人教版高中英语必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdom单元综合检测(附答案)

第二单元综合检测

满分：120分时间：90分钟

第一部分：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)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Do you think Great Britain and the United States are alike？Winston Churchill once joked that the people of Britain and the people of America are separated(分离的)only by their language. Do you think that is true？The British and the Americans both speak English as the official language. However，each uses some different words. We Americans are similar to the Britain. After all，our country was once owned by Great Britain，so we have a lot in common. But there are many differences between us.

Great Britain has a king or queen，and the leader of the government is the Prime Minister.The United States has no kings or queens.Our leader is the President.

Both the British and Americans use pounds and ounces，pints，quarts，and gallons. Both use miles，yards，and feet. Our money is different，though. The British use pounds and pence. Americans use dollars and cents.

Driving in a car is very different in England. They drive on the left side of the road. We drive on the right. What we call the hood of the car，the British call the “bonnet”．British cars run on “petrol”，which we call gasoline.

In our everyday lives，we do many of the same things as the British.But we describe them differently.A young mother here might push a baby in a baby carriage.A British mom pushes a“pram”．The British watch the“telly”，while we watch TV.We like to eat French fries，but the British call them “chips”．Millions of Americans drink coffee，but most British prefer tea.

So we are different in many ways.But we stay friendly anyway.

1．Winston Churchill's words mean that________.

A．Britain and the US are very similar

B．the people of Britain and the US are friendly

C．the languages of Britain and the US are the same

D．there are many differences between Britain and the US

2．The British and Americans both use________.

A．miles and dollars B．pints and pence

C．gallons and feet D．yards and cents

3．Which of the following is used by the British?

A．TV.B．Pram.

C．Hood. D．French fries.

4．What is the best title for the text?

A．We stay friendly

B．A common language?

C．English as the official language

D．Differences between Britain and the US

语篇解读：本文是说明文。作者在文中主要介绍了英国和美国的一些异同点，特别是语言方面的异同。

1．A解析：推理判断题。作者先提出问题“Do you think Great Britain and the United States are alike？”紧接着便引用了丘吉尔的话，目的是为了说明英国和美国很相似。

2．C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的Both the British and Americans use pounds...and gallons.Both use miles，yards，and feet.可知选C项。

3．B解析：细节理解题。根据第四、五两段可知，四个词中只有Pram是英式英语。

4．B解析：标题归纳题。作者在文中主要介绍了英国和美国在语言使用方面的一些异同。B项以反问的形式表达了“英美语言有差异”之意，形象、准确地概括了本文的主要内容，作为标题很贴切。A、C两项片面；D项太泛，且未涵盖“相同之处”。

B

Question：

I'd like to know about fluency.What can I do to feel better when I'm talking to other people？Do you have some ways to learn it faster？Please help me!

——Roberto in Brazil

Answer：

Roberto wants to know how to become more fluent in English，and this is something you want to be able to do “fast”．

First，if you get to meet English speakers much，the important rule is to listen not just to native speakers of English，but also to very good users of English.If you don't，then listen to the radio，TV or films in English.

The next step is to notice what it is that speakers of English do，which makes them sound fluent.The first trick(诀窍)is to probably have confidence.Some people think they might make mistakes.Don't worry about that.Your listeners will usually try hard to understand you—a few grammar mistakes aren't going to worry them.

What you do need to worry about is pronunciation，especially stress(重音)．When you learn a new word or expression，learn it with its stress.Notice how a native speaker says it or look it up in a dictionary.