1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 .阅读理解 A A new African language is helping to reduce tensions and bring young people together in areas previously torn apart by tribal (部落 ) violence. And academics are so impressed by the languages potential that a social media platform promoting it will form the subject of a major pre
2、sentation at this years eLearning Africa, the continents leading conference on technology assisted learning, training and development. The language, Sheng, combines Kiswahili, English and a number of Kenyan tribal words, along with a little of Arabic, Hindu, French, German, Spanish and Italian. It w
3、as born on the streets of Nairobi, in some of the areas hardest hit by the post election violence in 2007 2008. Now a society in Kenya. Go Sheng, is helping to celebrate and promote the language, which is almost generally used by young people so much that it has become the first language of many you
4、ng Kenyans in urban areas. The society provides a platform for social dialogues for the languages growing numbers of speakers. In doing so, it is giving voice to a powerful alternative culture in Kenya and celebrating the many tribal languages that contribute to Sheng. In turn, this helps to bring s
5、ome welcome cultural harmony and mutual (相互 ) understanding to a country, which has too often been divided against itself in the recent past. Go Sheng uses a variety of different means to grow Sheng language and culture. Its most significant achievement, to date, has been the development of a Sheng
6、dictionary, which contains over 3,900 words and continues to grow rapidly. It functions as a socially driven resource, where registered members can add words or phrases which then get voted for by other members, before being accepted as authentic. Go Sheng also runs a website and various social medi
7、a channels, which have an online community of around 15,000 active participants. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 篇章导读： 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了非洲的一种新语言。该语言结合了现代需要和当地部落中的语言，即将被推广。 1 What does eLearning Africa usually do? A Invent new African languages. B Promote language researches. C Develop technology learning and training. D H
8、elp people learn and develop with technology. 答案： D 细节理解题。从文章第一段第二句中的 “ . eLearning Africa, the continents leading conference on technology assisted learning, training and development” 可知 D 正确。 2 What is the most successful work done by Go Sheng? A Developing a Sheng dictionary. B Working as a resou
9、rce to identify words. C Bringing cultural harmony and better understanding. D Running a website and various media channels. 答案： A 细节理解题。从文章最后一段第二句可知，它最重要的成就是 Sheng dictionary 的开发。故选 A。 3 Which of the following is true about Sheng? A It will still take in new words approved and accepted by voting. B
10、 It combines Kiswahili, Russian and a number of Kenyan tribal words. C It was born in some of the areas hardly influenced by election violence. D It has become the first language of many young Kenyans in rural areas. 答案： A 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第三句中的 “. registered members can add words or phrases which then
11、 get voted for by other members, before being accepted as authentic”可知，该语言还将通过投票不断吸收新词。故选 A。 4 Where does this text most probably come from? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A A science report. B An advertisement. C A book review. D A magazine of culture. 答案： D 推理判断题。本文是有关语言和文化的。故选 D。 B “Shake a leg” and “show a leg”
12、are usually discussed together, but it isnt at all clear how they are connected. Both phrases have more than one meaning. “Shake a leg” means “hurry up” according to the definition in the New York Magazine in 1904. Before that, “shake a leg” had another meaning, which was “to dance”. There are sever
13、al quotations from all kinds of American and Britain sources from the mid 19th century that are related to dancing; for example, the Dubuque Democratic Herald, October 1863, in an advertisement for a local ball: “Nearly every man in town able to shake a leg has purchased a ticket.” “Show a leg” mean
14、s either “make an appearance”， or it means “hurry up”. The second meaning isnt commonly used, nor is it old. Whatever the source, it isnt the original meaning of “show a leg”. Most commentators report that the phrase derives from the Royal Navy and that this was the order given to sailors to put a f
15、oot from their hammocks (吊床 ) and get up. The use of “show a leg” as a wakeup call is well documented. John Masefield (Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967) was a trainee mariner on HMS Conway until 1891. He reported the full version of the morning call as: “Heave out, heave out, heave out, heave out! Aw
16、ay! Come all you sleepers, Hey! Show a leg.” Thats the earliest quotation of the naval call I can find, although it may have been used well before 1891. An alternative version comes from the fact that women were allowed on board Royal Navy ships in the 19th century and that they were allowed to stay
17、 asleep after the sailors had been woken. In the morning the bosuns mates (水手长助手 ) had to check whoever was still asleep and did so by requiring them to show a leg over the side of the hammock. If a leg was hairy, it was probably male and its owner was ordered to get up and begin 【 精品教育资源文库 】 work.
18、 Believe that if you will; personally, I dont. All in all, although both of the two English slangs are sometimes used to mean “hurry up”， they are two independent phrases that were coined with different meanings. 篇章导读： 本文是一篇说明文。作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了“ shake a leg” 与 “ show a leg” 这两个俚语的含义及其历史来源。 5 How many
19、ways does the slang “show a leg” come from? A 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. 答案： B 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中的 “ the phrase derives from the Royal Navy and that this was the order given to sailors to put a foot from their hammocks (吊床 ) and get up” 及第五段第一句中的 “An alternative version comes from the fact that women were allo
20、wed on board Royal Navy ships in the 19th century”可知，有两个版本，一个是海军起床命令；另一个是指露出一条腿以便区分男女。故选 B。 6 In which sentence does “shake a leg” have a different meaning? A I will shake a leg with him at the next ball with great pleasure. B Nearly every man in town able to shake a leg has purchased a ticket. C Th
21、ey wanted to shake a leg on a TV show. D You must shake a leg to catch the last bus. 答案： D 推理判断题。根据文章可知 “shake a leg”有两种含义，一个是 “ 赶紧 ” 一个是 “ 跳舞 ” ，前三项均意为 “ 跳舞 ” ，只有 D 项意为 “ 赶紧 ” 。故选 D。 7 What is the authors attitude to the version mentioned in Paragraph 5? A Doubtful. B Supportive. C Indifferent. D N
22、eutral. 答案： A 观点态度题。根据第五段最后一句 “Believe that if you will; personally, I dont.”可知，作者对这一版本持怀疑的态度。故选 A。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 8 The authors purpose of writing the text is most likely to . A persuade readers to learn slangs seriously B describe “shake a leg” and “show a leg” C distinguish “shake a leg” and “show
23、 a leg” D remark on “shake a leg” and “show a leg” 答案： C 推理判断题。从首尾两段可知作者写这篇文章的目的在于区别 “shake a leg”与 “show a leg”这两个俚语。故选 C。 .七选五 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。 Knowing a second language can make you more employable and a better traveler. But hanging on to your high school or college Spanishor French, or German, etcis a challenge once youre no longer enrolled in classes. 1 . Go mobile. Theyre not quite as addictive as Candy Crush, but language learning apps are a per
