人教版必修一英语Unit 2 English around the单元测试无答案

1、学科教师辅导讲义 组长签字： 学员编号： 年 级： 课 时 数：学员姓名： 辅导科目： 学科教师：授课日期及时段教学目标Unit 2 阅读 作文重点难点教学内容 AEnglish is the most widely used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings can speak it.More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mails are in English.Of all

2、 languages，English has the largest vocabularyperhaps as many as two million words.However，let's face it：English is a crazy language.There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweetmeats are candy，while sweetbreads，which aren't sweets，are me

3、at.We take English for granted.But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾)，we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers don't fing，grocers don't groce，and hammers don't ham? If the plural(复

4、数) of tooth is teeth，shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth？One goose，two geeseso one moose，two meese?How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？How can th

5、e weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings.That's why，when stars are out，they are visible；but when the lights are out，they are invisible.And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it；but when

6、 I wind_up this essay，I end it.1According to the passage _Asweetmeats and sweetbreads are different thingsBthere should be egg in an eggplantCpineapples are the apples on the pine treeDboxing rings should be round2Which of the following is the correct plural?ABeeth.BGeese.CMeese. DTooth.3The underli

7、ned words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “_”Ablow Broll up Cget hurt Dfinish4Through the many paradoxes in the English language，the writer wants to show that human beings are _Aclever Bcrazy Clazy DdullBEnglish has surely become the global language.Whenever we turn on the news to find

8、 out what's happening in East Asia，or Africa，or anywhere，people are being interviewed and telling us about it in English.If people look at the facts about the amazing reach of the English language，many would be surprised.English is used in over 90 countries as an official or semiofficial languag

9、e.English is the working language of many international institutes(研究所)as well as of most international research scientists.It is also the language that Indian parents and black parents wish their children to learn.It is believed that over one billion people worldwide are now learning English.One of

10、 the most important causes of the spread of English around the world is that Europeans are willing to accept it as their language.English is spreading from northern Europe to the south and is now the second language in countries such as Sweden，Norway，Netherlands and Denmark.If one visits any of them

11、，it would seem that almost everyone there can talk in English.Recently，a report said that at the beginning of 2019，English was the most widely known foreign language with 43% of Europeans saying they spoke it.The report also said that with over 89% of the population speaking English，Sweden now has t

12、he highest percentage of English speakers.What's more，English is the language rated as most useful to know，and over 77% of Europeans who do not speak English as their first language consider it useful.5By writing this passage，the writer mainly wants to tell us _Awhy so many people speak English

13、around the worldBthat English has become a language spoken all over the worldCabout the development of English in EuropeDsomething about the Englishspeaking countries6The writer mentions all of the following EXCEPT _AAsia BEuropeCAfrica DAmerica7What does the underlined word“rated”in the last paragr

14、aph mean?AStood. BAgreed.CConsidered. DArgued.8What can we learn from the passage?ABlack parents don't want their children to learn English.BEnglish is used in over 90 countries as an official language.CNot all international research scientists speak English at work.DEnglish has become the most

15、important language in Sweden.CAn 80yearold man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45yearold highly educated son.Suddenly a crow (乌鸦 )perched on the tree near their window.The father asked his son，“What is this？”The son replied，“It is a crow.”After a few minutes，the father asked his

16、son the 2nd time，“What is this？”The son said，“Father，I have just now told you It's a crow.'”After a little while，the old father again asked his son the 3rd time，“What is this？”“It's a crow，a crow，a crow，” said the son loudly.A little after，the father again asked his son the 4th time，“Wha

17、t is this？”This time the son shouted at his father，“Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? IT IS A CROW'.Are you not able to understand this？”A little later，the father went to his room and came back with an old diary，which he had kept since his son was born.Opening a page，h

18、e asked his son to read that page.When the son read it，the following words were written in the diary：“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa，when a crow was sitting on the window.My son asked me 23 times what it was，and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow.I hugge

19、d him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times.I did not at all feel annoyed.I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”9In what tone did the son say to his father “It's a crow，a crow，a crow”？AHurried. BImpatient.CExcited. DSurprised.10Why did the father

20、ask the same question again and again？ABecause he couldn't understand what his son said.BBecause he was too old to remember anything.CBecause he wanted to make his son angry.DBecause he wanted to see how patient his son would be.11How old was the old man when his son asked him 23 times “What is

