1、Period OneIntroduction & Reading and Vocabulary (时间：50分钟).介副词填空1British and American English are different _ many ways.2As a tourist, you will need to use the underground in London or the subway in New York, or maybe you will prefer to get _ the town by taxi(British) or cab(American)3Prepositions, t
2、oo, can be different; compared: compare on the team, on the weekend(American) _ in the team, at the weekend (British)4The other two areas _which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.5The accent, which is most similar _ British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US.6Sin
3、ce the 1980s, with satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possible to listen to British and American English_ the flick of a switch.7But it has also led _lots of American words and structures passing into British English, so that some people now believe that British English will disappear.8Howev
4、er, if you turn _ CNN, the American TV network, you find newspapers and weather forecasters all speaking with different accentsAmerican, British, Australian and even Spanish.答案1.in2.around3.with4.in5.to6.at7.to8.on.单词拼写1The first and most o_ way is in the vocabulary.2Sometimes the same word has a sl
5、ightly different meaning, which can be c_.3The Britain use prepositions where Americans sometimes o_ them.4Many factors have influenced American pronunciation since the first _(移民)arrived four hundred years ago.5When the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw made the famous _(评论) that the British and the
6、 Americans are two nations divided by a common language, he was obviously thinking about the differences.6For more than a century communications across the Atlantic have developed _(不断地)答案1.obvious2.confusing3.omit4.settlers5.remark6.steadily.翻译与仿写1Americans use a flashlight，while for the British，it
7、s a torch.翻译 _仿写格林先生喜欢摇滚音乐，而他的妻子喜欢流行音乐。_2A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.翻译 _仿写你找到他家遇到困难了没有？_3The nonstop communication, the experts think, has made it easier for British people and Americans to understand each other.翻译 _仿写我们会使你更容易
8、些解出这道数学难题。_答案1.美国人用flashlight表示手电筒，而英国人用torch。Mr. Green is fond of rock music, while his wife is interested in pop music.2一个伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人说话比听懂纽约人说话更难。Did you have any difficulty (in) finding his house?3专家认为，这种不间断的交流使英国人和美国人相互理解起来更加容易。Well make it easier for you to work out the difficult maths pr
9、oblem. .语篇填词British and American English are different in many ways. The first and most _1_ way is in the vocabulary. Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can be _2_.There are a few differences in grammar, too. Besides, the other two areas in which the two varieties_3_ are
10、 spelling and pronunciation. American spelling seems _4_ . Many factors have _5_ American pronunciation since the first settlers arrived. The accent, which is most _6_to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US. Some experts believe that the two _7_are moving closer together. With t
11、he development of satellite TV and the Internet, it has _8_to many American words and structures _9_ into British English. The international dimension _10_ there are going to be many “Englishes”答案1.obvious2.confusing3.differ4.simpler5.influenced6.similar7.varieties8.led9.passing10.suggests.单项填空1Does
12、 it make any_whether we have a meeting today or tomorrow?Adifference Btime Cuse Dsense答案A句意：我们今天还是明天开会，重要吗？make a difference重要，起作用；make sense讲得通，言之有理。2_is obvious_ he has finished his work.AWhat; that BThat; that CIt；that DIt；what答案C句意：很明显他已做完工作。It is obvious that.很明显。it作形式主语，that从句为真正的主语。3You must
13、follow the directions exactly, and if you should become _，you must take the time to go back again and read them over.Aconfused Bto be confused Cto confuse Dconfusing答案A句意：你必须完全按照用法说明去做，如果疑惑不解，你必须花时间去重新阅读。confusing现在分词形容词，表中心词或主语的特征，主语通常为物；confused过去分词形容词，表中心词或主语的感受，主语一般为人。主语为you，故选过去分词形容词confused。4_
14、 herself with other girls, she feels she is quite lucky.AComparing BCompared CTo compare DBeing compared答案A句意：把自己和其他女孩相比，她感到自己很幸运。根据句式特点，可断定为分词作状语；herself为宾语，因此用现在分词，故选A。5Janes dress is similar in design _ her sisters.Aas Blike Cwith Dto答案D考查be similar to这个固定搭配。句意：简的衣服在设计上与她姐姐的相似。故选D。6I wondered wha
15、t difficulty he had _ the plan.Ato carry out Bcarrying out Ccarried out Dwith carrying out答案B句意：我想知道他实施这项计划到底有什么困难。what引导宾语从句，作wonder的宾语。实质上该题考查的是have difficulty(trouble)(in) doing sth。7The discovery of new evidence leads to _.Athe thief having caught Bcatching the thiefCthe thief being caught Dthe
