【湖南创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练 Module 3 Unit 2 Language（含解析）译林牛津版

专心 爱心 用心 译林湖南版创新设计译林湖南版创新设计 2011 2011 高考英语一轮复习提能训练高考英语一轮复习提能训练 ModuleModule 3Unit3Unit 2 2 LanguageLanguage 填词 A WEBSITE called the Global Language Monitor recently 日前 announced that the English language now has over 1 million words Word number 1 000 000 is Web 2 0 Most Americans have a vocabulary of about 20 000 words The most famous English speaker in history William Shakespeare used 30 000 words in his plays That s a lot but it s not even close to 1 million So where do all of these words come from English likes to borrow words from other languages Take the word fianc a French term for someone who s engaged 订婚 English speakers don t have a word of their own to describe this so they just use the French Don t forget feng shui the Chinese term now used by English speakers who want to arrange 布置 their furniture in harmony 和谐 In the age of the Internet the English language is growing more quickly Some experts believe that as many as 15 words join the English language every day Now it s possible to share information very quickly with people all over the world and words from all languages are flying through a shared cyberspace 网络空间 Speaking of cyberspace in the age of the Internet a whole new vocabulary is being used Think of words like cyber blog 博客 World Wide Web and e mail Ten years ago these words were rare 稀少的 Now it s hard to imagine the English language and the world without them Major fact A website called the Global Language Monitor recently 1 that the English language now has 2 words Question Where do all of these words come from English likes to 3 words from other languages 4 1 English speakers use the 5 word fianc because they don t have a word to describe someone who is engaged 2 English speakers use the 6 feng shui to arrange their furniture in harmony Explanations In the 7 of the Internet English is getting Examples 1 Experts believe that as many as 专心 爱心 用心 bigger and shared faster 8 words join the English language every day 2 A whole new 9 is being used Words like cyber were 10 ten years ago 简答题 Storms can result when the air temperature in one area is different from that of another Warmer air rises and cooler air falls These movements create a difference in the pressure of the atmosphere If the pressure changes over a large area winds start to blow in a huge circle High pressure air is pulled into a low pressure center Severe ocean storms happen less often in the southern hemisphere There the season of greatest activity is between December and March South of the equator the winds flow in the same direction as the hands on a clock North of the equator they flow counter clockwise This is because as Earth turns air is pulled to the right in the northern hemisphere In the southern hemisphere air is pulled to the left Storms can get stronger and stronger as they move over warm ocean waters The strongest fastest winds of a hurricane are found in the eye wall This is the area that surrounds the center or eye of the storm The eye itself is calm by comparison with light winds and clear skies Winds in severe ocean storms can reach speeds of more than two hundred and fifty kilometers an hour Up to fifty centimeters of rain can fall Some storms have produced more than one hundred and fifty centimeters of rain These storms also cause high waves and ocean surges A surge is a continuous movement of water that may reach six meters or more The water smashes across low coastal areas Surges are commonly responsible for about ninety percent of all deaths from ocean storms Weather scientists use computers to create models that show where a storm might go Models combine information such as temperatures wind speed atmospheric pressure and the amount of water in the atmosphere Scientists collect the information with satellites weather balloons and devices floating in the world s oceans They also collect information from ships and passenger flights and from planes that fly into and around storms The crews drop instruments on parachutes to record temperature pressure wind speed and other conditions In July ten scientists released a statement about what they called the main hurricane problem facing the United States They warned that the problem is development in coastal areas at risk from hurricanes They called on government leaders not to support policies that have increased the density of population and wealth in these areas Their message was that building in risky coastal areas only increases the amount of 专心 爱心 用心 destruction when a hurricane strikes 1 Under what conditions do storms result no more than 13 words 2 Between December and March do winds flow in the same direction in the northern and southern hemispheres no more than 3 words 3 Where can the strongest and fastest winds be found in a hurricane no more than 3 words 4 What is the major reason for deaths in ocean storm no more than 1 words 阅读理解 There are two major parties in Britain today the Conservative and the Labour which have been in power by turns since 1945 The two party system of Britain was formed in the course of the development of the capitalist state and the political parties To strengthen the state machine the British bourgeosie have let it come into being and exist in one form or another since the 17th century P S Tregidgo once said The more parties there are the less likely it is that any one of them will be strong enough in Parliament to control all the others but when there are only two one of them is sure to have a majority of seats This helps to ensure a strong and stable government This explains why the British have the two party system The division into two parties grew out the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century Because of a purely religious difference of opinion the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church The non Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church whose supporters were called by their opponents Tories The Puritans were for Parliament and trade whose supporters are called by the Tories Whigs The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long time In 1833 the Tory Party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals Since then the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922 They have some different opinions but were both controlled by the rich The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals They wanted to have their own party So the Labour Party was formed by the trade unions After 1922 the Labour Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party 1 What does the underlined word it stand for A The two party system B The state machine C The Parliament D The capitalist state 专心 爱心 用心 2 We can learn from what P S Tregidgo once said that A if there are parties in Britain none of them will be strong enough to have control in the government B the more parties there are the more likely it is that they will have the decisive say in the government C the two party system contributes to the establishment of a powerful and long lasting government D if there are only two parties in Britain it will be easy for the government to control them 3 What can we infer from the forming of the Tory Party and the Whig Party A These two parties originally believed in different religions B These two parties were established under the influence of different religious beliefs C The British King and the Parliament supported different religions because they were for the two party system D The British King and the Parliament were supported by different parties for political reasons 4 According to the passage why was the Labour Party established in Britain A Because the trade unions did not do much good for the working people B Because the Liberal Party were not strong enough to defeat the Conservative Party C Because the working people would not like to be members outside the Liberal Party D Because neither of the two major parties was the parties for the working people 5 Which of the fo