Unit 2 English around the world【閱讀理解】Restaurant chefs, home cooks, and foodies people who love good food often say that we eat with all of our senses. First, we use our sense of sight to appreciate how a meal is presented, either on a dinner plate or a dining table. Our sense of touch can also be important when preparing or sharing food. Next, with our sense of smell, we breathe in the mouth-watering aromas (香味) rising up from the meal. Finally, we enjoy the food with our sense of taste. But what about our sense of hearing? Does sound also affect our dining experience? A new report answers, “yes, it does. ”That answer es from researchers at Brigham Young University in the United States. They found that hearing is important in the eating experience. Hearing is often called “the forgotten food sense, ” says Ryan Elder, “if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less. ”O(jiān)n the other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating. The researchers admit that the effects may not seem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month, or a year, all that food can really add up. But besides not overeating, there is another upside. Hearing the noises of your meal as you eat, could help you to be more mindful of the experience and perhaps help you to enjoy it more. 【文章大意】 本文告訴人們享用食物時(shí), 會(huì)用到五種感覺(jué): 視覺(jué)、觸覺(jué)、聽(tīng)覺(jué)、嗅覺(jué)和味覺(jué); 并著重說(shuō)明了聽(tīng)覺(jué)對(duì)人們進(jìn)食量的影響。1. How many senses are involved in enjoying foods? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6. 【解析】選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段、第三段和第四段可知: 人們享用食物時(shí), 涉及五種感覺(jué)the sense of sight, the sense of touch, the sense of hearing, the sense of smell和the sense of taste。故C項(xiàng)正確。2. The underlined phrase “such noises” in the seventh paragraph refers to _. A. the noises food being eaten makesB. the noises people hear while eatingC. the loud music people hear while eatingD. the noises from TV while people eat【解析】選A。詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第六、七段的內(nèi)容可知, such noises指上一段中“people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it”中的the sound。故A項(xiàng)“食物在被食用時(shí)所發(fā)出的噪音”為正確答案。3. Which sense does the passage mainly analyze when it es to appreciating food? A. The sense of taste. B. The sense of hearing. C. The sense of touch. D. The sense of smell. 【解析】選B。主旨大意題。從第四段開(kāi)始至最后一段都在分析聽(tīng)覺(jué)對(duì)人們享用食物的影響。故B項(xiàng)正確。 教材與語(yǔ)法填空根據(jù)教材課文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Since people began to move from England to other parts of the world, more and more people have begun 1. (speak) English as their first, second or a foreign language. But English 2. (change) over time. The English 3. (speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different 4. the English spoken today. As 5. matter of fact, it was based 6. (much) on German than present English. Then it became less like German because those 7. ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. One big change in English happened when Noah Webster 8. (write) The American Dictionary of the English Language. Today the number of people who 9. (learn) English in China is increasing 10. (rapid). Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.答案：1.to speak2.has changed3.spoken4.from5a6.more7.who8.wrote9.are learning10.rapidly 教材與話題寫(xiě)作()用本單元所學(xué)知識(shí)完成下列句子。1如今，英語(yǔ)變得越來(lái)越流行。我們應(yīng)該利用每一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)學(xué)好英語(yǔ)。(at present; make use of) 答案：At present, English is being more and more popular in the world. We should make use of every opportunity to learn it well.2掌握單詞的拼寫(xiě)是很重要的，我們還應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)很流利地去讀。(spelling; fluently) 答案：Its very important to master the spelling of the words. We should also learn to read English fluently.3只有當(dāng)我們掌握了大量的詞匯之后，我們才能輕松地閱讀。(vocabulary) 答案：Only when we master a lot of vocabulary can we read easily.4記一些語(yǔ)法及單詞的用法，慢慢地我們就會(huì)用英語(yǔ)來(lái)自如地寫(xiě)文章了。(usage; gradually) 答案：Remember some grammar and the usage of some words and then gradually we can use English freely to write passages.5事實(shí)上，要想學(xué)會(huì)英語(yǔ)，還要多加練習(xí)才行。(actually) 答案：Actually, if you want to learn English well, you should practice more.()將以上句子連成短文，要求銜接連貫、過(guò)渡自然。 【完形填空】The murmur of the audience had just faded into silence.This was one of the most _1_ days in fiveyearold Patricia McKees life：the Kernot School Concert.She stood _2_ the curtain with her schoolmates.Yet she was not _3_ because everyone had been practicing for weeks and knew their _4_ by heart.Being in a remote country town，Patricia knew that everyone would _5_ for the big occasioneveryone！