1、PeriodListeningandSpeaking语言基础巩固.单句填空1OurprogrammeensuresdailyopportunitiestopracticeEnglishwithnative_speakers.2Beingoutofworkproducesanegativeattitude_towork.3Inthiscityitisneithertoohot_nor_toocoldinautumn.4Asisknowntous,thepandaisnative_to_China.5Heused_to_sleep_(sleep) lateinthemorning.Nowhehas
2、gotusedto_getting_(get) upearly.6Afterlivingamongthe_natives_(native) fortwentyyears, thepainterforgothisownlanguage.7Weshouldpaymoreattentionto_uniting_ (unite) andworkingwiththepeoplewhodifferfromus.8Readthesenotescarefullyandkeepthemforfuture_reference_(refer).9Studythisexampleandrefer_to_theexpl
3、anationbelow.10Whatisyourattitude_towards/to_seniorhighstudentstakingupaparttimejob?.句式填空1在老师的鼓励下,他逐渐对生活有了积极的态度。Withtheteachersencouragement, hegraduallydeveloped_a_positive_attitude_towards/to_life_2我过去上班时,时常在路上碰到他。I_used_to_run_into_him_fromtimetotimeonmywaytowork.3我忘记了那次战役的日期,所以我查阅了历史书。Ihadforgot
4、tenthedateofthatbattlesoI_referred_to_a_history_book_4我迟到的原因是我被困在大雨中了。_The_reason_why_I_was_late_wasthatIwascaughtinaheavyrain.话题语篇提升.阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AIfyouthinkEnglishmeansendlessnewwords, difficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciation, youarewrong.Haventyounoticedthatyouhave
5、becomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuniversity, learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower.Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter.Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocesses(处理) information.Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmus
6、cles(肌肉).Thestudyalsofoundtheeffectisgreaterwhentheyoungerpeoplelearnasecondlanguage.AteamledbyDr.AndreaMechelli, fromUniversityCollegeLondon, tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish.Theywerecomparedwithagroupof“early bilinguals”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive, aswellasanumberoflaterlea
7、rners.Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensity (密度) inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage, thesmallerthedifferencewas.“Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructure(结构)ofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlanguage,”saidthes
8、cientists.Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn.ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWales, hasresearchedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.“Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible (灵活的),”hesaid.“You are actually going beyond language and
9、 have a better understanding of different ideas.”ThefindingshadthesameresultinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetweentheagesoftwoandthirtyfour.Reading, writing, andcomprehensionwerealltested.Theresultsshowedthattheyoungertheystartedtolearn, thebetter.“Studyingalangu
10、agemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld,”explainedthescientists.(C)1Themainideaofthispassageis_AscienceonlearningasecondlanguageBmansabilitytolearnasecondlanguageCthatlanguagelearningcanincreasethebrainpowerDlanguagelearningandmathsstudy(C)2Theunderlinedword“bilinguals”probablymeans“_”Aaresearcheronl
11、anguagelearningBasecondlanguagelearnerCapersonwhocanspeaktwolanguagesDanactivelanguagelearner(A)3Wemayknowfromthescientificfindingsthat_Atheearlieryoustarttolearnasecondlanguage, thehigherthegreymatterdensityisBthereisnodifferencebetweenalatersecondlanguagelearnerandonewhodoesntknowasecondlanguageCt
12、heexperienceoflearningasecondlanguagehasabadeffectonpeoplesbrainDtheabilitytolearnasecondlanguageischangingallthetime(B)4Inthelasttwoparagraphs, theauthorwantstotellusthat_AlearningasecondlanguageisthesameasstudyingmathsBearlylearningofasecondlanguagehelpsyouagreatdealinstudyingothersubjectsCEnglish
13、isthebestchoiceforyouasasecondlanguageDyoudbetterlearnasecondlanguageattheageof2to34答案及解析:【语篇解读】研究表明学一门外语会让你变得更聪明。这是真的吗?为什么呢?本文给出了答案。1C主旨大意题。本文为我们讲述了学习一门外语会增强我们大脑的能力,而且越早越好。故选C。2C词义猜测题。根据第三段该画线词后的whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive可知,这个词指的是会说两种语言的人。故选C。3A细节理解题。根据第三段内容Theywerecomparedwithag
14、roupof“early bilinguals”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive, aswellasanumberoflaterlearners.Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensity(密度) inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage, thesmallerthedifferencewas.可知,研究表明会说两种语言
15、的人大脑的灰质密度比不会说外语的人的密度大,但是学外语越晚,这种差距越小。所以学外语越早,大脑的灰质密度越大。故选A。4B推理判断题。根据最后两段内容可知,学习外语可以让我们的大脑更灵活,对各种不同的观点会有更好的理解力。所以学习外语对学习别的科目也有好处。故选B。BHowdoyourefertothosepeople, things, andexperiencesthatarewonderful?Aretheycool? Perhapstheyrerad.Inthe1980s, youmighthavecalledthembad.Whatdoalltheseinterestingwordsh
