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

Unit 2 English around the world Section Ⅳ Grammar Writing Ⅰ.完成句子1．老师要这个学生记下他所说的话。2．请叫邻居们不要这样喧哗。3．我们学校将于今晚七点在校音乐厅举行英语晚会。4．主席建议我们应该友好相处并且努力工作来实现我们的目标。5．要求你会说英语。Ⅱ.阅读理解A English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings can speak it.More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mails are in English.Of all languages，English has the largest vocabulary—perhaps as many as two million words. However，lets face it：English is a crazy language.There is no egg in an eggplant in a hamburger.Sweetmeats are candy，while sweetbreads，which arent sweets，are meat. We take English for granted.But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾)nd why is it that a writer writes，but fingers dont fing，grocers dont groce，and hammers dont ham？If the plural(复数) of tooth is teeth？One goose be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites？How can overlook and oversee be opposites？How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?ers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings.Thats why，when stars are out，they are visible; but when the lights are out，they are invisible.And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it; but when I wind up this essay，I end it. 【语篇解读】　本文介绍了英语中一些令人迷惑的表达。1．According to the passage ．e D．boxing rings should be round 【解析】　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话“Sweetmeats are candy可知A为正确选项。【答案】　A2．Which of the following is the correct plural? A．Beeth. B．Geese.【解析】　细节理解题。根据第四段“One goose可知B为正确选项。【答案】　B3．Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning? A．A wise man and a wise guy. B．Overlook and oversee. C．Quite a lot and quite a few. D．Hot as hell and cold as hell. 【解析】　细节理解题。根据第五段“...while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？”可知C为正确选项。【答案】　C4．The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “ ”．【解析】　词义猜测题。根据最后一段“but when I wind up this essay中的end可知D为正确选项。【答案】　DB Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words