高中英语Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldPeriodOneWarmingUp

Unit 2 English around the worldPeriod One Warming Up & ReadingⅠ.用适当的介、副词填空1．Why not go ________ Underground?2．But the subway station is far ________.3．So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use ________ a wider vocabulary than ever before.4．In 1620 some British settlers moved ______ America.5．English now is also spoken ________ a foreign or second language ________ South Asia.6．It was based more ________ German than the English we speak ________ present.7．So why has English changed ________ time?8．Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate ________ each other.Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写1．Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.翻译：________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：史密斯先生虽然很忙，他还是愿意帮我们。

Mr. Smith likes to help us ____________________________________________.2．Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?翻译：________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：你认为我在哪里能够买到一本这样的书？______________________________ get such a book?3．Today more people speak English as their first，second or a foreign language than ever before .翻译：________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：你的英语不久就会讲得比以前更好。

You will soon speak English ________________________________________.4．At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.翻译：________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________仿写：在暴风雨中被刮倒的树木已经被移除出路面。

The trees ______________________________ have been moved off the road.Ⅲ.单项填空1．Do you know that ______ more than one kind of English?A．there are B．there is C．are there D．is there2．Later in the next century，people from England made voyages ________ other parts of the world.A．conquering B．conquered C．to conquer D．conquer3．I’d like to ______ to your apartment.A．come up B．come about C．come out D．come across4．In some important way they are very different from one ______.A．other B．another C．others D．each other5．At that time two big changes in English spelling happened.The ______ gave a separate identity to American English spelling.A．later B．late C．lately D．latter6．Today the number of people ______English in China ______ increasing rapidly.A．learning；is B．learn；areC．learned；is D．to learn；are7．Later in the 18th century some British people ________ to Australia too.A．have taken B．are takenC．were taken D．were being taken8．English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa ______ South Africa.A．such as B．that is C．namely D．for example9．______ the 16th century，about five to seven million people spoke English.A．At the end of B．In the end ofC．By the end of D．To the end of10．English became less like German because those ________ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.A．who B．/ C．which D．whomⅣ.阅读理解In order to know a foreign language thoroughly(完全地)，four things are necessary.First，we must understand the language when we hear it spoken.Second，we must be able to speak it ourselves，correctly with confidence(自信)and without hesitation(犹豫)．Third，we must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.There is no short way to succeed in language learning .A good memory(记忆)is a great help，but is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book.It is no much use learning by heart long lists(一览表)of words and their meanings，studying the dictionary and so on.We must learn by using the language.If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized，we are not really learning the language.We must“learn through use”．Practice is important.We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever(无论何时)we can.1．The most important things to learn a foreign language are ______.A．understanding and speakingB．hearing，speaking，reading and writingC．writing and understandingD．memorizing and listening2．Someone hears and writes English very well，but he speaks it very badly.This is because________.A．he doesn’t understand the language when he hears it spokenB．he doesn’t have a good memoryC．he always remembers lists of words and their meaningsD．he often hesitates to practise speaking it3．One can never learn a foreign language well only by ________.A．much practiceB．studying the dictionaryC．learning through useD．using the language4．Which of the following is the most important in learning a foreign language?A．A good memory.B．Speaking.C．Practice.D．Writing.5．“learn through use” means ______.A．we use a language in order to learn itB．we learn a foreign language in order to use itC．we can learn a language well while we are using itD．both B and Crule n．规则，规章；习惯，常规生义：v.控制；统治，支配She couldn’t rule herself at that moment.当时她不能控制自己。