高中一輪復習英語北師大版第一周熱考話題集訓語言學習

第一周熱考話題集訓——語言學習閱讀理解AThesepeoplearestudyingEnglish.However,theyarenowfacingsomeproblems.IamPablo.Iwork50hoursaweekasataxidriver,soItalktopeopleallday.Theyunderstandme,butIknowImakealotofmistakes.Noonecorrectsme.Myvocabularyisstrong.Grammarismyproblem.I'mtryingtochangelittlebylittle.Forexample,Idon'tusethepasttense(時態(tài)).Ialwayssay,“Idrivehimtotheofficethismorning”insteadof“Idrovehimtotheofficethismorning”．MynameisMariaLuisa.I'mteachingmyselfEnglish,andI'mgoodatgrammar.However,it'sreallydifficulttofindwaystopracticeEnglish.Iliveinanareawhereeveryonespeaksmylanguage.MyneighborsandfriendsspeakSpanish.IcanspeakSpanishinthesupermarketandatthepostoffice.IamLiPing.IunderstandthegrammarandthereadingsinmyclassandIthinkmywritingisgood,butI'mverynervouswhenIspeakEnglish.Idon'twanttomakeanymistakesbecauseI'mafraidpeoplewillthinkthatI'mstupid.Also,mypronunciationisn'tgood.WhenIspeak,peopleoftensay,“What?Saythatagain”．IamYoshi.IhavebeenintheUnitedStatesforoneyear.I'mstudyinghardandIknowgrammarwell,butthevocabularyisverydifficult.WhenIlisten,Idon'tunderstandmanyofthewords.WhenItrytoread,therearethreeorfournewwordsineverysentence.Ifeeldiscouraged.語篇解讀：本文是一篇應用文。文章主要介紹了幾位英語學習者遇到的一些問題。1．Whomaysay,“Igotobedlatelastnight”？A．Pablo. B．MariaLuisa.C．LiPing. D．Yoshi.解析：選A推理判斷題。由第二段中的“Idon'tusethepasttense(時態(tài))”及其后的例子可知，因為這句話中的時態(tài)不對，所以有可能是Pablo所說，故選A項。2．WhatwouldbethebestadviceforMariaLuisa?A．Trytohaveawidevocabulary.B．Developagoodknowledgeofgrammar.C．ReadasmanyEnglishbooksaspossible.D．MakefriendswithEnglish-speakingpeople.解析：選D推理判斷題。由第三段內容可知MariaLuisa沒有講英語的環(huán)境，所以最好的建議應該是和講英語的人交朋友，故選D項。3．WhydopeoplefindithardtounderstandLiPing'sEnglish?A．Becauseshecan'tpronouncewordsinEnglishcorrectly.B．Becauseshespeaksataveryfastspeed.C．Becausehergrammaristerrible.D．Becausehervoiceisverylow.解析：選A細節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段中的“Also,mypronunciationisn'tgood.WhenIspeak,peopleoftensay,‘What?Saythatagain’．”可知，A項說法正確。4．WhatcanwelearnaboutYoshi?A．HewasbornintheUnitedStates.B．Hehasaverysmallvocabulary.C．HehaslearnedEnglishforyears.D．Heisverygoodatlistening.解析：選B細節(jié)理解題。由最后一段中的“thevocabularyisverydifficult.WhenIlisten...newwordsineverysentence”可知，Yoshi的英文詞匯貧乏，故選B項。BSequoyahwasborninthe1770sandgrewupintheCherokeevillageofTuskeegee,Tennessee.Hewasskilledatworkingwithsilverjewelry.OnedaySequoyahwasadvisedtoputhisnameonthesilverjewelryhemade.However,hecouldnotwritehisnamebecauseCherokeewasonlyaspokenlanguage.Sequoyahdecidedtolearnhowtowritehisname,soheaskedoneofhiscustomerstoteachhim,whoknewEnglishverywell.Fromthattimeon,SequoyahsignedhisworkinEnglish.ThenSequoyahrealizedthatawrittenlanguagewasnecessaryforhispeople.In1809,hestartedbymakingsmalldrawings,andthenheexperimentedwithcreatingaletterforeachsoundintheCherokeelanguage.First,SequoyahpickedoutallthesoundsintheCherokeelanguage.Thenhegaveeachsoundasymbol.UnlikeEnglish,however,notwosoundssharedthesamesymbol.Sequoyah'sworkwasdifficultandtookhimalotoftime.Worse,thosearoundSequoyahdidn'tunderstandwhathewasdoingwithallthosestrangesymbols.Someraiseddoubtsabouthiswork.However,Sequoyahdidn'tstopworking.In1821,Sequoyahpletedhisalphabet(字母表).Eachsymbolinthealphabetsymbolizedoneoftheeighty-fivesoundsintheCherokeelanguage.Bysayingthenameofeachsymbol,apersoncouldreadthespokenword.Sequoyahtaughtthesymbolstohissix-year-olddaughter,Ayoka.Oneday,theywenttovisittheeldersoftheCherokeeNation.SeqouyahaskedAyokatoleavewhilehewrotedownwhattheelderssaid.WhenAyokareturned,shereadoutloudwhatSequoyahhadwritten.Theelderswerestunned.Ayokawasabletorepeattheirwordswithoutbeingpresent!Sequoyah'salphabetwassoonacceptedasthewrittenlanguageoftheCherokeeNation.語篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了切羅基語文字的由來。5．Sequoyahlearnedtosignhiswork________.A．sothathewouldbeefamousB．withthehelpofoneofhiscustomersC．whenhemovedtoaCherokeevillageD．inordertosavetheCherokeelanguage解析：選B細節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的“heaskedoneofhiscustomerstoteachhim”可知，B項說法正確。6．WhatcanwelearnaboutSequoyah'salphabet?A．Itismadeupofeighty-fiveletters.B．Itusesatleasttwoletterstosymbolizeasound.C．Itwascreatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.D．ItwasthesameastheEnglishalphabetatfirst.解析：選A細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“hestarted...creatingaletterforeachsound”和第三段中的“theeighty-fivesoundsintheCherokeelanguage”可知，他發(fā)明的字母表中共有85個字母，故選A項。7．Theunderlinedword“stunned”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans“________”．A．worried B．thankfulC．regretful D．surprised解析：選D詞義猜測題。由該詞后面的“Ayokawasabletorepeattheirwordswithoutbeingpresent！”可知，那些長者感到非常驚訝，故選D項。8．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?A．TheCherokeeNation B．ApopularlanguageC．Agiftbeyondprice D．Finesilverjewelry解析：選C標題歸納題。文章主要講述了Sequoyah是如何為切羅基族人的口頭語言設計出一套實用的書寫文字，這是一份無法用價錢來衡量的禮物，故用C項作為標題最恰當。CDuringanairportdelaythemantotheleft,aKoreanperhaps,startstalkingtothemanopposite,whomightbeColombian,andsoontheyarechattingawayinwhatseemstobeEnglish.ButthenativeEnglishspeakersittingbetweenthemcannotunderstandwhattheyaresaying.TheKoreanandtheColombianareactuallyspeakingGlobish,thelatestadditiontothe6,800languagesthataresaidtobespokenacrosstheworld.Notthatitsinventor,Jean-PaulNerrière,considersitaproperlanguage.“Itisnotalanguage;itisatool，”hesays.“Alanguageisthevehicleofaculture.Globishdoesn'twanttobethatatall.”ItisameansofsimplifyingtheEnglishlanguageandgivingitrulessoitcanbeunderstoodbyall.Globishinvolvesavocabularylimitedto1,500words,shortsentences,basicgrammarrules,andmanyhandgesturestogetthepointacross.Thewordlistgoesfrom“able”to“zero”.“Nieceandnephewarenotincluded,butyoucanreplacethemwiththechildrenofmybrother，”Nerrièresays.TheseedsforGlobishcameaboutinthe1980swhenNerrièrewasworkingforIBMinPariswithcolleaguesofabout40nationalities.Atameetingwheretheyweretobeaddressed(演講)bytwoAmericanswhoseflighthadbeendelayed,theystartedtalkingintheirlow-qualityEnglish.ThentheAmericansarrivedandbeyondtheiropeningphrases,“CallmeJim，”“CallmeBill，”nooneunderstoodaword.AndJimandBill,needlesstosay,didnotunderstandtheaudience'sEnglish.“Mycolleaguesall,likeme,spokelow-qualityEnglish.Onemighthaveavocabularyof2,000words,anotherof1,200andnotthesamewords.OneofthethingsofinterestinGlobishisthatwith1,500wordsyoucanexpresseverything.Peopleallovertheworldwillspeakwiththesamelimitedvocabulary，”saysNerrière.Nerrièrebelievesthatwith182hours'learningthestudentshouldbeabletomunicateinGlobish.Itisnotaprettylanguage—fullofredundancies(多余；累贅)—butNerrièrerepeatsthatitisnothingbutatool.“ItisnotthelanguageofgreatwriterssuchasShakespeare,FaulknerorVirginiaWoolf，”heexplains.語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一種只有1500個單詞的國際輔助語——全球語。9．ThenativeEnglishspeakermentionedinthefirstparagraph________.A．knowstheColombian B．can'tspeakGlobishC．doesn'tlikechatting D．canspeakKorean解析：選B