unit 1 检测单

Test yourself 一．单词回顾1.questionnaire______________2.matter____________3.partner____________4.lifestyle____________5.peaceful____________6.relaxing____________7.stressful____________8.suppose____________ series____________10.cartoon____________11.talk show____________plain____________13.couch____________14.couch potato____________15.switch____________16.switch on____________17.switch over____________18.switch off____________19.portable____________20.remote____________21.remote control____________22.workaholic____________23.paperwork____________24.alarm____________25.alarm clock____________26.go off____________27.take up____________28.be filled with____________29.urgent____________30.document____________31.midnight____________32.bored____________33.stress____________34.studio___________35.expert__________36.suffer from__________37.pressure__________38.social__________39.reduce__________anise__________41.diet__________42.prefer__________43.stand__________二．课文缩写1) A Couch PotatoWhen Brian wakes up he doesn’t get up _____________(immediate). He turns on the television and watch the children’s programmes and old movies________about half past ten. Then he gets up, goes downstairs ________ switches on the TV in the living room. He watches TV________ sixteen or seventeen hours a day. He also _______(do) some exercise everyday. He always takes his_________(便携式的)TV and he sits on the stone wall ________the dog walks round ______a circle.Of course, he couldn’t live this lifestyle ________a good wife. She is not here now __________she’s working, but she always makes ______（I）meals. He likes his life very much.2) A WorkaholicHe _______ （normal）wakes up about five minutes _________his alarm clock __________(响起). _____________（一旦）he hears his alarm clock, he jumps out of his bed. It ________(take) him less than 15minutes to wash, get_______(change), have breakfast, leave home and _________(乘车)a bus.He is always the first person __________(到达)the office. The mornings are very busy and the afternoons are even ________（busy）. Meetings and phone calls_________（占据）a large part of the day. Every minute of the day __________（充满）urgent matters. By around 8 o’clock, he usually finds some time_________（do）his own paperwork and answer some________（person）emails.When he gets home at about ten, he looks at some documents that he brings back from the office_________he can be ready for the next day’s work. He gets to bed around midnight __________his wife and children are already asleep.He seldom has time_______ fun and other activities with his family. His family________(complain) about it. But he tries to work hard so that he can make more money for them. Besides, he gets ________(bore) if there is nothing to do. He likes _________(be) busy.三．阅读理解If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power.Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter.This is the area of the brain which processes information.It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the better the effect is.A team led by Dr.Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English.They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before th e age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language.But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,”he said.“You are actually going beyond language and have a better unde rstanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between two and 34.Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested.The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better.“Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.1.The main subject talked about in this passage is_________.A.science on learning a second languageB.man’s ability of learning a se cond languageC.findings that language learning can help brain powernguage learning and maths study2.The last sentence of the second paragraph is intended to______.A.say language learning is also a kind of physical laborB.prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languageC.show the importance of using it when you learn a languageD.make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well3.We may know from the scientific findings that_______.A.the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density isB.there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second languageC.the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brainD.the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time4.The underlined word “bilinguals” probably means___________.A.researchers on language learningB.people who are good at learning foreign languagesC.people who can speak two languagesD.active language learners二、七选五My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. ①__________Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until in the lateafternoon. ②__________ She treats them with patience and teaches them well. Forher excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.③__________ Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever.Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. ④__________ She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.(抱怨)Often she says to us,“work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!⑤__________ This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.A.She enjoys listening to classic music.B.As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.C.She loves her students and cares for them.D.She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.E.My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.F.I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.G.Can you tell us something about your mother?参考答案一、阅读理解1.答案：1.C;2.D;3.A;4.C解析：1.C 主旨大意题。