人教新课标必修一英语Unit 2English around the world【同步练习】

Unit 2 English around the World 同步练习 1-20（略） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分） A Anne Sullivan could not teach Helen Keller to speak until some other important things had been learned．The little girl had to learn to control her actions and feelings．She had to learn that she could not always do what she wished to do．She had always been able to get what she wanted by using force．The teacher had to change such habits（习惯）without breaking the child's spirit． Miss Sullivan's battle（斗争）began．Sometimes，there was real fighting between the wild child and the strong young teacher．At last，however，the battle was won by Miss Sullivan，who had succeeded in showing Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her．The child and her teacher became friends．They continued to be friends until the teacher's death，fifty years later． The day on which Helen finally accepted Sullivan as her friend and teacher was a great day in Helen's life．After that，the teacher could begin to teach language to the child． 21. Before Miss Sullivan entered her life，Helen Keller had been a?_____ girl． A．stupid B．clever C．wild D．tame 22. What was Helen Keller's first lesson before she was taught to speak？ Learning ____ ． A．to sit all day long B．to make friends with her teacher 2·1·c·n·j·y C．to do a thing again and again D．to control actions and feelings 21·cn·jy·com 23. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned（提及）in the passage？ A．Helen Keller had been in touch with Miss Sullivan for fifty years． B．Anne Sullivan took great trouble to show Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her． C．It was not until Helen had learned some other important things that Miss Sullivan could teach her to speak． D．Miss Sullivan met with many difficulties in teaching Helen how to speak． B Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language. There are now about 976 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are on billion people learning English now and bout 80% of the information on the Internet is in English. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music? Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thought — although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak at least some English) ... ...