2021年高中英语 Unit2 Reading Tasks练习 新人教版必修5

2021年高中英语 Unit2 Reading Tasks练习新人教版必修5
Task I. What is the full name of the UK? What are the other names used to refer to the UK? Check the answer with your partners.
Task II. Get familiar with the two terms of “Union Jack” and “Norman Conquest” by readin g the following explanations. Try to tell your partners what you know about other terms concerned with the UK.
1. Union Jack
The term “Union Jack” is said to have several origins. The “union” is thought to have e from the bination of the three flags into one and “jack” has for hundreds of years referred to a small flag flown from a boat or ship. The Union Jack should really be called the Union Flag, but Union Flag is not used as often as Union Jack.
The Union Jack flag is the most mon name for the flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Jack has existed since 1606, when England and Scotland were united.
In 1606, the first Union Jack flag was created by bining the English flag (the red cross of Saint George) with the Scottish flag (the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew on a blue background). Then, in 1801, the addition of Ireland to the United Kingdom added the Irish flag (the red
Saint Patrick’s cross) to the flag.
2. The Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history. William the Conqueror took away almost all the Saxon rulers’ lands and gave them to his Norman followers. He replaced the weak Saxon rulers with a strong Norman feudal government. Better relations and trade with the Continent followed. The Normans brought French culture, language, manners and buildings with them to England. The Church in England became closer to the Church in Rome, and church courts were separated from civil courts.
Task III. Pair work. Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks in the diagram.
Check your answer with your partners and tell him / her the
formation process of the UK according to the finished diagram.
Task IV. Read Paragraph 4 and tell whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Most of the people in England live in the south.
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2. Most of the industrial cities are in the Midlands and the south of England. ( )
3. Same cities have more than one football teams.
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4. Visitors to the UK are not interested in the industrial cities built in the 19th century. ( )
5. If you want to learn something about British culture, please go to a town built by the Normans.
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Task V. In pairs, read Paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks in the mind map.
Check your answer with other pairs and get to know the invaders and their influences on England.
Task VI. Below is a summary of the text with some words missing. Choose the words from the block and make the summary plete. Then try to retell the story to your partners.
Wales joined England in the 13th Century. When 1. ________ of Scotland became King of England and Wales in the 17th Century, Scotland joined them and the three countries became 2. ________. In the 20th Century they tried to get Ireland to join them as well but this ended in war after which only 3. ________ Ireland joined. Together they made a new flag called the 4. ________ and became the United Kingdom. They work well together, but have
different organizations for their laws and even different World Cup soccer teams. England has had four rulers. The 5. ________ left towns and roads; Anglo Saxons, their language and 6. ________; the Vikings, words and place names; and the 7. ________, castles and words for food. Look around the British countryside and you will see some of what they left. (By Ray Cama) Keys:
Task I.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The other names are: Great Britain, Britain, John Bull.
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