Learning about Language主要内容及教案内容

第一部分：阅读理解（每小题

2 分，满分

8分）

WASHINGTON—Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a survey. But another contrary trend has educators and policy makers abuzz: a rush by schools in all parts of America to offer instructions in Chinese. Some schools are paying for Chinese classes on their own,but hundreds are getting some help. The Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools all over the world—and paying part of their salaries. No one keeps an exact count, but rough calculations based on the government's survey suggest that perhaps 1,600 American public and private schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 or so a decade ago. And the number is growing exponentially（成倍地）. "It's really changing the language education landscape of this country," said Nancy C.Rhodes,director at the center. Other indicators point to the same trend." The number of students taking the Advanced Placement test in Chinese, introduced in 2007,has grown so fast that it is likely to pass German this year as the third most-tested A.P.language, after Spanish and French", said Trevor Packer, vice president at the College Board. "We've all been surprised that in such a short time Chinese would grow to surpass A.P.German,"Mr.Packer said.

A decade ago,most of the schools with Chinese programs were on the East and West Coasts.But in recent years, many schools have started Chinese programs in heartland states,including Ohio and Illinois in the Midwest,Texas and Georgia in the South,and Colorado and Utah in the Rocky Mountain West. America has had the study of a foreign language grow before,only to see the bubble burst.Many schools began teaching Japanese in the 1980s,after Japan emerged as an economic rival.But thousands have dropped the language, the survey found.Japanese is not the only language that has declined.Thousands of schools that offered French, German or Russian have stopped teaching those languages,too,the survey found.

1.What's the meaning of the underlined word "abuzz" in the first paragraph?

A. Be noisy like the sound of a bee.

B. Be lively for various activities.

C. Cause people to discuss something hotly.

D. Motivate people to march bravely.

2.What can we infer from what Mr.Packer said?

A. More and more people choose Chinese in A.P.test.

B. A.P.test is the most difficult one in the world.

C. Chinese is more important than Spanish and French.

D. Chinese is a necessary subject in most important tests.

3.What can we know from the last two paragraphs?

A. Many schools started Chinese programs in the Midwest ten years ago.

B. Chinese programs have been started in more areas in America recently.

C. American schools have stopped teaching French, German and Russian.

D. People are gradually fond of learning Chinese and Japanese in recent years.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Chinese is being learned as an official language in America. B. Foreign Languages fade in American schools except Chinese.

C. Teaching Chinese in foreign countries has become a trend.

D. Foreign languages are no longer being taught in America. 32-35CABB

D Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful,there's a natural impulse to catch and own it—which means, in this day and age,that we can't help reaching for our phones to take a picture when seeing beautiful things. Though this would seem to be a wonderful solution,there are two big problems about taking pictures.Firstly, we're likely to be so busy taking the pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest inspire us to take a photograph in the first place.And secondly,because we feel the pictures are safely stored in our phones,we never get around to look at them. These problems would seem to be very much of today,a consequence of the tiny phones in our pockets.But they were noticed right at the beginning of the history of photography,when the average camera was the size of a grandfather clock.The first person who noticed them was the English art critic,John Ruskin.He was a travelling lover who realized that most tourists failed to notice or remember the beautiful things they saw.

He argued that humans have a born tendency（倾向）to respond to beauty and desire to keep it,but that there are bad expressions of this desire.At worst,we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs.But,in Ruskin's eyes, there's one thing we should do and that is attempting to draw the interesting things we see,and it doesn't matter whether we happen to have any talent for doing so. Before the invention of photography,people used to draw far more than they do today.It was an active necessity. But in the mid-19th century,photography killed drawing.It became something only "artists" would ever do,so Ruskin spent four years on a campaign to get people drawing again. So if drawing had value even when it was practiced

by people with no talent,it was for Ruskin because drawing can teach us to notice properly rather than watch absent-mindedly（心不在焉地）.When describing what lies before our eyes with our own hands,we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts. 32.What does the underlined word "impulse" mean? A.Interest.

B.Urge.

C.Habit.

D.Reaction. 33.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about? A.An effective solution to storing something nice.

B.Reasons for taking pictures in the first place. C.Problems related with taking photos. D.Methods of storing pictures in phones. 34.It can be inferred that John Ruskin______. A.lived at the origin of photography

C.studied the history of photography

B.lived at the origin of drawing D.was an English literature critic

35.How did John Ruskin advise us to remember our travel? A.By taking photographs.

B.By buying meaningful souvenirs. D.By trying drawing what we see. C.By writing some travel notes. 32-35 BCAD

第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Qing Ming Jie (All Souls' Day) is a time to remember

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dead. It is a major Chinese festival which

62 (fall) in early spring. It is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forefathers.

Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Tui,

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lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C.Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of

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own leg. When the lord

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(succeed)in becoming the ruler of a small kingdom, he invited his faithful follower to join him. But Jie declined the invitation,

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(prefer) to lead a quiet life with his mother in the mountains.

Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.

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, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to

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(die).To honor Jie, the "cold food feast day" began, when no fire could be lit. As time passed, the Qing Ming festival replaced the "cold food" festival. To make the festival even more

69 (meaning),some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family

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contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Tui. 61. the

62. falls

63. who

64. his

65. succeeded

66. preferring

67. However

68. death

69. meaningful

70. of

第二节

短文改错（共10个小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句不超过两个错误。

错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：

在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：

把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：

在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last weekend, I helped my grandparents prepare for our trip to Xi‟an. On Saturday morning, together with them, I searched the Internet for the train schedule, the weather in Xi‟an, or some hotel informations. In the afternoon, I went to the

train station and manage to buy two tickets for them since there was a long queue. After dinner, I packed all the things that might be need into suitcase. And the next morning, I went to the station to see them away off. Wave goodbye to them on the platform, I felt very happy for them and wished them a safer journey.

答案

第二节

短文改错（共10个小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.our—their 2.or—and

3.informations—information 4.manage—managed 5.since—though/although

6.need—needed

7.into后加a

8.去掉away 9.Wave—Waving

10.safer—safe

Common public speaking problems The use of “I feel”, “I think” and “maybe”

In the question-and –answer session of the speaking competition, many contestants began their answers with uncertain expressions like “I feel”, “I hear”, “maybe” and “perhaps”. These words show that the person is only speaking from his or her point of view.

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Work on keeping your answers brief and to the point. Also work on delivering them with calmness and confidence. Instead of the empty-sounding “I guess”, using facts, together with a clear conclusion based on those facts, is far more likely to be popular with an audience.

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Don’t stick to the same tone. It can be boring. Try to mix it up. For example, when they spoke about their dreams, some sounded romantic. Others used humor. Very few used several different styles tighter.

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, rather than just sticking with the same one. Irresponsible answers

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. you’re responsible for your words. Even though you want to answer quickly, you don’t want to sound foolish. So you should think twice before you talk. Don’t be like the student who, when asked about his opinion on book piracy(盗版), started by saying he supported it.

Talking around the topic rather than directly answering it

You should focus on one point and give a clear solution.

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. is it asking you to discuss a certain topic or to present your own point of view?

Use one or two arguments together and give a strong conclusion. Remember that judges are not judging you on whether they agree, but on your ability to say what you think clearly. A. Try mixing more than one style. B. Improving your communication skill. C. Using only one speaking style D. It’s important to involve your audience.

E. Public speaking is different from personal conversations. F. The key is to work out what question is being asked G. To the judges and audience, this lacks the support of facts and seems not to be reliable. 36-40 GCAEF 第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early intention of

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may not have originated from my love for nature. I was to

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my parents. At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with

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at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to

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!” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time. At that age, I always did something

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to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found

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, I would plant a garden! I planted some lily (西合花) seeds in the yard. Bui they failed to

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. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild

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joy, I found the first rose bloom (开花). One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off.

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, I was touched by this land of wonder.

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, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even

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at me because he found it was

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to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s

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, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds

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flowers. Regardless of their

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, I kept on planting my garden and

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to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they

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to care and love. It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to

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my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very

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. And now I could say it is my

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for nature that makes me a real gardener. 41. A. memorizing 42. A. please

43. A. doubt

B. dreaming

B. change

C. gardening C. help

D. designing

D. annoy D. excitement D. come in D. opposite D. interesting D. get through D. by B. appreciation

C. surprise B. care about B. similar

44. A. collect up

45. A. equal

46. A. painful

C. clean up

C. superior

B. valuable

C. upsetting

C. hold on

C. in

47. A. come up

48. A. to

B. break out B. with

49. A. Luckily 50. A. Instead B. Cheerfully

B. However

B. laughed

C. Regularly

D. Eventually

D. Besides D. jumped D. dangerous D. relief D. less than C. Therefore C. glanced

C. enjoyable C. delight

51. A. shouted

52. A. convenient 53. A. sadness

B. troublesome

B. displeasure B. more than

54. A. other than 55. A. dislike C. rather than

B. encouragement B. stopped

B. turn

B. satisfy

C. threat

D. suggestion D. struggled

D. lead D. challenge D. disappointed 56. A. decided

57. A. devote 58. A. defeat

59. A. proud

C. continued C. respond

C. respect C. strange

B. comfortable

60. A. memory

B. surprise

C. hatred

D. affection 41-45 CDACD 46-50 CABDB 51-55 ABBCA 56-60 CCDAD