2023年高一暑假话题阅读专练（词汇积累）：语言学习（含答案）

第第页2023年高一暑假话题阅读专练（词汇积累）：语言学习（含答案）2023年高一暑假话题阅读专练（词汇积累）：语言学习

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一、阅读理解题（共4题）

Fromtheverybeginningofschoolwemakebooksandreadingaconstantsourceofpossiblefailureandpublichumiliation.Whenchildrenarelittlewemakethemreadaloud,beforetheteacherandotherchildren,sothatwecanbesurethey"know"allthewordstheyarereading.Thismeansthatwhentheydon'tknowaword,theyaregoingtomakeamistake,rightinfrontofeveryone.Afterhavingtaughtfifth-gradeclassesforfouryears,Idecidedtotryatallcoststoridthemoftheirfearanddislikeofbooks,andtogetthemtoreadoftenerandmoreadventurously.

Onedaysoonafterschoolhadstarted,Isaidtothem,"NowI'mgoingtosaysomethingaboutreadingthatyouhaveprobablyneverheardateachersaybefore.Iwouldlikeyoutoreadalotofbooksthisyear,butIwantyoutoreadthemonlyforpleasure.Iamnotgoingtoaskyouquestionstofindoutwhetheryouunderstandthebooksornot.Ifyouunderstandenoughofabooktoenjoyitandwanttogoonreadingit,that'senoughforme.AlsoI’mnotgoingtoaskyouwhatwordsmean."

Thechildrensatstunnedandsilent.WasthisateachertalkingOnegirl,whohadjustcometousfromaschoolwhereshehadhadaveryhardtime,lookedatmesteadilyforalongtimeafterIhadfinished.Then,stilllookingatme,shesaidslowlyandseriously,"MrHolt,doyoureallymeanthat"Isaidjustasseriously,"Imeaneverywordofit."

Duringthespringshereallyastonishedme.Oneday,shewasreadingatherdesk,FromaglimpseoftheillustrationsIthoughtIknewwhatthebookwas.Isaidtomyself,"Itcan'tbe,"andwenttotakeacloserlook.Sureenough,shewasreadingMobyDick,intheeditionwithwoodcuts.Isaid,"Don'tyoufindpartsofitratherheavygoing"Sheanswered,"Oh,sure,butIjustskipoverthosepartsandgoontothenextgoodpart."

Thisisexactlywhatreadingshouldbeandinschoolsoseldomis-anexciting,joyousadventure.Findsomething,diveintoit,takethegoodparts,skipthebadparts,getwhatyoucanoutofit,goontosomethingelse.Howdifferentisourmean-spirited,pickyinsistencethateverychildgeteverylastlittlescrapof"understanding"thatcanbedugoutofabook.

(1)Accordingtothepassage,children'sfearanddislikeofbooksmayresultfrom.

A．readinglittleandthinkinglittle

B．readingoftenandadventurously

C．beingmadetoreadtoomuch

D．beingmadetoreadaloudbeforeothers

(2)Theteachertoldhisstudentstoread.

A．forenjoymentB．forknowledge

C．foralargervocabularyD．forhigherscoresinexams

(3)Uponhearingtheteacher'stalk,thechildrenprobablyfeltthat.

A．itsoundedstupid

B．itwasnotsurprisingatall

C．itsoundedtoogoodtobetrue

D．itwasnodifferentfromotherteachers'talk

(4)WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthegirlisTRUEaccordingtothepassage

A．Sheskippedoverthoseeasypartswhilereading.

B．Shehadahardtimefinishingtherequiredreadingtasks.

C．Shelearnedtoappreciatesomepartsofthedifficultbooks.

D．Sheturnedouttobeatopstudentaftercomingtothisschool.

(5)Fromtheteacher'spointofview,.

A．childrencannottellgoodpartsfrombadpartswhilereading

B．childrenshouldbelefttodecidewhattoreadandhowtoread

C．readingisneverapleasantandinspiringexperienceinschool

D．readinginvolvesunderstandingeverylittlepieceofinformation

TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whotrytoexplaintheAmericanEnglishterm"OK".Wedon'tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.

ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infact,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheagreedwithapaper,hewouldwrite"allcorrect"onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn'tknowhowtospell.Sowhathereallywrotewas"olkorekt".Afterawhile,heshortenedthattermto"OK".

ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,NewYork.VanBuren'sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresident.TheycalledtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled"OK".

(1)Thewriter_____.

A．believesbothofthestories

B．doesn'tbelieveawordofthestories

C．isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrue

D．istellingthestoriesjustforfun

(2)Accordingtothefirststory,theterm"OK"_____.

A．wasapprovedofbyPresidentJackson

B．wasthetitleofsomeofficialdocuments

C．wasshortenedbyPresidentJackson

D．wasanoldwaytospell"allcorrect"

(3)Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm"OK"_____.

