1112014屆高考英語(yǔ)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8People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries.And in the 1 300 years，there were 2 many changes in 3 places that now people can 4 tell an English person 5 an American in the way he or she talks.Many old words 6 in England，but were kept in America.For example，300 years ago，people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “faucet”， a “spigot” or a “tap”.All these words are 7 heard in different parts of America，but only “tap” is still common in 8 .Americans often made up new words or changed old 9 .“Corn” is one kind of plant in America and 10 in England.Also，over the last three centuries the English language 11 thousands of new words for things that werent known 12 .And often，American and English people used two 13 names for one thing.A tin can is called “tin” for short in England，but a “can” in America.The word “radio” is 14 all over the world，including American.But many English people call it “wireless”.And almost anything having something to do 15 cars，railroads，etc. 16 different names in British and American English.But now American and British English may be growing closer together.One 17 is the large amount of American speech that British people hear daily in movies，on televisions，or 18 travellers. 19 this，Americans seem to be influencing (影響) the British more and more.So some day，English may even be 20 on both sides of the Atlantic.1.A.followingB.recentC.oldestD.last2.A.suchB.tooC.soD.great3.A.eitherB.bothC.neitherD.two4.A.hardlyB.differentlyC.clearlyD.easily5.A.withB.fromC.toD.and6.A.disappearedB.remainedC.spokenD.were spoken7.A.notB.hardlyC.neverD.still8.A.AmericaB.BritishC.EnglandD.the two countries9.A.wordB.formsC.onesD.found10.A.anotherB.also plantedC.a plantD.a kind of food11.A.addedB.added upC.discoveredD.found12.A.anywhereB.beforeC.for centuriesD.in some countries13.A.newB.shortC.differentD.surprising14.A.producedB.madeC.developedD.used15.A.toB.awayC.withD.from16.A.hasB.haveC.has givenD.was given17.A.thingB.nameC.differenceD.expression18.A.fromB.throughC.onD.by19.A.ForB.BecauseC.BesidesD.Because of20.A.differentB.more differentC.the sameD.more useful【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文講述的是英美語(yǔ)言的差異。1.A 下文講英語(yǔ)有了許多變化，應(yīng)是在“隨后的”300年。following隨后的；接下來的。2.C 此句含有so.that.結(jié)構(gòu)，因名詞前有many修飾，故用so，而不用such。3.B 空后的名詞places是復(fù)數(shù)，故排除A和C項(xiàng)。在此特指英美兩國(guó)，填both具有特指意義。若填two則為泛指，須在two前加the才具有特指意義。故B項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。4.D 既然有那么大的變化，就很“容易”把英美人區(qū)別開來。5.B tell.from.意為“把和區(qū)別開來”。6.A 后面說“但在美國(guó)保留下來了”，則前面應(yīng)說“在英國(guó)消失了”。disappear消失。7.D 后面說在“faucet，spigot，tap”這三個(gè)詞中，只有tap一詞在英國(guó)還用得普遍，則前面應(yīng)說在美國(guó)各地“仍”能聽到。8.C 談?wù)摰氖怯⒚纼蓢?guó)，前面說的是美國(guó)，but后說的應(yīng)是“英國(guó)”。9.C ones在此代替本句中的words。10.A 本文講的是英美語(yǔ)言的差異，因而同一單詞在英美兩國(guó)中所指的可能不同。11.A 隨著歷史的前進(jìn)，語(yǔ)言也向前發(fā)展，因此英語(yǔ)也增加了成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)新詞。add意為“增加”；add up意為“把加起來”，故選A。12.B before從前；以前。符合語(yǔ)境。13.C 由接下來的例子可知此處選C。14.D 句意：radio這個(gè)詞在世界各地被使用，包括美國(guó)。15.C have something to do with.意為“與有關(guān)”。16.A 主語(yǔ)是anything，根據(jù)主謂一致的原則和上下文語(yǔ)意，選A。17.A 由句意可知選A。18.A from“從”，符合語(yǔ)境。19.D because后跟句子，引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句；because of后跟名詞或代詞。20.C 句意：將來有一天，大西洋兩岸(指英美兩國(guó))甚至可能講同一種英語(yǔ)。111