1、第一周热考话题集训语言学习阅读理解AThese people are studying English. However, they are now facing some problems.I am Pablo. I work 50 hours a week as a taxi driver, so I talk to people all day. They understand me, but I know I make a lot of mistakes. No one corrects me. My vocabulary is strong. Grammar is my proble
2、m. Im trying to change little by little. For example, I dont use the past tense (时态). I always say, “I drive him to the office this morning” instead of “I drove him to the office this morning”My name is Maria Luisa. Im teaching myself English, and Im good at grammar. However, its really difficult to
3、 find ways to practice English. I live in an area where everyone speaks my language. My neighbors and friends speak Spanish. I can speak Spanish in the supermarket and at the post office.I am Li Ping. I understand the grammar and the readings in my class and I think my writing is good, but Im very n
4、ervous when I speak English. I dont want to make any mistakes because Im afraid people will think that Im stupid. Also, my pronunciation isnt good. When I speak, people often say, “What? Say that again”I am Yoshi. I have been in the United States for one year. Im studying hard and I know grammar wel
5、l, but the vocabulary is very difficult. When I listen, I dont understand many of the words. When I try to read, there are three or four new words in every sentence. I feel discouraged.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了几位英语学习者遇到的一些问题。1Who may say, “I go to bed late last night”？APablo.BMaria Luisa.CLi Ping. DYosh
6、i.解析：选A推理判断题。由第二段中的“I dont use the past tense (时态)”及其后的例子可知，因为这句话中的时态不对，所以有可能是Pablo所说，故选A项。2What would be the best advice for Maria Luisa?ATry to have a wide vocabulary.BDevelop a good knowledge of grammar.CRead as many English books as possible.DMake friends with Englishspeaking people.解析：选D推理判断题。由
7、第三段内容可知Maria Luisa没有讲英语的环境，所以最好的建议应该是和讲英语的人交朋友，故选D项。3Why do people find it hard to understand Li Pings English?ABecause she cant pronounce words in English correctly.BBecause she speaks at a very fast speed.CBecause her grammar is terrible.DBecause her voice is very low.解析：选A细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的“Also, my
8、pronunciation isnt good. When I speak, people often say, What? Say that again”可知，A项说法正确。4What can we learn about Yoshi?AHe was born in the United States.BHe has a very small vocabulary.CHe has learned English for years.DHe is very good at listening.解析：选B细节理解题。由最后一段中的“the vocabulary is very difficult
9、. When I listen . new words in every sentence”可知，Yoshi的英文词汇贫乏，故选B项。BSequoyah was born in the 1770s and grew up in the Cherokee village of Tuskeegee, Tennessee. He was skilled at working with silver jewelry. One day Sequoyah was advised to put his name on the silver jewelry he made. However, he could
10、 not write his name because Cherokee was only a spoken language. Sequoyah decided to learn how to write his name, so he asked one of his customers to teach him, who knew English very well. From that time on, Sequoyah signed his work in English.Then Sequoyah realized that a written language was neces
11、sary for his people. In 1809, he started by making small drawings, and then he experimented with creating a letter for each sound in the Cherokee language. First, Sequoyah picked out all the sounds in the Cherokee language. Then he gave each sound a symbol. Unlike English, however, no two sounds sha
12、red the same symbol.Sequoyahs work was difficult and took him a lot of time. Worse, those around Sequoyah didnt understand what he was doing with all those strange symbols. Some raised doubts about his work. However, Sequoyah didnt stop working. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his alphabet (字母表). Each s
13、ymbol in the alphabet symbolized one of the eightyfive sounds in the Cherokee language. By saying the name of each symbol, a person could read the spoken word.Sequoyah taught the symbols to his sixyearold daughter, Ayoka. One day, they went to visit the elders of the Cherokee Nation. Seqouyah asked
14、Ayoka to leave while he wrote down what the elders said. When Ayoka returned, she read out loud what Sequoyah had written. The elders were stunned. Ayoka was able to repeat their words without being present! Sequoyahs alphabet was soon accepted as the written language of the Cherokee Nation.语篇解读：本文是
