Unit 2 English aroundthe world 单元检测

1、Unit 2 English around the world一、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。 At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. Today, the largest number of people 1._(speak) English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people speak English 2._ their foreign l

2、anguage. 3._ English language 4._(change) quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sounded more 5. _ less like German for it 6._(base) on German, but modern English sounds 7._like French than German 8._ England was once ruled by the French. Two people had great effects on the English ch

3、anges. One was Shakespeare, who 9._(enlarge) the English vocabulary; the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary 10._gave American English its own identity.二、词汇、短语考查A）根据句意及首字母或所给提示，写出所缺单词，注意形式要正确。1. _(实际上) I have never met him before. 2. The _(词汇量) caused me a lot of problems in my English st

4、udy because I dont know a number of words.3. The man doesnt speak the accent of the place, and cant be a n _ here.4. In the good care of the nurses, the boy is g_ recovering from his heart operation.5. At p_, we have no choice but to wait for the result.6. He spoke with a strong _(口音) that I couldnt

5、 understand.7. He went _(直接) up to me for help. 8. My brother has a good _(掌握) of English.9. Students are _(要求) not to touch anything in the lab before the teacher arrives.10. He had lost his _(身份) card and was being questioned by the police. 11. Tom told me that he couldnt speak Chinese _(流利地).12.

6、With a surprised e_ on his face he said he didnt understand.13. At first I didnt r_ him, as we had only met once before.14. No matter how f_ I have visited the museum, each time I visit it Ill find something different. 15. After months of sea _(航行)，they reached a small island.16. There are two choic

7、es for us. Many boys support the former, but I favor the l_.B）用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，使语意通顺完整，每个短语限用一次。because of come up at present make use of such as play an important part in believe it or not be based on even if the number of have a good command of be different from more than 1. Sometimes _ you know yo

8、u have done something wrong, it takes courage to say sorry. 2. Many questions _ in todays maths class, which was more than the new teacher had expected.3. _ the sudden change of the weather, he caught a cold.4. Foxs “Gone Girl” _ the best- selling book of the same name by Gillian Flynn about a husba

9、nd whose wife went missing.5. _ our main task is to make good preparations for the coming mid-term exam.6. _ students who have passed the exam has reached more than 100.7. Before I left home, my mother taught me to cook some simple dishes, _noodles and vegetables.8. Having lived in China for 8 years

10、, Helen _ both English and Chinese.9. - According to my grandma, it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold. - _, scientists agree with her.10. I feel that each of us _ making the earth a better place to live in. 11. We should _ our spare time to develop our own interests.12. These t

11、wo books I bought last week _ each other. 13. She is _ a teacher to me; she is also my friend.三、七选五。 Wed better develop our interest in English at the beginning of our study. (_1_) We may feel good when we can say something simple in English.(_2_) So we must make some plans before study. And we shou

12、ld certainly carry out these plans in our study.(_3_) Our notes are much thinner than the books so that we can learn them by heart easily and can often review and read them. We may also record our notes on tapes so as to listen to them easily. Reading a newspaper is the best thing to improve your En

13、glish.(_4_) It will help you keep in touch with a lot of subjects in English.(_5_) Learn by heart the whole sentences and the phrases that contain the new words so that we may know how to use the words. If time permits (允许), we may read a mini Chinese-English dictionary carefully from cover to cover

14、, which may help us widen our sight and master (掌握) knowledge in all ways.A. Read a little from a newspaper every day.B. Dont read books without making notes.C. Carefully write an e-mail in English.D. Its easy to develop an interest in English study.E. The more, the better.F. Plans are always very n

15、ecessary.G. Never just memorize (记住) single English words.四、书面表达（满分25分） 假如你是高一新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师Miss. Brown 希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况， 病征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给他写一封信。 1. 你对英语学习的认识； 2.自己目前的英语水平； 3. 自己英语学习中存在的主要问题； 4. 对英语教学的建议（至少两点）。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计如总词数。Dear Mr. Brown, Im happy to have you as our Englis

16、h teacher. As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window. My English is just OK and the two main problems in my study are that I feel it difficult to learn words by heart, and that I often f

17、eel nervous when speaking English. I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words. Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking. With your help, I believe we can make much progress in English. Thank you! Yours, Li HuaUnit 2 English around the world一、1. speaking 2. as 3. The 4. has changed 5. or 6. was based 7. more 8.because 9.enlarged 10. thatwhich二、A) 1. Actually 2. vocabulary 3. native 4. gradually 5. present6. accent 7.straight 8. command 9. requested 10. identity 11. fluently 12. expression 13. recognize 1