福建专用2022年高考英语一轮复习考点规范练2含解析新人教版

1、PAGE PAGE 6考点规范练2.阅读理解A(2018全国)Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years,but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going.When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers,small,tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of ea

2、ch other.Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago,when the world had just five to ten million people,they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.Soon afterwards,many of those people started settling down to become farmers,and their languages too became more settled and fewer in numbe

3、r.In recent centuries,trade,industrialisation,the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education,especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades,all have caused many languages to disappear,and dominant languages such as English,Spanish and

4、 Chinese are increasingly taking over.At present,the world has about 6,800 languages.The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven.The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages,often spoken by many people,while hot,wet zones have lots,often spoken by small numbers.Europe h

5、as only around 200 languages;the Americas about 1,000;Africa 2,400;and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200,of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800.The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000,which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that.Alre

6、ady well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡),with only a few elderly speakers left.Pick,at random,Busuu in Cameroon(eight remaining speakers),Chiapaneco in Mexico(150),Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia(one,with a question-mark):n

7、one of these seems to have much chance of survival.1.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?A.They developed very fast.B.They were large in number.C.They had similar patterns.D.They were closely connected.2.Which of the following best explains“dominant”underlined in paragraph 2?A

8、.Complex.B.Advanced.C.Powerful.D.Modern.3.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?A.About 6,800.B.About 3,400.C.About 2,400.D.About 1,200.4.What is the main idea of the text?A.New languages will be created.B.Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.C.Human development

9、 results in fewer languages.D.Geography determines language evolution.BAs a student,I thought English was easy to learn but then I did not like our teacher,so I didnt pay much attention to it.Little did I know then how much English would be a part of my life one day.Many years later,I was the branch

10、 manager of a company in Germany.Communication with a lot of people from different countries was just one of many daily tasks.I was having no problem understanding and communicating with any of them with one big exception:my boss is from England and English,spoken by British people,will always be my

11、 biggest challenge.In 1998,I moved to the Bahamas.And I realized I was lost when it came to small talk.Fortunately,it did not take me long to have personal conversations.About a year after my move,I realized that I even started dreaming in English and all my thoughts came in English as well.Its kind

12、 of funny when you experience that,especially since I lived most of my life in Germany.Three years ago I met my husband,who is from Liverpool.The first couple of months I had headaches just from concentrating so hard on what he was saying.One part of our conversations in the beginning of our relatio

13、nship became famous in our circle of friends.Let me share it with you:Here we are,sitting on the sofa,having a nice conversation and during that conversation he asked me,“Honey,how many holes do you have in your ear?”A weird(怪异的) question,I thought but answered anyway.“Three in my left and two holes

14、 in my right ear,my dear.”I had not even finished my sentence when he broke out in fits of laughter.When he finally caught his breath,he said,“Honey,my question was how many holidays do you have in a year?”and started laughing again.Even though I have lived and worked in an English speaking country

15、now for over eight years,there are still words I dont know.There are still times when I cant find the right word to express myself.5.When the author was young,she .A.liked her English teacherB.didnt try very hard to learn EnglishC.didnt think English was easy to learnD.believed English was important

16、 to her6.After the author came to the Bahamas,she .A.failed to dream in EnglishB.tried to learn business EnglishC.found it difficult to make small talkD.found she was good at personal conversations7.Why did the authors husband laugh?A.She told a funny story.B.She misheard his question.C.He saw her s

17、trange earholes.D.He misunderstood her answer.8.Which can be the best title for the text?A.Challenges of acquiring EnglishB.How to learn English efficientlyC.The importance of learning EnglishD.How my husband taught me English.七选五阅读(2019北京)Much of the work in todays world is accomplished(完成) in team

18、s.Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals.1 Companies spend millions hiring top business people.Is their money well spent?2 They focused on football,basketball and baseball.The results are mixed.For football and basketball,adding t

19、alented players to a team proves a good method,but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent;above that level,the teams performance begins to decline.Interestingly,this trend isnt evident in baseball,where additional individual talent keeps improving the teams performance.To expla

20、in this phenomenon,the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions.3 In baseball,the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates.They conclude that when task interdependence is high,team performance w

21、ill suffer when there is too much talent,while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.If a basketball star is,for example,trying to gain a high personal point total,he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a t

22、eammate,affecting the teams performance.Young children learning to play team sports are often told,“There is no I in TEAM.”4Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team,some players may make less effort.Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛),whenever a person is added,everyone

23、else pulls the rope with less force.5 An A-team may require a balancenot just A players,but a few generous B players as well.A.Its not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.B.Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.C.The group interaction and its effect drew th

24、e researchers attention.D.Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.E.Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.F.Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.G.This task interdependence distinguishes baseball fro

25、m football and basketball.考点规范练2(必修1Unit2).【解题导语】本文是说明文。在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,语种众多。但是随着工业化、贸易、全球化等的发展,许多语种消失了。1.B推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Whentheworldwasstillpopulatedbyhunter-gatherers.theyspokeperhaps12,000languagesbetweenthem.”可知,在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,人们使用的语言种类很多。2.C词义猜测题。根据上文提到的“allhavecausedmanylanguagestodisappear”和下文的“

26、.suchasEnglish,SpanishandChineseareincreasinglytakingover.”可知,英语、西班牙语和汉语正在逐渐取代一些语言。由此可猜测该词的意思是“占优势的”,所以选C项。3.B细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句“Atpresent,theworldhasabout6,800languages.”和最后一句中的“.isamere6,000,whichmeansthathalftheworldslanguagesarespokenbyfewerpeoplethanthat.”可知,B项正确。4.C主旨大意题。通读全文可知,在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,语种众多。但是随着工业化、贸易、全球化等的发展,许多语种消失了。由此可知,人类的发展导致了语种的减少,所以选C项。【解题导语】本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己学生时代和成人以后学习英语的过程。5.B细节理解题。由第一段中的“.IthoughtEnglishwaseasytolearnbutthenIdidnotlikeourteacher,