1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。课时素养检测八Unit 2Period 4. 阅读理解 This year over twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 1319) from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions
2、of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world. Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with Georges family. In t
3、urn, Georges son Mike spent a year in Freds home in America. Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months study the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expectedmuch harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher e
4、ntered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that were usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities. Family life, too, was different. The fathers word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simp
5、le at first. Also, he missed having a car. “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it. ”At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American
6、 schools, ” he said. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the t
7、wo. ”【语篇概述】本文介绍了一个不同国家青少年参与的交换生活动。通过此活动交换生们可以感受到不同国家之间的文化差异。1. Whats the purpose of the whole exchange program? A. To help teenagers in other countries know the real America. B. To send students in America to travel in Germany. C. To let students learn something about other countries. D. To have tee
8、nagers learn new languages. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句话“They will attend US schools. . . American teenagers will go to other countries. . . ”说明这个计划是让学生们了解其他国家。2. What is particular in American schools? A. There is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings. B. There are a lot of outside acti
9、vities. C. Students usually take 14 subjects in all. D. Students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段倒数第三句“Here we take part in many outside activities. ”可知, 在美国的学校里有很多的户外活动。3. What did Mike think after experiencing the American school life? A. A better education should inc
10、lude something good from both America and Germany. B. German schools trained students to be better citizens. C. American schools were not as good as German schools. D. The easy life in American schools was more helpful to students. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“There ought to be some middle ground between t
11、he two. ”可知, 他认为要从两种教育体系中找出好的方面, 并把二者结合在一起。4. Whats Mikes attitude towards American education? A. Praise. B. Regret. C. Ignore. D. Accuse (谴责). 【解析】选D。观点态度题。根据最后一段中“It is far too easy by our level. ”可推断, 他认为美国的教育太容易了, 故持谴责的态度。. 阅读填句More than the challenge of fitting into a new culture, there are man
12、y benefits that a student can get with an exchange program. These benefits include: Diverse academic opportunities. Its not actually the travel that students would love to study abroad. 1 Instead, it will be an offering of diverse opportunities for the student. For example, the student will be able
13、to experience the differences of teaching methods, educational formats and academic program offerings. 2 Studying in another country opens the student to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the countrys customs, people and regions, Knowing other culture also teaches the studen
14、t how to be open-minded. Personality development. 3 Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of that decision. With this, the student is taught how real life is, what it means to be responsible, and how being resourceful can help in
15、his or her survival. Its no wonder that most students who returned after the exchange program were seen with significant improvement on their personal development. 4So, why not let your child have the benefits of a student exchange program? Exchange programs or study-abroad programs are great invest
16、ments for the student. 5 Just imagine, by transforming students in a foreign country the society is starting to build a new blood of more mature people who might just be able to create a better tomorrow for the generations to come. A. Improved protection of social rights. B. Better awareness of cult
17、ural differences. C. More importantly, it is helpful for the improvement of the society. D. Most of them are more confident and have better decision-making skills. E. The hosting school can also benefit by making a students dream come true. F. Although students really love traveling, studying is not
18、 a travel-fun activity at all times. G. Being an exchange student often means living far away from home and parental guidance. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了学生从交换生项目中获得的好处。1. 【解析】选F。根据空格前Its not actually the travel that students would love to study abroad. 可知学生出国留学不是旅游; 根据空格后面Instead, it will be an offering
19、of diverse opportunities for the student. 可知它将为学生提供各种机会。F项是承上启下的句子, 句意是“尽管学生真的喜欢旅游, 但是学习并不总是充满像旅游一样的快乐。”与上下文紧密衔接。2. 【解析】选B。这是本段的主旨句。下文讲述的是在另一个国家学习可以使学生接触不同的环境, 了解不同的风俗习惯等。由此可知本段主旨是关于文化差异。 所以答案选B。3. 【解析】选G。根据空格后Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own可知学生在国外凡事需要自己做决定。G项句意是“作为一名交换生要
20、远离家乡和父母的指导”。与下文紧密衔接, 符合语境。 4. 【解析】选D。根据上文“大多数学生回国后在个人发展方面都有明显的进步”可知此处用D项“他们更有自信, 更有决策能力”承接上文, 符合语境。5. 【解析】选C。根据上文Exchange programs or study-abroad programs are great investments以及下文内容可知此处是递进关系。C项句意: 更重要的是, 对社会的发展也是有帮助的。符合语境。 . 完形填空 Most people who travel from China to the US find that despite having
21、 studied English for years they have to “relearn” it upon arriving. Words that we learned in English classes are not 1 the same way. To truly be part of the “melting pot”, 2 in English is not enough. You need an accent to stand out. When I first came to the US for graduate school I was a 3 foreigner
22、. I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “4”. To talk like an American became one of my goals. During my first term as a teaching assistant (TA), my students complained they could not understand me. I learned later from a study that this complaint was 5 among the U
23、S students with an international TA. It is called the “Oh, no! ” syndrome: “Oh, no! Not another international TA, and not that 6 again! ” So I imitated(模仿)the way native speakers talk and, over time, I made 7 great progress that American friends started to 8 my English as having “almost no accent”.
