高中英语 Module 1 British and America

角顿市安康阳光实验学校课时跟踪检测（二）Introduction & Reading —Language Points Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式
1．If you look at the outlook of the energy structure (结构)，there
is nothing to stop us growing.
2．People differ (不同) from one another in their ability to handle
stress.
3．He made a number of rude remarks (评论) about the food.
4．Compared (比较) with other athletes, he has the perfect body shape
for a swimmer.
5．Maybe it would even make polite suggestions for you in a British
accent (口音)．
6．Early settlers (settle) from Europe settled on the coast of the
Pacific Ocean and built some houses.
7．Much to our joy, our father's health is getting steadily (steady)
better with time going by.
8．Believe it or not, there are slight variations (vary) in the
incomes farmers got from the agricultural reform.
9．I struggled to sum up the confusing (confuse) exchange.
10．The character was obviously (obvious) wrong but he didn't pick it out.
Ⅱ.选词填空
get around， make much of a difference， lead to， queue up， have difficulty in doing， have ...in common
His illness led_to his not being able to attend the meeting.
2．News soon got_around that he had resigned.
3．They had_difficulty_(in) walking home in the snowstorm.
4．Tony has much in_common with Tom in character. For example, both of them seldom express their own ideas in public places.
5．It doesn't make_much_of_a_difference whether you go to Beijing by plane or by train, because both are very convenient.
6．Lots of my friends queued_up last week for giving blood.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．He likes pop music, while_I_am_fond_of_folk_music.
他喜欢流行音乐，而我喜欢民间音乐。

2．Compared_with her achievements, her shortcomings are, after all, only secondary.
她的缺点同她的成绩相比，毕竟是第二位的。

3．It_is_obvious_that the manager was quite satisfied with your spoken English.
很明显，经理对你的英语口语非常满意。

4．His decision made_it_possible_for_us_to_finish_the_work by four o'clock this afternoon.
他的决定使我们在今天下午四点以前完成工作成为可能。

5．Just stay where_you_are and don't move.
待在你现在待的地方别动。

Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother's Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人)．I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.”
And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he don't send me check already two week long.”
And then, in perfect English I said, “I'm getting rather concerned.You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived.”
Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can't tolerate any more excuse. If I don't receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”
The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red­faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
When I was a teenager, my mother's broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear
it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
A．She was unable to speak good English.
B．She was often misunderstood.
C．She was not clearly heard.
D．She was not very polite.
解析：选A 细节理解题。

根据第一段的“Because of her English, she was ofte n treated unfairly.”可知。

2．From Paragraph 2, we know that the author was ________.
A．good at pretending
B．rude to the stockbroker
C．ready to help her mother
D．unwilling to phone for her mother
解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据第二段的“I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her.”可知。

3．After the author made the phone call, ________.
A．they forgave the stockbroker
B．they failed to get the check
C．they went to New York immediately
D．they spoke to their boss at once
解析：选B 推理判断题。

根据第五段的“If I don't receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”和第六段“The next week we ended up in New York.”可知。

4．What does the author think of her mother's English now？
A．It confuses her.
B．It embarrasses her.
C．It helps her understand the world.
D．It helps her tolerate rude people.
解析：选C 推理判断题。

根据文中最后一句“It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world. ”可知。

B
These days, young people in som e English­speaking countries are
speaking a strange language, especially when communicating on social media.
Look at these words chosen by The
Washington Post：“David Bowie dying is totes tradge” and “When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh”. Or this sentence：“BAE, let me know if you stay in tonight.”
What on earth do they mean? Well，“totes” is a short form of “totally”. Similarly，“tradge” means “tragic” and “emosh” means “emotional”. It seems that, for millennials (千禧一代), typing in this form is not only time­saving but fashionable.
As you can see, many millennial slangs (俚语) are formed by so­called “totesing” — the systematic abbreviation (缩写) of words. The trend might have started with “totally” becoming “totes”， but it now has spread to many other English words.
The origins of other millennial slangs are more complex than “totesing”．“Bae”， for example, has been widely used by
African­Americans for years. It can be an expression of closeness with one's romantic partner or, like “sweetheart”， for someone without romantic connection. After pop singer Pharrell used the word in his work，“bae” became mainstream.
Some people might think millennial slangs lower the value of the English language, but Melbourne University linguist (语言学家) Rosey Billington doesn't agree. She says when people are able to use a language in a creative way, they show that they know the language rules well enough to use words differently. Two other linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones, share the same view. The two analysed hundreds of examples of totes speak and discovered totesing has complex roots.
It isn't simply an adult version of baby talk, nor a clever way to minimize your word count. Rather, it is a highly organized system that relies on a speaker's mastery of English pronunciation. It is about sounds, follows sound system of English and has strict rules.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。