21、this？” ?A80 years old. B45 years old.C38 years old. D35 years old.12What is the most suitable title for the passage?AA Crow BAn Old ManCAn Old Dairy DFather's LoveDAmerican high school students are terrible writers，and one education reform group thinks it has an answer：robots.Or，more accurately，

22、robotreaderscomputers programmed to scan students'essays and spit_out a grade.Mark Shermis，professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron，is helping to hold a contest，set up by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation( WFHF)，that promises $100，000 in prize money to programmers

23、who write the best automated grading software.“If you're a high school teacher and you give a writing task，you're walking home with 150 essays，” Shermis said.“You're going to need some help.”Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s，but computers back then were not up to th

24、e task.In the late 1990s，as technology improved，several textbooks and testing companies jumped into the field.Today，computers are used to grade essays on South Dakota's student writing assessments and a handful of other exams，including the TOEFL test of English fluency，taken by foreign students.

25、The Hewlett contest aims to show that computers can grade as well as English teachersonly much more quickly and without all that depressing red ink.“Automated essay scoring is objective，”Shermis said.“And it can be done immediately.If students finish an essay at 10 pm，they will get a result at 10：01

26、 pm.”Take，for instance，the Intelligent Essay Assessor，a webbased too marketed by Pearson Education，Inc.Within seconds，it can analyze an essay for spelling，grammar，organization，and help students to make revisions.The program scans for key words and analyzes semantic(语义的) patterns，and Pearson claims t

27、hat it can understand the meaning of text much the same as a human reader.13From Paragraph 3，we know that in the 1960s _Acomputers were not easy to getBautomated grading software was popularCpeople refused automated essay gradingDcomputers couldn't grade essays automatically14What does Paragraph

28、 4 focus on?AThe prize of Hewlett contest.BThe advantages of automated essay scoring.CThe application of automated essay scoring.DTeachers'opinions about Hewlett contest.15The Intelligent Essay Assessor can _Arewrite essaysBunderline the mistakes in red inkCunderstand the meaning of textDcorrect

29、 key words and patterns it.完形填空People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries.And in the _21_ 300 years，there were so many _22_ in both places that now people can easily _23_ an English person from an American in the _24_ he or she talks.Many o

30、ld words _25_ in England but were kept in America.For example，300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they _26_ either a “faucet”，“spigot”，or a “tap”All these words are _27_ heard in different parts of America，but only “tap” is still _28_ in England.Americans often make

31、_29_ new words or change old ones.“Corn” is one kind of plant in America and _30_ in England.Also，over the last three centuries the English language has _31_ thousands of new words for things that weren't _32_ before.And often，American and English people used two _33_ names for them.A tin can be

32、 called “tin” for short in English，but a “can” in America.The word “radio” is _34_ all over the world，including America.But many English people call it a “wireless”And almost anything _35_ something to do with cars，railroads，etc.has different _36_ in British and American English.But now American and

33、 British English may be _37_ closer together.One thing is that _38_ people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in _39_，on television，or from travelers.Because of this，Americans _40_ to be influencing(影响) the British more and more.So some day，English may even be the same on both sides of

34、 the Atlantic.,21.A.past Brecent Coldest Dlatest22A.citizens BinventionsCchanges Dadvances23A.pick Btell Ctake Djudge24A.voice Bplace Clanguage Dway25A.disappeared Bstayed Creturned Dformed26A.said Btalked Cspoke Dcalled27A.then BhardlyCclearly Dstill28A.necessary Bnative Ccommon Dlively29A.of Binto

35、Cup Dout30A.another Bthe otherCnone Dsomething31A.discovered BaddedCimproved Dteamed32A.accepted BknownCintroduced Dunderstood33A.new BshortCdifferent Dsurprising34A.produced Bmade Cdeveloped Dused35A.having BbringingCgetting Dmaking36A.types Bnames Cdegrees Dparts37A.putting Bstaying Cliving Dgrowi

36、ng38A.British BAmerican Ceducated Dordinary39A.families BbusesCmovies Dnewspapers40A.need Bexpect Cseem Dhappen.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。(2019·云南省腾冲县第八中学高一上学期期中考试)Voyages of people from England play an important 41._ in spreading the English language.At present，English is 42._(fr

37、equent) spoken as an official or common language in many countries，such 43._America，Singapore，Malaysia and some African countries.All based British English，the English spoken in these countries can be well understood by native English 44._ (speak)But actually，these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents，spellings，45._ (express) and the usage of vocabulary.Because 46._this fact，you can make use of the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from.For example，if a boss fluently 47