16、thief to be caught答案C句意：新证据的发现导致了小偷被抓。lead to中to为介词，后接动名词。thief与catch之间为动宾关系。the thiefs being caught或the thief being caught是动名词的复合结构。8There is nowhere for him to use his money，_ I have no money to use.Awhy Bwhich Cwhile Dwhere答案C句意：他的钱没处花而我没钱花。题中while作并列连词，意思为“而，然而”，表示转折对比关系。9Tony and Jack are twins
17、, but they have little in_ except their appearance.Acommon Btotal Cgeneral Dparticular答案A句意：托尼和杰克是双胞胎。但他们除了外表没有共同之处。have.in common意为“有相同的特点”。10Not having a good sense of direction, I always take a map along whenever I_in the city.Aset out Bturn around Cget around Dcall up答案C句意：我没有方向感，在这个城市无论到哪里，我总是带
18、着一张地图。set out“着手干某事”；turn around“转过身来”；get around“到处旅行，四处走动”；call up“打电话；召集”。11It was not until we had stayed together for a couple of weeks that I found we had a lot _.Ain truth Bin general Cin common Din debt答案C句意：直到我们相处几周之后，我才发现我们之间有很多共同之处。have a lot in common有许多共同之处；in truth的确，事实上；in general总的说来
19、，大体上；in debt欠债。12What do you feel like，staying at home or going shopping?It _ to me.Ais not a difference Bmakes no differenceCis not different Dmakes not a difference答案B句意：你喜欢干什么，待在家里还是去购物？对我而言，都一样。make no difference没区别，都一样。13. Some studies even suggest that playing more _ brains that are _ at reaso
20、ning and learning.Arefers to；good Bturns；betterCsticks to；good Dleads to；better答案D句意：研究甚至表明，多玩耍可以形成更加善于推理和学习的大脑。句子主语为studies“研究”，谓语suggest意为“表明”，lead to通向，导致。playing more暗示第二个空格处也用比较级。14After the capsule door of the Shenzhou spacecraft opened，astronaut Liu Boming was eager to get out._，he was in exc
21、ellent condition.AObviously BAccidentallyCPurposefully DFormally答案A句意：在神舟七号太空舱门打开后，宇航员刘伯明急切地想出舱。显然，他健康状况极佳。obviously明显地，符合题意。accidentally偶然地，意外地；purposefully坚定地，果断地；formally正式地。15After checks on the quality of products，we are greatly surprised to find that _ of powdered milk have quality problems.Ak
22、ind Bvarieties Csort Dtype答案B句意：在对产品进行质量检查之后，我们十分震惊地发现许多品种的奶粉存在着质量问题。由kind，type，sort等修饰的主语，其谓语形式取决于这些词的单复数，由have可以排除kind，sort和type；varieties of各种各样的，品种繁多的。.完形填空There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world，but _1_ a few of them are very _2_.English is one of these. Many，many people use it，n
23、ot only in England or the US.A，but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a _3_ language. Many millions are _4_ to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English？Different people may have differe
24、nt _5_.Have you ever _6_ advertisements of this kind in the newspapers or magazines？“Learn English in six weeks，or your _7_ back” “Easy and funny！Our records and tapes _8_ you master English in a month and _9_ the first day your _10_ will be excellent. Just send.”Of course，it never _11_ quite like t
25、his.The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should _12_ that we all learned our own language well when we were _13_.If we could learn English in the same way，it would not seem so difficult._14_ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries_15_ what he h
26、ears. When he is using the language，he is talking in it all the time. Just imagine how much _16_that he gets.So we can say that learning English is_17_ because a good command(掌握) of English _18_ upon a lot of practice，and practice needs great effort and _19_ much time. Good teachers，records，tapes，bo
27、oks，and dictionaries will _20_，but they cannot do the students work for him.1A.not Bquite Conly Dvery答案C根据句意，强调“只有少数几个十分重要”，所以用only。2A.difficult Bimportant Cnecessary Deasy答案B说明英语是重要的，由下文就可得出结论。3A.native Bforeign Cuseful Dmother答案B句意：很难说清有多少人在把它当作外语来学。因此用foreign。4A.learning Benjoying Ctrying Dliking
28、答案C本句中的“to do so”中的do指learn，因此再选learn不恰当；try to do so“在努力地学”。5A.questions Bproblems Cideas Danswers答案D不同的人对这一问题有不同答案，因此D选项正确。6A.found Bwatched Cnoticed Dknown答案C本句是询问你是否注意到报纸和杂志上的广告了，因此用noticed。found“发现”；watched“观察”；known“知道”。7A.knowledge Btime Cmoney DEnglish答案C本句是一句广告词“6周学会英语否则退款”，因此用money。8A.make
29、 Bhelp Clet Dallow答案B本句还是广告词“我们的录音带能帮助你在一个月中掌握英语”，因此本句中用help。9A.from Bon Csince Dafter答案A“自从第一天”本句用的是将来时态，因此用from，since与完成时态连用。10A.spelling Bgrammar CEnglish Dpronunciation答案D通过录音带可以提高发音，因此用pronunciation。11A.happened Blooked Cseemed Dfelt答案Ahappen“发生”，广告中提及的一切并未像所说的一样发生。12A. know Bremember Cundersta
30、nd Dthink答案B“我们应该记得我们是孩子时”应选remember。13A.students Bchildren Cworkers Dgrownups答案B“当我们是孩子时我们学习语言都学得很好”，因此应选children。14A.Act BMind CDo DThink of答案D上文提到孩子学习语言学得很好，因此此处用think of，意为“思考一下”。act“行动，表现”；mind“介意”；do“做”。15A.talking Bthinking Ctrying Dpractising答案B“他试着考虑他所听到的”，因此用thinking。talking“交谈”；trying“尝试”
31、；practising“练习”。儿童学语言有一个思考过程，用thinking。16A.time Bmoney Clanguage Dpractice答案D“想想他进行了多少次的练习”，因为他一直用这种语言交流。17A.hard Beasy Cfunny Ddifficult答案B由下文可知学习英语只要多练习是很容易的，因此选择easy。18A.depends Btries Chas Dtakes答案A“学习英语依赖于多练习”，因此用depends。takes on“呈现”。19A.uses Btakes Cgets Dexpects答案B练习需要大量时间。花费时间用takes。20A.do Bwork Chelp Dmaster答案C本句表示“起帮助作用”，因此用help(此处为不及物动词)。work“起作用”；do“做”；master“掌握”。
