Unit+2+Exploring+English+課文文本復(fù)習(xí)檢測(cè) 高中英語(yǔ)外研版（2019）必修第一冊(cè)

必修一Unit2ExploringEnglishUINeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleHaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetrouble______(learn)English?Ihadn’t,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhetherthere____haminahamburger.Thereisn’t.Thismademerealizethatthere’snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepine_____appleinpineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguage________(learn).Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculpta________andpaintapainting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweare____thecarorthetaxi,butonthetrainorbus!Whilewe’redoingallthistraveling,wecanget______atsea,______intheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon’tget______whenwegetbackhome.Andspeaking_____home,whyaren’thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?If“hard”isthe_______of“soft”,whyare“hardly”and“softly”notanopposingpair?If________actionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessand_______behaviorsthesame?Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay“it’sraining”or“it’ssnowing”.Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan’tsay“it’ssunshining”.Eventhesmallestofwordscanbe________(confuse).Whenyouseethecapitalized(釋義)“WHO”inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe“who”in“Who’sthat?”Whatabout“IT”and“US”？Youalsohavetowonder_____theunique________(mad)ofalanguagein_____ahousecanburnupasitburns______,inwhichyoufill____aformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceit________!English___________(invent)bypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthe__________(create)ofthehumanrace.Thatis_______whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyare_______.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,it__________.DIMisadventuresinEnglishLastweek,ourforumaskedifyouhadanyfunnyorstrangestoriesaboutusingEnglish.Wedidn’texpecttogetsomanyposts.Herearesomeofourfavourites,toremindusthatsomeoftheEnglishwelearnintheclassroomisratherdifferentfromtheEnglishintheoutsideworld!Yancy:PeoplesaythattheBritishalways_____________(謹(jǐn)慎行事)whattheyeat.Nottrue!IwenttoasummerschoolinManchesterandmyEnglishteacherwascalledMaggie.Oneday,adifferentteachertookourclass.HetoldusthatMaggiecouldn’tteachthatdayCOZshe___________________(因喉嚨痛說(shuō)話(huà)困難).PoorMaggie—butwhydidshetrytoeatsuchabigfrog?135commentsSophie:WhenIfirstvisitedNewYork,Iwenttoadowntownshoppingcentretobuysomewinterboots.Attheinformationdeskatthe________(enter),Iaskedalady_______theshoesectionwas.Shesaidthatitwasonthefirstfloor.SoIwentuptothefirstfloor,butcouldn’tfindanyshoes.Idecided_______(leave).WhenIwaslookingfortheexit,Isawthatshoeswereactuallysolddownstairsonthegroundfloor,notthefirstfloor.Whydidshegivemethewronginformation？X-(128commentsJulien:I’vegotanEnglishpenfriend,whoIfinallygottomeetinLondonthissummer.Hehadtoldmethathisgrandfatherwas“reallywicked”.ButwhenImethisgrandfather,Ilikedhimalot.Ifounditvery_______(奇怪的).Whydidmyfriendusea_______wordaboutsuchaniceman?63commentsZhengXu:TheBritishmusthavereallyhighstandards.Iwaspartofastudentexchangeprogramme_________auniversityinEnglandandmyuniversityinChina.IspentdayspreparingandwritingmyfirstEnglishpaper.IknewIhaddoneagoodjobandwaslookingforwardto______________(得到積極的評(píng)論).WhenIgotthepaperback,Ifoundmyteacherhadwrittenthecomment“Not______!”Not______?Butthereweren’tanyerrorsinmypaper.∶-(85commentsTHECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.LEARNINGENGLISHWangLeHey,everybody,whatareyourbiggestproblemswithlearningEnglish?LiuWenHi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,butnowI’mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?JiaXin

ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewi