发布时间 : 星期四 文章2021高考英语一轮复习课时作业19Unit19Language北师大版选修7更新完毕开始阅读c018134cce7931b765ce0508763231126edb77ef
课时作业19 Unit 19 Language
课时练(一) 阅读理解·组块专练——练速度
(限时：35分钟)
阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
[2020·贵阳市高三适应性考试(一)]Brits (英国人) are extremely bad at languages, with many of us relying on the fact that the rest of the world speak English. Only half (51%) are able to speak a second language to any standard and as more people travel abroad, this is becoming an increasing regret, according to a new study.
Almost two-thirds (62%) of UK adults wish they were better at speaking languages. So they can better understand a city's culture (38% of respondents), talk with locals (24%) and go beyond the guide book (21% )．
Overcoming language barriers can be one of the most difficult parts of a holiday, particularly when in unfamiliar surroundings. So stressful in the fact that 10% of respondents said they didn't travel because of the problem.
The survey by Hostelworld showed that one in five blamed getting lost on the language barrier, while a similar number had problems ordering food and one in ten got on the wrong train, plane or other form of transportation.
If languages weren't an issue then one in eight (12%) Brits would visit Japan. China, Italy and Russia were also popular choices. Despite the communication problem, Japan has seen a 7.5 % increase in the number of British visitors between January and April, compared to this time last year.
“The number of British travelers to Japan has been growing year on year，” according to Hollie Mantle, marketing and communication manager for the Japanese Tourist Board. “People are realizing that Japan is one of the most hospitable and beautiful countries on earth, with so many new experiences for travelers to try, not to mention world-class cuisine！”
They had this message for Brits thinking about visiting：“Though some travelers worry about language barriers, as soon as you arrive in Japan, you'll realize that
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people will go out of their way to help you enjoy their country. There really are few ‘barriers’ — road signs and train stations are in English, you'll find that people speak more English than they let on, and even when they don't, they will go above and beyond to help you out.”
1．What do we know from the first two paragraphs? A．Brits are poor at languages. B．Brits regret what they have done. C．Brits like relying on others. D．Brits are good at languages.
2．How many Brits can't order food correctly because of language barriers?
A．About 10%. B．About 12%. C．About 20%. D．About 21%. 3．How is the text mainly developed?
A．By analyzing causes. B．By giving examples. C．By making description D．By listing data.
B
[2020·成都第二次诊断]Author Walter Dean Myers died at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults and received many top awards.
The prolific author was loved for his vivid description of the lives of African American children, and for writing books for young people that covered different subjects. “Myers has written about all those subjects with deep understanding and a hard-won, qualified sense of hope，” said Leonard S. Marcus in 2008.
He was born in 1937 and was adopted by Florence Dean and Herbert after his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister. They loved him very much and his mother read to him from a very young age. Reading pushed him to discover worlds beyond his landscape.
He began writing at an early age. He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to him.“It's what you do，” she said.
He dropped out of high school at 17 and joined the army. After finishing his service, he entered a dark period in his life. Myers began writing at night to pull himself
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through that miserable time.
In an essay published in The New York Times earlier this year, Myers described how a short story by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the course of his life.“I didn't love the story, but I was lifted by it，” he wrote, “for it took place in Harlem, and it was a story concerned with black people like those I knew. By humanizing the people who were like me, Baldwin's story also humanized me. The story gave me a permission that I didn't know I needed, the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map.”
“I write books for the troubled boy I once was，” he wrote, “and for the boy who lives within me still.”
4．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about? A．How popular Myers was. B．How Myers became successful. C．What makes Myers' works popular. D．What people think of Myers' works. 5．Who discovered Myers' writing talent? A．James Arthur Baldwin. B．His mother. C．Leonard S. Marcus. D．One of his teachers.
6．What does the underlined word “prolific” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A．Productive. B．Unfortunate. C．Conservative. D．Humorous.
7．Why was the short story by James Arthur Baldwin so important for Myers? A．It helped him survive the dark period. B．It inspired him to pursue his writing career. C．He learned many writing techniques from it. D．The author of the story permitted him to write.
C
[2020·贵州适应性测试]Almost all calligraphy (书法) lovers agree that writing characters with a brush and ink on straw paper offers a way to communicate with not only history and culture, but also oneself. But now Chinese character handwriting is under threat from computers and mobile phones.
A college graduate looking for a job was reportedly turned down by a company because he wrote 24 characters incorrectly in a 400-character handwritten resume. A survey by HorizonKey, covering people from 12 major cities in China, found that
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nearly one third of those interviewed often experience“character amnesia (遗忘)”， with 94 percent saying this is a problem for them.
The main reason is that most Chinese rely too much on the pinyin-based Chinese language input method, which is replacing the tradition of writing characters stroke (笔画) by stroke. The software will conveniently choose the right characters according to the context or word frequency, as there are dozens of characters with the same pronunciation in Chinese.
Education is another problem. In college, most homework and papers are printed out, instead of handwritten. And few teachers use chalk and blackboards, with Microsoft's PowerPoint the most-often used software to teach knowledge to students.
The number of electronic devices in the classroom is thought to be another reason why students are easily satisfied with just a poor knowledge of the Chinese language and characters. It is quicker to look up a character in an electronic dictionary, but traditional printed dictionaries offer more detailed information on the usage and meaning of the characters. Students pay more attention to remembering a character's pronunciation, but not the other knowledge related to it, which e-dictionaries rarely provide.
Another worry is the“pollution” of Chinese characters by Internet language. Young people regard using Internet language as cool and fashionable. After they learn to use these expressions, they automatically include them in their writing.
8．With the example of a college graduate, the author shows ________. A．that practicing can improve writing B．why certain people are poor writers
C．that there are differences in students' writing D．why Chinese character handwriting is in great danger
9．By saying “... those interviewed often experience ‘character amnesia (遗忘)’”， the writer means those interviewed ________.
A．are not good at handwriting B．can't write characters accurately C．show no interest in handwriting D．find jobs much more difficultly
10．What phenomenon is described in Paragraph 5? A．Dependence on electronic devices. B．Advantages of electronic dictionaries.
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