2020高考英语新增分方案大一轮复习外研新课改省份专用精练：选修8 Module 4 课下作业(一、二) 含答案

选修8 Module 4 课下作业（一、二） 课下作业（一） 单元语基扎根练 Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Taking a picture of your tongue with a mobile phone could instantly (立即) tell you how healthy you are. 2．Life is like a tale, what matters (重要) is not how long it is, but how good it is. 3．Then, some students will have a debate (讨论) on how to learn English well. 4．Don't complain (抱怨) about our life.We should be thankful for what we have. 5．It's my sincere hope that you can investigate (调查) the matter seriously and make a formal apology to me. 6．I think it is of great significance (意义) to do voluntary work. 7．I hope you will make efforts to overcome (克服) all kinds of difficulties, no matter how hard they are. 8．It is a good idea to classify (将……分类) our rubbish and recycle it in our daily life. Ⅱ.语境语法填空 1．A huge number of English learners ❶initially (initial) fail to master the English phonetics so that they can't tell varieties of English ❷apart.Those who complain ❸about the difficulties in learning English should clarify the ❹significance (significant) of English sounds and get down to ❺learning (learn) how to pronounce them well. 2．As Chinese, it's not which English you speak ❶but whether you pronounce it well ❷that matters.So, you must be ❸convinced (convince) that you won't let us ❹down as long as you take some unique methods to practise pronouncing. 3．Maybe it's a little difficult ❶to_select (select) a language as your foreign language.❷Or rather, you have a prejudice ❸for a certain foreign language.Actually, you may find ❹it absurd to hold the belief that learning English is useless.In ❺conclusion (conclude), you can start with conquering English. Ⅲ.根据提示补全句子 1．在英国，我们有这样的一个说法：思想才重要。(强调句型) In England, we have a saying：It's_the_thought_that_counts. 2．不管开心还是难过，她总是试着保持微笑。(whether ...or ...) Whether_happy_or_sad,_she always tries to keep smiling. 3．(2018·全国卷Ⅲ)人们在这些地方定居下来，因为这些地方容易到达，而且天生适合沟通和贸易。(主语＋be＋adj.＋to do ...) People settle in these places because they_are_easy_to_get_to and naturally suited to communications and trade. Ⅳ.短文填空 (Ⅰ)根据提示填空 With the worldwide use of English, some people think that things would be much ❶easier (easy) if everyone in the world just spoke English while others don't think so. Those who are for “only speaking English” believe that it is not only ❷more_convenient (convenient) for people all over the world to ❸communicate_with (与……交流) each other, but also it's easier for people to understand scientific research ❹achievements (achieve)．What's more, people can save time and energy to learn other things. But others don't think so.In their opinion, only ❺speaking (speak) English is harmful to the ❻development (develop) of all the other cultures.Besides, one language can't ❼exactly (exact) express the natures and connotations of various cultures. In my view, ❽using (use) only one language would make our life more difficult instead of making it easier. (Ⅱ)片段选词填空 commerce， field， spread， communication， demand， population， serve， developing， as well as， used for The main reason for the widespread ❶demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language.Besides ❷serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other ❸fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers.It is widely ❹used_for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the ❺spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations.It is a language of wider ❻communication for a number of ❼developing countries, especially former British colonies.Many of these countries have multilingual ❽populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, ❾commerce,_industry, law and education ❿as_well_as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West. 课下作业（二） 高考语篇提能练 A

(2019·陕西铜川模拟)English Language Day is celebrated each year on April 23 — the date when William Shakespeare was born. Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer in the English language. His plays continue to be published, performed in theaters and seen in films almost 400 years after his death.

English is considered as the “world language”. Used by only 3 tribes about 1,500 years ago, English now has official or special status in at least 75 countries with a total population of over two billion. English is the main language of business and aviation (航空). It is the most widely used language on the Internet and social media. The first English Language Day was the result of work by the United Nations. A few years ago, the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization created Language Days for each of the UN's six official languages. The aim was to celebrate the use of different languages around the world and different cultures. Another goal was to campaign for equal use of all six official languages throughout the United Nations. The other five languages are Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. The United Nations celebrated its first English Language Day on April 23, 2010. On that day, a number of events were held at the UN's headquarters in New York City. This year, the TOEFL program has announced plans for a