UNIT5LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLD課時跟蹤檢測（二）ReadingandThinking

UNIT5LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLD課時跟蹤檢測（二）ReadingandThinking[語言基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練]Ⅰ.單詞拼寫1．Afterthreeyearsofstudy,shehasagoodmandofthedialect(方言)here.2．Whatisthespecific(明確的)aimofyourworkingsohard?3．Therewerecallsformajor(主要的)changestothesystem.4．Pleasegivemybestregards(問候，問好)toyourfamily.5．Despite(盡管)hergoodsalary,shemeasuredouteverydollarneededforhouseholdexpenses.6．PractisingChinesekungfucannotonlybuildupone’sstrength,butalsodevelopone’scharacter(性格)．7．Themainfactor(因素)indecidingwhetherornottodosoisthesizeofyourproject.8．Hehasbeeasymbol(象征)oftheblacksfightingagainstthewhitesinSouthAfrica.9．Therearetwomainlydifferentpoliticalpartiestoplayanimportantpartinthestateaffairs(事務(wù))inthiscountry.10．Mostofpeopleagreethatthefirstdynasty(朝代)ofChinawastheXia.Ⅱ.單句語法填空1．Thisisanoldbuildingdating(date)backtothe14thcentury.2．ThisiswhyIwanttomajorinChineseculture.3．Doingmorningexercisesregularlyisofbenefittoyourhealth.4．Theyjoinedusinthediscussiononhowtostopglobal(globe)warming.5．Ihaveahighregardforhimasacoach;heisverystrictinhisjob.6．You’llbeabletochoosearoombasedonyourownpersonaltastes.7．Beijingisfilledwithpeoplefromvarieties(variety)ofpartsofChina.8．Thepicturecarved(carve)onthesurfaceofwoodisverybeautiful.9．Specifically(specific),IwanttooffersometipsontowriteanEnglishletter.10．Chinesecharactercalligraphyhasbeeaformofart.11．Bythetimethisletterreachesyou,Iwill_have_left(leave)thecountry.12．I’dappreciateitifyoucouldletmeknowinadvancewhetherornotyouwille.Ⅲ.選詞填空ofgreatimportance，bymeansof，datebackto，upsanddowns，anumberof，playanimportantrolein，leadto，alltheway1．Ourlifehasitsups_and_downsandweneedsomeonetoridewithus.2．Wevisitedatemplewhichdates_back_to200yearsago.3．Alackofnutritionmaylead_tovariousdiseases.4．Ihavejustfoundthattheclassmeetingisof_great_importancetome.5．Shecouldnotspeak,butmadeherwishesknownby_means_ofsigns.6．Aseveryoneknows,sheplays_an_important_role_inourorganization.7．Inthepasttenyearsa_number_ofhighbuildingshavearisenwheretherewasnothingbutruins.8．Hedecidedthathewoulddriveall_the_wayhomeinsteadofputtingupatahotelforthenight.Ⅳ.課文縮寫填空THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM：CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisation.Therearemanyreasons1.whythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinese2.writing(write)system.3.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.BytheShangDynasty,thesesymbols4.had_bee(bee)awell-developedwritingsystem.IntheQinDynasty,theChinesewritingsystembegan5.to_develop(develop)inonedirection.Thewritingsystemwasofgreat6.importance(important)inunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.TheChinesewritingisanartform,7.known(know)asChinesecalligraphy.China’spresent8.is_connected(connect)withitspastbywrittenChinese.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstill9.animportantpartofChineseculture.AndmoreandmorepeoplearebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthis10.amazing(amaze)language.[主題閱讀訓(xùn)練]Ⅰ.