EIM Book 1 Unit 7 Learning languages單元檢測試題

TestforUnit7+Book1

PartA

Choosetheoneofwhichtheunderlinedpartisdifferentfromtheotherthree

A.perhaps B.Latin C.annoying D.add

A.expert B.invention C.frequent D.legend

A.tongue B.pronunciation C.European D.complain

A.pleasure B.meant C.meaning D.wealthy

Aprofessor B.author C.normal D.unforgettable

Multiplechoice

WecansayforsurethatKobeBryantwasalegendonthecourt.

A.certainly B.most C.normally D.actually

QistheleastfrequentletterintheEnglishlanguage.

A.asfrequentasotherletters B.notthemostfrequentofalltheletters

C.notthatfrequent D.lessfrequentthananyotherletter

Thatwasthe________footballmatchever!Inearlyfellasleep.

A.mostinteresting B.boring C.important D.worst

—Thatlittleboyliedtothepolice,________?

—________.Idon’tthinkhetoldthewholetruth.

A.didhe,Yes,hedid B.didn’the,Yes.hedid

C.didhe,No,hedidn’t D.didn’the,No,hedidn’t

Manyparentsthinktheiryoungtroublemakersare________becausetheyalwaysmakeamessathome.

A.annoying B.annoyed C.amazing D.amazed

Havingafriendasanexpert________languageislucky.Hehasfun________hiswaysoflearninglanguages.

A.ontoshare B.in,withsharing C.in,insharing D.on,sharing

Perhapsteenagerswanttobepartofacertaingroupthatspeaks________language.Andtheydon’twantolderpeople,liketheir“________”,tounderstandthem.

A.different,grandparents B.different,teachers

C.thesame,parents D.thesame,friends

Whenweallwearmasks,coronavirusspreads(傳播)________intheair.

A.morequickly B.lessslowly C.morewidely D.lesseasily

Mydadsaysthe1990swerethebest________ofhislife.He________wealthaswellasamillionnewjobsforyoungpeople.

A.years,invented B.year,created

C.decade,created D.decades,invented

—Iwonderifyoucangiveme________adviceonvocabulary?

—Don’tworry.Thereisalarge________vocabularythatwedon’tneedtoknowhowtowriteanduse.Justdomorereading.

A.any,active B.any,passive C.some,active D.some,passive

Idon’tknowthemeaningsoIhaveto________.Idon’thaveto________everysinglenewwordinthedictionary.

A.translate,lookfor B.guess,lookfor

C.translate,lookup D.guess,lookup

I’minterestedinthispainting.Somethingbehindit________thepainter’sdeeplovefornature.

A.discusses B.speaks C.translates D.expresses

Everyonekept________whenenteringthemeeting.Mostofthepeoplesatthere,________takingnotes.

A.silent,silently B.silent,silent C.silently,silently D.silently,silent

—Itriedtocallyoumanytimesbutyoudidn’tanswer.

—Sorry.Melodycomplained________herdaughters________me.Whatlittlemonsters!

A.on,with B.about,with C.on,to D.about,to

Thejudgesareamazed________thepronunciationofthestudentsfromCDEFLS.Noneofthemisafraid________talksinpublic.

A.by,ofspeaking B.on,tospeak C.at,ofgiving D.from,togive

PartB

Fillintheblankswithproperformsofthewordsgiven.

Wordscan’t__________howhappyIam.(expression)

Chengduismuch__________thanitwas10yearsago.(modern)

_________,Giuseppelearnedalanguageinonenight.(amaze)

LastnightIwasmuchtootired,__________asleepinthesofa.(lie)

WhenZhongNanshangivestalksinEnglish,everyoneisamazedathis__________.(fluent)

Stayingaliveis__________thingforeveryoneintheworld.(important)

Theseexcellent__________bookswillbeintroducedtoChinanextmonth.(expert)

It’s__________thatsomeAmericansthinkCOVID-19willdisappearbyitselfoneday.(believe)

Asstudentsinaforeignlanguageschool,weareabletocommunicatewith__________.(foreign)

__________theThree-BodyProblem(《三體》)intoEnglishwell,KenLiuchangedsomethingandmadeiteasiertounderstand.(translate)

PatternShift

Debbieisabletodivetoadepthof20metres,____________________?(Tagquestion)

Adultshavefewercreativeideasthanteenagers.

=Adults______________________________________________________________________teenagers.

WhichwordisthelongestintheEnglishlanguage?

=Whichwordis__________________________________________________intheEnglishlanguage?

Davidspentseveralyearspreparinghisnewbook.(Rewritethesentencewith“take”)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

HemadepocketmoneybyteachingGerman.(Raiseaquestiontotheunderlinedpart)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Fillintheblankswithproperwordsaccordingtothefirstlettergiven.

Asweknow,languagebridgesgaps.Learningalanguagewellisofgreatimportancetoeveryoneofus.Amongallthelanguagesintheworld,Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworldandisalsop_____1_____thelanguagewiththemostwords.It’ssaidthatEnglishhasaroundonemillionwords.So,howmanywordsdoesana_____2_____personhave?Normally,apersonhasavocabularyoffiftythousandtosixty-seventhousand.Andthenumberofwordsapersonknowsgreatlyd_____3_____onthepersonseducation.Asforletters,“E”istheonethatpeopleusemostf_____4_____.Letteristhemostinterestingonebecauseithasgotmorem_____5_____thantheotherletterswhenitisusedalone.

IslearningEnglishdifficultforyou?Yesandno!Let’stakeGiuseppeMezzofantiforexample.HewasItalianbuthecouldalsospeako_____6_____38languages.Wedon’tknowforc_____7_____howhecouldspeaksomanylanguages.Butthefollowingadvicemayhelpyouinsomeway.

P_____8_____maybethefirstdifficultyyoumeet.Ifyouwanttospeakcorrectlyandfluentlywithoutana_____9_____,youshouldpracticemorebylisteningtoCDsandi_____10_____nativespeakers.Beingshortofwordscomessecondintheproblemlist.Don’talwayslookupthenewwordsinthed_____11_____whileyouarereading.G_____12_____themeaningfromthewordsyouknowdefinitelyhelpsyoumorewithreadingandunderstanding.Don’tbeafraidofm_____13_____mistakes.Thinkaboutthemistakesandc_____14_____thematonce.ThinkinapositivewaybecauselearningEnglishcanbefuntoo.Manyteenagershavegreatfunc_____15_____newmeaningsforoldwordsintheirdailylife.Itsoundsbrilliant,doesn’tit?

Errorcorrection

MyfamilyspendtwoweeksinLondonlastyear.Wewentthereinautumn. 01.__________

WethinkitisthebetterseasontovisitEngland.Theweatherisusually 02.__________

wonderful,buttherearen’tmanytouristsinOctober.Wechosea 03.__________

hotelinthecitycentre,notfarfrommostofattractionsandsights.

That’swhywedidmostofourtravelingbyfoot.Wepaidavisitto 04.__________

theplacesthatalltouristswanttosee,includeBuckinghamPalace. 05.__________

WewentshoppinginRegentStreetandspenttoomanymoney. 06.__________

Besides,itwasfuntowatchseveralplayinEnglishinthelocaltheatre. 07.__________

It’sgoodchanceforalanguagelearnerlikemetothinkintheforeignlanguage. 08.__________

It’sinterestedthatIcan’tunderstandwhatsometeenagersaresaying 09.__________

intheplays.Wehavefuncreatingnewexpressions,don’tthey? 10.__________

KEY

PartA

I.

1.C2.C3.A4.A5.C

II.