課時作業(二)　[必修1　Unit 2 English around the world]

　　[限時：30分鐘]

　?、?多項選擇

　　1．The book which________at the end of last year turned out to be a great success in Shanghai.

　　A．came about

　　B．came up

　　C．came out

　　D．came around

　　2．The open-air celebration has been put off ________ the bad weather.

　　A．in case of

　　B．in spite of

　　C．instead of

　　D．because of

　　3．Many newspapers claim to be politically neutral, but few________ are.

　　A．seriously

　　B．actually

　　C．immediately

　　D．anxiously

　　4．He________a good knowledge of Chinese history.You can ask him about the ancient china.

　　A．conducts

　　B．controls

　　C．contains

　　D．commands

　　5．The Chinese ________ for crisis consists of two words—Wei Ji, the former meaning danger and the latter referring to opportunities.

　　A．expression

　　B．impression

　　C．explanation

　　D．information

　　6．I haven't seen Sara since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond________.

　　A．hearing

　　B．strength

　　C．recognition

　　D．measure

　　7．Don't respond to any e-mails ________personal information，no matter how official they look.

　　A．searching

　　B．acquiring

　　C．requesting

　　D．questioning

　　8．After long and hard work，the police at last discovered the________of the baby found by the side of a road.

　　A．dialect

　　B．identity

　　C．situation

　　D．condition

　　9．I didn't________ my primary school classmate Jane until I listened to her self-introduction.

　　A．know

　　B．recognize

　　C．find

　　D．realize

　　10．It is said that sandstorms will become more ________ as a result of global warming.

　　A．frequent

　　B．normal

　　C．formal

　　D．rare

　?、?閱讀理解

　　A

　　People around the world watched Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton get married. The royal wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet. It also produced more than two million tweets on Twitter.

　　The ceremony took place on Friday at Westminster Abbey in London.

　　Kate wore a flowing white gown designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen. William wore a red army uniform.

　　It was Britain's biggest wedding since William and Harry's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, were married in nineteen eighty-one.

　　Nearly two thousand guests filled the church on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets and parks of London to watch the wedding on video screens.

　　Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John.

　　Bahrain's crown prince(皇儲)was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest in his country. Britain took back an invitation to the ambassador from Syria over violence against protesters there.

　　After the ceremony, the royal couple traveled to Buckingham Palace. Crowds cheered when the newlyweds appeared on a balcony, greeting to them.

　　Later, William drove his wife out of Buckingham Palace in an open-top Aston Martin car. William and the newest member of the royal family will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

　　Kate is twenty-nine years old. William will be twenty-nine in June. His grandmother is Queen Elizabeth. His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second in line. Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line. There was a big celebration at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. That was where William and Kate first met as art history students in two thousand one.

　　11．Which of the following is NOT true about Prince William?

　　A．He has been in love with Kate for over ten years.

　　B．He wore a red army uniform in the ceremony.

　　C．As a prince, he is first in line to become king.

　　D．He once majored in art history.

　　12．Which of the following was absent from the wedding?

　　A．The Beckhams.

　　B．Elton John.

　　C．The king of Norway.

　　D．The crown prince of Bahrain.

　　13．Why can't Kate become queen despite her marriage to the prince?

　　A．Because she has no royal blood.

　　B．Because she gave up this right.

　　C．Because his husband is not first in line to become king.

　　D．Because she has become Duchess of Cambridge.

　　14．What can be the best title of the passage?

　　A．The Britain's biggest wedding takes place.

　　B．The most luxurious wedding in the world.

　　C．David Beckham attends the wedding.

　　D．Royal wedding draws a worldwide crowd.

　　B

　　Today, we complete our story about the influential English writer William Shakespeare. He wrote plays and poems during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which remain very popular today.

　　During earlier times, people would probably have learned several ancient Roman and Greek plays. It was not unusual for writers to produce more current versions of these works. For example, in Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare borrowed certain details from the ancient Roman writer Plautus. For his play Macbeth, Shakespeare most likely used a work on Scottish history by Raphael Holinshed for information. Shakespeare might have borrowed from other writers, but the intensity(強度)of his imagination and language made the plays his own. While many plays by other writers of his time have been forgotten, Shakespeare and his art live on.

