2020-2021學(xué)年新教材譯林版英語必修第二冊(cè)課時(shí)分層作業(yè)：UNIT 1 表達(dá)作文巧升格 Word版含解析

1、課時(shí)分層作業(yè)(三).閱讀理解athere is an old saying that america and britain are “two nations divided by a common language.” no one knows exactly who said this, but it reflects the way many brits feel about american english.but are american and british english really so different?vocabularythe most obvious differ

2、ence between american and british english is vocabulary.there are hundreds of everyday words that are different.for example, americans go on vacation while brits go on holidays; new yorkers live in apartments while londoners live in flats.there are far more examples than we can talk about here.fortu

3、nately, most americans and brits can usually guess the meaning through the context of a sentence.past tense verbsyou'll also find some differences with past forms of irregular verbs.the past tense of “l(fā)earn” in american english is “l(fā)earned”british english has the option of “l(fā)earned” or “l(fā)earnt”t

4、he same rule applies to “dreamed” and “dreamt”， “burned” and “burnt”， and “l(fā)eaned” and “l(fā)eant”americans tend to use the­ed ending; brits tend to use the­t ending.spellingthere are hundreds of slight spelling differences between british and american english.noah webster, an author, politici

5、an and teacher, made an effort to reform english spelling in the late 1700s.webster wanted to spell words the way they sounded.you can see webster's legacy(遺產(chǎn)) in the american spelling of words like color (from colour), honor (from honour), and labor(from labour)not so different after allbritish

6、 and american english have far more similarities than differences.with the exception of some regional dialects, most brits and americans can understand each other without too much difficulty.they watch each other's tv shows, sing each other's songs and read each other's books.they even m

7、ake fun of each others' accents.【語篇解讀】這是一篇說明文。文章主要從三點(diǎn)介紹了英式英語和美式英語的不同之處，它們是：詞匯，過去形式，拼寫。但是盡管有不同，但這并不影響兩國(guó)人的交流。1which of the following is a group of american words?avacation; holiday.bapartment; flat.cvacation; apartment.dholiday; flat.c細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的“for example, americans go on vacation while brit

8、s go on holidays; new yorkers live in apartments while londoners live in flats.”可知，vacation和apartment都是美國(guó)人用的詞匯。故選c項(xiàng)。2the underlined word “option” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by achoicebchangecstructuredusea詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫線詞后面的“l(fā)earned” or “l(fā)earnt”可知，關(guān)于learn的過去時(shí)形式英國(guó)人可以寫learned也可以寫learnt，即他們可以在這兩種寫法中任選一個(gè)

9、，故推測(cè)畫線詞的意思是“選擇”。故選a項(xiàng)。3what do we know about british and american english from the last paragraph?athey both have some strange words.bthey are affecting people using them.cthey connect people of the two countries.dtheir differences have little effect on communication.d細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的“british and amer

10、ican english have far more similarities than differences.with the exception of some regional dialects, most brits and americans can understand each other without too much difficulty.”可知，英式英語和美式英語的相似之處遠(yuǎn)多于不同之處，除了一些方言，英國(guó)人和美國(guó)人之間的交流是沒有多大問題的。故選d項(xiàng)。4what can be the best title for the text?aways to tell brit

11、ish english from american englishbdifferences between british and american englishcdevelopment of british and american englishddifficulty for brits and americans to understand each otherb標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)文章第一段的“but are american and british english really so different？”第二段的“the most obvious difference between

12、 american and british english is vocabulary.”第三段的“you'll also find some differences with past forms of irregular verbs.”第四段的“there are hundreds of slight spelling differences between british and american english.”可知，本文主要介紹英式英語和美式英語的不同之處。故選b項(xiàng)。bif you never read the classic fscott fitzgerald's

13、 novel the great gatsby，now is your chance to catch upby watching the latest film adaptation.because if there's one sentence to sum up the film，it would be，as fox news says in its review，“it's just like the book.”director baz luhrmann's main challenge was“either to find a visual equivale

14、nt(相等物)for fitzgerald's elegant essaythe open secret of the book's staying poweror to bend the material to his own exotic(異國(guó)的)strengths，”a time magazine review says.he tries it both ways，with varying degrees of success.considered to be fitzgerald's representative work，the great gatsby ex

15、plores themes of idealism，resistance to change，social change，and excess，creating a portrait of the jazz age or the roaring twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the american dream.nick，the narrator，moves to new york for the summer to visit his cousin daisy.his next­doo

