人教版新课标高二英语选修8单元检测题unit1Alandofdiversity.docxVIP

unit1A land of diversityⅠ.阅读理解AAmericancultureisuniquebecauseitisformedanddevelopedundercertainconditions.Themajorfactorscontributingtothemakingofthisflewnationandtheformingofanewculturearethehardenvironment, ethnicdiversity (多民族) andpluralreligion, whichisquitedifferentfromothernationsintheworld.Whatismore, theseelementsarestillinfluencingtheAmericanculture.TheearlyimmigrantswhowereEnglishPuritanssettleddowninnortheastpartofAmerica.From1607to1892, frontierswerepushedfurtherwest.Thefrontiersmenlookedforalandofrichresourcesandalandofpromise, opportunityandfreedom.Actuallytheylookedforabetterlife.Soindividualism (个人主义), self-reliance, andequalityofopportunityhaveperhapsbeenthevaluesmostcloselyassociatedwiththefrontierheritage (遗产) ofAmerica.Inhistory, peoplefromdifferentcountriesintheworldrushedtoAmericathreetimes.TheybroughttheirownculturetoAmericaandlateron, differentculturesweremixedtogether.ThustheuniqueAmericancultureisformed, acommonculturallifewithcommonlysharedvalues.ThefundamentalAmericanbeliefinindividualfreedomandthefightofindividualstopracticetheirownreligionisatthecenterofreligiousexperienceintheUnitedStates.Thegreatdiversityofethnicbackgroundshasproducedreligiouspluralism; almostallofthereligionsoftheworldarenowpracticedintheUnitedStates.Nowadays, wecanseethecontinualinfluenceofthethreeelementsinthecurrentAmericansociety.Americanfamilyistypicallyparentsandtheirunmarriedchildren.Middle-agedandelderlypeoplegenerallydonotlivewiththeirmarriedchildren.ThepeopleinAmericahaveaverystrongdesiretostartanewlifeinanewplace.Quiteanumberofpeoplechangeresidenceseveryyear.TheaverageAmericanmovesfourteentimesinhislifetime.语篇解读：这是一篇议论兼说明的文章，向我们说明了美国历史上独特文化形成的原因。1．Wecanlearnfromthisarticlethat________.A．thefrontiersmenleftimportantsocietyvaluesforAmericancultureB．theearlyimmigrantsbroughtabouttheuniqueAmericancultureC．peopleintheworldoncerushedtoAmericabecauseofitsuniquecultureD．theAmericanfamilymembersdon’tgetalongwellwitheachother解析：选A　细节理解题。由第二段的叙述尤其是最后一句可知，美国的早期移民为美国文化