A．wastheshortwaytosay"OldKinderhookClub"

B．meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn

C．wasthenameofVanBuren'sclub

D．wasusedtocallVanBuren'ssupportersintheelection

(4)What'sthemainideaofthepassage

A．Thestoriesoftheletters"OK".

B．Thestoriesofthepresidentelection.

C．ThestoriesofAmericanpresidents.

D．Thehistoryoftheletters"OK".

Whetheryou'reonsocialmediaorsendingatextmessage,youencounteremoji(表情符号)regularly..Whilemostpeople'senthusiasmforemojiincreasedinthesmart-phoneera,Japanhasbeencrazyforemojisince1999.DesignerShigetakaKuritainventedemojiforaJapanesephonecompany20yearsagoasawaytomakeiteasiertoexpressideasinashortmessage.Thewordemojicanbetranslatedas"picturecharacter"fromJapanese.AfterthereleaseofKurita'semoji,rivalphonecompaniesinJapanbegancreatingtheirownemoji.ManyemojionourdigitaldevicestodayareimportedfromKurita'soriginalsetofemoji.

Japan'sloveforemojicontinuedwellintothe2000sbeforetherestoftheworlddiscoveredthem.AppleInc.officiallyintroducedanemojifunctionintheirsoftwarein2023.Soon,otherphonecompaniesfromaroundtheworldmadeiteasierfortheircustomerstouseemoji.

Asyouscroll(滑动)throughyourphone,youcanseethewideselectionofavailableemoji.Morethan2,000emojiareinexistencenow,withmorebeingreleasedeachyear.Thesenumbersshowthepopularityanddemandforemoji.

WhyBecausewordsalonecan'tconveythecompletemeaningofadigitalmessage.Indigitalcommunication,emojiexpressatoneormood.Morethan90percentofpeopleonlineuseemojiespeciallyonesthatshowemotionlikeheartsandsmileys..Forexample,theymightsendaredheartemojiasaresponsethattheyreallylikesomethinginsteadofwriting,"Ilovethat."

Someemojiarealsoabstractenoughforpeopletouseinanywaytheylike.Youcansendanemojiasaninsidejoke,whichisonlyunderstoodbetweenyouandyourfriend.

.Nordotheybelongtoaspecificculture.YouandIgiveemojimeaning,becauseemojiisalanguagethatbelongstoallofus.

(1)

A．Youmayfindthesecolorfulsymbolsunavoidableasthey'vebecomealanguageoftheirown

B．Peoplecansendemojiinsteadofwritingwordstoparticipateinaconversation

C．Nowonderemojiuseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinvariousfields

D．Today,emojiuseisastandardfeatureindigitalcommunication

E．Butnotallthepeopleshowinterestinemojiespeciallyelderones

F．Unlikemostwords,thereisn'tacertaindefinitionforeachemoji

(2)

A．Youmayfindthesecolorfulsymbolsunavoidableasthey'vebecomealanguageoftheirown

B．Peoplecansendemojiinsteadofwritingwordstoparticipateinaconversation

C．Nowonderemojiuseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinvariousfields

D．Today,emojiuseisastandardfeatureindigitalcommunication

E．Butnotallthepeopleshowinterestinemojiespeciallyelderones

F．Unlikemostwords,thereisn'tacertaindefinitionforeachemoji

(3)

A．Youmayfindthesecolorfulsymbolsunavoidableasthey'vebecomealanguageoftheirown

B．Peoplecansendemojiinsteadofwritingwordstoparticipateinaconversation

C．Nowonderemojiuseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinvariousfields

D．Today,emojiuseisastandardfeatureindigitalcommunication

E．Butnotallthepeopleshowinterestinemojiespeciallyelderones

F．Unlikemostwords,thereisn'tacertaindefinitionforeachemoji

(4)

A．Youmayfindthesecolorfulsymbolsunavoidableasthey'vebecomealanguageoftheirown

B．Peoplecansendemojiinsteadofwritingwordstoparticipateinaconversation

C．Nowonderemojiuseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinvariousfields

D．Today,emojiuseisastandardfeatureindigitalcommunication

E．Butnotallthepeopleshowinterestinemojiespeciallyelderones

F．Unlikemostwords,thereisn'tacertaindefinitionforeachemoji

Acrucialperiodforlearningtherulesandstructureofalanguagelastsuptoaroundage17or18,saypsychologistJoshuaHartshorneofMITandhiscolleagues.

