人教版 (2019)必修 第一册Unit 5 Languages around the world当堂检测题

课时分层作业(二十六)

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Advice to English learners

Learners of English，especially self­taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers.The following ways might help improve their listening ability.

First of all，do things step by step.It is not good to listen to something beyond_your_level.Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book.Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one.

Secondly，stick to one course to study.Don't change books often.Never let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “fashionable(时髦的)”．

Thirdly，listen to the English news programme over the radio from time to time.Better go through the news stories in the Chinese­language newspaper first.That will make it easy for you to understand the English news on the radio.

Fourthly，if you have time，listen to some interesting stories in “Special English” from the VOA or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook.

【语篇解读】　本文主要向英语学习者提供了几条建议。

1．These are some pieces of advice to learners of English on how to________.

A．improve their listening ability

B．read fast

C．write better English and read fast

D．speak correctly

A　[细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知。]

2．If you want to understand the English news programme on the radio，you should________.

A．read the Chinese­language newspaper carefully

B．read again and again the Chinese­language newspaper

C．go through the Chinese­language newspaper

D．be able to recite the Chinese­language newspaper

C　[细节理解题。 由第四段“Thirdly...Better go through the news stories in the Chinese­language newspaper first.”可知。]

3．The underlined part“beyond your level”in Paragraph 2 means something ________.

A．easy for you

B．too difficult for you

C．not too easy and not too difficult for you

D．just all right for you

B　[词义猜测题。 由第二段可推知。]

4．The author advised that once you have taken up course，you should________.

A．stick to it

B．begin with the last book

C．take up other courses if they are more fashionable

D．not do anything else

A　[细节理解题。由第三段第一、二句“Secondly，stick to one course to study.Don't change books often.”可知。]

B

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 few 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.

【语篇解读】　学外语是否有必要记住所有单词？

5．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

A　[推理判断题。从第一段中的“Be honest，do you know all the words of your mother tongue？The answer is：‘No.’”可知，一个人既然连自己的母语的词汇都不可能全认识，那么在学习外语时，也没有必要记住所有的词汇。]

6．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

C　[细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“You need to learn only 2,000 or so basic words to be able to create any phrase you need.”可知C项为正确答案。]

7．The author's attitude to mnemonics is________.

A．supportive　　　　　 B．neutral

C．opponent D．indifferent

C　[推理判断题。由最后一段中“It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics(记忆术)．”可知，作者对记忆术是持否定态度。]

8．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

D　[主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了学习外语的问题，人们总是担心自己记忆的词汇不够，但是一个人即使对自己的母语的词汇也并不能全认识，所以也就没有必要担心词汇量的问题，只要掌握一些基本的词汇就可以了，故D项符合主题。]

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Language learning begins with listening.Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking，and later__starters__are__often__long__listeners.Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak，though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child.Before they can speak，many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises，and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight，pain，friendliness，and so on.But since these can't be said to show the baby's intention to communicate，they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language.It is agreed，too，that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment，and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store.This self­imitation(模仿) leads on to deliberate(有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people.The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.

It is a problem we need to get out.The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world.Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father，his dog，or anything else he likes.Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself，I doubt，however，whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.

【语篇解读】　本文讲语言学习从听开始，听得越多，讲得越好。婴儿起初的声音不算语言，而是一种情感的表达。但从何时开始算是语言并不重要，因为这个转变是个渐变过程。孩子即使开始讲话，他们始终还是喜欢模仿。

9．Before children start speaking，what is greatly different?

A．The amount of listening.

B．The quality of listening.

C．The sound of listening.

D．The meaning of listening.

A　[细节理解题。由文章开头第二句可知。]

10．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means one can________.

A．be hard to speak fluently

B．begin to speak quickly

C．start with listening

D．often take a long time in learning to listen properly

D　[句意理解题。由画线句子可知，开始讲话越晚，学听的时间就越长。]

11．The underlined word “these” refers to “________”．

A．pain B．happiness

C．kindness D．all of the above

D　[代词指代题。根据“as particularly expressive as delight，pain，friendliness，and so on”可知答案。]

12．According to the writer，we can draw a conclusion that ________.

A．children are fond of imitating

B．parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds

C．children get more experience of the world without imitation

D．children's use of words is often meaningless

A　[细节理解题。根据文章最后一句的前半句可以推断出，孩子始终喜欢模仿。]