人教版选修八Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Language points课时作业（2）.docx

unit 5 meeting your ancestors language points课时作业.完形填空learning a second language fuels childrens intelligence and makes their job future brighter._1_ the fact is, in the us.a., as in many other english speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the _2_.eightyfour percent of us. people are monolingual (speakers of only one language)this leaves a small number who _3_ to speak two or more languages.no matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything _4_ english is a marker of difference here.thats why fourteenyearold umar is _5_ when people comment on the fact that he is able to speak arabic.umars mother points out, “in the us.a., its not _6_ for kids to be bilingual.but, if you speak another language to your children in the us.a., it is thought that you are not helping them to _7_ society.”but in fact, the general _8_ among experts is that learning a second language is good for children.experts believe that bilinguals people who speak _9_ languages have a clear learning advantage _10_ their monolingual schoolmates.this _11_ on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, _12_ they are learning arabic, french, chinese or any other language.vinss millon, a professor of foreign language training, says, “a lot of studies have _13_ that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more _14_， but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects.”the view is that there is a(n) _15_ from the effort of learning another language.a few other _16_ agree that “bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole.they also _17_ greater creativity and problemsolving ability, and they learn further languages more easily.”with all of the benefits, why do we not show more _18_ for learning other languages? parents and teachers _19_ in bilingual education say it is pressure from friends at school, general _20_ to other languages in englishspeaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.语篇解读：学习一门第二语言会为孩子的智力发展提供养分，使他们的职业前景更加光明。然而，在美国说双语的孩子却很少。文章通过摆事实、列举专家学者的观点来证明用双语的孩子比只用一种语言的孩子更有优势。1a.andbsocbut dthus解析：选c根据第一段第三句给出的数据可知，虽然第二语言会促进孩子的智力发展，使他们的职业前景更加光明，事实却是在美国会双语的人占少数。由此可知上下句之间是转折关系。故选c项。2a.minimum bmaximumcminority dmajority解析：选c根据下文“eightyfour percent of us. people are monolingual .”可知，多数人只说一种语言，因此说两种及以上语言的人为少数。minimum意为“最小”；maximum意为“最大”；minority意为“少数”；majority意为“多数”。故选c项。3a.claim bpretendcpromise drefuse解析：选a根据语境可知，说两种及以上语言的人很少，因此，这就导致了只有一小部分人要求学两门或多门语言。claim意为“主张；要求”；pretend意为“假装”；promise意为“承诺”；refuse意为“拒绝”。故选a项。4a.better than bless thanclater than dother than解析：选d根据设空后的“a marker of difference here”可知，说除了英语以外的语言会使人感觉与众不同。better than意为“好于”；less than意为“少于”；later than意为“晚于”；other than意为“除了”。故选d项。5a.excited bembarrassedcdisappointed dappreciated解析：选b由于说第二语言会使人像个异类，所以当人们评论会说阿拉伯语的奥马尔时，14岁的他感觉很尴尬。根据下文母亲的回答也可推知答案。excited意为“兴奋的”；disappointed意为“失望的”；appreciated意为“欣赏的；感激的”。根据语境可知选b项。6a.common bunusualcunique dgeneral解析：选b根据下文的but和“not helping”可知，在美国，孩子通常都会两种语言，只是帮助不大。common意为“常见的；共同的”；unusual意为“不寻常的”；unique意为“独一无二的”；general意为“一般的；总体的”。故选b项。7a.fit in bbuild upccontribute to dfigure out解析：选a根据下文“but in fact . learning a second language is good for children.”可知，学习第二语言对孩子大有裨益，这与之前认为会外语并不能帮孩子融入社会的观点相反。fit in意为“适应”；build up意为“建立”；contribute to意为“捐助；导致；促成”；figure out意为“计算出”。故选a项。8a.distinction bcommissioncannouncement dagreement解析：选d根据下文“experts believe”可知，此处应为专家们普遍认为。distinction意为“区别”；commission意为“任务；行动”；announcement意为“通知”；agreement意为“同意”。故选d项。9a.one btwocthree dmore解析：选b根据上句中的“learning a second language”可知，此处bilinguals应指“会说两种语言的人”。故选b项。10a.beneath bbeyondcover dof解析：选c根据上文的“learning a second language is good for children”可知，此处指会说两种语言的人比只会说一种语言的人更具优势。have an advantage over .为固定短语，意为“与相比有优势”，符合语境。故选c项。