　　Shakespeare was also influenced by the world around him. He described the sights and sounds of London in his plays. His works include observations about political struggles, the fear of diseases, and the popular language of the city's tradesmen. Shakespeare's knowledge of the English countryside is also clear. His works include descriptions of deep forests, local flowers, and the ancient popular traditions of rural people.

　　It would be impossible to list all of the ways in which Shakespeare's works have influenced the world culture. But the first and greatest example would be his great influence on the English language. During his time, the English language was changing. Many new words from other languages were being added. Shakespeare used his sharp mind and poetic inventiveness to create hundreds of new words and rework old ones. For example, he created the noun forms of “critic”， “mountaineer” and “eyeball”. Many common expressions in English come from his plays, including “pomp and circumstance(裝腔作勢)”from Othello, “full circle(繞圈子)” from King Lear, etc. The list of cultural creations influenced by Shakespeare is almost endless. From paintings to television to music and dance, Shakespeare was well represented. Shakespeare's plays have been translated into every major language in the world.

　　Shakespeare became a well-known writer during a golden age of theater. His years of hard work paid off.

　　15．What can we infer from the passage?

　　A．Many of Shakespeare's works were influenced by earlier writings.

　　B．Shakespeare was hard-working when he was a student.

　　C．The experience of living in London helped a lot with Shakespeare's works.

　　D．Shakespeare became rich later because of the popularity of his works.

　　16．Shakespeare might have learnt some information from ancient Roman works in________.

　　A．King Lear

　　B．The Comedy of Errors

　　C．Macbeth

　　D．Othello

　　17．Why could Shakespeare's works survive his time?

　　A．Because there were so few people writing plays in his time.

　　B．Because he produced too many works that nobody else could do.

　　C．Because he was a rich and influential person of his time.

　　D．Because his works were rich in imagination and language.

　　18．The passage is mainly about ________.

　　A．an introduction to Shakespeare's life and his works

　　B．the main features and styles of Shakespeare's plays

　　C．how culture influenced Shakespeare and he influenced culture

　　D．Shakespeare's greatest influence on the world culture

　　Ⅲ.完成句子

　　閱讀下列各小題，根據每句后的漢語提示，用句末括號內的英語單詞完成句子。

　　19．I requested that he ____________________ an hour earlier.(come)

　　我要求他提前一個小時到。

　　20．They'll stand by you ____________________. (succeed)

　　即使你不成功他們也會支持你的。

　　21．Over the past 10 years, big changes ________________ in the world. (take)

　　在過去的十年里，世界發生了翻天覆地的變化。

　　22．Today the number of people learning English in India ____________________ rapidly. (increase)

　　目前，印度學習英語的人數在迅速增加。

　　23．I ____________________ English learner as him who speaks English like a native speaker. (see)

　　我從未見過像他這樣把英語說得像自己的母語一樣好的英語學習者。

　　24．Of these two men, the former is dead but ____________________. (alive)

　　那兩個人中，前者死了而后者還活著。

　　25．The teacher ordered me ____________________ games in the classroom. (play)

　　老師命令我不要在教室里玩游戲。

　　26．John asked his classmate ________________________________________________________________________.

　　(borrow)

　　約翰問他的同學能否借他的鋼筆。

　　27．English ____________________ in many other countries at that time. (begin)

　　那個時期，許多其他的國家開始講英語。

　　28．Internet mainly uses American English because ____________________ in the world. (play)

　　網絡上主要使用的是美式英語，因為美國在世界上起著重要作用。

　　答案

　　課時作業(二)

　?、?1.C　考查動詞短語辨析。句意：去年年底出版的那本書在上海被證明是個巨大的成功。come about產生，發生；come up發芽，流行，發生，討論，出現；come out出版，長出，露出，傳出，出現；come around 恢復知覺，回來。

　　2．D　考查介詞短語辨析。句意：由于惡劣的天氣，露天慶祝活動被推遲了。because of 由于；in spite of盡管；in case of萬一；instead of代替。

　　3．B　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：許多報紙都聲明政治上中立，可實際上中立的很少。seriously嚴重地，嚴肅地；actually其實，事實上；immediately迅速地；anxiously焦急地。

