1、第 1页（共 10页） Unit5 Languages around the world section A Listening and Speaking 一、完形填空 1How many languages _ (存在，有)in the world？ 2 Theyre spoken by_ (大约 28 亿) people. 3Id like to_ (学习俄语) so I can help him in the future. 4I like watching _ (日本卡通片), so Id like to learn Japanese. 5_ (什么语言) do you want to
2、 study？ 6I think that_ (法语) sounds beautiful. 7Do you want to go to France _ (将来有一天)？ 8Do you know that_ (国际足联的全名) is in French？ 9There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger: _ (既不是苹果也不是) pine in pineapple. 10English muffins_ (没有被发明) in England or French fries in France. 二、阅读理解 It isoftensaid t
3、hat P1 Western Europeans speak English. From traveling all through Europe, I know that this is not entirely true. Someregions W1 of Europe have a 90% of English speaking rate, while in other parts, English is generally a 第 2页（共 10页） tongue which is impossible to understand. The divide, it seems, lie
4、s with the Romance languages. In Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the rest of the Western European nonRomance language speaking regions, English seems to be understood and spoken just like the peoples first tongue. In Iceland, I have never experienced English was spoken so well an
5、d so widely by a nonnative speaking country. And I have almost never met aDutch W2 person who did not speak English almost as well as my countrymen. But when you move to south of Western Europe a little, something happens. English becomes a less useful language for travel. You just cross over the ro
6、mance languagebarrier W3 and into Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy, where English is spoken at a rate that does not seem to be much higher than in China, Latin America, or Southeast Asia. Traveling through Europe and working at hotel around the world that are popular with Europeans, have given me
7、a deeper viewoftheirusageofforeignlanguages.Thenorthern Europeans can often speak five or six languages, while the Romance speakers hardly know more than their birth tongue. And if you think that Spanish and Italian are so similar that they 第 3页（共 10页） can be understood by each other, I tell you tha
8、t this is completely wrong. Spaniards and Italians dont even understand each other. It is also not a fact that people from both of these countries can communicate in French; only those who put a high amount of effort into learning English or have lived abroad for years can speak English well. People
9、 often say that French people really understand English but refuse to speak it, but from watching hundreds of French travelers over the years struggle with English abroad as well as P2 friends in France tryingin vain P3 to communicate with me, I know that this is not true. English is simply not wide
10、ly spoken there outside the large cities. 1The author is probably a(n) _. AFrenchmanBDutchman CAmericanDChinese 2What does “this” in the last paragraph mean? AWestern Europeans speak English. BFrench people really understand English but refuse to speak it. CHundreds of French travelers struggle with
11、 English abroad. DFriends in France try in vain to communicate with me in English. 3Where is the passage most probably taken from? 第 4页（共 10页） ATravel journal.BFashion magazine. CGeography textbook.DNews report. 三、语法填空 Calligraphy (书法), _1_ (consider) as one of the unique traditional Chinese arts, h
12、as a long history of about 1,000 years. It is not only a tool of cultural communication _2_ an artistic treasure with shining and extraordinary beauty. As the representative of Chinese art, it _3_ (know) as the most ancient artistic form in the eastern world. Calligraphy has influenced the world wid
13、ely and has even been introduced to many neighboring _4_ (country) To practise calligraphy _5_ (require) the basic tools of four treasures of study as well as much concentration on guiding the soft writing brush charged with fluid ink, and writing on the paper _6_ the ink will spread quickly. Once t
14、he brush movement hesitates, a black mark is created, so speed, _7_ (strong) and agility (敏捷) is the essence of fine artwork. When writing, many calligraphers will forget all worries and even _8_ (they), combining all thoughts in the beauty of their art. Thus it also can shape and improve a persons