16、r neighbor is jay gatsby(leonardo dicaprio), who rarely contacts with others and is rumored to be a hero of the great war.gatsby claims to have attended oxford university, but the evidence is suspect.as nick learns more about gatsby, every detail about him seems questionable, except his love for dai

17、sy.though daisy is married, gatsby still adores her as his“golden girl”they first met when she was a young lady from a wealthy family and he was a working­class military officer.daisy promised to wait for his return from the war.however，she married tom, a classmate of nick.having obtained a gre

18、at fortune，gatsby sets out to win her back again.“all of fitzgerald's original creation finds its way into this film，even going as far as to include quite a bit of the original dialogue，”us film critic justin taroli writes in his review.“the cast is beautiful as is the script，and the scenes are

19、a visual feast，”taroli adds.dicaprio does a good and professional job as the socialite by recreating fitzgerald's description of gatsby's charm.“he can look at someone for an instant and understand how perfectly he or she wants to be seen.”david denby，a film critic for the new yorker，says in

20、 his review.the use of music is almost reason enough to see the film.“l(fā)uhrmann is at his best mixing visual and musical styles together to create something wholly original，”the fox news review says.for example，in one of the most outstanding scenes in the film，the first party scene，nick walks quickly

21、 from one party guest to another party guest trying to explain all the gossip about gatsby until he is finally introduced to the man himself，while the most stirring version of rhapsody in blue(composed by american musician george gershwin in 1924)is played in the background.【語篇解讀】本文主要介紹了baz luhrmann

22、(巴茲·魯赫曼)導(dǎo)演的電影了不起的蓋茨比，它改編自弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的同名小說。5what did baz luhrmann do to make the film a success?ahe adapted the story in the novel as he wished.bhe made the film more powerful than the book.che mixed his style with the elegance of the essay.dhe showed the elegance of the pictures in

23、 the film.c細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“to find a visual equivalent(相等物)for fitzgerald's elegant essay.or to bend the material to his own exotic(異國(guó)的)strengths”和“he tries it both ways，with varying degrees of success.”可知，他把自己的風(fēng)格和原著結(jié)合起來從而獲得了成功。故選c。6what is taroli's attitude towards the film?afavorable.bsceptic

24、al.camazed.dunconcerned.a推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段的“the cast is beautiful as is the script，and the scenes are a visual feast”可知，taroli對(duì)這部電影是支持的。故選a。7what are the characteristics of gatsby?afaithful and warm­hearted.bcharming and professional.cselfish and stubborn.dmysterious and devoted.d推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可知，對(duì)于蓋

25、茨比的一切都是令人懷疑的，除了他對(duì)daisy的愛，因此他是神秘且忠誠(chéng)的。故選d。8why does the author give the example of the first party scene in the last paragraph?aunfold the fact that nick wants to know more about gatsby.bshow the version of rhapsody in blue matches the film well.cprove that the director is good at combining visual and

26、 music.dconvince us that the first scene is perfectly shot by the director.c推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第二句中的“l(fā)uhrmann is at his best mixing visual and musical styles together”可知，導(dǎo)演擅長(zhǎng)把視覺和音樂相結(jié)合，而最后一段則是舉例子說明。故選c。.概要寫作閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。if there was one thing you could make parents understand about kids，what w

27、ould it be? that is one of the questions tfk and kidsh recently asked in an anonymous(匿名的) survey conducted online.more than 8，000 kids answered.“we just want to spend time with you.” said a 12­year­old child.“at 13，you can't treat me like i'm 6.”another kid said.an 11

28、3;year­old child wrote，“being a kid is a lot harder than it looks.” the kids who took our survey made it clear that they want to feel close to the important people in their lifetheir mum，dad and other caring adults.but their answers also show that it is not always easy to deal with these close

29、relationships.many kidstwo out of threesaid they get along pretty well or very well with their parents.about four out of five kids told us that they have fun with their parents.but that doesn't mean they never disagree.in fact，most kids reported arguing with their parents，at least sometimes.“it&

30、#39;s absolutely normal to disagree and argue，” says d'arey lyness，a child psychologist.“but it's also important to learn how to do so respectfully.” about half of the kids said they are doing that.when they disagree with their parents，they say they discuss issues calmly.but two out of five kids said arguments tend to involve yelling at each other.lyness points out that sh