19-20学年高中英语课时分层作业二Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish.doc

1、课时分层作业 二Module 1Period 2. 单句语法填空1. There was a confused look on his face when he met with the confusing problem. (confuse) 2. Taking exercise regularly has made a great difference(differ) to her health. 3. Varieties of fruits are sold at the supermarket, varying from apple to pineapple. (vary)4. Hum

2、ans differ from other animals in their ability to speak. 5. Compared(compare) with what the teacher said, her parents words are easier to understand. 6. Generally speaking, the music of one country is quite a lot in common with its culture. 7. Is it necessary to complete the design before National D

3、ay? 8. I came across a sentence similar to this one in structure. 【补偿训练】The two products are similar in the way they are produced. 9. Can you imagine the difficulty I had settling(settle) the problem? 【补偿训练】Although we have made preparations for it, we still have some difficulty to overcome (overcom

4、e). 10. There is plenty of rain in the southeast, while theres little in the northwest. . 选词填空have much in common, make a difference, compare. . . with. . . , lead to, have difficulty in doing1. Compare your answer with that at the back of the book and you will find which is right. 2. Whenever I hav

5、e difficulty in doing something, I will ask my father for advice. 3. What he said made a difference to her whole life. 4. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion. 5. Although Hester and Camilla are women in different eras, they have much in common. . 完成句子1. It was quite ob

6、vious that she was not going home. 很显然她不准备回家。2. Compare this with that, and you will see which is better. 将这个与那个比较一下, 你就会知道哪个比较好了。3. For lack of independence, most students have difficulty in adapting to college at present. 由于缺乏独立, 现在大部分学生很难适应大学生活。4. A variety of flowers come out in his garden in sp

7、ring. 春天他的花园里各种各样的花竞相开放。5. What his parents say makes no difference to that little boy. 父母说什么对那个小男孩没有什么影响。6. What I saw differed from what he said, so I think he told a lie to me. 我所看到的跟他所说的不一样, 所以我认为他跟我撒了谎。7. Americans like to get around, which has made a great difference to English. 美国人喜欢到处走动, 这对英

8、语产生了很大的影响。. 阅读理解 Language experts say that spoken English was almost the same in the American colonies and Britain two hundred years ago. Americans began to change the sound of their speech after the Revolutionary War in 1776. They wanted to make it different to separate themselves from the British

9、in language, in the same way they separated themselves from the British government. Some American leaders proposed major changes in the language. Benjamin Franklin wanted a whole new system of spelling. His reforms were not accepted. But his ideas did influence others. One was Noah Webster. Webster

10、wrote language books for schools. He believed the United States should have a system of its own language as well as government. Webster published a dictionary of the American language in 1828. It established rules for speaking and spelling the words used in American English. Webster wrote that all w

11、ords should be said in the order of the letters that spell them. This is why Americans use the letters “er” to end many words instead of the British “re”. He spelled the word “center” for example, “center” instead of the British “centre”. Websters rule for saying every part of a word made American E

12、nglish easier for foreign settlers to learn. They learned to say “waistcoat”, for example, the way it is spelled instead of the British “weskit”. The different languages of many people who came to the United States also helped make American and British English different. Many of their foreign words

13、and expressions became part of English as Americans speak them. Sometimes Americans and British people do not understand each other because of different word meanings. For example, the word “jumper” in Britain means a sweater. In the United States, it is a dress. The British word “brolly” is an “umb

14、rella” in America. And the British call potato chips “crisps”. All of these differences led British writer George Bernard Shaw to joke that Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language! 【语篇概述】本文主要讲述美国英语的形成和发展。1. What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer

15、to? A. Separating themselves from the British in language. B. Written English in America. C. Spoken English in America. D. Spoken English in Britain. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段第三句可知, 美国人想把美国英语的发音与英国英语的发音区分开来, 因此可以判断it指代spoken English in America。2. Why did American want their language to differ from Britis

16、h English? A. Because they found British English hard to speak. B. Because they found British English hard to spell. C. Because they wanted to have their own language and government. D. Because foreign settlers wanted them to change their language. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第一段中的“. . . in the same way they sepa

17、rated themselves from the British government. ”可知, 美国人想如同摆脱英国的控制那样, 使美国英语与英国英语不同。3. Why do Americans use the word “meter” instead of the word “metre”? A. Because Benjamin Franklin didnt like the word “metre”. B. Because the word “meter” was absorbed from other languages. C. Because Webster thought t

18、he word should be said in order of the letters that are spelt. D. Because Webster thought American English should be made easier for foreign settlers to learn. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第四段中的“Webster wrote that all words should be said in the order of the letters that spell them. ”可以看出, 美国人想让这个单词按照字母的拼写顺序被说出来。4