15、temper and promote well being. Calligraphy, _9_ a mirror, is a silent reflection of the soul. Today, although various modern ways have been substituted for the original calligraphy, _10_ (especial) which is created with a writing brush, people still love the ancient form 第 5页（共 10页） and practise it
16、untiringly. 四、概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 Many people think English do not like other languages. In fact, English is a mixture of words from many different languages. Because of this, the vocabulary of the English language is very large. It is much larger than almost every other language in th
17、e world. Many English words come from Latin, the old language of Rome, and also from Greek. From Latin we get words like “wine” and “day” . From Greek we have words such as “photograph”“Bible” and “ink”. Because these two languages are dead, the words have most often come through other languages suc
18、h as French, or the old German language. There are also many words from both Greek and Latin together, “television” ， for example. Here “tele”is the Greek for“far”and“vision”comes from Latin and means “seeing” Many common English words come from very strange places. “Tea” is from China and “banana”
19、is from West Africa. “Potato” came into the English language from the island of Haiti, and “tomato” first came from Mexico. One reason why the English language has so many words from other languages is that people from many different countries have come to live in Britain. Two thousand years ago Rom
20、ans came from Italy, and stayed for over four hundred years. After they left, the Angles, 第 6页（共 10页） Saxons and Jutes came from the northern part of modern Germany. In the ninth and tenth centuries Scandinavians came into the northern and eastern part of the country. Finally, in the eleventh centur
21、y William of Normandy came from France, and became King of England. With him came French civilisation and the French language. In modern Britain there are four separate languages: English, Welsh (about one third of the population of Wales speak Welsh), Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. And the Engli
22、sh language itself is very different from one place to another. There are also many differences in spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation between American English and British English. The English language continues to grow. It is not only the language of Britain, but also of North America, Australia
23、 and New Zealand, and millions of people in Africa and Asia. Today, it is the international language of trade, and maybe the most important of all, the language of science and technology. 第 7页（共 10页） 一、完形填空 1.are there 2.around 2.8 billion 3.learn Russian 4.Japanese cartoons 5.What language 6.the Fr
24、ench language 7.some day 8.FIFAs full name 9.neither apple nor 10.werent invented 二、阅读理解 1.C推理判断题。根据第二段的描述，可推知作者不是荷兰人 和中国人；根据第五段的描述，可推知作者也不是法国人。故选 C。 2.B推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，人们常说法国人 真懂英语，但拒绝说它，但从多年观察成百上千的法国游客在英语国 家里设法使用英语和我的法国朋友试图跟我进行聊天， 但无法沟通之 后， 我发现这不是真的。 由此可知， this指的是 “French people really understan
25、d English but refuse to speak it.” 。故选 B。 3.A推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了英语在西欧 的使用情况，同时我们会发现这些情况来自于自己在旅行中的发现。 因此本文应出自于旅游杂志。故选 A。 三、语法填空 1considered考查非谓语动词。此处用过去分词短语作后置 定语修饰主语，故填 considered。 第 8页（共 10页） 2but考查固定搭配。 not only . but (also) . 表示 “不仅而且” ，故填 but。 3is known考查动词的语态。句意：作为中国艺术的代表， 中国书法被认为是东方最古老的艺术形式。此
26、处描述一般性事实，结 合句意可知应用被动语态，故填 is known。 4countries考查名词。此处表示临近的国家，不止一个，应 该用复数形式，故填 countries。 5requires考查动词的时态。此处是动词不定式作主语，且 表示一般情况，故填 requires。 6 where考查定语从句的引导词。 引导词在从句中作地点状语， 故填 where。 7strength考查词性转换。句意：速度、力量和敏捷是好的 书法作品的基础。此处应填该词的名词形式作并列主语，故填 strength。 8themselves考查反身代词。句意：书法家在创作的时候会 忘记忧愁，甚至会忘记他们自己而倾
27、注所有的感情于作品中。主语和 宾语形成互指，应填该词的反身代词作宾语，故填 themselves。 9like考查介词。句意：书法，像一面镜子，是心灵无声的 写照，故填 like。 10especially考查词性转换。此处意为“尤其；特别是” ， 其后列举具有代表性的例子，应该填该词的副词形式，故填 especially。 四、概要写作 English vocabulary is larger than almost any other language in the world. (要点 1) Examples are given to show many English 第 9页（共 1
28、0页） words come from German and French，as well as Latin and Greek. (要点 2) Some common words are from other places because the invaders of England left a lot of new words to the British people. (要点 3) There are different kinds of English round the world and more and more people speak English.(要点 4) 第 10页（共 10页）
