山西省原平市第一中学高二英语导学案：Book 5 Module 1 British and American English 6 阅读理解（根据课文内容选择正确答案）1. What is Webster best known for?A. The Elementary Spelling BookB. Fighting against the BritishC. Simplifying some English wordsD. American Dictionary of English Language.2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?A.Webster was a teacher.B.He fought against the BritishC.He led the American Independence War.D.He wrote The Elementary Spelling Book3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. British spelling seems simpler than American spelling.B. Webster graduated from Yale University.C. American Dictionary of the English Language first appeared in 1828.D. American Dictionary of the English Language is still of great useLanguage points1. attempt vt. 试图；企图（后接不定式做宾 语）n. 企图，努力，尝试（常接不定式或介词 at）搭配：attempt to do sth. ______________________make an /one’s attempt to do sth. make an attempt at doing sth.at one’s/the first attempt （某人）第一次尝试2. standard adj. 标准的一流的；n. 标准，水平搭配：standard Chinese __________________the standard of living = living standard ___________________up to standard （质量）合格单项选择：1._______ other young men, he also likes pop music. A. Except for B. In common with C. Compared with D Speaking of 2.If you do this, it will ______ his trouble. A. addB. add toC. add up toD. add up3.I thought I was going to fail the exam, but I succeeded . A. in allB. after allC. above allD. at all4. It is______ that even if we can save much energy ， we can only delay the energy crisis. A. similar B. steady C. distinctive D. obvious5.None of them could tell the ______ between those two words.1 A. differenceB. difficulty C. part D. different6._______ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it. A. Now that B. AfterC. Although.D. As soon as 7.The teacher the students not satisfied with the result of the experiment.A. as well as; are B. as well; is C. as well as; is D. as well; are8. It rained heavily in the south, ________ serious flooding in several provinces.A. causedB. c ausingC. to causeD. having caused9. The player lost his confidence to _____ against the difficulty.A. fightB.winC. beatD. defeat10. Thanks ______ my English teacher，I’m good at English now.A. withB. forC. ofD. to11. The experiment was ________ easier than we had expected.A. moreB. much moreC. muchD. more much12. Unfortunately, now the air in our hometown is _____ than it was beforeA. much betterB. more worseC. more betterD. much worse13. He _______ to escape from the prison, but he couldn’t find any help.A. succeeded B. attemptedC. advisedD. offered14. Mary had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could b e sure of passing it at her first ______.A. attentionB. attempt C. purposeD. desire2