Yet，it was this awareness that added a sense of _6_ to her excitement.There were two people who couldnt be in that _7_ that nighther mum and dad.Patricias parents _8_ the local general store，which was _9_ for business 24 hours.So it was simply _10_ that Mum and Dad could never attend munity activities.It had been this way with her sister，so why should it be any _11_ for her?Still，Patricia couldnt help _12_ that her parents could be there to see her on such a special day，so she decided to _13_ the subject with her mother._14_，she had to face the facts.At such a young age，Patricia couldnt really understand the deep _15_ in her mothers response：“Ill try to be there，sweetheart，but you know how _16_ it is for us to get away from the store.”Yet as the curtain slowly opened, little Patricia got the _17_ of her life.There，sitting four rows the front was her mother with a big smile on her face!This powerful image _18_ one of Patricias most treasured memories.“Words cannot express the pure joy we both _19_ at that moment，” said Patricia.Her parents have passed away, but what a wonderful legacy(遺產(chǎn)) theyve left us：when someone really _20_ you，be there for them.1A.difficultBimportantCsad Dperfect2A.before BunderCbeside Dbehind3A.excited BmovedCafraid Dlost4A.parts BrelationsCjobs Dforms5A.join up BprepareCdrop in Dturn out6A.happiness BsadnessCwillingness Deagerness7A.audience BstoreCplay Dmovie8A.bought BgotCsold Dran9A.easy BopenCstill Dclosed10A.recognized BdeniedCaccepted Dincredible11A.different BsatisfiedCpersonal Dwise12A.thinking BtalkingClearning Dwishing13A.hand in Bgo throughCbring up Dput away14A.Surprisingly BHappilyCObviously DSadly15A.pain BmeaningCunderstanding Dthought16A.awful BhardCtroublesome Dthankful17A.blow BwonderCperson Dsurprise18A.remained BleftCtook Daffected19A.wanted BexperiencedCmade Dforgot20A.hates BlovesCcares Dneeds【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。父母因忙于看店無(wú)法去看Patricia McKee的演出，所以當(dāng)Patricia突然看到母親出現(xiàn)在演出現(xiàn)場(chǎng)時(shí)，她非常驚訝。這一刻成了她一生的回憶。文章通過(guò)這件事告訴我們：當(dāng)別人需要你時(shí)，請(qǐng)陪在他們身邊。1B考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)第二段中的“the big occasion”以及常識(shí)可知，對(duì)于五歲的Patricia來(lái)說(shuō)，那天是一個(gè)重要的日子。B項(xiàng)意為“重要的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“困難的”；C項(xiàng)意為“悲傷的”；D項(xiàng)意為“完美的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B。2D考查介詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)及第五段第一句“Yet as the curtain slowly opened”可知，出場(chǎng)前Patricia和她的同學(xué)站在幕布的后面。D項(xiàng)意為“在的后面”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“在面前”；B項(xiàng)意為“在下面”；C項(xiàng)意為“在旁邊”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。3C考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)空格后的“because everyone had been practicing for weeks”可知，所有人都排練了幾個(gè)星期，所以她不害怕。C項(xiàng)意為“害怕的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“興奮的”；B項(xiàng)意為“感動(dòng)的”；D項(xiàng)意為“迷惘的，困惑的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C。4A考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)本句中的“everyone had been practicing for weeks”可知，排練了幾個(gè)星期，每個(gè)人都記熟了自己的臺(tái)詞和動(dòng)作。A項(xiàng)意為“角色，臺(tái)詞和動(dòng)作”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“關(guān)系”；C項(xiàng)意為“工作”；D項(xiàng)意為“形式”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A。5D考查動(dòng)詞(短語(yǔ))辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，所有人都會(huì)出席這個(gè)盛大的活動(dòng)。D項(xiàng)意為“出席，參加”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“連接，聯(lián)合起來(lái)”；B項(xiàng)意為“準(zhǔn)備”；C項(xiàng)意為“落進(jìn)，順便拜訪”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。6B考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下一句內(nèi)容可知，因?yàn)楦改覆荒軄?lái)觀看演出，所以Patricia在興奮的同時(shí)又有些難過(guò)。B項(xiàng)意為“悲傷，難過(guò)”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“幸?！保籆項(xiàng)意為“樂(lè)意”；D項(xiàng)意為“渴望”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B。7A考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下一段內(nèi)容可知，此處指Patricia的父母親不能在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)當(dāng)她的觀眾。A項(xiàng)意為“觀眾，聽(tīng)眾”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選A。8D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)空格后面的賓語(yǔ)“the local general store”可知，此處指Patricia的父母在當(dāng)?shù)亟?jīng)營(yíng)一家雜貨店。D項(xiàng)意為“經(jīng)營(yíng)，參加，跑”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選D。9B考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)空格后面的“for business 24 hours”可知，這個(gè)雜貨店24小時(shí)營(yíng)業(yè)。B項(xiàng)意為“開(kāi)放的，營(yíng)業(yè)的”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選B。