1112014屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)全方位配套訓(xùn)練人教版必修一Unit 2 English around the World完形填空3Throughout history，people have been interested in knowing how language first began，but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. 1 ，we do know a lot about 2 ，the languages of today and also the languages of 3 times.There 4 probably about three thousand languages in the world today.Chinese is the language 5 the most speakers.English，Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. 6 ，some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.There are several important 7 of languages in the world.For example，most of the languages of 8 are in one large family 9 the Indo-European language family.The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years 10 .Many of the present languages of Europe and India are modern 11 of the language of 4,500 years ago.Languages are 12 changing.The English of today is very different 13 the English of 500 years ago.In time some even 14 completely.About 1,000 years ago 15 was a little-known relative of German 16 on one of the borders (邊界) of Europe.If a language has 17 speakers or if it is very old，there may be 18 in the way it is spoken in different areas. 19 ，the language may have several dialects.Chinese is a good example of dialect differences.Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers.The differences among the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China 20 understand speakers from other parts.1.A.ButB.SoC.HoweverD.Besides2.A.EnglishB.historyC.ChineseD.languages3.A.earlierB.laterC.modernD.hard4.A.isB.areC.wasD.were5.A.forB.withC.inD.of6.A.In additionB.On the one handC.Whats moreD.On the other hand7.A.formsB.systemsC.familiesD.changes8.A.EuropeB.AsiaC.AfricaD.America9.A.calledB.spokenC.callingD.speaking10.A.beforeB.agoC.laterD.old11.A.timesB.familiesC.formsD.members12.A.alwaysB.seldomC.oftenD.sometimes13.A.aboutB.withC.betweenD.from14.A.die outB.die awayC.die downD.die off15.A.SpanishB.EnglishC.ChineseD.Russian16.A.calledB.toldC.spokenD.named17.A.a great deal ofB.a fewC.a littleD.a lot of18.A.speakersB.differencesC.differenceD.changes19.A.That isB.ThereforeC.In factD.However20.A.mustntB.may notC.wontD.cant【語篇解讀】本文為一篇說明文，講述語言的起源與發(fā)展。1.C 語言的起源一直是人們感興趣的事情，但是沒有人確切地知道語言起源究竟是在何處，以何種方式發(fā)生的。然而(However)，我們還是對(duì)語言有許多了解。but后不能出現(xiàn)逗號(hào)。2.D 由上下文可知此處一直是在講對(duì)“語言(languages)”的認(rèn)識(shí)。3.A 人們對(duì)現(xiàn)在的語言以及更早(earlier)的語言有所了解。由上下文可知此處與today對(duì)應(yīng)。4.B 由后面的about three thousand languages in the world today可知此處應(yīng)用be動(dòng)詞的一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的復(fù)數(shù)形式。5.B 由with引導(dǎo)的介詞短語作定語，修飾language，表示“漢語是使用人數(shù)最多的一種語言”。6.D 上文指出漢語是使用人數(shù)最多的一種語言，接著又說英語、俄語、西班牙語也有數(shù)百萬的人講，話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，還有不到一百人講的語言，所以此處用on the other hand。7.C 由后面的內(nèi)容可知語言有幾大語系，用families表示。另外第9空前的one large family也是提示。8.A 由后面的Indo-European language family可知，歐洲的大多數(shù)語言都屬于一個(gè)大的語系印歐語系。9.A 過去分詞called作定語，表示“被稱作”。10.B 由前面的was spoken可知，應(yīng)該用與一般過去時(shí)連用的ago。before用于過去完成時(shí)的句子中。11.C 現(xiàn)在印度與歐洲的一些語言就是4 500年以前的語言的現(xiàn)代形式(forms)。12.A 由下文可知，語言一直都在發(fā)展變化。always與現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)連用表示“總是”。13.D be different from“與不同”，為固定短語。14.A 有些語言完全消失了。die out滅絕，消失。die away逐漸模糊，逐漸減弱；die down逐漸變?nèi)?，暗淡；die off相繼死去。15.B 現(xiàn)在的英語與500年以前的不一樣了。有些甚至消失了。約1 000年前的英語還與當(dāng)時(shí)人們講的德語有鮮為人知的親緣關(guān)系。16.C 表示“講(某種語言)”用speak，此處用過去分詞作定語表示被動(dòng)。17.D 講某種語言的人多或某種語言很古老，那么不同地區(qū)人們說話的方式就可能有差別。A、C兩項(xiàng)只修飾不可數(shù)名詞；a few表示“幾個(gè)”，意義不符。18.B 由上文可知此處指人們說話方式的不同，用復(fù)數(shù)形式。19.A 此處是對(duì)上文的說明：也就是說(That is)，語言可能有許多方言。20.D 方言的差別如此大，來自不同地區(qū)的人都無法相互溝通。此處表示“不會(huì)，不能”。111