外研版高中英语选修八Module 4 Which English
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高中英语学习材料
(灿若寒星*制作整理)
Module 4 Which English?
Period One Warm-up & Reading (Ⅰ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.课文理解
1. Who speak English in the world?
A.The people live in more than 60 countries across the world.
B.The people are living only in England and America.
C.The people are working abroad.
D.The people are working from place to place.
2. In what way did English spread to the world?
A.By ship.
B.By the foreigners.
C.By trade,exploration and business.
D.By teachers and students.
3. Where did the first well-known English settlers of Australia come from?
A.They came from all over Britain.
B.They only came from Northern Ireland and the London area.
C.They came from the Northern America.
D.They came from Africa.
4. What did the well-known English author think the woman wanted to do when he heard Emma
Chissit?
A.To have a look at it.
B.To ask him a question.
C.To buy the book.
D.To sign his name on the book.
5. What was set up in Singapore in 1999?
A.Language Spoken In Minnan. B.The Speak Good English Movement.
C.Singapore Language Center.
D.English Research Club.
Ⅱ.课文缩写
English is spoken 1.__________ an official language in more than 60 countries across the
world and it can sound very different from place to place.Although most people believe there is a
right and a wrong 2.________ to speak English,there is not really a standard form that everyone
can agree 3.________.Perhaps correctness doesn’t matter—as long as speakers can understand
each other.
The main differences between Australian English and other varieties of English 4.________ in
the individual sounds and intonation patterns.In other countries 5.________ English is spoken as a
first language this is not the case.The variety of English 6.________ in Jamaica,and other
Caribbean countries,has some of the grammatical 7.________ of the African languages spoken by
the ancestors of the Jamaican people.On the other 8.________ of the world,in Singapore,English
is a second language.Today there is a debate in Singapore about which variety of English is the
9.________:Singlish,or a variety closer to British English,which is the aim of the Speak Good
English Movement 10.________ in 1999.
Ⅲ.介、副词填空
1. It is also quite easy to tell British and American English ________.
2. There is not really a standard form that everyone can agree ________.
3. But the main differences between Australian English and other varieties of English lie
________ the individual sounds and intonation patterns.
4. The most common variety of English spoken is known ________ Singlish.
5. The variety has been influenced ________ particular by Malay and the Chinese dialect
Hokkien.
能力提升
阅读理解
A
What is language for?Some people seem to think it’s for practising grammar rules and
learning lists of words—the longer the lists,the better.That’s nguage is for the exchange
of ideas and information.It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it
freely.Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules,but they can’t speak correctly
or fluently.They are afraid of making mistakes.One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when
speaking a foreign language.Native speakers make mistakes and break rules,too.Bernard Shaw
once wrote,“Foreigners_often_speak_English_too_correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make.They’re English mistakes in
the English language.And if enough native speakers break a rule,it is no longer a rule.What used to
be wrong becomes right.People not only make history,they make language.But a people can only
make its own language.It can’t make another people’s language.So Chinese students of English
should pay attention to grammar,but they shouldn’t overdo(做过头) it.They should put
communication first.
1. According to the passage, language is used to ______.
A.express oneself
B.practise grammar rules
C.talk with foreigners only
D.learn lists of words
2. Generally,when an American or an Englishman speaks English,he or she ________.
A.never makes mistakes
B.often makes mistakes
C.can’t avoid making mistakes
D.always makes mistakes
3. The underlined sentence “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” means that
________.
A.foreigners speak correct English
B.foreigners speak incorrect English
C.foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D.foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
4. When we speak a foreign language,we should ________.
A.speak in Chinese way
B.speak by the rules
C.speak to native speakers
D.not be afraid of making mistakes
B
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