閱讀理解APeopleoftenhavetheimpressionthatChinesecharactersareextremelydifficulttolearn.Infact,ifyouweretotrytolearnhowtowriteChinesecharacters,youwouldfindthattheyarenotnearlyasdifficultasyoumayhaveimagined.Andtheycertainlyqualifyasformingoneofthemostattractive,beautiful,logical(合乎邏輯的),andscientificallyconstructed(構(gòu)造)writingsystemsintheworld.Eachstroke(筆畫)hasitsownspecialsignificance.IfyouarefamiliarwiththerulesofChinesecharacters,youwillfinditveryeasytoremembereventhemostplicatedlookingcharacter,andnevermissastroke.TheearliestknownexamplesofChinesewrittencharactersintheirdevelopedformarecarvedintotortoiseshellsandoxbones.Mostofthesecharactersarepictographs.Archaeologistsofvariouscountrieshavelearnedthatmostearlywritingsystemswentthroughapictographicstage,asdidtheEgyptianhieroglyphics.Mostwritingsystems,however,eventuallydevelopedaphonetic(表示發(fā)音的)alphabettorepresentthesoundsofspokenlanguageratherthanvisualimagesobservedinthephysicalworld.OnenotablefeatureofChinesecharactersisthe“radical”.“Radical”inEnglishmeans“root”.Forexample,thecharactersyu“l(fā)anguage”，shuo“talk”，andlun“discuss”allsharetheyanradical,whichmeans“l(fā)anguage，”andgivesthereaderacluetothemeaningofthecharacterasawhole.Thecharactersxiu“rotten”，shan“cedar”，tao“peach”andlin“forest”，allcontainthemu“wood”or“tree”radical,indicatingoneoftheirsharedkeycharacteristics.Ifyouknowtheradicalofacharacter,youcanusuallygetageneralideaofthemeaningofthecharacter.Althoughthereisatheoreticaltotalofalmost50,000writtenChinesecharacters,onlyabout5,000ofthesearefrequentlyused;andthetotalnumberofradicalsisonly214.SolearningtoreadandwriteChineseisnotnearlysodifficultataskasitmayatfirstseem.語篇解讀：本文主要介紹了漢字書寫系統(tǒng)以及漢字的一些特點(diǎn)。1．Accordingtotheauthor,Chinesecharactersare________.A．extremelydifficulttolearnB．a(chǎn)sdifficultasyoumayhaveimaginedC．difficulttorememberD．scientificallyconstructed解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的“Andtheycertainlyqualifyasformingoneofthemostattractive,beautiful,logical(合乎邏輯的),andscientificallyconstructed(構(gòu)造)writingsystemsintheworld.”可知答案。2．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．AlltheChinesecharactersarepictographs.B．Somestrokesaremoreimportantthanothers.C．TherearerulesinformingtheChinesecharacters.D．Somewritingsystemseventuallydevelopedaphoneticalphabet.解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的“IfyouarefamiliarwiththerulesofChinesecharacters,youwillfinditveryeasytoremembereventhemostplicatedlookingcharacter,andnevermissastroke.”可知，學(xué)習(xí)漢字時遵循一定的規(guī)則，就很容易記住看起來很復(fù)雜的漢字，并且不會漏掉筆畫。故選C。3．Whichradicaldothecharacterschi“eat”，he“drink”，wen“kiss”，andwei“feed”contain?A．Themu“wood”or“tree”radical.B．Thekou“mouth”radical.C．Thezu“foot”radical.D．Theyan“l(fā)anguage”radical.解析：選B推理判斷題。漢語中的“吃”、“喝”、“吻”和“喂”的偏旁都是口，所以選B。4．Thepassageismainlyabout________.A．theChinesewritingsystemB．thestrokesoftheChinesecharactersC．pictographsD．theradicaloftheChinesecharacters解析：選A主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了漢字書寫系統(tǒng)。故選A。BEveryweekinChina,millionsofpeoplewillsitinfrontoftheirTVswatchingteenagerspeteforthetitleCharacterHero,whichisaChinese-stylespellingbee(拼寫大賽).Inthischallenge,youngpetitorsmustwriteChinesecharactersbyhand.Toprepareforthepetition,thepetitorsusuallyspendmonthsstudyingdictionaries.Perhapstheshow’spopularityshouldnotbeasurprise.Alongwithgunpowderandpaper,manyChinesepeopleconsiderthecreationofChinesecalligraphytobeoneoftheirprimarycontributionstocivilization.Unfortunately,alloverthecountry,Chinesepeopleareforgettinghowtowritetheirownlanguagewithoutputerizedhelp.SoftwareonsmartphonesandputersallowsuserstotypeinthebasicsoundofthewordusingtheLatinalphabet.Thecorrectcharacterischosenfromalist.Theresult?It’spossibletorecognizecharacterswithoutrememberinghowtowritethem.Butthere’sstillhopeforthepaintbrush.China’sEducationMinistrywantschildrentospendmoretimelearninghowtowrite.InoneBeijingprimaryschoolwevisited,studentspracticecalligraphyeverydayinsideaspeciallydecoratedclassroomwithtraditionalChinesepaintingshangingonthewalls.Softmusicplaysasagroupofsix-year-oldsdipbrushpensintoblackink.Theylookupattheblackboardoftentostudytheirteacher’sexamplesbeforecarefullyattemptingtoreproducethosecharactersonricepaper.