1、Unit 5 Languages around the worldSectionListeningandSpeaking课后训练提升一、根据句意及首字母提示写出单词1.As you get older,your a towards success changes.答案: attitude2.Except her n language,she cant speak another language.答案: native3.“Shore” in British English is p /(r)/.答案: pronounced4.The president is on an o visit to
2、Greece.答案: official5.The population of that country is about 1.3 b.答案: billion二、完成句子1.当你参加考试时,不能查阅笔记。You mustnt your notes when you take an exam.答案: refer to2.他俄语讲得就像以此为母语的人似的。He can speak Russian like .答案: a native speaker3.全世界有许多人在学汉语。There are many people learning Chinese .答案: around the world4.那
3、个小女孩似乎已经选择了节食。the girl has chosen to go on a diet.答案: It seems that5.如果可能的话,尽力节约水和电。,try to save water and electricity.答案: If possible6.她和我都不喜欢跳舞。am fond of dancing.答案: Neither she nor I三、单句改错1.Whats the attitude of her in foreign language learning?_答案: into/towards2.The girl chose to study Chinese
4、because her family._答案: 在because后加of3.Four billions pounds has been put into the project._答案: billionsbillion4.When I said that,I didnt refer you._答案: 在refer后加to四、阅读理解American English and British English are very different.Sometimes this difference is so big that the two seem like different language
5、s!Some words in British English mean things that are different in American English.For example,a “raincoat”(American English) is called a “mackintosh” in British English.But in America,a mackintosh is a kind of computer.Most American sayings mean nothing to the British.For example,Americans like to
6、say,“Wake up and smell the coffee”,which means “Wake up and face reality”.But the British think it is sillythey do not drink coffee in the morning.Instead,most of them drink tea.Of course,the two languages are the same in many ways.To “call” someone(American English) is to “ring” somebody in Britain
7、.The two languages borrow from each other a lot.But for foreign students learning English,there can be many problems.After all,American English and British English have,over the years,become so different.Foreign students often learn British English,come to the USA,and cannot understand any American
8、English!So you must ask yourselfwhere do I want to go in the futureAmerica or England?If it is England,you should learn British English.But if you want to study in America,try learning as much true American English as possible.Watch American movies,listen to American songs,read books written in Amer
9、ican English,and talk with an American accentnot a British one!1.From the passage we know that .A.some American English and British English are different in meaningsB.American English and British English are in fact the sameC.American English are more popularD.American English has more vocabularies
10、than British English答案: A解析: 细节理解题。根据第二段可知,一些英式英语和美式英语在意思上有所不同。故选A项。2.Which of the following is TRUE?A.The word “raincoat” is not familiar to the British.B.“Mackintosh” is a kind of computer in England.C.The British dont understand all the American sayings.D.American sayings are ridiculous.答案: C解析:
11、推理判断题。根据第三段的“MostAmericansayingsmeannothingtotheBritish.”可知,英国人不能理解所有的美式谚语。故选C项。3.Which of the following does the author agree with?A.If you want to study in England,youd better learn British English.B.It doesnt matter whether you learn American English or British English when you want to go to Amer
12、ica.C.Even if you go to England,youd better always watch American movies,because they are interesting.D.British English is easy to learn.答案: A解析: 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,你如果去英国,就应该学习英式英语,如果去美国就应该学习美式英语。故选A项。五、语篇填空In order to know a foreign language in a complete way,four things are essential.Firstly,we must
13、understand the language when we hear 1. spoken.Secondly,we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without 2.(hesitate).Thirdly,we must be able to read the language,and fourthly,we must be able to write it.Above all,in 3. way can we ignore these basic regulations in learning the langu
14、age.It is absolutely not easy to succeed in 4.(learn) a language.5. good memory is of great help,but it is not enough only 6.(memorise) rules from a grammar book.It is not much use learning by heart a long list of words and their meaning,studying the dictionary and so on.We must try by using the lan
15、guage.If we are 7.(satisfy) with only a few rules we have memorised,we are not really learning the language.Yet,the rules of “Learn through Use” are always good 8.(choose) for those 9. are studying a new language.Practice is important.We must practise speaking and 10.(write) the language whenever we
16、 can.答案: 1.it2.hesitation3.no4.learning5.A6.to memorise7.satisfied8.choices9.who10.writing六、短文改错Dear Sir,Thank you for invite me to the summer English course in your school.As for my choice between the two courses,I prefer the four-week course because of this will allow me more time to do some trave
17、lling but make a few new friends.Of all the subject Im learning at school,I like English better.I had been learning English for eleven years but my spoken English remains poorly.So I real hope to take this chance to improve it.If possible,Id like to stay with a family for a couple of days in order that I can know some customs in England,what Im particularly interested in.I believe I will have wonderful time this summer.Yours truly,Grace答案:Dear Sir,Thank you for