2020版高考英语复习Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish单元话题语篇训练外研版
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Module 1 British and American English单元话题·语篇训练Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2019·江西省名校联盟质检)The UK has a whole host of things to do for free or at a low price and there are a number of websites devoted to bringing you the best.Take a look at our guide to some of our favorite UK cities.LONDONIf you live in or near London and have access to the Internet, you'll discover many choices of free entertainment.The Londonist is an amusing website that offers daily and weekly breakdowns of the free and cheap events in the city.Categories include art, comedy, music, food and drink, theater, festivals and talks.Head over to for the latest schedule of affordable entertainment.Time Out's website (/london) also has lots of information about free fun in the lively capital.Find out why the 60s really cemented (巩固) London as the counterculture capital of the UK in our shop.ManchesterManchester is probably one of the top creative centers of England (if not the UK)．If you need any further convincing then head over to Creative Tourist where you can find bags of daytime and nighttime entertainment that's easy_on_the_pocket.While you're there you can also check out Liverpool and Sheffield.Manchester is an historical city, which has shaped life in Britain.Take a look in our shop.GlasgowIf Manchester is the creative center of England then Glasgow has to be the creative center of Scotland.You can visit Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture at The Lighthouse, or go over to the Gallery of Modern Art, and then there's the wonderful and strange Hunterian Museum.For the lowdown on the best free of Glasgow, take a look at VisitScotland.For a look at Glasgow's picturesque qualities click here.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。
文章介绍了一些关于英国著名城市的网站。
1．What does the underlined phrase “easy on the pocket” mean?A．Available. B．Favorable.C．Affordable. D．Reasonable.解析：选C 词义猜测题。
根据第一段第一句可知，该篇文章的主要内容就是介绍一些关于英国城市中免费的或较为便宜的娱乐项目的网站，由此可推知， easy on the pocket 应该是“易于负担……的费用”的意思，affordable“花费得起的，担负得起的”符合语境。
故选C。
2．Which website can you visit if you are interested in architecture?A．Londonist. B．Creative Tourist.C．Time Out. D．VisitScotland.解析：选D 细节理解题。
根据Glasgow部分中的“You can visit Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture ...take a look at VisitScotland.”可知，答案为D。
3．Where can you probably find the passage?A．In a geography book. B．In a fashion magazine.C．In a tourist brochure. D．On the Internet.解析：选D 文章出处题。
通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一些关于英国著名城市的网站以及这些网站中的一些项目的信息，根据文章内容及文章末段最后一句中的“click here”可知，这篇文章可以在网上看到，故答案为D。
BShanghai leads the mainland in an international standardized (标准化的) test of English language level, according to the British Council's white paper on mainland test takers' IELTS performance.The white paper shows people on Chinese mainland have been making progress in their ability to listen, read, write and speak English in the past five years.People who took the IELTS Academic test showed the leastprogress in speaking English.The test takers' total score fromthe fourpart test is below the world average, with the largestgap in the speaking test.The white paper also showed mixeddevelopment of English skills in various areas on themainland.Shanghai, which achieved respective (分别的) average scores of 5.87 points and 5.95 points in the academic and training tests, led the mainland in the listening, speaking, reading and writing tests.Shanghai's universities and high schools also had the best results.Barry O'Sullivan, head of assessment research and development at the British Council, said Shanghai stood out against the other provinces because it is aninternational city, where students have a better environment and stronger motivation (动力) to learn and use English.The average score of Shanghai test takers in reading is higher than the world average, and their listening and writing scores are equal to the world average.But Shanghai test takers' speaking score is not so good as the other three.The city's Fudan University topped other universities on the mainland with the highest average IELTS scores.Fudan students' reading, listening and writing scores exceeded (超过) the world average but their speaking scores were below it.According to the white paper, all test takers said selfmotivation was the most important factor for them, while those with IELTS scores higher than 7 points thought their high school teachers played an important role.The white paper also found that the English educators on the mainland who had mixed abilities in reading, writing, listening and speaking were weakest in speaking English.Chinese authorities are working to deal with these issues.For example, they have released the Chinese Standards of English which outlines English students' abilities at nine levels.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。