“Ifadultscansurvivewithoutusinghandwriting,whybothertoteachitnow？”weaskthecalligraphyteacher,ShenBin.“TheabilitytowritecharactersispartofChinesetraditionandculture，”shereasons.“Studentsmustlearnnowsotheydon’tforgetwhentheygrowup，”saystheteacher.語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。作者通過介紹漢字拼寫大賽談到了漢字拼寫的現(xiàn)狀。5．WhatcanwelearnabouttheCharacterHero?A．It’sthemost-viewedTVprograminChina.B．It’sopentopeopleofallagesandallwalks.C．Itdrawsgreatpublicattentionacrossthecountry.D．ItaimstospreadChineseculturetotheworld.解析：選C推理判斷題。結(jié)合第一段中的“EveryweekinChina...whichisaChinese-stylespellingbee(拼寫大賽)．”可知，在中國，每周數(shù)百萬人坐在他們的電視機(jī)前看漢字拼寫大賽，由此可推斷它在中國很吸引公眾的注意，故選C項。6．WhyareChinesepeopleforgettinghowtowritethecharacters?A．BecauseChinesepeopleareusingtheLatinalphabetinsteadofthecharacters.B．BecauseChinesepeoplenolongerusebrushpensorpracticecalligraphy.C．BecauseChinesepeopleneedn’twritebyhandasoftenwiththehelpoftechnology.D．BecauseChinesepeopledon’trefertodictionariesveryoften.解析：選C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Softwareonsmartphonesandputers...It’spossibletorecognizecharacterswithoutrememberinghowtowritethem.”可知，中國人忘記如何寫漢字是因為在用和電腦打字時，是用拉丁字母的拼音得出的漢字表來選擇漢字的，而不是用手書寫。故選C項。7．AccordingtoShenBin,beingabletowritecharactersbyhandis________.A．helpfultokeepChinesetraditionandculturealiveB．a(chǎn)requirementmadebyChina’sEducationMinistryC．necessaryforadultstosurviveinChinaD．a(chǎn)nabilitytobedevelopedonlywhenyouarestudents解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“‘TheabilitytowritecharactersispartofChinesetraditionandculture，’shereasons.‘Studentsmustlearnnowsotheydon’tforgetwhentheygrowup，’saystheteacher.”可知，漢字書寫能力是中華傳統(tǒng)和文化的一部分，學(xué)生現(xiàn)在必須學(xué)會，這樣他們長大后才不會忘記，故選A項。8．Wheredoesthistextprobablyefrom?A．Asciencereport. B．Anewsreport.C．Children’sliterature. D．Anadvertisement.解析：選B推理判斷題。本文由漢字拼寫大賽的情況，談到中國漢字拼寫的現(xiàn)狀，再提及文化傳承的希望，由此可推知本文出自一篇新聞報道。故選B。Ⅱ.讀后續(xù)寫閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)所給情節(jié)進(jìn)行續(xù)寫，使之構(gòu)成一個完整的故事。詞數(shù)50左右。Wanttoknowhowtosurviveaplanecrash?Whataboutaterroristattack?Toputyourmindateaseinnearlyanysituation,youcanalmostguaranteeyoursurvivalifyouneverleavethehousewithout3necessaryitems，i.e.alighter(打火機(jī)),alifestraw(救命吸管)andaraincoat.Rightofftheplacefullofdanger,yourfirstinstinct(本能)mightbetosearchforhelptheminuteyourealizeyou’reintrouble.Butsurvivalexpertsinsistyoushouldstaywhereyouareuntilhelpfindsyou,instead;doingsowillmakeiteasierforthesearchandrescueteamstolocateyourlocation.Whatshouldyoudountilthen,youask?Preparetohunkerdown(盤腿坐下)forthelongrun.That’swhereyourthreepiecesofsurvivalnecessitieseintoplay,Stewartsays.Forone,youshouldhavesomethingtostartafireonyouatalltimes.Fire-startingtoolsareinexpensivetopurchase，andyoucaneasilycarrythemaroundinabackpackorpantpocket.Butevenwithoutafancyitem,allyoureallyneedissomethingtolightthefirstflame.“Youcanusecottonballscoveredinpetroleumjelly(凡士林油)asafirestarter，”StewarttoldUSATODAY.“Theyarewaterresistantandwillstartafirewithjustaspark.”Second,you’llneedsomethingtomakeyourdrinkingwaterfittodrink,suchasacanteen(飯盒)thatcanboilwater.Stewartremendsbuyinga＄20lifestraw,which“canbestruckintothemuddiestpoolofwateryoucanfindandyousuckthewateroutlikeastraw.”Anydoubt?Itcouldstillsaveyourlife,Stewartsays.“Ialwayssaythatyourlifedependsonyourwatersource，”hesaid.“Ifyouareinabadsituationandhavetodrinkwaternotfittodrink