1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 2 课时跟踪检测(一)Warming Up & Reading Pre-reading阅读理解ASome English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same “port”， which come from the Latin word,
2、meaning “to carry” or “to move” from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes.“Import” means “to carry in” or “to bring into a country”， “export”， “ex” means “out of”， so this word means “to carry out of the country”， “re” means “b
3、ack”， so the “report” means “to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody”， “transport”， “trans” means “across” and it means “to carry across one place to another”Lets look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are no
4、uns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on.语篇解读：本文介绍了英语构词法的有关知识。1By adding a prefix or a
5、 suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _.Athe meaning of a Latin wordBa different meaningCthe meaning of “in” or “out of”Da lot of meanings解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段的“And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes.”可推知，词根加上不同的前、后缀，可得到不同的意义。A和C的说法太片面。2We can get
6、 a noun _. Ajust by adding “er” to verbsBby changing a prefixConly by adding “er” to a rootDby adding a suffix to a verb解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段的“You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb.”可知，在动词后加上一个后缀，就变成了
7、名词。3According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be _.Aa man having good manners and educationBa person who should be educatedCsomebody having bad mannersDa person punished by somebody else解析：选A推理判断题。文中说在动词后加上一个后缀，就变成了名词。refine是动词，本意为“净化，精炼，纯净”，加上后缀ment
8、后变成了名词，故A最佳。BEnglish is not pronounced as it is written: vowels (元音) and consonants (辅音) can often be pronounced in different ways, and there are no accents to help you with stress. For this reason, most students see pronunciation as one of the most difficult things of the language, and they expect
9、their teacher to help them with it. Before a student can pronounce well, they must be able to pronounce each sound more or less correctly.Incorrect pronunciation is one of the main reasons for breakdown in communication.The more help students are given with their pronunciation, the more confident th
10、ey feel when they speak and the more likely they are to have a go at speaking.There is no point in teaching students new words or phrases if they cant pronounce them correctly.Although there are many irregularities, there are also rules which can help students to pronounce better. About 70% of words
11、 in English follow a regular pronunciation style.If students are taught to recognize phonemic scripts(音标注音), they will be able to check pronunciation of new or unusual words in their dictionary.Certain English sounds may not exist in their language at all or may be similar but different. Students ma
12、y tend to pronounce letters or a group of letters in the same way as in their own language.Teaching the 44 sounds of English altogether makes students realize that the number of sounds isnt limitless.Students can be taught to see the relationship between a single letter and a sound, and how certain
13、groups of letters produce certain sounds.REMEMBEREncourage your students with their pronunciation.语篇解读：本文主要讲述了英语发音的重要性，并提出了如何让学生学好发音的几条建议。4If you pronounce a word incorrectly, people will _.Anot get along well with you Bnot be able to understand youCteach you the correct pronunciation Dencourage you
14、 to pronounce correctly解析：选B推理判断题。根据文章第二段的“Incorrect pronunciation is one of the main reasons for breakdown in communication.”可知，错误的发音会影响交流。由此可推知，如果你发音不正确，对方将不能理解你的意思。5The author probably disagrees that _.Apronunciation is one of the most difficult things of the languageBthere are pronunciation rule
15、s for most of the English wordsCstudents should learn new words before pronouncing them correctlyDteachers should help and encourage students with their pronunciation解析：选C细节理解题。根据第四段可知，如果学生不能正确地读出新单词的发音，那么老师教他们这些新单词也是没有意义的，故答案为C项。6What does this passage mainly talk about?AThe development of English.
16、BThe most difficult thing of English.CThe English teachers correct attitude.DThe importance of teaching English sounds.解析：选D主旨大意题。本文主要讲了正确的英语发音的重要性，并提出了如何让学生学好发音的几点建议，故D项为最佳选项。CWe all know what a brain is.A doctor will tell you that the brain is an organ (器官) of the body in the head.It controls our
17、bodys functions, movements and thoughts.But a brain can mean so much more.A brain can also simply be a smart person.If a person is called brainy, he is smart and intelligent.If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, “Hes the brains in the family.”And if you are the
18、 brains behind an organization, you have the duty to develop and organize it.Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice.Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when FranklinDRoosevelt first ran for president in 1932.Several professors gave him advice on social and political i
19、ssues facing the US.These professors were called his “brain trust”These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense.But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand.For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”To drain means to remove somet
20、hing by letting it flow away.So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears.But a brain drain is when a countrys most educated people leave their country to live in another.However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstorm it.Here, brain
21、storming is not an act of weather.It is a process of thinking creatively (创造性地) about a topic.For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clea
22、n.To brainwash means to make someone accept new beliefs by using repeated pressure (压力) in a forceful or tricky way.Keep in mind that the word “brainwash” is never used in a good way.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了brain这个单词以及与该词有关的一些表达。7If youre the CEO of Baidu, you can be called _.ABaidus brain trust Bthe organ of B
23、aiduCthe brains behind Baidu Dthe brain drain of Baidu解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，“the brains behind an organization”的意思是“组织的策划者”。同理，百度的总裁可被称为“the brains behind Baidu”。8Why did Roosevelt successfully become president of the US?AHe got his brain trust. BHe controlled the brain drain.CHe was good at giving
24、 advice. DHe was the brain trust of Americans.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段第二至四句可知，Roosevelt能当选总统得益于他拥有一个强大的“智囊团(brain trust)”。9Which of the following expressions is always used in an impolite way?ABrainstorm.BBrain trust.CBrainwash. DBrain drain.解析：选C细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，brainwash一词是贬义词，总是被用到贬义语境中。10What does the text mainly tell us?AThe origin of the word “brain”BThe word “brain” and its stories.CThe brain is an important organ of the body.DWe should use our brain smartly and intelligently.解析：选B主旨大意题。总结全文内容可知，本文主要介绍了brain这个单词以及与该词有关的一些表达。B项概括得最全面。- 5 - 版权所有高考资源网