10C考查詞義辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，她的父母經(jīng)營(yíng)一家24小時(shí)都營(yíng)業(yè)的商店，所以她的父母從不參加社區(qū)活動(dòng)是可以接受的。C項(xiàng)意為“公認(rèn)可接受的，被認(rèn)可的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“辨認(rèn)出”；B項(xiàng)意為“否認(rèn)”；D項(xiàng)意為“極好的，難以置信的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C。11A考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)前一句“It had been this way with her sister”可知，父母也沒(méi)有參加過(guò)姐姐的活動(dòng)，所以對(duì)她不會(huì)有所不同。A項(xiàng)意為“不同的”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“滿意的”；C項(xiàng)意為“個(gè)人的”；D項(xiàng)意為“明智的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A。12D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)本句中的“Still”和“her parents could be there”可知，雖然如此，Patricia還是忍不住希望她的父母親能來(lái)看她演出。D項(xiàng)意為“希望”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“想，認(rèn)為”；B項(xiàng)意為“談?wù)摗?；C項(xiàng)意為“學(xué)習(xí)”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。13C考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。根據(jù)上文提到的Patricia希望她的父母能來(lái)看她演出和空格后面的賓語(yǔ)“the subject with her mother”可知，此處指Patricia決定向母親提出這個(gè)話題。C項(xiàng)意為“提出”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“上交”；B項(xiàng)意為“經(jīng)歷”；D項(xiàng)意為“把收起來(lái)”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C。14D考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)本句中的“she had to face the facts”以及下文母親的回答可知，她的母親并不確定能不能參加，所以很遺憾她只能接受這個(gè)事實(shí)。D項(xiàng)意為“不幸地，說(shuō)來(lái)遺憾”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“驚訝地”；B項(xiàng)意為“高興地”；C項(xiàng)意為“明顯地”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。15A考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)以及后來(lái)母親出現(xiàn)在觀眾席里可知，母親想?yún)⒓优畠旱幕顒?dòng)卻抽不出時(shí)間，她也很痛苦，但五歲的Patricia并不理解這種痛苦。A項(xiàng)意為“痛苦”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“意思”；C項(xiàng)意為“理解”；D項(xiàng)意為“想法”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A。16B考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上文提及的24小時(shí)營(yíng)業(yè)商店可知，她的父母親離開(kāi)商店是一件很困難的事情。B項(xiàng)意為“困難的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“可怕的”；C項(xiàng)意為“麻煩的”；D項(xiàng)意為“感激的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B。17D考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文母親的回答可知，母親觀看Patricia的演出的可能性不大，所以當(dāng)Patricia看到臺(tái)下的母親時(shí)，那真的是她人生中的驚喜。D項(xiàng)意為“驚喜，意想不到的事”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“打擊”；B項(xiàng)意為“奇跡”；C項(xiàng)意為“人”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。18A考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知，母親的出現(xiàn)對(duì)Patricia來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)很大的驚喜，所以這一幕成為Patricia最珍貴的記憶之一。A項(xiàng)意為“繼續(xù)，依然”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“離開(kāi)”；C項(xiàng)意為“拿走”；D項(xiàng)意為“影響”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A。19B考查動(dòng)詞辨析?！皐e both _ at that moment”是省略了關(guān)系代詞that或which的定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞the pure joy在從句中作空格處所填詞的賓語(yǔ)。句意為Patricia說(shuō)：“沒(méi)有言語(yǔ)能表達(dá)出我們?cè)谀且豢趟w會(huì)到的那種純粹的快樂(lè)?！盉項(xiàng)意為“體會(huì)，感受”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“想要”；C項(xiàng)意為“使得，制造”；D項(xiàng)意為“忘記”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B。20D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。通讀全文可知，文章通過(guò) Patricia的經(jīng)歷告訴我們：當(dāng)別人真正需要你時(shí)，要陪伴在他們的身邊。D項(xiàng)意為“需要”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“憎恨”；B項(xiàng)意為“愛(ài)”；C項(xiàng)意為“在乎”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D。 下面是李華的一篇作文，文中有五處錯(cuò)誤，改正錯(cuò)誤并背誦該文。At the present, English is being more and more popular in the world. As high school students, we should make use of every opportunity learn it well. First of all, this is very important to master the spelling of the words. Secondly, we should also learn to read English fluent. Only when we master a lot of vocabulary can we read easily. Remember some grammar and the usage of some words and then gradually we can use English freely to write passages. Actually, saying is one thing and do is another. If you want to learn English well, you should practice more.答案：At the present, English is being more and more popular in the world. As high school students, we should make use of every opportunity learn it well. First of all, is very important to master the spelling of the words. Secondly, we should also learn to read English . Only when we master a lot of vocabulary can we read easily. Remember some grammar and the usage of some words and then gradually we can use English freely to write passages. Actually, saying is one thing and is another. If you want to learn English well, you should practice more.