1、Unit2 Exploring English 复习检测卷复习检测卷 时间：100 分钟 满分：120 分 选择题部分 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节，满分共两节，满分 35 分分) 第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出 最佳选项。 A Introduction： Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the cult
2、ure in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States. General Points to Remember Most Americans only speak English. While it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish, most Americans only speak English. Dont expect them to und
3、erstand your native language. Americans have difficulty understanding foreign accents (口音). Many Americans are not used to foreign accents. This requires patience from both of you！ Public Behavior Always shake hands. Look your partner in the eye. Dont hold hands: Same sex friends do not usually hold
4、 hands or put their arms around each other in public in the United States. Smoking is out! Smoking, even in public places, is strongly disagreed by most modern Americans. Addressing People Use last names with people you do not Conversation Tips Talk about work. Americans commonly know. Always use “M
5、s” when addressing women. Many Americans prefer first names. Americans prefer informal greetings and using first names or nicknames when speaking with friends and workmates. ask “What do you do？” It is a popular topic of discussion between strangers. Talk about sports: Americans love sports! However
6、, they love American sports. Speak about location. 1What is necessary to know when we speak English besides using grammar? AThe culture. BIntroduction. CBody language. DTopics. 2If you are introduced to a woman called Pearl S. Buck, how should you address her usually? AMadam Buck. BMs Buck. CMrs Pea
7、rl. DMiss Pearl S. 3What can we learn from the table? ASmoking is allowed in the modern United States. BAmericans shake hands when greeting same sex friends. CDifferent sex friends should hold hands when they meet for the first time. DWhen you speak to others, its polite to look into their eyes. 4Wh
8、at would be the best title for the text? AAmerican English Tips BAmerican Customs CLanguage Differences DThe Different Language Culture B Many people have tried to simplify (简化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. Fo
9、r example, there is “light” but “white”， “loan” but “phone”， and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing “ough”： “though”， “through”， “bough”， “cough”， “enough”， “ought” and “thorough”. The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906
10、, Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board. He was one of the richest men in the United States of America. The boards plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word “though” would be spelt “tho” and “through” would become “thru”. Other people
11、on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt, who thought that it was indeed logical. He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all governmen
12、t letters. But people didnt like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either. Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he ch
13、anged his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling. Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However, people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “thro
14、ugh”. 5What was Theodore Roosevelts attitude towards simplified spelling? AWorried. BSupportive. CUncertain. DDoubtful. 6According to the passage, simplified spelling _. Awas welcomed by the US politicians Bchanged the way the words sound Chas been used widely for over a century Dwas first used in U
15、S government letters 7Roosevelts plan to simplify English spelling _. Afailed in the end Bproved quite successful Cwon wide support Dinfluenced English greatly C Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what the first few months of your lif
16、e were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with c
17、ertain things. Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step, you were able to make the right sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it
18、is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE. After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things,
19、 such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words mean doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learnt to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people
20、 can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication. 8When you were a little baby, you _. Acame to understand the secret of language Bspent most of your time playing with your parents Ccould not hear any sound around you Dspent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying 9The secret o
21、f language is that _. Aone sound might be as good as another Bpeople can understand each other Ca certain sound is for a certain thing Dthere is a special sound for each person 10The aim of using language is _. Ato get everything one wants from others Bto say what one wants to know Cto share ideas,
22、opinions, news, etc with one another Dto show one is as good as another 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选 项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 English has been called one of the most difficult languages for non- native speakers to learn. One reason is that English has so many rules. 1 Sometimes, thi
23、s leaves learners confused. For example, the order of words in a sentence can be tricky. 2 The pronunciation of English words cannot always be judged by their spelling. For example, there are at least six ways to pronounce the group of letters spelled ough. And, maybe the worst thing of all is that
24、there are many idioms, or expressions, in English. 3 So, it is comforting to know that learning root words can help a non- native speaker use English. 4 Root words can help you to break down large, new words into smaller units to discover their meanings. Learning just one root word can help you unde
25、rstand several words in English. 5 Then where can a root be found? A root can be any part of a word that carries meaning: the beginning, middle or end. Prefixes, bases, and suffixes are types of roots. The prefix appears at the beginning of a word, the base in the middle and the suffix at the end. A
26、A root word is the most basic form of a word. BThe English have always been fond of all kinds of rules. CYou could say we use idioms like theyre going out of style. DAnd there are almost as many exceptions (例外) of those rules! EMost English root words came from the Greek and Latin languages. FAnothe
