Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldSectionⅠ&SectionⅡWarmingUp&ReadingⅠ.单句语法填空1．Someofthemost________(frequent)askedquestionsabouttheInternetarelistedhere.2．TospeakEnglish________(fluent)，youshouldreadasmanyEnglisharticlesasyoucan.3．Linda'shealthisimproving________(gradual)daybyday，andthedoctorhasadvisedhertostayhomeforacoupleofweeks.4．Growingvegetableslookseasy，but________(actual)thereisalottolearn.5．Mycomputerhasaprogramwhichcorrectsmy________(spell)．6．—Doyouthinkhimnaughtyenough?—I'mafraidhe's________thannaughty.7．LiHuahas________goodknowledgeofEnglishandthiswillimproveherchanceoffinding________properjob.8．—Iamreallytiredofmyjob.It'ssoboring.—Whynot________(find)abetterone?9．IndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.Thisis________BritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.答案：1.frequently2.fluently3.gradually4.actually5.spelling6.more7.a；a8.find9.becauseⅡ.阅读理解Everyday,340millionpeoplespeakit.Onebillionpeoplearelearningitanditissaidthatby2050，halfoftheworld'spopulationwillbeusingit.Whatarewetalkingabout？Thatisthegloballanguage—English.TheEnglishlanguagestartedinBritaininthe5thcentury.Itisamixedlanguage.ItwasbuiltupwhenGerman，ScandinavianandFrenchinvaderssettledinEnglandandcreatedacommonlanguageforcommunication.TodayitistheofficiallanguageoftheUK，theUSA，Australia，NewZealand，Canada，SouthAfricaandIrelandaswellasmanyislandsintheCaribbean.Manyothercountriesandregionsuseitforpoliticsandbusiness，forexample，India.Pakistan，NigeriaandthePhilippines.EnglishisalsooneoftheofficiallanguagesofHongKong.Butglobaladvertisingandpopmusicmeanthatinmostcountries，youwillseeorhearsomeEnglish.Thanks_toMcDonalds，weallknowabout“burgers”“fries”and“milkshakes”．SongsbyMadonna，BritneySpearsandCelineDionareinEnglish.Wecansingalong，evenifwedonotunderstandwhatwearesinging!Englishisamessy(杂乱的)language.Everyyear，dictionariesincludenewwordsthattalkaboutpopularculture，forexample，computerrelatedwordssuchas“blogging”，“download”and“chatro-om”．Alsoincludedarewordsthatteenagersuse.Whodoesnotkn-ow“cool”，“OK”and“hello”？OtherlanguagesalsoinfluenceEnglish.ManyEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Wordslike“cafe”andexpressionslike“c'estlavie”(thatislife)areallpartoftheEnglishlanguage.Ontheotherhand，theFrenchlanguageincludesEnglishwordslike“lewee-kend”and“lecamping”．GermanwordsarealsopartofEnglish.Wordslike“kindergarten”comefromtheGermanlanguage.Recently，Britishpeoplehavebecomeinterestedin“yoga”．ButthewordcomesfromanancientHindulanguageinIndia.1．TheEnglishlanguagehasahistoryof________.A．over2000yearsB．over500yearsC．over1500yearsD．over1000years2．Theunderlinedexpression“thanksto”canbereplacedby________.A．onaccountofB．thankfultoC．notuntilD．asif3．WhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthelanguageofEnglish?A．Ithasbeenchangingallthetime.B．Ithasborrowedwordsfromalltheotherlanguages.C．FrenchwordsareusedbytheEnglishbecausedictionarieshaveFrenchwords.D．Singersandfilmstarshavethegreatestinfluenceonlanguage.答案：1.C解析：细节理解题。由原文第二段第一句可知。2．A解析：词义猜测题。句中划线部分意思为“多亏了，由于”，故同于A项。3．A解析：推理判断题。由原文内容概括可知：英语处于不断的变化发展中。Ⅲ.完形填空WhenPatJonesfinishedcollege，shedecidedtotravelaroundtheworldandseeasmanyforeignplacesasshecould__1__shewasyoung.PatwantedtovisitLatinAmerica__2__，...