　　4．D　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：他掌握了大量的中國歷史知識。關于古代瓷器的知識你可以問他。command在此處意義為“掌握”。

　　5．A　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：中國人表達“crisis”用兩個字：危機，前者意味著危險，后者指的是機會。expression表達；詞，詞語；impression印象；explanation解釋，說明；information信息。

　　6．C　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：我看到Sara時，她還是一個小女孩；現在她變得我認不出來了。hearing聽力；strength力氣，力量； recognition認出，識別，認識； measure測量，措施。

　　7．C　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：不要回應詢問有關個人信息的任何電子郵件，無論它們看起來如何正式。request要求，請求。

　　8．B　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：經過長期努力，警方終于發現了被棄在路邊的嬰兒的身份。identity身份；dialect方言；situation形勢，局面，關系；condition狀態，狀況，情形。

　　9．B　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：我直到聽到了我的小學同學Jane的自我介紹時才認出她來。recognize辨認出；know知道，認識；find找到，發現；realize意識到，實現。

　　10．A　考查形容詞詞義辨析。frequent頻繁的，經常的；normal正常的；formal正式的，正規的；rare稀少的，罕見的。根據常識可知，全球變暖會導致沙塵暴的頻繁發生，故A項正確。

　　Ⅱ.A

　　經過這么多年的愛情長跑，威廉王子和凱特終于步入婚姻的殿堂。婚禮盛況空前，人們涌向街頭或公園，觀看婚禮慶典，送上美好祝福。

　　11．C　細節理解題。由最后一段的His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second in line. 可知C 項錯誤。

　　12．D　細節理解題。根據文章第七段首句Bahrain's crown prince was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest in his country.可知，巴林王儲因為國家動蕩未能應邀前往觀禮。

　　13．A　細節理解題。根據文章末段Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line.可知，由于Kate沒有皇室血緣，故不能成為王后。

　　14．D　主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，這是一篇資訊報道，在第一段點明了文章的主題：Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton get married，緊接著說明這次婚禮吸引了世人的眼球。因此D項最能概括全文。從第四段可以看出，這是戴安娜婚禮之后的最盛大的婚禮，而沒有說是英國最盛大的婚禮，由此可以看出A項錯誤；B 項“世界上最豪華的婚禮”在文章中找不到根據；C項是文章的一個細節，因此也不能概括全文。

　　B

　　文章向我們介紹了一代文豪莎士比亞的作品為什么能夠從古代眾多的作家的作品中脫穎而出，以其頑強的生命力幸存于世的，就是繼承古代優秀作品之長，并具有自己的特色。

　　15．A　考查細節理解。由第二段的“Shakespeare borrowed certain details from the ancient Roman writer Plautus. For his play Macbeth, Shakespeare most likely used a work on Scottish history by Raphael Holinshed for information. Shakespeare might have borrowed from other writers，…”可以看出，莎士比亞的作品受到了早期作品的影響。

　　16．B　考查細節理解。由第二段的“in Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare borrowed certain details from the ancient Roman writer Plautus.”可知答案。

　　17．D　考查細節理解。由第二段最后一句“but the intensity(強度)of his imagination and language made the plays his own. While many plays by other writers of his time have been forgotten, Shakespeare and his art live on.”正是他的語言和想象力的強度使得作品獨具特色，具有了極強的生命力，留存到了現在。

　　18．C　考查主旨大意。縱觀全文可以看出，文章向我們介紹了古代文化對莎士比亞作品的影響，以及其作品對后世尤其是對英語語言的影響。

　　.19.(should) come　request后跟賓語從句，從句的謂語部分應該用虛擬語氣。

　　20．even if/though you don't/can't succeed　本題考查even if/though引導的讓步狀語從句。

　　21．have taken place　本題考查時態。在含有“over/in/during the past/last＋一段時間”的時間狀語的句子中，謂語部分應該用現在完成時態。

　　22．is increasing　本題考查主謂一致和時態。 the number作主語時，謂語動詞應該用單數。

　　23．have seen no such/have never seen such an　本題考查時態。

　　24．the latter is still alive

　　25．not to play　本題考查order sb (not) to do sth的用法，不定式短語作賓語補足語。