1、课时作业.阅读理解AIn New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New Yorks Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing duallanguage programmes, in which s
2、tudents are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Maths, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the culture of the other country.Milady Baez, Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Stud
3、ent Support, says these duallanguage programmes will help children succeed in the future. “The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be travelling abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open door
4、s for them.”Middleschoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin. “It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese, learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand m
5、ore about the task Im learning.”Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the RussianEnglish programme keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy. “Theyre really happy about the programme. They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and m
6、y language, and that I can speak it fluently in school.”The New York schools also offer duallanguage programmes in seven other languages: Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Spanish. There are plans to add even more languages in the future. While these duallanguage programmes
7、are popular, some organisations in the US say teaching English comes first. US studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later.篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。纽约市为公立学校的学生启动双语言项目,帮助孩子们更好地学习,他们不仅学语言,还学习另一国家的历史文化。1Duallanguage programmes in New York aim to _.Ahelp the students learn bett
8、erBrid the students of homesicknessCattract more international studentsDprevent the students from forgetting their culture答案:A细节理解题。由第一段第三句中的“New Yorks Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing duallanguage programmes .”可知,双语言项目旨在帮助孩子们更好地学习。2Who may not quite agre
9、e with duallanguage programmes?AMilady Baez.BKequing Jaing.CAnastasia Hudikovas parents.DSome organisations in the US.答案:D细节理解题。由最后一段倒数第一、二句“While these duallanguage programmes are popular, some organisations in the US say teaching English comes first. US studies show that children who learn English
10、 early will be more successful later.”可知,一些美国的组织也许会反对这个双语计划,因为他们觉得英语更加重要。3The author writes the passage in order to _.Aencourage us to learn more languagesBintroduce duallanguage programmes in New York schoolsCadvertise the duallanguage programmesDinspire more students to study in New York答案:B主旨大意题。
11、文章主要介绍了纽约的公立学校帮助孩子们更好地学习的双语言项目。B(2020广西南宁三中高三考试)Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez, chief of American Girl Scouts, are leading a campaign to discourage the use of the word “bossy”. Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls?The campaign claims that terms
12、like “bossy” are improperly applied to females, preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future “leaders”. From its first application, the word has been definitely connected more with women than with men. It first appeared in 1882, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, mentioning “a la
13、dy manager who was extremely bossy”. As late as 2008, the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males, claim the Ban Bossy campaigners. “To me, the reference is always in association with women,” says Helen Trim, director of Fresh Minds. “I have three brothers and my famil
14、y still call me bossy today.” Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way, says Trim, but nobody would ever call him so. Some educators recommend that the word should be reclaimed, rather than banned.“But the thing with bossy is that theres an infantile (幼稚的) eleme
15、nt to it”, says Sara Mills, professor at Sheffield University. You think of “bossy” as being like a little kid whos claiming more than he has the right to claim. Its not just “bossy” under_fire. “Pushy” is another target. The implication is that women shouldnt present themselves as powerful and conf
16、ident, Mills suggests, which some women are willing to listen to and accept. Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled “bossy”. And she rarely, if ever, hears the word used within her company. But she says that the damage may be done muc
17、h earlier in a womans life. “It does come about from those early teenage years.” she says. “I think its impossible to ban a word, but if people are replacing it with words like confidence or assertiveness, we would all be in a much better place.”篇章导读:本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了脸书的首席运营官等人发起一项阻止人们使用bossy一词的运动。4Mo
18、re evidence is provided to show “bossy” is more applied to females by _.Athe Oxford English DictionaryBthe Ban Bossy campaignersCHelen Trim at Fresh MindsDsome experts in education答案:B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“As late as 2008, the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males, claim the
19、 Ban Bossy campaigners.”可知,Ban Bossy运动的领导人提供更多的证明。故选B。5Trims family still consider her bossy because _.Ashe is expected to lead in her familyBshe is the boss of her companyCshe is a powerful and confident femaleDher father considers her that way答案:C推理判断题。根据第二段以及最后一段中的“The implication is that women s
20、houldnt present themselves as powerful and confident”可知,人们认为女性不应该具有影响力和自信,如果有影响力并且自信,就会被认为是bossy。故选C。6The underlined part “under fire” most probably means_.Adefinitely replaced Bstrongly criticizedCimproperly applied Deagerly expected答案:B词义猜测题。根据下文可知,pushy是另一个被用来批评女性的词,所以不仅仅是bossy被强烈批评。故选B。7How does