beneath意为“在之下”；beyond意为“超越”。11a.determines bfocusesccomments ddepends解析：选d根据上文可知，与只会说一种语言的孩子相比，会说两种语言的孩子更具优势，而这取决于他们每种语言能说多少。determine意为“决定；确定”，不与on搭配使用；focus on意为“集中于”；comment on意为“对加以评论”；depend on意为“依靠；取决于”。根据语境可知选d项。12a.if bwhethercwhen dbecause解析：选b根据下文中连词or的提示可知，此处为whether . or .的习惯搭配。故选b项。13a.rejected breleasedcrevealed dreminded解析：选c句意：许多研究表明，说多种语言的孩子有时候学一种语言比较慢，但是在其他学科，最后他们还是会和只学一门语言的同学做得一样好，而且通常更好。这是研究所揭示的结果。reject意为“拒绝”；release意为“释放”；reveal意为“揭示”；remind意为“提醒”。故选c项。14a.slowly brapidlyceasily defficiently解析：选a根据空后的“but in the end they do as well”可知，他们刚开始学得很慢，并不出色。故选a项。rapidly意为“迅速地”；easily意为“容易地”；efficiently意为“有效地”。15a.outcome bimprovementcadvantage dtendency解析：选b根据下文“they also _ greater creativity”可知，学习外语的努力付出会使其有所提高。outcome意为“结果”；improvement意为“提高”；advantage意为“优势”；tendency意为“趋势”。故选b项。16a.parents blearnerscschoolmates dprofessors解析：选d根据空前的other一词可以判断与上段首句提到的“a professor”形成照应。故选d项。17a.display bproducecinspire ddiscover解析：选a根据语境可知，双语学习者展示出更大的创造力和解决问题的能力。display意为“展示”；produce意为“产生”；inspire意为“启发；赋予灵感”；discover意为“发现”。故选a项。18a.concern brespectcenthusiasm dintelligence解析：选c根据上文所说，学习第二语言大有好处，因此设空处应表明对学习外语的热情(enthusiasm)。故选c项。concern意为“关心；涉及”；respect意为“尊敬”；intelligence意为“智力”。19a.involved bimpressedccompeting dreplacing解析：选abe involved in为固定短语，意为“涉及；参加”。此处指参与到双语教学中的父母和老师。故选a项。impress意为“使印象深刻”；compete意为“竞争”；replace意为“代替”。20a.opinions bobstaclescsenses dattitudes解析：选d句意：来自于同学的压力、说英语国家对其他语言的普遍态度、学校系统中的问题，应该对此负有责任。opinion意为“观点”；obstacle意为“障碍物”；sense意为“感官”。故选d项。.语法填空the watersplashing festival (泼水节) is the most important traditional festival of the dai minority in yunnan province and is dai peoples new year. _1_ (it) origin goes back to more than seven hundred years ago. its also a festival _2_ the largest participating population in yunnan province.the festival takes place in midapril and lasts three days. during the first two days, an outdoor market is set up, _3_ locals go for new year shopping. it is also a great place to buy local souvenirs. in the afternoon, a dragon boat race _4_ (hold) on the lancang river. at night, locals float river lanterns on the river, and the banks of the river are _5_ (colorful) lit. the practice is thought to drive bad luck away and bring good luck.on the third day, the dai people get dressed up and shoulder clean water to the buddhist (佛教的) temple. they first bathe the buddha and then begin to splash water, _6_ (wish) each other good luck, _7_ (happy) and health. they believe the _8_ (wet) one gets, the more luck he/she receives, and the happier he/she will be. tourists are also invited _9_ (join) in. you can splash anybody and everyone, _10_ he/she is a close neighbor, a fellow villager, or a complete stranger.1its根据该空后的origin可知，此处应用it的形容词性物主代词形式。2withwith此处表示“具有”。3where根据句子结构可知，该空是非限制性定语从句的关系词，先行词是an outdoor market，关系词在非限制性定语从句中作状语，故填where。4is held主语a dragon boat race是谓语动词动作hold的承受者，需用被动语态；这里说的是一般性情况，用一般现在时。5colorfully空格中所填单词在句中修饰谓语动词，需用colorful的副词形式。6wishingwish与逻辑主语they之间是主动关系，故用现在分词短语作状语，表示伴随。7happiness该词与luck, health并列作wish的直接宾语，故用happy的名词形式。8wetter句型“the比较级， the比较级”表示“越越”。9to joininvite sb. to do sth.“邀请某人做某事”。10whetherwhether . or .是固定用法，意思是“不管还是”。短文改错zhou yan is the senior three student.last week, he goes to see a doctor because of his arms and fingers hurt.the doctor told him the fact that had a “mobile phone disease”. zhou sent messages for his friends with his mobile phone all the time, even in bed.zhou started to do badly in all the exam because he spent so many time on his mobile phone.he didnt stop use the mobile phone until his arms hurt.yang ling, which is an expert from a health center, said students should try to use their mobile phones less, especial at school.答案：第一句：thea第二句：goeswent; 去掉of第三句：had前加he第四句：forto第五句：examexams; manymuch第六句：useusing第七句：whichwho; especialespecially书面表达假设你是李华