现在一些说英语的国家的年轻人喜欢用缩略词，尤其是在社交媒体上。

有些语言学家认为，年轻人对缩略词的使用不但没有降低英语的价值，反而表明他们熟练掌握了英语。

5．Why do young people like using e­slangs?
A．They are time­consuming.
B．They are in fashion.
C．They are complex.
D．They are in order.
解析：选B 细节理解题。

根据第三段最后一句可知，他们认为这是一种时尚。

故选B。

6．What's the author's purpose of mentioning “Bae” in Paragraph 5?
A．To support that totesing is no baby talk.
B．To analyse the usage of millennial slangs.
C．To inform people how it became mainstream.
D．To explain the complex origins of millennial slangs.
解析：选D 推理判断题。

根据第五段第一句可知，作者主要是用它来解释千禧一代所使用的一些俚语的复杂起源。

故选D。

7．Which statement may Rosey Billington agree with?
A．Totesing is a loosely organized system.
B．Millennial slangs lower the value of English.
C．It's simply a clever way to reduce the word count.
D．Totes­speak requires a good command of English.
解析：选D 推理判断题。

根据第六段第二句可知，她同意“网络缩略词要求对英语(的运用规则)能熟练掌握”的说法。

故选D。

8．What's the best title of the passage?
A．E­slangs Catch on Among Youth
B．Linguists Disapprove of Totesing
C．Millennial Slangs Take the Lead
D．English Has Greatly Changed
解析：选A 标题归纳题。

纵观全文可知，本文主要讲述的是现在一些说
英语的国家的很多年轻人都喜欢使用缩略词，尤其是在社交媒体上进行交流的时候。

故选A。

Ⅴ.阅读七选五
Learning a language can be difficult, especially for adults. English is an especially difficult language to learn because of the grammatical rules.__1__That's because it draws words from several European languages. In addition, many English learners have to learn the pronunciation of some letter sounds they never used in the native language. These factors can be discouraging for someone who wishes to master the English language. However, the difficulties of learning English can be solved.
__2__ Most schools have a center that offers help with English learning. Somet imes these centers are called “international centers”．__3__ Libraries have lots of books for the learners that can be
borrowed for free. Many libraries also offer English tutoring or conversation partners.
Find a conversation partner. If you don't have a partner, your school English center can set you up with one, or you can advertise for one in your local newspaper. Talking with a native English speaker is important to English learning.__4__ And he can answer your questions about English. Talking with someone also gives you a chance to practice your pronunciation.
Read popular English­language books.Pick books that are at your level or a little easier to encourage you. If you choose something too difficult, you might become unhappy and give up.__5__
Watch popular English­language TV shows and movies.This helps improve your listening abilities, as you become more and more used to hearing English words and finally begin to master them more easily. You also learn how people speak English in everyday conversation.
A．Go to your local library.
B．English vocabulary is also difficult to learn.
C．Visit the English resource center in your school.
D．A conversation partner can correct your mistakes.
E．You can go to a country where English is widely spoken.
F．Reading stories helps you learn vocabulary easily and quickly.
G．Write and read English words as many times as you can if you have time.
答案：1～5 BCADF
Ⅵ.课时书面表达训练(根据汉语提示完成下面小作文)
A linguist 1.got_around (旅行) in America to learn more about American English, thinking he would
2.have_no_difficulty_in_communicating (交流没困难) with Americans.
In his opinion, while their accents 3.differ_from (不同于) each other, they 4.had_a_lot_in_common (有许多共同之处) in grammar. But things didn't go so smoothly as he had expected. Even though
pared_to (与……相比) many other linguists, his English is excellent, many times he misunderstood the local people, which
6.led_to (导致) his making a fool of himself. But he learned a lot about American English.。