27、r reason why English is hard to learn is the pronunciation of its words. GSo, by learning 20 or 30 root words, you can increase your vocabulary to hundreds of more new words. 第三部分第三部分 语言运用语言运用(共两节，满分共两节，满分 45 分分) 第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 H
28、ow do young people learn best? This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often 1 that traditional teaching 2 are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language. After moving to southern Italy, I was 3 to have had the chance to 4 a private
29、course teaching English to children under 7. I 5 children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these 6 to help my students 7 English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online, 8 they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童谣) they once were 9
30、with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but 10 could still not have a basic 11 in English. I wanted these guys to be 12 in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90% of my lessons in English. 13 ， I knew it would be difficult to get them t
31、o talk in a foreign language they 14 speak outside our lessons. So I had to 15 a simple yet effective plan. One day I decided to 16 a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱) 17 . I discovered that chanting along to some conv
32、ersational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in Englishit 18 ！ So when teaching English to young people now, I 19 them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember 20 or complex sentences. 1A.suggest Bknow Cfind Dguess 2A.materials Bprocesses Cattitudes Dmethods 3
33、A.anxious Blucky Csurprised Dpuzzled 4A.get Boffer Cmeet Drun 5A.considered Brealized Cproved Dinsisted 6A.activities Btools Cskills Dlessons 7A.develop Bpractice Csupport Dincrease 8A.that Bwhen Cwhere Dwhich 9A.popular Bfamiliar Csimilar Dparticular 10A.students Bteachers Cwriters Dreaders 11A.con
34、versation Bperformance Capplication Dcontact 12A.experienced Binterested Cconcerned Dcaught 13A.Besides BTherefore CHowever DThough 14A.fairly Beagerly Cnearly Dseldom 15A.come up with Bput up with Ckeep up with Dcatch up with 16A.prepare Bmanage Cconnect Dbring 17A.that Bit Cone Dthem 18A.mattered
35、Bvalued Cworked Dwondered 19A.persuade Bencourage Cremind Dcommand 20A.expressions Bconversations Ccourses Dmeasures 非选择题部分 第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 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。 Voyages of people from England play an important part in 1 (spread) the English language. At present, Eng
36、lish is frequently spoken as 2 official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries, all of 3 are based on British English. The Englishes spoken in these countries can 4 (understand) well by native English speakers. But actually, these Englis
37、hes have been changing gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary. Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences 5 (tell) which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss 6 (fluent) commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apar
38、tment 7 elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”， instead 8 requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”， you can recognize 9 (he) American identity while the latter 10 (suggest) that he is British. 1 2. 3. 4. 5 6. 7. 8. 9 10. 第四部分第四部分 写作写作(共两节
39、，满分共两节，满分 40 分分) 第一节 应用文写作（15 分） 假设你是红星中学学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以 “A Day with an Artist of Traditional Chinese Painting”为题， 介绍上周在 “国画之旅”活动中向国画艺术家学习国画的过程。 注意：词数 80 左右。 参考词汇：国画 traditional Chinese painting；荷花 lotus 第二节 概要写作（25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 How can you start a conversation with an Englis
40、h person? The answer is quite simple. Many people will tell you that any English conversation begins with “the weather”. Such a fixation (固定) with the weather finds expression in Dr Johnsons famous comment that “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons finding is al
41、most the same as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators (评论员) fail to come up with a convincing (令人信服的) explanation for this English weather- speak. Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not exciting at all, the obsession (痴迷) with it can hardly be underst
42、ood. He argues that the most impressive thing about the English weather to an outsider is that there is not very much of it. Simply the reason is that it doesnt matter to talk about weather because it is so changeable and unpredictable. Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the
43、 English weather is by nature attractive, Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather is not about the natural phenomena (H) at all. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, it is because the weather in England is very cha
44、ngeable and uncertain that it attracts the English as well as the outsider. Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman stand for common misunderstandings about the weather- speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation has nothing to do with the weat
45、her. English weather- speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome shyness and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather- speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the bl
46、ank “fillers”. In other words, English weather- speak is a means of social bonding (关系， 纽带) 参考答案： 【阅读】 1- 4ABDA 5- 7BDA 8- 10DCC 【七选五】 1- 5DFCAG 【完型】 1- 5CDBDB 6- 10BADBA 11- 15ABCDA 16- 20ADCBA 【语法填空】 1.spreading 2.an 3.which 4.be understood 5to tell 6.fluently 7.by 8.of 9.his 10.suggests 【写作】 【应用文
47、】 A Day with an Artist of Traditional Chinese Painting Last Friday, our class invited a well- known artist to teach us how to draw a lotus using Chinese brushpainting techniques. As soon as the artist came into the classroom, he was given a warm welcome, which made him so happy. All of us wore smile
48、s. First, he showed us some skills of drawing a lotus. We watched carefully around him. Then instructed by him, each of us made an attempt to do it by ourselves. Finally, because of my excellent performance, I was awarded “Outstanding Young Artist”. Looking at the award, I felt very excited. Through
49、 this experience, we are all amazed at Chinese painting and proud of being Chinese. We hope we can have more activities of this kind in the future! 【概要写作】 As is widely known, any English conversation starts with “the weather”， but few commentators can convincingly explain the reasons for it. (要点 1) Bill Bryson holds that the obsession with the English weather isnt understandable as there is nothing serious about it. (要点 2) Jeremy Paxman, however, argues that its attraction just lies in its uncertainty. (要点 3) In fact, English weather- speak is not about the w
