2017-2018学年高中英语 每日一题(第3周)每周一测(含解析)新人教版必修1

每周一测

I. 阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

When it comes to learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary. But this question never happens about their mother tongue, and yet, it was a foreign language once. However, among all the questions that new parents ask, no doctor has ever heard: ＂Will my baby be able to learn my language?＂ Be honest, do you know all the words of your mother tongue? The answer is: ＂No.＂

New words, and new ways of using old words, appear every day. Twenty years ago, who would have been able to understand a sentence like this: ＂Click here to download your digital book?＂ Nobody. You never stop learning new vocabulary and you never know how long you will need it.

Sometimes, you have the word on the tip of your tongue... and it sticks there! But you do know this phenomenon(现象)and don’t think that it is because of a bad memory. You should not give this phenomenon more importance in the language you are learning than in your mother tongue.

You need to learn only 2, 000 or so basic words to be able to create any phrase you need. You can’t avoid some work in order to learn these necessary words and all the more if you want to learn quickly. And before you consider buying into any method, be sure it is right for you. It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics (记忆术). The first words seem very easy to learn, so you buy the course, but then you discover quickly, though too late, that a dozen words later, it is all the more difficult to learn a new word when you have also to learn the trick to memorize it.

1. From the first paragraph, we can infer that ___________.

A. there is no need to know all the words of a foreign language

B. it is honest to answer ＂no＂to a question you don’t know

C. a baby can know all the new words of its mother tongue

D. people find it hard to memorize vocabulary of their language

2. To learn a foreign language, the author advises you ___________.

A. to remember new words appearing every day

B. to keep up with new ways of using old words

C. to learn at least 2,000 necessary words

D. to pay more attention to your bad memory

3. The author’s attitude to mnemonics is ___________.

A. supportive

B. neutral

C. opponent

D. indifferent

4. The passage is mainly about ____________.

A. using old words in a new way

B. learning new words from the context

C. finding a method to memorize vocabulary

D. learning vocabulary of a foreign language

B

Specialists say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. ＂Culture shock＂ is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to (适应) their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems —the telephone, post office, or transportation — may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.

Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same