24、I took this as a sign of my success. Ever since, people have often 9 me for someone from many 10: the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, Republic of Korea. Most frequently, people think I am from California. But then suddenly, conformity(一致)was no longer a praise: If I talk like an American, am
25、I still Chinese? If I close my Chinese accent do I also close my culture identity? Am I denying my past by being 11 into a new culture? Now I 12 that a persons accent is a permanent record of their past cultural experience and that it is a mark of ones exposure to diverse cultures. As a fourth-year
26、student in the US, I am no longer a nervous foreigner. My nervousness has been 13 by a desire to hold on to my cultural 14. Now I consciously add some Chinese “accent” when I speak. I do not wish to speak “15” English because I am proud of who I am. 【语篇导读】本文讲述了作者初到美国时追求标准的英语口语, 但是后来意识到了母语口音的特殊意义, 所以
27、作者改变初衷, 在讲英语时加入了一些母语口音, 以此表明自己的文化渊源。1. A. putB. pronouncedC. usedD. understood 【解析】选B。上下文语境题。从本段后文accent(口音)一词的使用以及下文的描述可以看出, 作者是在讨论英语发音的问题。2. A. fluencyB. senseC. qualityD. interest 【解析】选A。词义辨析题。根据You need an accent to stand out可知作者认为, 要成为the“melting pot(熔炉)”的一部分, 一口流利的英语是不够的, 你还需要借助口音(accent)使自己脱颖
28、而出。3. A. nervousB. stupidC. strangeD. curious 【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据最后一段中的“I am no longer a nervous foreigner”来看, 作者初次到美国时的感觉应是“紧张”。 4. A. valuableB. differentC. dangerousD. foolish 【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。从作者设定的目标“To talk like an American”来看, 作者试图掩饰自己与别人不一样的地方。5. A. interestingB. rareC. commonD. special 【解析】选C。词义辨析
29、题。从下文学生的抱怨“. . . Not another international TA. . . ”来看, 这种抱怨在由外籍助教教授的美国学生中是很普遍的。interesting“有趣的”; rare“罕见的”; common“普遍的”; special“特殊的”。根据语境可知答案选C。 6. A. accentB. troubleC. ChineseD. English 【解析】选A。词汇复现题。从前文可知外籍助教由于受母语口音的影响, 在上课时会被美国学生抱怨。他们不愿再听到这样的口音。7. A. so B. such C. much D. many 【解析】选B。固定搭配题。根据句中
30、的that可排除C、D两项。 such. . . that. . . 和so. . . that. . . 均可表示“如此以至于”, 但用法不同。当被修饰的词是不可数名词时, 只能用“such+adj. +不可数名词+that. . . ”结构。8. A. praiseB. encourageC. criticizeD. teach 【解析】选A。上下文语境题。结合语境“我讲的英语几乎没有了口音”, 以及下文中的praise一词可知答案。 9. A. regardedB. mistakenC. treatedD. thought 【解析】选B。固定搭配题。mistake. . . for. .
