1、【 精品 教育资源文库 】 Unit 19 Language 单元检测 A 语言基础扎根练阅读理解提速练 语言基础扎根练 .单词拼写 /用所给词的适当形式填空 1 A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a guarantee (保证 ) of quality. 2 Making speeches in public always makes the shy girl feel embarrassed (尴尬的 ) 3 Having lived in England for many years, he can speak English
2、 as fluently (流畅地 ) as an Englishman. 4 If you want to ensure (保证 ) that you catch the plane, youd better take a taxi. 5 Do not take it for granted that the board of the directors will approve (赞同 ) of the plan. 6 Our surroundings (环境 ) make more difference to our mood than most of us want to admit.
3、 7 He has been placed on a paid leave of absence (absent) while investigations are made. 8 She wished sincerely (sincere) she might do something to comfort them. 9 The report says the government needs to make an adjustment (adjust) to an aging population 10 The governments announcement (announce) is
4、 seen as a move towards settling the strike. 11 Im an negotiator. Ive done very well over the years through negotiation.(negotiate) 12 I will be thankful (thank) to you if you could give me a kind consideration. 13 He laughed off the embarrassing (embarrass) situation. 14 The police gained a great d
5、eal of useful information (inform) about the organization. 15 The application (apply) form is important. Sit down and write it out properly. .单句改错 1 It impressed me most was that I failed in an English exam, feeling extremely upset and disappointed.ItWhat 2 Giving that I have got up earlier, I wont
6、miss the train.GivingGiven 【 精品 教育资源文库 】 3 They are faced with the problem if they should continue the work.ifwhether 4 Please inform me the progress you have made as soon as possible.me 后加 of 5 Travelers to Englishspeaking countries have to adjust differences between British and American English.a
7、djust 后加 to 6 The police caught someone steal in the railway station.stealstealing 7 In absence of gravity, the human body does some bizarre things.In 后加 the 8 What impresses me most is that the little girl can speak English fluent.fluentfluently 9 We offered her our congratulation on her passing th
8、e driving test.congratulationcongratulations .补全句子 1一方面我们应该发展经济，而另一方面我们还得保护我们的环境。 On_the_one_hand,_we should develop our economy; on_the_other_hand,_we should protect the environment. 2不管是 (自己 )开车还是乘火车，他会准时来的。 Whether_he_drives_or_takes_the_train,_hell be here on time. 3这是首款以无人驾驶为目的的汽车。 The car is t
9、he first vehicle built for_the_purpose_of_ selfdriving. 4尽管被敌人包围了，这些士兵仍然泰然自若。 Surrounded_by_the_enemy,_the solders remained firm. 5使我们自己不断适应变化着的世界不是很容易。 It is not easy to_adjust_ourselves_to_the_changing_world continuously. 6首先，祝贺你被你喜欢的大学录取了。 First of all, I congratulate_you_on/offer_my_congratulati
10、ons_to_you_on being admitted into your favorite university. 阅读理解提速练 A The chance of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically impossible this year, so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that. The Complete Fairy Ta
11、les by Hans Christian Andersen Any reader of fairy tales knows Andersens responsible for the snowy scenes in The Snow Queen, the story of children Kay and Gerda, who must face the goddesslike 【 精品 教育资源文库 】 woman who controls all snowflakes after Kay is kidnapped. Family Life by Akhil Sharma Its a b
12、eautiful yet tragic novel about an Indian family immigrating to America, only to face entirely new hardships. Sharmas novel isnt entirely set in the wintertime, but his poetic descriptions of winter weather as lovely yet isolating make it a great choice for a December read. Frankenstein by Mary Shel
13、ley Go ahead and give up the movie adaptation that has been produced recently and read or reread the classic itself. You know the story: a scientist driven by his ambition discovers a method for creating life, and spends two years cobbling together a living creature, who later feels angry with him.
14、An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Dillards first book is, as its title suggests, about her change from being a selfcentered child to being an adult more concerned with the world around her than with her own personal concerns. Her parents are key figures in the story. One famous scene takes plac
15、e during what the author calls “a big snow” ， in 1950. 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了四本文学名著的作者、内容简介等相关信息。 1 Who wrote a novel about The Snow Queen? A Annie Dillard. B Mary Shelley. C Akhil Sharma. D Hans Christian Andersen. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文中介绍第一本书时说的 “Any reader of fairy tales knows Andersens responsible for the snow
16、y scenes in The Snow Queen .” 可知，冰雪女王的作者是安徒生。故选 D 项。 2 Which novel is about an Indians family? A The Snow Queen. B Family Life. C An American Childhood. D Frankenstein. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 Family Life by Akhil Sharma 部分的第一句 “Its a beautiful yet tragic novel about an Indian family immigrating to America
17、.”可知，家庭生活的故事内容是关于一个移民到美国的印度家庭。故选 B 项。 3 What do we know about Frankenstein? A It has been adapted for movies. B Its about the secret history. C Its about an Indian family. 【 精品 教育资源文库 】 D Its a fairy tale. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 部分的第一句 “Go ahead and give up the movie adaptatio
18、n .” 可知，弗兰肯斯坦已被改编成电影。故选 A项。 4 From An American Childhood, we know the main characters are _. A selfcentered children B adults C scientists D Dillards parents 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据最后一段的 “Her parents are key figures in the story.” 可知，迪拉德的父母是书中故事的主角。故选 D 项。 B (2018 湖北省鄂西北联考 )A school where 60% of pupils spea
19、k English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson
20、. The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different langua
21、ge at home double the number ten years ago the technology could soon become popular in many more schools. Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their n
22、ative tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays 700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK,
23、cost more than 2.5 million to produce. 【 精品 教育资源文库 】 Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous” “Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English， ” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last we
