题目
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If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands--one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.
Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?
In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in these different countries spoke different languages. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.
There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?
小题1:English was first spoken in ____.
A.Britain | B.England | C.Great Britain | D.Ireland |
A.Wales is the richest of the three. |
B.Scotland is the largest of the three. |
C.Sometimes England is used instead of Britain. |
D.Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles. |
A.part of Britain |
B.part of British Isles |
C.the official name of the whole country |
D.the largest country of all mentioned in the passage |
A.Students of English |
B.Different Names of England |
C.Different Languages Spoken in England |
D.The Republic of Ireland |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:本文介绍了英国多个名称的由来的话题,并介绍了英国的很多的具体的信息。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第一段1,2行As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England. That’s where the language was first spoken.说明B正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第三段1,2行Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England” is used instead of “Britain”.说明C项正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据最后一段前3行There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country.说明C项正确。
小题4:B 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段最后3行So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.说明本文是关于英国多个名称的由来的话题,故B项正确。
点评:本文介绍了英国多个名称的由来,文章基本上是考查细节题,对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词,然后以此为线索,运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节,找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍,仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别,在准确理解细节的前提下,最后确定最佳答案。
核心考点
试题【As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The expression “to be in hot water" is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used 500 years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
That no longer happens. But we still get in “hot water”.When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble. It can be any kind of trouble—serious or not so serious. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother. if he walks in the house with dirty shoes.
Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in hot water. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head.
You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks without knowing anything about the stock market.
“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.
“Water over the dam” is another expression about a past event. It is something that is finished. It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has flowed over a dam cannot be brought back again.
小题1:Which of the following two expressions have almost the same meaning?
A.To be in hot water;To be in deep water. |
B.To be in hot water;To keep your head above water. |
C.To be in deep water;Water over the dam. |
D.Water over the dam;To be in hot water. |
A.he is in danger of losing his life |
B.he is trying to pay off his debt |
C.he is trying to keep his promise |
D.he is trying not to get into debt |
A.“To be in hot water” can only be used to mention serious trouble. |
B.“Water over the dam” is an expression about a future event. |
C.Water could be used in the war in the past. |
D.All of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings. |
A.the use of water |
B.how to use some expressions about water |
C.expressions about water and their meanings |
D.expressions with negative meaning |
Another old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces. Traces were the chains(链子) that held at horse or mule to a wagon(货运马车)or plow. Sometimes, an animal refused to obey and kicked over the traces.
Kick around is an expression that is heard often in American English. A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly. Usually he is not really being kicked by somebody"s foot. He is just not being treated with the respect that all of us want. A person who has kicked around for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another. Kick around has another meaning when you use it with the word idea. When you kick around an idea, you are giving that idea some thought.
There is no physical action when you kick a person upstairs, although the pain can be as strong .You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.
Still another meaning of the word kick is to free oneself of a bad habit, such as smoking cigarettes. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.
小题1:It is clear that the author wants to help readers _____________.
A.know English has a long history |
B.understand the development of English |
C.enjoy the interest of English idioms(习语) |
D.learn English expressions with Kick |
A.disobey the commands | B.obey the traditions |
C. ride a horse or mule | D.punish animals strictly |
A.expressed their ideas freely | B.were looked after well |
C.moved their family often | D.were treated badly |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.the boss kicked Tom upstairs | B.Tom kicked the bucket |
C.Tom kicked the bad habit | D.Tom kicked around an idea |
And it is a big soul. The Republic of Mexico is vast, consisting of nearly two million square miles of coastline, desert, rain forest, mountains, and rich plains. From the American borderlands of the wide, agriculturally rich north, the country narrows gently as it sweeps south and east. The two main mountain ranges(山脊), the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental, hug the west and east, finally merging(融入) into the volcanically active central highlands and the capital, Mexico City - the most populous city in the world. Further south, the country narrows to only 100 miles, then broadens again before reaching the Guatemalan border. There are two major peninsulas (半岛) in Mexico: the Baja Peninsula to the west and the Yucatan peninsular to the east.
The population is about 106 million. and the generosity (慷慨大方) of the Mexican people is unsurpassed. Knowing a few simple sentences in Spanish will win hearts.
Mexico has been blessed with an unusually temperate (适度的) climate year-round. The most important thing to remember is that the Mexican summer is also the rainy season, although the rain rarely lasts more than a few hours, and typically arrives in the late afternoon. Extremes(极端)are present only in the North and in Baja, both of which have deserts where the temperature leaps above 100F. Mexico City has a year-round temperature in the high 80s. while the coasts usually stay in the mid-90s. Night time temperatures fall somewhat, but rarely break down below a comfortable 60F.
小题1:All of the following are names of beaches EXCEPT ___________ .
A.Puerto Vallarta | B.Cancun | C.Guatemalan | D.Mazatlan |
A.has two peninsulas altogether |
B.has a population of about 106 million |
C.has more than 2 million square miles of coastline |
D.has two main mountain ranges going from west to east |
A perfect B. false C. ancient D. out of date
小题4:You may suffer extreme temperatures if you go to ___________. .
A.the east | B.the west | C.the south | D.the north |
A.Geography. | B.History. | C.Language. | D.Climate. |
Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
小题1:What can be the best title of the passage?
A.American art forms. | B.The development of jazz. |
C.The music of black Americans. | D.The birthplace of jazz. |
A.Jazz is now popular all over the world. |
B.Jazz is now a kind of religious music. |
C.Jazz is now played only in bars and clubs. |
D.Jazz is now played a little differently sometimes. |
A.New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced |
B.the American people are all jazz lovers |
C.jazz is merely sung by the black when working |
D.jazz may become more popular as time goes on |
A.200 | B.120 | C.80 | D.140 |
It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It changed over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings(配料)such as oil, garlic(大蒜), onions and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠand Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named “Pizza Margherita” in her honour.
Pizza went to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about(夸赞) “that great Italian dish”. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.
小题1:Which is the correct order of the changes of pizza?
A.Plakuntos→pizza→picea | B.Pizza→plakuntos→picea |
C.Picea→plakuntos→pizza | D.Plakuntos→picea→pizza |
A.Because pizza first became popular in these countries. |
B.Because pizza was invented in these countries. |
C.Because one topping was brought to Italy from these countries. |
D.Because people there are the greatest consumers of pizza. |
A.There is a picture of a Pizza Margherita. | B.They have the same colours. |
C.Both of them represent Italy. | D.They are both popular in Italy. |
A. After 1945. B. In 1889. C. In 1905. D. By 1000AD.
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.McDonald’s and Pizza | B.Global Pizza |
C.Pizza in the United States | D.How to Make Pizza |
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