课时跟踪检测(二十一)Ⅰ.阅读理解AAlmostfromthetimethatthefirstEnglishmansetfootuponAmericansoil,ourlanguagebegantoevolve(进化).Itisacontinuousprocessthroughoutthecenturiesandhasproducedalanguagethatdiffersfromourancestorsandshowsasignofourownfeaturesandindependence.By1790,therewerefourmillionAmericans,90%ofwhomweredescendants(后代)ofEnglishcolonists(殖民者)．This,ofcourse,leftnoquestionthatourofficialnativelanguagewouldbe“English”，butitwouldnotbethesameasthatspokeninGreatBritain.By1720,theEnglishcolonistsbegantonoticethattheirlanguagewasquitedifferentfromthatspokenintheirmotherland.Howdidthatcometobe?Therearemanyreasons,themostobviousbeingthedistancefromEngland.Overtheyears,manywordswereborrowedfromtheNativeAmericans,aswellasotherpeoplefromFrance,Germany,Spainandothercountries.OtherwordsthatbecameunusedinEnglandcontinuedtobeusedinthecolonies.Inothercases,wordssimplyhadtobecreatedinordertoexplaintheunfamiliarlandscape，weather,animals,plants,andlivingconditionsthattheseearlypioneerswentthrough.ToournewlyindependentAmericans,theywereproudoftheir“new”Americanlanguage,wearingit，asyet,anothersymbolofindependence.In1789，NoahWebsterwroteinhisDissertationsontheEnglishLanguage：“ThereasonsforAmericanEnglishbeingdifferentfromBritishEnglisharesimple:Asanindependentnation,ourhonorrequiresustohaveasystemofourown,inlanguageaswellasgovernment.”TheevolutionoftheAmericanlanguagecontinuedintothe20thcentury,aswellastheAmericanpride.[语篇导读]本文主要介绍了美国英语的诞生、发展。1．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A．HowtolearnAmericanEnglish.B．ThefrequentchangesofEnglish.C．ThedevelopmentofAmericanEnglish.D．ThedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.C[主旨大意题。根据文中的时间以及介绍的原因可知，本文介绍了美国英语的发展历史。]2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTthereasonthathelpsformAmericanEnglish?A．AmericaisfarawayfromEngland.B．Newwordswerecreatedthroughpractice.C．NewwordswereborrowedfromNativeAmericans.D．NewAmericansfailedtousetheoldwordsfromEngland.D[细节理解题。第四段中提到了美国英语诞生的三个原因：一是美国离英国远；二是从当地土著人那里学到了很多语言；三是有些单词根据实际情况被创造出来，它们分别对应选项A、C、B。只有选项D在文中未提到。]3．Whatcanweinferfromthetext?A．EarlyAmericansfeltproudoftheirnewlanguage.B．EarlyAmericansjustfeltcuriousabouttheirnewlanguage.C．ThenewlanguagehelpedAmericansfightagainstenemies.D．Thenewlanguagehassettleditsidentityandstoppeddeveloping.A[推理判断题。根据最后两段中的“ToournewlyindependentAmericans，theywereproudoftheir‘new’Americanlanguage...”以及aswellastheAmericanpride可知，早期的美国人对他们的新语言感到自豪。]BIfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeakeryoushouldtakesomeadvice.TherearefourskillsinlearningEnglish.Theyarereading,listening,speakingandwriting.Themostimportantthingyoumustrememberisthatifyouwanttoimproveyourspeakingandwritingskills,youshouldfirstmastertheskillsofreadingandlistening.Readasmuchasyoucan.Butyourreadingmustbeactive.Itmeansthatyoumustthinkaboutthemeaningofthesentence,themeaningoftheunfamiliarwords，etc.Thereisnoneedforyoutopaymuchattentiontogrammarsortrytounderstandalltheunfamiliarwordsyoucomeacross，butthefactthatyouseethemforthefirsttimeandrecognizethemwheneveryouseethem,forexample,inotherpassagesorbooks,isenough.Itwouldbebettertoprepareyourselfanotebooksoyoucanwritedowntheimportantwordsorsentencesinit.Asforlistening,t...
