英语必修 第二册Unit 5 Music课后测评

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It's 11 p．m., and I'm still sitting here writing this article fr the schl magazine! I've had tw weeks t write it, and my teacher, Julia, wants it tmrrw. She's always cmplaining (抱怨) that I leave things till the last minute. Maybe she's right.
A mnth ag I made a decisin t be mre efficient (有效率的) this year. Well, I've clearly failed. I've als been trying t get fitter fr fur weeks nw. I've started ging t the health club. I've even been ging t bed earlier. But I'm nt feeling any fitter, just a little unhappier. I miss my bad habits. Why is leading a better life s hard?
I've just read an article n a website, and I've discvered that it isn't my fault (过错)! In fact, it isn't anyne's fault. It's ur brain's. It's prgrammed t make it difficult t break bad habits. There's nthing we can d. Scientists have dne experiments that shw we use ne part f ur brain when we think abut urselves and anther when we think abut ther peple. Hwever, when we think abut urselves in the future, we use the same part f the brain that we usually use t think abut ther peple. In ther wrds, the brain sees the “future yu” as a different persn than yur “present yu.” That's why we dn't always find it easy t make gd decisins fr urselves in the future.
But that's nt all. Scientists have als discvered that it takes arund ten weeks t frm a gd habit. That's the amunt (数量) f time the brain needs t accept new behaviral patterns (形式). The gd news is that nce yu make it t ten weeks, everything becmes a lt easier. The bad news is that ten weeks is a really lng time, s it's easy t give up what yu want t d befre then.
S even when we want t change ur ways and becme better peple, ur brains wn't let us. Or is this just an excuse? Lk — I've finished my article n time! Anything is pssible!
【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。作者分析了为何习惯不容易被改变。
1．In Julia's eyes, what kind f persn is the authr?
A．A bit lazy. B．Quite smart.
C．Very healthy. D．Truly hnest.
2．What des Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?
A．Why we can't have a better life.
B．Hw ur brain sees urselves in the future.
C．Hw ur brain helps us make gd decisins.
D．Why it is nt easy fr us t change ur habits.
3．Accrding t scientists, in rder t frm the habit f taking exercise, the authr needs t take abut ________.
A．anther tw weeks B．anther fur weeks
C．anther six weeks D．anther ten weeks
B
Australia was first used as an island prisn by Britain t slve their prblem f having a fast grwing prisn ppulatin. These early settlers were thse wh were sent frm all ver Great Britain, including Ireland, Wales, and Sctland. Later events, such as the gld rush, caused several waves f immigratin (移居) frm Eurpe, Asia and ther parts f the wrld. It is cmmnly thught that Australians are ffspring (后代) f thse criminals (罪犯)! In fact, nly a part f Australians are thse criminals' ffspring. Als, in thse days, peple culd be put int prisn r sent t Australia fr small crimes, like stealing a laf f bread. Tday Australia is hme t the largest Greek and Italian cmmunities in the wrld, utside Greece and Italy. This has helped the Australian accent develp.
Australian English was created by the first generatin f children brn in the new area. Since they talked with peple wh have different accents, they began t speak a distinct dialect f English that was t becme the language f the natin. These differences were first nted by late arrivals in the early 1800s, and the language sunds like Cckney English, spken by the wrking­class in Lndn.
Sn, wrds frm native languages were t becme part f the Australian English. Here are sme wrds yu may cnsider them t be Standard English. In fact, they are frm native Australian languages!
△The names f many places and animals, including Canberra (the Australian capital, meaning “meeting place” in a lcal language)．
△Hard yakka — meaning “hard wrk”， cming frm the language f the Brisbane area.
△Cee — a call used traditinally by native Australians t attract attentin, because the sund can travel lng distances.
△Bung — meaning “dead”， but als used t mean brken r useless, fr example, “He has a bung eye”．
【语篇解读】 澳大利亚英语是怎么发展而来的呢？有哪些词是从土著语转变过来的呢？本文简单介绍了其历史和一些土著词汇。
4．What is cmmnly believed accrding t Paragraph 1?
A．Australians are ffspring f thse criminals.
B．Sme Australians are children f thse criminals.
C．Small crimes meant ging t prisn in Australia.
D．Australians are ffspring f the British peple.
5．What des the underlined wrd “distinct” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Interesting. B．Different.
C．Beautiful. D．Difficult.
6．What d the wrds mentined in the last paragraph have in cmmn?
A．They are all Standard English.
B．They all mean places and animals.
C．They are nly used by Australians.
D．They are all frm native Australian languages.
C
I traveled t Lndn, England in the spring f 2016. Actually, I traveled with CAPA Internatinal Educatin n a study prgram. At that time, I did a full three­mnth prgram but I traveled n weekends and during breaks.
I used t live in a small twn utside New Yrk. The idea f big cities has always excited me and I wanted t take advantage f that nce­in­a­lifetime pprtunity. It was a great pprtunity fr me t see hw independent I culd be in anther cuntry, because I hpe t travel a lt mre in the future.
I lived in a flat in Ealing Bradway with several ther students frm different American schls. The biggest surprise I fund there was the culture shck I experienced. I had expected traveling t Lndn t be an easy transitin (转变) fr me because I thught their culture was clse t that f America. But yu knw the language and the peple were greatly different frm what I had expected. They had different accents. In fact, they were nisy and mre free­thinking than mst Americans I knew.
Hwever, I tried t take part in their giant Chinese New Year celebratin in Trafalgar Square. I went t several Jewish sciety hliday celebratins and actively participated in any cultural activities I knew at that time. It was great t be able t truly put myself in their culture. These are experiences I culdn't get anywhere else.
I wuld suggest peple hping t fllw in my ftsteps nt let anything hld them back frm explring the freign cultures presented t them. Yes, yu are there fr schl, but yur number ne pririty (优先) is yurself. S make sure yu g hme with n regrets. D nt miss anything!
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在去英国参加学习项目期间，利用周末和假期旅游，努力融入当地文化，并且感受到了将学习与探索外国文化融为一体的重要意义。
7．What was the authr's main purpse in ging t Lndn?
A．T g sightseeing.
B．T visit sme relatives.
C．T jin in a study prgram.
D．T experience the life in a big city.
8．What did the authr think f the pprtunity f traveling t Lndn?
A．It wuld change his life.
B．It wuld test his independence.
C．It wuld make his dream cme true.
D．It wuld help imprve his cmmunicatin ability.
9．What was beynd the authr's expectatin after arriving in Lndn?
A．Culture differences. B．Unfriendly students.
C．His living cnditins. D．Sme strange accents.
10．In the last paragraph, the authr mainly advises peple studying abrad t ________.
A．explre mre interesting places fr traveling
B．try t receive mre internatinal educatin
C．cmbine study with explring freign cultures
D．lk fr mre ways t deal with the culture shck