Unit4HistoryandTraditionsSailorsusedtospeakofa“Jack”whentheymeantaflagwhichwassetnearthebowofasailingship.Theflagshowedthecountrytowhichtheshipbelonged1.TheUnionJackbecametheflagofGreatBritain.Australia’sflaghastheUnionJackinthetoplefthandcornertogetherwiththestarsoftheSouthernCross.TheyhavekeptthissmallpartofBritainontheirflagbecausetheircountrywasfirstsettledbypeoplefromBritain.Australia’sflagisthesamecolorastheUnionJack—red，whiteandblue.Theactofjoiningtogetheriscalleda“Union”．TheUnionJackwasthenameoftheflagmadewhenEngland，ScotlandandIrelandjoinedtogethertomakeonecountry.Itallbeganin1707whenEnglandandScotlandjoinedtogethertobecomeonenation.Aflagwasmadeusingtwocrosses—oneforthepatronsaint(守护神)ofeachcountry.Theword“patron”meansprotector.ManycenturiesbeforetheEnglishhadtakenStGeorgeastheirpatronsaint，hisemblem(标志)wasaredcrossonawhitebackground.TheScottishpatronsaintwasStAndrew.Inmemoryofhim，theyusedawhitecrossonabluebackground.Thiscrosswasshapedliketheletter“X”．Thenewflagwasamixtureofbothflagswithtwosetsofcrosses2.WhenIrelandjoinedEnglandandScotlandin1800，anothercrosswasadded.StPatrick’scrossofIrelandwasredandalsoshapedlikean“X”．AllthreeflagsmadeuptheUnionJack.靓句运用于写作1．Moreover，withthestadiumsetup，awiderangeofsportseventsareabletobeheld，ofwhichpingpong，footballaswellasrunningcompetitionsenjoygreatpopularity.(2018·全国Ⅲ，书面表达)2．Attheclassmeeting,ourteachertoldusabouttheprogrammewiththetheme“Labouristhemostglorious”．(2019·北京，书面表达)PeriodOneListeningandSpeaking&ReadingandThinking—Comprehending匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思[第一组]1．chargeA．围绕；包围2．achievementB．占领；征服；控制3．conquerC．收费；指控；主管4．surroundD．宣布；通知；声称5.announceE．成就；成绩；达到答案1.C2.E3.B4.A5.D[第二组]6．locationA．迷惑；使困惑7．puzzleB．证据；证明8．legalC．保证；确保；担保9．evidenceD．地方；地点；位置10．ensureE．法律的；合法的答案6.D7.A8.E9.B10.C[第三组]11．approachA．慷慨的；大方的；丰富的12．amountB．方法；途径；接近13．fascinatingC．金额；数量14．individualD．单独的；个别的15．generousE．迷人的；极有吸引力的答案11.B12.C13.E14.D15.A[第四组]16．mansionA．墓地；公墓17．cemeteryB．公馆；宅第18．chiefC．应在(某处)；适应19．belongD．防御；保卫20．defenceE．最重要的；最高级别的答案16.B17.A18.E19.C20.D1．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．ThehistoryoftheUnitedKingdom.B．ThegeographyoftheUnitedKingdom.C．ThepeopleoftheUnitedKingdom.D．ThepoliticsoftheUnitedKingdom.答案A2．Matcheachparagraphwithitstopicsentence.Para.1A．TheUKisacountrythatiswellworthvisiting.Para.2B．Thesimilarities(相似点)anddifferencesofthefourcountriesthatmakeuptheUK.Para.3C．ThefourgroupsofpeoplethatinfluencedthehistoryandtraditionsoftheUK.Para.4D．People’sconfusionaboutthedifferentnamesoftheUK.Para.5E．HowtheUKcameintobeing.答案Para.1DPara.2EPara.3BPara.4CPara.5AⅠ.Judgewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)．1．ScotlandwasthefirstcountrythatwasjoinedtotheKingdomofEngland.(F)2．ThefourcountriesthatmakeuptheUKallhavethearmyoftheirown.(F)3．TheNormansaddedsomeFrenchwordstotheEnglishlanguage.(T)4．TheAnglo-SaxonsinfluencedthebuildingstylesoftheUK.(T)5．IfyouwanttovisittheUnitedKingdom，itisagoodideatostartwithLondon.(T)Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.1．Whendidthename“theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”begintoappear?A．Inthe16thcentury.B...
