Unit 2-2 English around the world Reading (1) 学案与同步练习

21世纪教育网 –中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Unit 2 English around the world 黑龙江省哈尔滨市 邱尚瑛 学案与同步练习 Unit 2-2 Reading (1) I. Read the passage of The Road to Modern English, then close your book and fill in the blanks. 1. At the end of th e _____, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived _____. 【出处：21教育名师】 2. Later in the nex t century, people from England _____ to conquer other parts of the world and English began to be spoken in _____. 3. Today, m ore people speak English _____, second or a _____ than ever before. 2·1·c·n·j·y 4. Native English speakers can understand _____even if they don't speak _____ kind of English. 【版权所有：21教育】 5. All language s _____ when cultures meet and _____ each other. 6. At first the English spoken _____ between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from _____ today. 21教育名师原创作品 7. The English was _ _____ German than the English we speak _____. 8. Later, E nglish became _____ because those who _____ spoke first Danish and later French. 21*cnjy*com 9. These n ew _____ the English language and especially its vocabulary. And Shakespeare was able to _____ a wider vocabulary than ever before. 10. Finally by the 19th century the language _____. At that time two big changes in English _____. 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】 11. English now is also spoken _____ or _____ in South Asia. 12. India has a very large number of _____ because _____ India from 1765 to 1947. 13. English is also spoken _____ and _____ such as South Africa. 14. Today the num ber of people _____ in China is _____. 15. China may have _____ of _____. 【参考答案】 1. 16th century; in England 2. made voyages; many other countries 3. as their first; foreign language 4. each other ; the same 5. change and develop ; acommunicate with 6. in England ; the English spoken 7. based more on ; at present 8. less like German ; ruled England 9. settlers enriched; make use of 10. was settled; spelling happened 11. as a foreign ; second language 12. fluent English speakers; Britain ruled 13. in Singapore and Malaysia ; countries in Africa 21世纪教育网版权所有 14. learning English ; increasing rapidly 15. the largest number ; English learners II. Translate the f ollowing sentences into English using the words given. （用所给词或短语讲下列句子译成英语。） 1. 大约在公元450年到1150年间，在英国讲的英语与今天讲的英语大不相同。（different from）21·世纪*教育网 2. 这些新移民丰富了英语语言，尤其是词汇。（enriched） 3. 到了十七世纪，莎士比亚所用的词汇量比以往任何时候都多。（make use of） 4. 十八世纪晚些时候，一些英国人被带到澳大利亚。（be taken to ） 5. 后者体现了美国英语拼写的不同特色。（latter） 6. 在那段时期，英语成了官方语言和教育用语。（During that time, ...） 7. 在新加坡、马来西亚和非洲其它国家，比如南非，人们也说英语。（such as） 8. 中国可能有着数量最多的英语学习者。我们不知道中国英语是否能发展成自己的特色。（develop）21*cnjy*com 【参考答案】 1. The Englis h spoken in England between about AD 450 and ... ...