Unit 5 Languages around the world 知识点题库

阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    LaVonn was helping out in her dad's store when a little boy, about five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a brown and oversized coat with dirty, old clothes beneath it. His shoes were broken, and only one had lace (鞋带). The boy looked around the store, picked up several items, examined them one by one and then carefully put them back on the shelf.

    LaVonn's dad walked over to the child and asked if he could help. The little boy said, "I'm looking for a gift for my brother." After 20 minutes, the child picked up a toy airplane. He held it carefully in his hands as if it were made of glass and carried it to LaVonn's father.

    "How much is this?" he asked. "My brother loves airplanes." LaVonn's dad answered, "How much money do you have?" The little boy reached into his coat and pulled out some small change (零钱). He spread his money out on the table and began to count. "I have twenty-seven cents," he answered. Her dad picked up the coins and said, "The airplane costs exactly twenty-seven cents! Wait here and I'll pack it up for you."

    The little boy walked out of the store with the gift and a smile of total satisfaction on his face. LaVonn made her way back to the shelf and she found the plane was priced at $11.98.She never mentioned it to her father. Her father didn't say anything more about it either, but she realized later, "My best gift that Christmas was seeing my dad's love in action."

阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    To develop one's taste in English, the most effective way is to read English books extensively. Yet one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books, especially as a beginner. As a native Spanish, I would like to share some of my experience.

    My first English novel was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But my experience was somewhat disastrous. I had great difficulty in understanding the novel, let alone enjoying it. It's not the vocabulary that troubled me, but rather the way Austen constructs sentences, and her way of thinking, which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms. No long and complicated sentences. And I particularly liked his brief and straightforward (简洁的) style. So my first suggestion is, as a beginner, you'd better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.

    However, if you restrict yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures. English essays can at once inform you, entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell's work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the peculiar sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.

    Never follow others' recommendations and opinions blindly, however famous or influential (有很大影响的) the person might be. We should be open to various ideas, but always think and determine for ourselves. As a saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison. With that in mind, we are bound to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
    Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smartphones. Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology.

    According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets (电子产品) than with one another. Young people say it is difficult to get their parents' attention and they have to compete with smartphones, tablets and other technology.

    However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2, 253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space.

    Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact, how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology.

I'll a it if you tell me in advance whether you will attend my birthday party or not.

Your notes are excellent materials to  (查阅) when you are preparing for a test.

I respect your  (观点) , but I'm not sure I agree with you.

We shall discuss the problem as it  (与…相关) our specific case.

无论我走到哪里，家永远是一个（用来）休息且温暖的地方。（no matter+疑问词）

Home is always a place of rest and warmth.

Calligraphy that  (regard) as one of the cultural treasures of China enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad.

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    Ren Yi began teaching Chinese in the US city of Denver over 20 years ago. But she never thought she would become a popular author of Chinese textbooks.

    Ren graduated from Tsinghua University,  top Chinese university. She started to write a book for  (beginner) with the encouragement of her students. "My Chinese textbooks have been sold through Amazon, and so far the feedback (反馈意见) is  (real) good. There is an increasing demand for my textbooks from US teachers who teach Chinese and students who want to improve their skills," Ren says,  (add) that the publishing house of her books has asked her  (write) new textbooks. She says she improves her books from her  (day) teaching experiences.

    In the past 20 years, Chinese education  (see) great development in North America. In recent years, Chinese education in the US has entered a new era (时代) thanks  excellent educators.

    "More than 200 students have been studying Chinese in our school in the last two or three years,  we never expected before. Most of them love traditional Chinese culture like lion dance, Peking opera  so on," says Xiao Teng, principal of Ames Chinese Language Academy in the US state of Iowa.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

British English and American English are almost the same.  

The first difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. Almost all of the words used in British English and American English are exactly the same.  For example, Americans would say "apartment", but the British would say "flat" to talk about the place where they live. In addition to some common words, many idiomatic (惯用的) expressions are different. In England people might say "I'll ring you up tonight", but in the US, people might say "I'll call you up tonight".

The second difference between British and American English is in pronunciation. The main difference in pronunciation lies in the vowels. But most of the time, the British and Americans do understand each other's pronunciation because most of the sounds of the two dialects are the same.

The third difference is very small.  A few types of words are spelled differently in British and American English. The most common example is in a word like "center". In British English, this word would be spelled C-E-N-T-R-E, while in American English the same word would be spelled C-E-N-T-E-R.

 The British may say "Have you got …?" while Americans prefer "Do you have …?" An American might say "my friend just arrived", but a British would say "my friend has just arrived".

A. This is the difference in spelling.

B. There are a few differences in grammar, too.

C. But there are some differences between them.

D. Only a very small number of words are used differently.

E. Both languages have a slightly different structure of telling the time.

F. The English language was introduced to America in the early 17 century.

G. Sometimes, Americans and the British don't understand each other's pronunciation.

This was one aspect of her c he hadn't seen before.

She gave an exact d of the attacker.

London is full of homeless people b in the streets.

The wood had been c into the shape of a flower.

The book is now recognized as a c.

汉字不仅是一种书写体系，也是一种书法艺术。（character; system; calligraphy）

我主修英语，所以词汇对我来说很重要。（major in; vocabulary）

我们的教育系统应该为所有的孩子提供平等的机会。（system; equal）

选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空（每个单词限用一次）。