-Unit 5 starting out and understanding ideas 外研版（2019）選擇性必修第四冊

外研版（2019）選修四unit5startingoutandunderstandingideas學校：___________姓名：___________班級：___________考號：___________

一、單詞拼寫1.Asimilar_____(特點)isfoundat13degreesnorthbetween230degreesand250degreeslongitude.2.The_____(冊)publishedlastmonthconsistsof60shortpoemsand20longpoems.3.Itisgenerallyagreedthattheeconomiccrisisledtothe________(衰?。﹐fthecountry.4.Thebookthatheboughtyesterdayexplorestherelationshipbetweenreligionand________(文明).5.Astronautswillmakean_____(嘗試)todaytorescueacommunicationssatellitefromitsuselessorbit.二、翻譯題6.無論付出什么代價,這座古建筑必須要保留。(whatever)_____,theancientbuildingmustbepreserved.7.如果您能抽出時間看一下隨信附上的材料,我將不勝感激。(過去分詞作定語)Iwouldbeappreciateifyoucouldsparesometimetoseethematerial_____.8.《我和我的家鄉(xiāng)》是一部非常有趣的電影,我們都so…that...)MyPeople,MyHomelandis_____.9._____(隨著科學技術(shù)的快速發(fā)展),themysteryoftheBurmudaTrianglewillbesolvedoneday.10._____(關(guān)于這個現(xiàn)象人們有許多的猜想),buttheyarenotbasedontheoriesorfacts.三、閱讀理解

Canadaisabilingual(雙語的)countrywith"co-official"languages.EnglishandFrenchenjoyequalstatusastheofficiallanguagesofallgovernmentagenciesinCanada.ThismeansthatthepublichastherighttocommunicateandreceiveservicesfromthegovernmentineitherEnglishorFrench.Governmentemployeeshavetherighttoworkintheofficiallanguageoftheirchoiceincertainbilingualregions.

LiketheUnitedStates,Canadastartedasacolony.Beginninginthe1500sitwaspartofNewFrancebutlaterbecameaBritishcolonyaftertheSevenYears'War.Asaresult,theCanadiangovernmentrecognizedthelanguagesofbothcolonizers:FranceandEngland.TheConstitutionActof1867admittedtheuseofbothlanguagesinfederalcourts.Yearslater,CanadastrengtheneditscommitmenttobilingualismwhenitpassedtheOfficialLanguagesActof1969,whichreconfirmedtheconstitutionaloriginsofitsco-officiallanguages.

RecognitionofbothEnglishandFrenchprotectstherightsofallCanadians.Amongotherbenefits,the1969ActrecognizedtheCanadiancitizensshouldbeabletoaccessfederallawsandgovernmentdocuments,whethertheirnativelanguagewasFrenchorEnglish.Thegenerallawalsorequiresthatconsumerproductsfeaturebilingualpackagingthroughoutthecountry.

TheCanadiangovernmentiscommittedtoadvancingtheequalityandtheuseofEnglishandFrenchandprovidessupporttothedevelopmentofEnglishandFrenchminoritycommunities.Althoughthefederalgovernmenttheoreticallyguaranteesbilingualservicesinallareas,therearemanyregionswhereEnglishistheclearmajoritylanguagesothegovernmentdoesnotofferservicesinFrenchinthoseregions.Canadiansusethephrase

"wherenumbersjustify"toindicatewhetheralocalpopulation'slanguagerequiresbilingualservicesfromthegovernment.

WhilemanyCanadiansarebilingualinEnglishandFrench,StatisticsCanadafindsthatover200otherlanguageswerereportedasalanguagespokenbyitspeople.Abouttwo-thirdsoftherespondentswhospokeoneoftheselanguagesalsospokeeitherEnglishorFrench.

1.WhyaretwoofficiallanguagesacceptedinCanada?

A.Thelanguage-usingtraditioncausedbycolonialhistory.

B.Thecommitmentmadebyfederalcourtsinthepast.

C.Thewelcomeattitudetowardspeoplefromallovertheworld.

D.Thecommandoftwolanguagesbecauseofschooleducation.

2.WliatisthecurrentsituationofofficiallanguagesinCanada?

A.PeoplespeakingEnglisharesuperiorbecauseoftheiraccesstofederallaws.

B.ThefederalgovernmenthastoprovidebilingualservicesforallcitizensinCanada.

C.FrenchminoritycommunitiesaregivenmoresupportthanEnglishminoritycommunities.

D.TheCanadiangovernmentoffersservicesaccordingtothelocalpopulation'slanguage.

