【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 2 English around the world Section Ⅲ Learning about Language Using Language学业分层测评 新人教版必修1.docVIP

Unit 2 English around the world Section Ⅲ Learning about Language Using Language Ⅰ.单句语法填空1．Please learn the new words and expressions (express)by heart. 2．The famous actress，Fan Bingbing，plays a leading role in the TV play. 3．Jobs was recognized (recognize)as/to be a genius of computer. 4．You are requested not to smoke (smoke) in the public places. 5．She has a good command of English. 6．There are many poor people in African (Africa) countries. 7．This is because the earth is travelling round the sun. 8．Generally speaking，the eastern (east) part of China is more developed than the west. 9．He was admitted to a very famous university.But I have no such luck. 10．He works in the same school as I do. Ⅱ.完成句子 【导学号1．手机在我们的Mobile phones are playing an important part in our daily life. 2．她精通英语所以她英语歌曲唱得很好。ll. 3．那是因为人们希望和平能够重返这个国家。That is because the peace is expected to return to the country. 4．他考试不及格的原因是他根本没努力学习过。er studied hard. 5．其实在我In fact，there is no such student in our class. Ⅲ.阅读理解A Towards the end of Middle English，a sudden change in pronunciation started，with vowels (元音) pronounced shorter and shorter.From the 16th century the British had contact(接触)with many peoples from around the world.This meant that many new words and phrases entered the language.The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print.Books became cheaper and more people learned to read.Spelling and grammar became fixed, and the dialect of London became the standard.In 1604 the first English dictionary came out. Early Modern English and Late Modern English are mostly different in the number of words.Late Modern English has many more words，mainly because of the following two reasons：First(工业革命)led to the need for new words.Second, nd the English language took in foreign words from many countries. From around 1600，the English colonization(殖民地化) of North America led to American English.Some English pronunciations and words froze when they reached America.In