dream and finish tasks assigned by the country is very important, ”said tsinghua university president chen. 5. how many universities are mentioned in the passage? a. 4. b. 3. c. 5. d. 6. 6. whats the main idea of the passage? a. tsinghua has thought of new methods to help freshmen grow up. b. universities take measures to help freshmen register. c. universities help freshmen to be independent. d. university students lack independence. 7. should assume greater responsibility for students lack of independence. a. universitiesb. parentsc. governmentd. society8. zhang yanxue is a. a. reporterb. headmasterc. teacherd. student9. what can we learn from the passage? a. university freshmen lack independence. b. parents do what they can do for their children. c. we should learn to practice our independence in daily life. d. teachers pay no attention to students character training. 【拓展题型训练】阅读第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。public speaking trainingget a coach1 ，so get help. since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training thats right for you. focus on positivesany training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you arent doing well. 2 , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldnt do. 3 if you find a public speaking course that looks as though its going to give you lots of dos and donts, walk away! your brain is so full of what youre going to be talking about. 4 . as far as were concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. your audience can be your friends. you are a special person not a clonemost importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 5 . your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone youre not. a. you arent like anybody elseb. you already do lots of things wellc. turn your back on too many rulesd. check the rules about dos and dontse. whatever the presentation, public speaking is toughf. the one thing you dont want is for them to fall asleepg. so trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse答案解析. 【文章大意】家人不仅仅是血脉之亲。有的时候, 有人会在无人愿意伸出援手的时候出现在你的身边, 让你感受到爱, 那便是家人。1.【解析】选b。词语搭配题。我跟我爸爸共用(shared)一个有两张双人床的房间。share sth. with sb. 与某人共用, 固定搭配。2. 【解析】选c。背景常识题。这卫生间对于一个15岁女孩子和她爸爸来说实在是太小了。3. 【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。根据后面继母把我们赶出家门可知, 那时, 我爸爸的第二次婚姻陷入困境中。in trouble处于困境中。4. 【解析】选c。词语辨析题。之前一周, 我继母把我们父女俩赶了出来。kick. . . out of. . . 意为“把从逐出”。5. 【解析】选d。词语搭配题。爸爸不知道该拿我如何是好。have no idea what to do with sb. 不知如何处理某人。6. 【解析】选b。短语辨析题。根据下文叙述可知, 正在这个时候, 我的另一个家庭出现了。look after照看; show up出现; turn over翻转; come across偶遇。7. 【解析】选b。句式结构题。芭芭拉比奇和罗兰比奇夫妇两人把我接到他们家里, 是因为我最要好的朋友他们唯一的女儿苏请求他们做的。8. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据后文可知, 从此, 我与他们一起生活了达七年之久。work工作; travel旅行; live住; learn学习。9. 【解析】选d。短语辨析题。她确保让我每天都有吃午饭的钱。work out计算, 解决; call up召集, 使想起, 打电话; watch out当心, 留神; make sure确保, 保证。10. 【解析】选b。习语搭配题。在我看来, 比奇夫妇对我跟苏一视同仁: 我也是他们的女儿。as far as i could tell意为“依我看, 在我看来”。11. 【解析】选d。逻辑推理题。根据“我也是他们的女儿”可知比奇夫妇对我跟苏一视同仁, 没有什么区别。difference区别。12. 【解析】选b。背景常识题。后来, 我和苏离开家, 上了大学。leave for college因上大学而离开了家。13. 【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。根据后面的“they had heard the whole story from su”可知, 比奇夫妇在收留我的时候, 就了解我的一切。14. 【解析】选d。词语辨析题。从那个时候起, 我的爸爸就靠其他人帮他抚养孩子。supply供应; teach教; encourage鼓励; raise养活, 抚养。15. 【解析】选b。逻辑推理题。根据后面“i had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me. ”可知, 在我与比奇这一家人住之前, 我相信生活根本就是不公平的。different不同的; unfair不公平的; easy容易的; hopeful有希望的。16. 【解析】选d。词语辨析题。要不是比奇这一家人, 我就会变成一个满腹牢骚、愤世嫉俗的女人。此