15、一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了切罗基语文字的由来。5Sequoyah learned to sign his work _.Aso that he would become famousBwith the help of one of his customersCwhen he moved to a Cherokee villageDin order to save the Cherokee language解析：选B细节理解题。由第一段中的“he asked one of his customers to teach him”可知，B项说法正确。6What can we learn about
16、Sequoyahs alphabet?AIt is made up of eightyfive letters.BIt uses at least two letters to symbolize a sound.CIt was created in the early eighteenth century.DIt was the same as the English alphabet at first.解析：选A细节理解题。由第二段中的“he started . creating a letter for each sound”和第三段中的“the eightyfive sounds in
17、 the Cherokee language”可知，他发明的字母表中共有85个字母，故选A项。7The underlined word “stunned” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Aworried BthankfulCregretful Dsurprised解析：选D词义猜测题。由该词后面的“Ayoka was able to repeat their words without being present！”可知，那些长者感到非常惊讶，故选D项。8What would be the best title for the text?ATh
18、e Cherokee Nation BA popular languageCA gift beyond price DFine silver jewelry解析：选C标题归纳题。文章主要讲述了Sequoyah是如何为切罗基族人的口头语言设计出一套实用的书写文字，这是一份无法用价钱来衡量的礼物，故用C项作为标题最恰当。CDuring an airport delay the man to the left, a Korean perhaps, starts talking to the man opposite, who might be Colombian, and soon they are
19、 chatting away in what seems to be English. But the native English speaker sitting between them cannot understand what they are saying.The Korean and the Colombian are actually speaking Globish, the latest addition to the 6,800 languages that are said to be spoken across the world. Not that its inve
20、ntor, JeanPaul Nerrire, considers it a proper language.“It is not a language; it is a tool，” he says. “A language is the vehicle of a culture. Globish doesnt want to be that at all.” It is a means of simplifying the English language and giving it rules so it can be understood by all.Globish involves
21、 a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words, short sentences, basic grammar rules, and many hand gestures to get the point across. The word list goes from “able” to “zero”. “Niece and nephew are not included, but you can replace them with the children of my brother，” Nerrire says.The seeds for Globish came
22、 about in the 1980s when Nerrire was working for IBM in Paris with colleagues of about 40 nationalities. At a meeting where they were to be addressed (演讲) by two Americans whose flight had been delayed, they started talking in their lowquality English. Then the Americans arrived and beyond their ope
23、ning phrases, “Call me Jim，” “Call me Bill，” no one understood a word. And Jim and Bill, needless to say, did not understand the audiences English.“My colleagues all, like me, spoke lowquality English. One might have a vocabulary of 2,000 words, another of 1,200 and not the same words. One of the th
24、ings of interest in Globish is that with 1,500 words you can express everything. People all over the world will speak with the same limited vocabulary，” says Nerrire.Nerrire believes that with 182 hours learning the student should be able to communicate in Globish. It is not a pretty language full o
25、f redundancies (多余；累赘) but Nerrire repeats that it is nothing but a tool. “It is not the language of great writers such as Shakespeare, Faulkner or Virginia Woolf，” he explains.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一种只有1 500个单词的国际辅助语全球语。9The native English speaker mentioned in the first paragraph _.Aknows the Colombia
26、n Bcant speak GlobishCdoesnt like chatting Dcan speak Korean解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段的“But the native English speaker sitting between them cannot understand what they are saying.”可知，这个以英语为母语的人不懂全球语。10According to Nerrire, Globish is _.Aa proper languageBthe vehicle of a cultureCa means of communicationDthe r
27、ule of the English language解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段的“It is not a language; it is a tool”和“It is a means . so it can be understood by all.”可知，Nerrire认为全球语只是一种交流的工具。11Which of the following words can be used to describe the meeting in the 1980s?AInteresting. BAmazing.CUnimportant. DUnsuccessful.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第五段可知，Nerrire和他的同事们听不懂两个美国人的演讲，美国人也听不懂观众的英语，由此可见这次会议很不成功。12What can we learn about Globish?AIt creates many new words.BIt is very difficult to learn.CIt doesnt require grammar rules.DIt contains a list of 1,500 words.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段的“Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words”可知。