21、 the author sound when referring to the campaign against “bossy”?AObjective. BAngry.CDoubtful. DOptimistic.答案:A推理判断题。根据文章最后“I think its impossible to ban a word, but if people are replacing it with words like confidence or assertiveness, we would all be in a much better place.”可知,作者对待这件事情的态度是客观的。故选A
22、。.七选五(2020广西柳州市高三上学期摸底考试)There are so many words in English that learning all of them can seem difficult. To make things even more challenging, certain sounds are pronounced differently. _1_Learn the vowel (元音) sounds. In English, there are five main vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u. _2_ Each vowel lett
23、er has both a short sound (such as the a in “bat”) or a long sound (such as the a in “play”). Learn and practice these different vowel sounds to help teach you how to pronounce certain words and to improve your English pronunciation. _3_One of the most effective ways to learn a language is to listen
24、 to someone speaking it. Once you are familiar with how a language sounds, you will be able to start picking up on more sounds, words and phrases. Record yourself. _4_ To solve this problem and really see how you sound, try recording yourself. Use a smart phone or tape recorder to play back how you
25、sound when you are speaking English. Get a spoken English tutor. To truly understand if you are saying and pronouncing things the right way, find someone who can practice with you and act as a spoken English tutor. _5_ABreak down words. BListen to an English speaker. CSometimes the letter “y” can ma
26、ke a vowel sound, too. DHow do you know if you are saying things correctly?EHe or she will be able to correct you and teach you how to pronounce better. FThankfully, there are tips that you can learn to make things a little easier. GCompare your English comprehension to someone else to see if you ar
27、e doing it correctly. 篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了几个可以提高英语发音准确性的方法。 1F根据设空处前一句“To make things even more challenging, certain sounds are pronounced differently.”(更具挑战性的是,某些声音的发音会有所不同。)以及下面给出的几条措施,可知F项“值得庆幸的是,有一些小窍门可以让事情变得简单一些。”承上启下,故选F。2C根据设空前一句“In English, there are five main vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u”(在英
28、语中,有五个主要的元音字母:a,e,i,o,u)可知本段主要介绍元音字母发音,所以C项Sometimes the letter “y” can make a vowel sound, too.“有时字母y也能发出元音。”承接上文,故选C。3B根据本段第一句可知,学习一门语言最有效的方法之一就是听别人说,并结合选项判断只有B项Listen to an English speaker.“听讲英语的人说话。”符合标题形式及文意,故选B。4D根据设空后一句“To solve this problem and really see how you sound, try recording yoursel
29、f.”(要解决这个问题并真正了解你的发音,尝试给自己录音。)可知D项How do you know if you are saying things correctly?“你怎么知道你说得对不对?”符合一问一答形式,故选D。5E根据设空处前文可知,为了真正地了解你说的是否正确,找一个能和你一起练习的人做英语口语导师,下文就应讲述这样做的好处,故E项“他或她将能够纠正你并教你如何发音更好。”承接上文,故选E。.语法填空(2020河南省焦作市高三定位考试)English perfectly shows the “network effects” of a global tongue: the mo
30、re people use it, the more useful it is. Parents expect their children _1_ (master) English, which is encouraging the _2_ (grow) of private schooling. Education authorities are switching to English medium, in part to control the outflow (外流) of children into the private sector.Teaching children in E
31、nglish is fine if that is _3_ they speak at home and their parents are fluent _4_ it. But that is not _5_ case in most public and lowcost private schools. Children are taught in a language they dont understand by teachers _6_ English is poor. The children learn neither English nor anything else.Rese
32、arch shows that children learn _7_ (much) when they are taught in their mother tongue than they do when they are taught in any other language. In a study of children in 12 schools in Cameroon last month, those taught in Kom _8_ (do) better than those taught in English in all subjects.English should
33、be an important subject at school, but not _9_ (necessary)the language of instruction. Rather than switching to Englishmedium teaching, governments fearful of _10_ (lose) custom (光顾) to the private sector should look at the many possible ways of improving public schools.1_2._3._4._5_6._7._8._9_10._篇
34、章导读:本文是一篇议论文。文章阐述了儿童教学宜采用母语,而非英语。1to master考查非谓语动词。expect sb. to do sth. “期望某人做某事”为固定短语。故填to master。2growth考查名词。the名词of . 此处意为“私立学校的增长”。故填growth。3what考查表语从句的连接词。分析句子结构可知,is后接表语从句。在表语从句中,what作speak的宾语。故填what。4in考查介词。be fluent in “在方面流利”为固定短语。故填in。5the考查冠词。that is not the case “情况不是这样”为固定短语。故填the。6who
35、se考查定语从句的引导词。分析句子结构可知,teachers 为先行词,引导词在后面的定语从句中作定语,所以关系代词为whose。故填whose。7more考查形容词比较级。由“than”可知,空处应填much的比较级more。故填more。8did考查动词时态。由“last month”可知,本句为一般过去时。所以空处填did。9necessarily考查副词。necessarily为副词修饰整个句子。故填necessarily。10losing考查非谓语动词。of为介词,后接动名词作宾语。故填losing。.书面表达(2017全国卷)假定你是李华,正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请
36、你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括:1时间和地点;2内容:学习唐诗;3课前准备:简要了解唐朝的历史。注意:1.词数100左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。精彩范文Dear Leslie,I am Li Hua. How is everything getting along with you? Im writing to tell you something in details.To start with, what I intend to stress is that we are about to start our next lesson in Classroom 8 of
37、the Teaching Building at 10 am next Friday. Whats more, in order to have much knowledge of Chinese culture, it is of importance for you to be aware of the content, Tang Poetry.There is no doubt that you are supposed to know about the history of Tang Dynasty in advance, which will make the class go smoothly.Id appreciate it if you could reply to my letter at your earliest convenience.Yours,Li Hua