2015-2016学年高一英语课件：Unit2《Englisharoundtheworld》Period 1（新人教版必修一）.pptVIP

3. Why do more people speak English? A. Because it is an international language. B. Because it has the largest number of speakers. C. Because it is easy to learn. D. Because it always stays the same. 答案：A 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The future of English. B. The origin（起源）of English. C. English is spoken in many countries. D. The development of English in the world. 答案：D Ⅰ. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 1. Do you know that there is＿＿＿one kind of English in the world? A. less than　　B. only　　C. hardly　　D. more than 【解析】选D。 more than one kind of. . . “不止有一种……”。句意为：你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？less than 少于； only 仅仅； hardly几乎不。 2.＿＿＿ that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. A. Because　　B. Because of 　　　C. As　　D. Since 【解析】选B。because of是复合介词， 后面接名词、代词和动名词。其他三项后面接句子。 3. I’d like to＿＿＿to your apartment. A. come up　　B. come on　　C. come out　　D. come along 【解析】选A。come up 走近，上来； come on 加油，快点； come out 出版 ；come along一起，跟着。句意为：我愿意到你住的公寓里去。 4. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa＿＿＿South Africa. A. that is　　B. for example　　C. such as　　D. now that 【解析】选C。such as用来“罗列”同类人或物中的几个例子，可置于被列举的事物与前面的名词之间，但其后边不能用逗号；for example强调“举例”说明，而且一般只举同类人或物中的一个作为插入语，且用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末；that is即，就是说，换言之；now that既然，由于。句意为：英语还在新加坡和马来西亚以及像南非这样的非洲国家使用。 Ⅱ. Translate the following sentences. 1. In some important ways they are very different from one another. 在一些重要的方面它们彼此不同。 2. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 比起现在我们所说的英语，它更大程度上是基于德语的。 3. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 所以到十七世纪时，莎士比亚所用的词汇量比以往任何时期都大。 4. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. 后者赋予了美国英语拼写的自我特色。 Ⅲ. Find out the sentences similar in meaning to the ones below in the passage. 1. Later in the century that followed, English people travelled abroad by sea and ruled other parts of the world by force. As a result of that, people in man