31、 . “把误认为是”。因为作者的英语口语中几乎没有了母语的口音, 所以误认为他是来自其他一些地方的人。 10. A. countriesB. citiesC. statesD. places 【解析】选D。上下文语境题。下文所列举的不仅仅是一些国家的名字, 还包括一些地区, 所以应选择D。 11. A. relatedB. joinedC. absorbedD. connected 【解析】选C。词义辨析题。句意: 我是不是通过被同化(absorb)到一种新文化中来否定自己的过去? 通过理解句意可排除其他选项。relate“与相关”; join“连接, 接合”; connect“连接”。 12
32、. A. doubt B. regret C. noticeD. realize 【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。现在作者意识到了母语口音的特殊意义。doubt“怀疑”; regret“后悔”; notice“注意到”; realize“意识到”。根据语境可确定答案选D。13. A. changedB. droppedC. replacedD. taken 【解析】选C。上下文语境题。结合前后文理解, 作者初到美国时因母语口音造成的紧张感已经消失, 取而代之的是坚持自己文化渊源的渴望。be replaced by “被取代”。 14. A. originsB. beliefs C. knowledg
33、e D. understanding 【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文作者在说英语时有意识地加入一些汉语“口音”, 可推断作者以此来体现自己的文化渊源。15. A. poorB. ChineseC. perfect D. British 【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。作者初到美国时追求的是标准的英语口语, 但后来意识到母语口音的特殊意义, 于是作者不再追求标准的英语口语了。. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Most people when visiting England will go to London. 1. fact, most people
34、dont even know much about England outside of London. However, as 2. northern girl, from a place just between Manchester and Liverpool, and a university student in Sheffield, Id say the north is well worth 3. (visit). Here are five reasons: Friendliness: Northerners will chat to you on the bus, say h
35、ello in the streets and wont think youre crazy if you smile at 4. (they) when you walk past. 5. (friend) northerners might also call you “duck” or “love” ; dont worry, they call everyone that. Gravy(肉汁): Although southerners have gravy, a delicious meaty sauce 6. goes well with everything, they dont
36、 do it 7. (proper). You havent lived until youve tried chip-shop chips swimming in gravy. Beautiful Countryside: We have the Peak District, and the Lake District. Theyre both absolutely beautiful. We also have some pretty amazing 8. (beach) too. Excellent Party Cities: We have Manchester, Liverpool,
37、 Newcastle, Sheffield. . . You cant go wrong if you want 9. (go) on a night out here. Cheap: The same night wont cost you anywhere near as much up north! For some reason, everything up North is 10. (cheap) than that in London, from food to drink to getting around. There are lots of lovely things to
38、see in the North, so if you can brave the weather being a bit colder and wetter, its well worth a trip. 【语篇概述】本文讲述了值得去英国北部旅游的几大理由。 1. 【解析】In。考查固定搭配。in fact“事实上”。句意: 事实上, 大多数人除了伦敦对英国了解不多。2. 【解析】a。考查冠词。此处表示“一名北方女孩”。3. 【解析】visiting。考查固定结构。be worth doing“值得做”。4. 【解析】them。考查代词。根据前面的介词at可知此处用代词的宾格。5. 【解析】
39、Friendly。考查形容词。 空格后的northerners是名词, 所以前面用形容词修饰。friendly“友好的”。6. 【解析】which/that。考查关系代词。设空处引导限制性定语从句, 修饰sauce, 且在从句中作主语, 故填which/that。7. 【解析】properly。考查副词。此处修饰动词do, 所以用副词形式。8. 【解析】beaches。考查名词单复数。beach是可数名词。根据前文的some可知此处用复数。9. 【解析】to go。考查动词不定式。want后接动词不定式作宾语。10. 【解析】cheaper。考查形容词比较级。根据后面的than可知此处用比较级
40、。阅读理解I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and“keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable(好客的) and friendlybut only once they had been introduced to new people. However, I have been lucky enough to
41、 spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different. I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated(斥
42、责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seatit had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestu
43、red for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome among them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would no
44、t always be so kindly treated. Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt
45、it was not polite to intrude on someone elses privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about mysel
46、f. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not. 【语篇概述】作者通过自己的旅行经历说明了不同文化中人们对于“好客”和“礼貌”的表达方式不一样。1. What do we know about the occupants of the carriage when the author was travelling in Italy? A. They all laughed at the author for his
47、mistake. B. They were all on the side of the gentleman. C. They would not bear a mistake like the authors in public. D. They all showed their understanding of the authors mistake. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文中的“but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled. . . The other occupants of the carriage smiled a
48、nd nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome among them”可知, 车厢里其他的人都对作者点头微笑, 说明他们理解作者的错误。2. The author finally believes the Italian people are_. A. cold B. rudeC. hospitableD. helpful【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段第一句的“I experienced Italian hospitality”以及本段内容可推知, 意大利人热情友好。3. According to the last paragraph, En
49、glish passengers sat in near silence because_. A. they were all strangers to each otherB. they were too tired to speakC. privacy was a valued tradition in EnglandD. everybody had their own share of privacy【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, t
50、o anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone elses privacy”可知英国乘客几乎都不和陌生人说话, 因为他们国家的传统认为干涉别人的隐私是不礼貌的。4. The purpose of the author is to tell us _. A. his travelling experienceB. cultural differences to show hospitality and politenessC. the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the USD. how to adapt ourselves to a new culture【解析】选B。主旨大意题。文章通过不同的情景对比, 告诉我们不同文化中人们对“好客”和“礼貌”的表达方式不一样。关闭Word文档返回原板块