16、aveincommon?Theyreallslang(俚语) words.Theword“slang”hasaninterestingbeginning.ItbeganasawordinnorthernEnglandthatwasusedtorefertothelandunderthecontrolofacountry.Overtime, itwasusedtorefertothepeoplewhowouldadvertiseandsellgoodsinspecialplaces.Eventually, slangbecamethetermusedtodescribethecolorful,
17、informalspeechthatthesesalesmenusedtoadvertisetheirgoods.Languagedevelopscontinuouslyovertime.Newwordsandnewmeaningsofoldwordscomeoutaspeopletrytoexpressthemselvesinnew, creativeways, bothinspeakingandwriting.Slangallowspeopletobefunny, clever, different, friendly, orevensecretive.Overrecentyears, m
18、anyslangwordshavecomefromthreesources: popularmusic, politics(政治), andtheInternet.Popularmusic, especiallyrapandhiphop, hasledtomanyslangwordsassingerscomeupwithincreasinglycreativewaystoexpressthemselves.Forbetterorworse, somewordshavetakenonnewmeanings.Perhapsthebiggestsourceofslangwords, however,
19、 istheInternet.Intodaysworld, thatfactshouldsurprisenoone.Whetheritsthechangingnatureoftechnologyitselforaquicklychangingtrend(趋势), theInternetprovidesideasfornewslangwordsmorethananythingelsedoes.Italsohelpsthosewordstobeintroducedintoourmindsandchangeourlanguagemorerapidlythaneverbefore.Thankstoth
20、epopularityoftheInternetandespeciallysocialmedia, anewslangwordcanappearandbeknownworldwideinamatterofweeks, ifnotdays, ratherthanmonthsoryearsasinthepast.(C)5WhatdoweknowaboutthewordsmentionedinParagraph1?ATheyareallverycommon.BTheyarealldifferentdialects.CTheyallhavethesamemeaning.DTheyallrefertoi
21、nterestingthings.(D)6WhatdoweknowaboutslangwordsaccordingtoParagraph3?ATheyoffernewideastosingers.BTheycanshowuserscreativity.CTheyareusedmoreinspeakingthaninwriting.DTheygivepeoplenewwaystoexpressthemselves.(A)7HowistheinfluenceoftheInternetonslangwords?AItisfastandwide.BItisharmful.CItislonglastin
22、g.DItisindirect.(B)8Whatsthebesttitleforthetext?AThePowerofLanguageBWhereDoSlangWordsComeFrom?CHowCanWeCorrectlyUseSlangWords?DTheInfluenceoftheInternetonSlangWords答案及解析:【语篇解读】英语中有很多俚语,它们生动有趣,富有创造性。现代俚语一般有三个来源:流行音乐、政治及互联网。5C细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知,这几个单词都可以用来形容很棒的人、事或经历等。它们都是俚语,都有着共同的含义。6D细节理解题。根据第三段中的Newwor
23、dsandnewmeaningsofoldwordscomeoutaspeopletrytoexpressthemselvesinnew, creativeways可知,人们努力用新的、创造性的方式来表达自己时,新词或旧词新意就出现了。所以,俚语可以让人们用新的方式表达自己。7A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,作者认为互联网能够使俚语迅速传播。相比起过去的几年或几个月的时间,它能够使一个新的俚语在几天内在全世界范围内迅速传播。8B标题归纳题。文章主要讲述了俚语的来源。.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。Simplewaystoimprovey
24、ourwrittenEnglishManypeoplethinkitisreallydifficulttoimprovetheirwritinginEnglish.Dontworry, though.HerearesomesimplestepsthatyoucantaketoimproveyourwrittenEnglish.Increaseyourvocabulary.Toexpressyourselfclearly, youneedagoodactivevocabulary.Thatsnotjustbeingabletoknowlotsofwordsitmeansactuallybeing
25、abletousethemcorrectly.1_G_Tip: Whenyoulearnanewword, trytolearnalltheformsofthatword.2_B_Peopleoftensaythatwelearntowritebestbyreading.ReadinginEnglishisusefulinmanyways.Itisagreatwaytogetanideaofthedifferentstylesofwritingandseehowtousewordsproperly.Tip: 3_E_Learningshouldntbeboring.Readeachtextse
26、veraltimestomakesureyouunderstandhowtousenewwordsandexpressionsinthetext.Improveyourgrammar.Grammarisveryimportantbecauseitimprovesthequality(质量) ofyourwriting.Tip: 4_C_Thefirsttime, lookforgeneralmistakesandthesecondtimelookformistakeswiththegrammarpointsyouarestudyingatthemoment.Justdoit!Thebestwa
27、ytoimproveyourwritingistogetapenandapieceofpaperandwrite.Bepreparedtowriteseveralversions (版本) ofeachtext.5_D_AKnowyourreaders.BReadwidelyandoften.CAlwayscheckyourwritingtwice.DRemember, “Practicemakesperfect!”EChoosebooksorarticlesthatinterestyou.FUsesimplerlanguageandshortersentencestoshowyouridea
28、s.GDothisbylearningnewwordswithexamplesentences, notjustwordlists.答案及解析:【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章介绍了几种提高英语写作的方法。1G选项中的“this”指的是该空前的“it means actually being able to use them correctly”。本段是说增加词汇量并不仅仅是知道很多单词,而是要懂其用法。2B由下文的“get an idea of the different styles of writing and see how to use words properly”可知,本段讲阅读对
29、写作的帮助。故选B项。3E由上文的“learn to write best by reading”和该空后的“Learning shouldnt be boring”可知,阅读有助于写作,但要选择那些让你感兴趣的书籍或文章。故选E项。4CC项中的“check your writing twice”与该空后的“Thefirsttimegeneralmistakes”和“thesecondtimemistakeswiththegrammarpoints”相呼应。5D由本段小标题“Justdoit!”和下文中的“get a pen and a piece of paper and write. Be prepared to write several versions of each text”可知,想要提高写作就要多动笔写,俗话说得好,熟能生巧。