Module2 My New Teachers
Ⅰ.阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
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(2017·高考陕西卷)Why do Americans struggle with watching their weight，while the French，who consume rich food，continue to stay thin？Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight.Researchers conclude that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full.However，Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.
According to Dr.Joseph Mercola，a health expert，the French see eating as an important part of their life style.They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table，while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities.Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full.So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped.In addition，he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week.The French，instead，tend to shop daily，walking to small shops and farmers' markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits，vegetables，and eggs as well as high－quality meats for each meal.
After a visit to the United States，Mireille Guiliano，author of French Women Don't Get Fat，decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food.Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.
In spite of all these differences，evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits.Today the rate of obesity—or extreme overweight—among adults is only 6%.However，as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions，the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%—and is growing.
1．In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr.Joseph Mercola?
A．They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.
B．They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.
C．They regard eating as a key part of their life style.
D．They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.
解析：选C。细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知，法国人把饮食当作生活方式的重要组成部分，故C项正确。A、B、D三项都是针对美国人。
2．This text is mainly about the relationship between
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A．Americans and the French
B．life style and obesity
C．children and adults
D．fast food and overweight
解析：选B。主旨大意题。研究、资讯报道类的文章，主旨句往往出现在study，research，report等词之后。本文首段第二句为中心句，主要讲述了生活方式与肥胖之间的关系。
3．This text is mainly developed
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A．by contrast B．by space
C．by process
D．by classification
解析：选A。篇章结构题。在讲述生活方式对体重的影响时，本文采用了对比的方式，对比了美国人与法国人在生活方式上的差异，故选A项。
4．Where does this text probably come from?
A．A TV interview.
B．A food advertisement.
C．A health report.
D．A book review.
解析：选C。推理判断题。本文的中心内容与健康有关，且由首段第二句中的“research”推断，本文摘自一篇健康报道。A项意为“电视采访”；B项意为“饮食广告”；D项意为“书评”，均不符合文意。
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(2017·高考新课标全国Ⅰ卷)
As more and more people speak the global languages of English，Chinese，Spanish，and Arabic，other languages are rapidly disappearing.In fact，half of the 6,000～7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century，according to the United Nations Educational，Scientific，and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)．
In an effort to prevent language loss，scholars from a number of organizations—UNESCO and National Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin，a scientist at the Macmillan Center，Yale University，who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas，is following in that tradition.His recently published book，A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture，grows out of his experience living，working，and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin，who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India，Nepal，Bhutan，and China.But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials—including photographs，films，tape recordings，and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.
Now，through the two organizations that he has founded—the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project—Turin has started a campaign to make such documents，found in libraries and stores around the world，available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet，Turin notes，the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.
5．Many scholars are making efforts to
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A．promote global languages
B．rescue disappearing languages
C．search for language communities
D．set up language research organizations
解析：选B。细节理解题。由第二段可知，许多组织和学者付出努力正是为了保持语言的多样性，即为了拯救那些正在消失的语言。
6．What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Having full records of the languages.
B．Writing books on language teaching.
C．Telling stories about language users.
D．Living with the native speakers.
解析：选A。词义指代词。第三段中的that tradition应指上文提到的传统，即第二段中的“documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect”，完全记录下正在消失的语言以及它们所反映的文化。选A项。
7．What is Turin's book based on?
A．The cultural studies in India.
B．The documents available at Yale.
C．His language research in Bhutan.
D．His personal experience in Nepal.
解析：选D。细节理解题。由第三段最后一句中的“grows out of his experience living，working，and raising a family in a village in Nepal”可知，Mark Turin的书籍是以他自己在尼泊尔的经历为依据的。
8．Which of the following best describes Turin's work?
A．Write，sell and donate.
B．Record，repair and reward.
C．Collect，protect and reconnect.
D．Design，experiment and report.
解析：选C。推理判断题。由短文最后一段中的“were originally collected”“the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities”可推知，C项正确。
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
American Dreams in China，a comedy based
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the story of real－life company New Oriental Education Group，is now the weekly champion of China's box office，
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(beat) Hollywood blockbusters Iron Man 3 and The Croods.
The movie，
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cost $9 million to produce，has taken in over $34 million in ticket sales
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it was released on May 17，according to media research.
The main character in this movie is believed to resemble Yu Minhong，
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chief executive and cofounder of New Oriental.
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，Mr.Yu said on his Sina Weibo that he has no
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(invest)in the movie and he was against the idea in the first place.
Heated discussion on the definition of real successes was
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(arouse)after more and more audience came into the cinema for this movie.
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some among the Chinese audience are cheering for the entrepreneurial spirit the movie conveys，others say skeptically that
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equates(等同)success with wealth and fame.
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1．解析：考查介词。be based on以……为基础，是固定搭配。
答案：on
2．解析：考查非谓语动词。beat和逻辑主语American Dreams in China之间是主动关系，应用现在分词作状语。
答案：beating
3．解析：考查关系代词。which引导的是定语从句，修饰movie，且在从句中作主语。
答案：which
4．解析：考查连词。句意：这部影片的制作成本为900万美元，据媒体研究说，该片自5月17日上映以来，获得的票房收入已经超过3,400万美元。since自从……以来。
答案：since
5．解析：考查冠词。特指新东方的联合创始人兼首席执行官，应用定冠词the表示特指。
答案：the
6．解析：考查副词。由下句句意“俞先生在新浪微博上说他没有投资《中国合伙人》这部影片，自己一开始就反对把新东方搬上银幕。”可知，上下文之间是转折关系，所填空后又加了逗号，应用副词however或者nevertheless。
答案：However/Nevertheless
7．解析：考查名词。no应该修饰名词。
答案：investment
8．解析：考查被动语态。arouse和主语discussion之间是被动关系，应用被动语态。
答案：aroused
9．解析：考查连词。句意：虽然中国一些电影观众为这部电影所表达的企业家精神喝彩，但也有一些持怀疑态度的人说，该片将成功与财富和名望等同了起来。while表对比转折。
答案：While
10．解析：考查代词。it代替上文的the movie。
答案：it
Ⅲ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
In our life，we often regret for what we did and which we couldn't do.Actually，it doesn't benefit us at all.As with most of us，we missed many chance to earn more money，to get a high position and to realize our dreams.We often regret we don't seize those chances，thus feel upset.Although we do know regretting about the past is of no benefit，but we still can't help regretting.
To avoid the problem above，we need pay more attention to what you are doing now，making us busier and have no time to recall the past.Moreover，we'd better set reasonably goals one by one.Only by doing so can we struggle for our future better.
答案：In our life， we often regret for what we did and
we couldn't do.Actually，it doesn't benefit us at all.As with most of us，we missed many
to earn more money，to get a
position and to realize our dreams.We often regret we
seize those chances，thus
upset.Although we do know regretting
the past is of no benefit，but we still can't help regretting.
To avoid the problem above，we need
pay more attention to what
are doing now，making us busier and have no time to recall the past.Moreover，we'd better set
goals one by one.Only by doing so can we struggle for our future better.
Ⅳ.微型写作
【写作素材】
1．我们应充分利用每一次机会来练习英语。
2．这样我们就能逐渐扩大词汇量。
3．就能流利地讲英语并最终掌握好英语。
【连句成篇】 (将以上句子连成一篇40词左右的英语短文)
答案：We should make full use of every opportunity to practise English，so that we can gradually enrich our vocabulary and speak fluent English and eventually get a good command of English.