Previousresearchhadsuggestedthatgrammar-learningabilitydevelopedinearlychildhoodbeforehittingadeadendaroundage5.However,Hartshorne'steamreportsonlineinCognitionthatpeoplewhostartedlearningEnglishasasecondlanguageinanEnglish-speakingcountrybyage10to12ultimatelymasteredthenewtongueaswellasfolkswhohadlearnedEnglishandanotherlanguageatthesametimefrombirth.Bothgroups,however,fellsomewhatshortofthegrammaticalfluencydisplayedbyEnglish-onlyspeakers.Afterages10to12,new-to-EnglishlearnersreachedlowerlevelsoffluencythanthosewhostartedlearningEnglishatyoungeragesbecausetimeranoutwhentheirgrammar-absorbingabilityfellstartingaroundage17.

Aimingforasampleoftensofthousandsofvolunteers,HartshornebeganbycontactingfriendsonFacebooktotakeanonlineEnglishgrammarquiz,whichusedaperson'sresponsestoguesshisorhernativelanguageanddialect(方言)ofEnglish.Thenvolunteersfilledoutaquestionnaireaskingwheretheyhadlived,languagestheyhadspokenfrombirth,theageatwhichtheybeganlearningEnglishandthenumberofyearstheyhadlivedinanEnglish-speakingcountry.

Intheend,theresearchersanalyzedresponsesof669,498nativeandnonnativeEnglishspeakers.StatisticalcalculationsfocusedonestimatingatwhatagespeoplewithvaryingamountsofexperiencepeakingEnglishreachedpeakgrammarability.

Researcherswhostudylanguagelearningregardthenewstudyasfascinating,butexploratory.AccordingtopsycholinguistDavidBarneroftheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,Hartshorne'steamcan'tyetsaythatlanguageskilldevelopsalongasingletimeline.Differentelementsofgrammar,suchasusingcorrectwordorderorsubjectsandverbsthatagreewithoneanother,mightbelearnedatdifferentrates,Barnersays.It'salsounclearwhethertheresponsesofvolunteerstoanonline,132-itemgrammartestreflecthowwellofpoorlytheyactuallyspeakEnglish,hesays.

What'smore,languagelearninginvolvesmorethanacrucialperiodforacquiringgrammar,cautionslinguistDavidBirdsongoftheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Forinstance,growingupspeakingtwolanguagesatonceputsstillpoorlyunderstoodburdensontheabilitytograspgrammar,hesays.

Inthenewstudy,peoplewhowerebilingualsfrombirthfellshortofpeakEnglishgrammarscoresachievedbyEnglish-onlyspeakers.That'sconsistentwithevidencethatbilingualscannoteasilyturnoffonelanguagewhilespeakinganother,Birdsongsays.Interactionsbetweentonguesspokenbyonepersonmayslightlydepresshowmuchcanbelearnedaboutbothlanguages,evenifbilingualcommunicationstillreacheshighlevels,hesuggests.

(1)Hartshorneandhiscolleaguesfoundthat_____.

A．onereachesahigherleveloffluencyatage10

B．onelearnsasecondlanguagefastestataboutage12

C．onegetsagoodgraspofEnglishgrammarbeforeage5

D．one'sabilitytomastergrammardeclinesataroundage17

(2)Hartshornecollecteddatathrough_____.

A．socialmediaB．experimentsinthelab

C．literaturereviewD．face-to-faceinterviews

(3)DavidBarnerbelievesthat_____.

A．languageskilldevelopsalongasingletimeline

B．onlinevolunteersdonotcoverawideenoughrange

C．differentgrammaritemsmaybeacquiredatdifferentpaces

D．thequizinthenewstudydoesnotincludeenoughquestions

(4)Whatcanweknowaboutbilingualsfromthelasttwoparagraphs

A．Theycanachieveaperfectgrammarscore.

B．Grammarlearningisthebiggestburdenforthem.

C．Theyareabletomakeaswiftshiftbetweenlanguages.

D．Speakingtwolanguagesaffectstheirlanguageacquisition.

答案

一、阅读理解题（共4题）

1.【答案】

(1)D

(2)A

(3)C

(4)C

(5)B

【解析】

(1)正确答案是D。

此题是细节理解题。文中提到，当孩子小的时候，我们让他们在老师和其他孩子面前大声朗读，可知D选项正确。

(2)正确答案是A。

此题是细节理解题。由第二段butIwantyoutoreadthemonlyforpleasure可知A选项正确。

(3)正确答案是C。

此题是推理判断题。由第三段第一句和第二句可推断出答案是C选项，这听起来太好了反而令人难以置信。

(4)正确答案是C。

此题是细节理解题。由倒数第二段最后两句尤其是尾句中的“Oh,sure,butIjustskipoverthosepartsandgoontothenextgoodpart.”可知答案。

(5)正确答案是B。

此题是观点态度题。由尾段第一句和第二句可推断答案为B选项。C选项有一定的干扰性，其和尾段首句中的soseldomis相矛盾。

2.【答案】

(1)C

(2)C

(3)D

(4