19、. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Noah Websters simplifying the spelling of English words. B. Differences and similarities between British and American English. C. The reasons why American English was formed and its development. D. Varieties of English throughout the world. 【解析】选C。主旨大意题。

20、这篇文章主要讲述了美国英语的形成和发展。【技法导练】参透语篇结构, 归纳文章主题把握文章的语篇逻辑结构对于做主旨大意题很有帮助, 因为文章主题常常出现的位置对应着文章逻辑结构中的一个部分。高考中常见的文章逻辑有: 时间顺序、总分、分总等。通读全文后, 可以发现文章开门见山, 在第一段最后一句就点明了主题。做题时, 要注意所给选项是否真正能够概括全文中心, 那些只能概括部分内容或只呈现文中具体某点的选项就要排除。. 完形填空“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from

21、 an American friends e-mail, I laughed. I thought it was a typical 1 of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal(字面上的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a 2 English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 3. I was too delighted to believe he

22、r. Her words could not 4 me at all. So I did a 5 on Google. com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 6 “Long time no see”. This sentence has been 7used in e-mails, letters, newspapers, movies, or any other possible places. Though it is8informal, it is part of the language that Ameri

23、cans use daily. 9, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 10will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected. Nobody knows the 11of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chans movies. In 1930s, Hollywood movie makers successfully12 a worldwide famous Chin

24、ese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 13quoting(引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark(商标). Soon “Long time no see” became a 14phrase in America 15the popularity of these movies. Some people 16America to a huge po

25、t (熔炉). All kinds of culture are 17in the pot together, and they 18the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also 19 some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be20 in the mixed pot. 【语篇概述】作者通过朋友以及网上搜索发现“long ti

26、me no see”在美国是一个标准的问候语。 1. A. example B. signC. sigh D. signal【解析】选A。词义辨析题。作者认为“long time no see”(好久不见)是一个典型的中国式英语的例子。example“例子, 范例”。2. A. damaged B. perfectedC. learned D. ruined【解析】选D。词义辨析题。ruined在此处是“遭到破坏的”之意。3. A. custom B. greetingC. habit D. proverb【解析】选B。词汇复现题。这是一个标准的美国问候语, 前面Chinese greetin

27、g有提示。4. A. persuade B. encourageC. convince D. believe【解析】选C。词义辨析题。她的话不能使我信服。convince “使信服”, 符合语境。persuade“说服”; encourage“鼓励”; believe“相信”。5. A. job B. researchC. survey D. search【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。Google. com是网站的名称, 作者在网上搜索(search) “long time no see”这个短语。6. A. containing B. printingC. publishing D. expre

28、ssing【解析】选A。词义辨析题。有6万多个网页“包含”了 “long time no see”这个短语。print“印刷”; publish“出版”; express“表达”。7. A. widely B. hardlyC. seldom D. never【解析】选A。词义辨析题。从上句话可以看出, 这个问候语使用“广泛”。8. A. lots of B. plenty ofC. amount of D. sort of【解析】选D。词义辨析题。“sort of+adj. ”意思是“有点儿”。9. A. Unfortunately B. LuckilyC. However D. Sudde

29、nly【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。前面讲到这个问候语使用广泛, 而Word软件却把它当作一个错误的句子来处理, 前后意思转折。10. A. hardware B. softwareC. operator D. speaker【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。按照常识来判断Microsoft Word是一个计算机软件。software“软件”; hardware“硬件”; operator“操作员”; speaker“演说家”。11. A. use B. originC. expression D. meaning【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。从后面的 came from可以推断, 前一句话意思是“无人知道这

30、个短语的来历”。12. A. created B. publishedC. did D. discovered【解析】选A。词义辨析题。create在此是“塑造(电影、文学形象等)”之意。13. A. byB. inC. with D. of【解析】选A。词义辨析题。by是“通过”的意思, 在这里用作状语。14. A. ordinary B. rareC. modern D. popular【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。这些电影放映后不久, “long time no see”在美国成了一个流行用语。15. A. as if B. as toC. thanks to D. but for【解析】选

31、C。词义辨析题。thanks to是“由于”的意思, to为介词, 其后要接名词或动名词。16. A. compare B. addC. send D. owe【解析】选A。固定搭配题。compare. . . to. . . 表示“把比作”。17. A. joined B. mixedC. compiled D. done【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。这里的意思是说各种文化在美国这个大熔炉里混合。18. A. improve B. changeC. lower D. promote【解析】选B。词义辨析题。各种文化之间相互渗透, 都会有相应的变化。19. A. owing B. puttingC. taking D. contributing【解析】选D。固定搭配题。contribute. . . to. . . 是“向贡献出”的意思。20. A. influenced B. mentionedC. used D. considered【解析】选A。词义辨析题。在这个多文化的大熔炉里, 语言通常是第一个受到影响的。