高考英语总复习Unit2Englisharoundtheworld课时作业（含解析）新人教版必修1.docVIP

Unit2 English around the world Ⅰ.阅读理解 A AsanAsiancountry,Singaporehasareputationforbeinghighlywesternized,withEnglishamongthecountry??sfourofficiallanguages,butacoupleofsignsfoundonlocalbusesthathaverecentlybecomeahitonlinemaysayotherwise. QuitedifferentfromEnglishweknow,thesignread,forexample, “Herecannotgoin” insteadof “Noentry”,and “Herecanchargephone” insteadof “Chargephonehere”.ThislanguagethatresemblesEnglishiscalledSingaporeanEnglishorSinglish. TheNewYorkTimescallsSinglish “patchwork” becauseSingaporeconsistsofmigrants(移民)fromseveralcountriesincludingChina,IndiaandMalaysia,andtheyallspeaktheirownversionsof “English”. “Everyonewhospeaksitshapesit,” wrotethenewspaper. Forexample,inSinglish,youcaneasilyrecognizeinfluencesfromChinese,includingvocabularysuchas “meesiam” and “dabao”.Sentencestructureslike “toiletwhere” insteadof “where??sthetoilet” alsocomefromChinese. Interestinganddiverseasitmayseem,thetrendforSinglishisworryingSingapore??sgovernment.Itisconcernedthatthedialectisloweringthecountry??sEnglishstandardandmayaffectitsrelationshipwithvisitors.ItevenstartedtheSpeakGoodEnglishMovement. Unfortunately,theproblemisnotsolved.Instead,Singlishhasboomed,especiallyamongyoungpeoplewhothinkofitasasignofbeingcoolandawayofidentifyingthemselvesasaSingaporean. ButthisdoesnotmeanthatstandardEnglishisbeingabandonedbyyoungpeople.Infact,theyaremuchmorecapablethanthegovernmentgivescredit—theycanspeakboth. “Weareanationgoodatcodeswitching—weknowthatthewaywespeaktofriendsordriversmustbedifferentfromhowweactatworkorschool,” wroteCheryl,aSingaporeanauthor,inTimemagazine. “Toactivelyurgeustogiveupalanguagethatspeakstotheveryheartofwhoweare,whichsobeautifullyrepresentsthemeltingpotoftheChinese,Indians,MalaysiansandEurasiansthatweare,isshort-sighted,surely.” 1.WhydoesSingaporehavemanydifferentversionsofEnglish? A.Itismadeupofmigrants. B.Itishighlywesternized. C.ItisinfluencedbyChinese. D.Itisaffectedbyofficiallanguages. 2.WhatisthepurposeofstartingtheSpeakGoodEnglishMovement? A.