3.Whichisthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.TheOfficialLanguagesinCanada

B.Canada,aMulti-languageLand

C.LawsDecidetheLanguageUsedbyPeople

D.TheFederalGovernmentProvidesSupportforCommunities四、完形填空

IthasbeenseveraldecadessincetheUFOracedacrosstheUSandcrashednearKecksburg.Atthebeginning,takenfornothingmorethanameteor(流星)impact,thefamouseventlater

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thenicknameof"Pennsylvania'sRoswell"afterthemilitarywassaidtoattempttocoveritup.

TheincidentbeganonDecember9,1965whenthousandsofpeopleacrossseveralstates

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astrangefireballwhichdropped"hotmetalpieces"asit

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throughthesky.

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thesightingsbeingfairlywidespread,itwasthesmalltownofKecksburginPennsylvaniathatwouldbecomemostclosely

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withtheincident.

Itstartedwhenayounglocalboyclaimedthathehadseenanobjectlandinginnearby

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andhismotherlater

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ittotheauthorities(當局)whenshesawstrangebluethinlinesoffirerisingfromthetrees.

Severallocalsincludingmembersofthefiredepartmentwentouttolookintothesceneand

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anoddacorn(橡實)-shapedobjectthesizeofasmallcarwith

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writingonitssurface.

Withinashortspaceoftimetherewerereportsofaseriousmilitary

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atthecrashsitewitharmyofficials

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ordinarypeopleawayfromthescenewhiletheobjectwasbeingloadedintoatruck.

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whatcrashedinKecksburgthatday54yearsagocontinuestoremainthesubjectofmuchcontroversy(爭議)and

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SomepeoplebelievethatitmighthavebeenacrashedSovietsatelliteortheremainsofsomeexperimentaltestflightthatwenthorriblywrong.

Thereare

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thosewhobelievethattheobjectwasevidenceofalienvisits.

Whateverthe

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,theKecksburgmysteryislikelytolastformanymoreyearstocome.

1.A.caused

B.promised

C.earned

D.led

2.A.caught

B.observed

C.picked

D.avoided

3.A.burned

B.struggled

C.rushed

D.moved

4.A.Despite

B.Through

C.Beyond

D.Across

5.A.shared

B.crowded

C.connected

D.concerned

6.A.areas

B.fields

C.caves

D.woods

7.A.wrote

B.reported

C.showed

D.recalled

8.A.cameacross

B.cameafter

C.camealongwith

D.cameupwith

9.A.familiar

B.common

C.strange

D.meaningful

10.A.training

B.exploration

C.absence

D.presence

11.A.begging

B.forbidding

C.ordering

D.allowing

12.A.Exactly

B.Naturally

C.Possibly

D.Especially

13.A.value

B.debate

C.attraction

D.trouble

14.A.even

B.seldom

C.almost

D.still

15.A.case

B.purpose

C.design

D.appearance

參考答案一單詞拼寫1.答案：feature2.答案：volume3.答案：downfall4.答案：civilisation5.答案：attempt二翻譯題6.答案：Whateverthecost(is)

解析：此處應(yīng)用Whatever引導讓步狀語從句,句中的is可以省略。7.答案：attachedtotheletter

解析：此處作定語修飾thematerial,且thematerial和attached是邏輯上的動賓關(guān)系,故應(yīng)用過去分詞作定語。8.答案：sointerestingafilmthatweallenjoyseeingit

解析：so...that..."如此……以至于……",引導結(jié)果狀語從句。so后接形容詞或副詞。注意:"such...that...”結(jié)構(gòu)中such后接名詞,此處sointerestingafilm相當于suchaninterestingfilm。9.答案：Withtherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology

解析：10.答案：Therearemanyguessesaboutthisphenomenon

解析：三閱讀理解答案：1-3ADA解析：1.根據(jù)第二段第三句"Asaresult,theCanadiangovernmentrecognizedthelanguagesofbothcolonizers:FranceandEngland"可知,加拿大接受兩種官方語言的原因是加拿大的殖民歷史,由此形成了語言使用傳統(tǒng),故選A。

2.根據(jù)第四段中的"Althoughthefederalgovernment…servicesfromthegovernment"可知,加拿大政府對于英語占主導地位的地方不提供法語服務(wù),即加拿大政府根據(jù)當?shù)厝说恼Z言來決定提供哪種服務(wù),故選D。

3.文是一篇說明文,主要介紹了加拿大的兩種官方語言、形成這兩種官方語言的歷史原因以及官方語言在加拿大的使用現(xiàn)狀,故本文主