外研必修五Module 1British and American English
限时训练 英语知识运用
第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 —Hi, Samantha, welcome to today’s edition of In the air! How are you getting on in the UK? —I'm getting on just fine, now that I understand the local accent. —So, it was difficult at first?
—Yes, because I didn't get 1 people were saying for a couple of days. I think that was the 2 (big) problem I had when I arrived. —But then you got used 3 it?
—Yes, and now it seems quite normal. In fact, in some ways the accent here, in the north of England, reminds me of American English.
—What 4 (be) the most positive thing about the exchange so far?
—Definitely the people, especially the other students in my class. They're really friendly. —Is there anything else you like about 5 (live) in Britain? —Lots of things, like the music scene in Leeds, for instance. I like Leeds 6 there's more going on here than back home in the states. The school has a creative music laboratory, 7 is really interesting.
—I've got 8 question to ask you, Samantha, about the future of English. Do you think in the future everyone 9 (speak) American English? —No, why should they? Since English is spoken all over the world, I guess it's only natural that there are lots of 10 (various). —So do you think you'll go home speaking with a north of England accent? —Oh no, I didn't mean that!
第二节 完形填空（共40小题；每小题2分，满分80分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Passage 1
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 11 at my face, but I pushed them 12 . My mom believed I would learn 13 I was ready. But the 14 never came. On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 15 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 16 me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey, this is America, not Chinese. I’ll get some 17 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 18 . “Remenber to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I 19 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish 20 surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman. But he 21 my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased 22 their impatience. With every 23 , the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— 24 me to cry out. “Xian
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Sheng Yu, please” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned 25 and I ran back home 26 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket . Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at 27 . Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 28 , but , in the end，the joke is on 29 . Every laugh is a culture 30 ; every laugh is my heritage fading away. 11. A. custom B. games C. characters D. language 12. A. ahead B. around C. along D. aside 13. A. when B. before C. unless D. until 14. A. success B. study C. time D. attempt 15. A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare
16. A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after 17. A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time 18. A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation 19. A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept 20. A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market 21. A. guessed B. forget C. doubted D. ignored 22. A. by B. as C. with D. from 23. A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement 24. A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading 25. A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red
26. A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted 27. A. service B. home C. risk D. root 28. A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident 29. A. it B. us C. me D. them 30. A. thrown B. lost C. divided D. reflected
【温馨提示】ancestor n. 始祖，祖先；被继承人 scratch vt. 抓，刮，挖出；乱涂vi. 抓，搔，发刮擦声，勉强糊口，退出比赛n. 擦伤，抓痕，刮擦声，乱写 dragon n. 龙，凶暴的人，凶恶的人；严厉而有警觉性的女人 erupt vt. 爆发，喷出 disgrace n. 耻辱，丢脸的人或事，失宠vt. 使……失宠，给……丢脸，使……蒙受耻辱 heritage n. 遗产，传统，继承物，继承权 fade away逐渐消失
Passage 2
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 31 to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary. 32 it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one 33 , to be honest, I found it extremely 34 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 35 not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the 36 bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are 37 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 38 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 39 that monolingual dictionaries are 40 in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is 41 often no perfect equivalence between two 42 in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to 43 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the 44 meaning of a word in English! 45 , she insisted that I read the definition of a
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