Section Learning about Language一、用所给单词的正确形式完成下列句子(每词限用一次)adviseordercommandholdrequest1The young woman for help from her friends.答案requested2The secretary told me to on for a minute.答案hold3Ma Lin has a good of Japanese.答案command4She going there by bus.答案advised5The officer the soldiers to start at once.答案ordered二、单句改错1My friend suggested them to start the work immediately.答案suggestedadvised2I will go to attend the party with their request.答案withat3The president commanded that all of them would think of ways to solve the problem.答案wouldshould或去掉would4The person are requested not to smoke in the restaurant.答案areis5He asked me go to visit the city the next day.答案在me后加to三、阅读理解Canadian EnglishCanadian English is affected by both British and American English.In the vocabulary there are a lot of the US influences:Canadians use billboard,gas,truck and wrench rather than hoarding,petrol,lorry,and spanner;but on the other hand,they agree with the British in saying blinds,braces,porridge,and tap rather than shades,suspenders,oatmeal,and faucet.South African EnglishSince 1994 South Africa has had eleven official languages:English,Afikaans(having developed from Dutch),Zulu,Xhosa and other largely regional African languages.English is the first language of only about 10 percent of the population,but the second language of many others.The English of native Afrikaners has influenced the “standard” English of white South Africans,examples being such informal usages as the affirmative (肯定的)no,as in“How are you?No,Im fine.” and the all-purpose response is it,as in “She had a baby last week,is it?”Indian EnglishTogether with Hindi,English is used across India,but it can also be a speakers first,second,or third language.The grammar of Indian English has many distinguishing features,of which perhaps the best known are the use of the present continuous tense,as in “He is having very much of property.”,and the use of “isnt it” as an ordinary question tag,“We are meeting tomorrow,isnt it?” The first example shows another characteristic of the language,which is using in or of in idiomatic phrases.Verbs are also used differently,with speakers often dropping a preposition or object altogether,“I insisted immediate payment”,while double possessives(所有格)“our these prices”(instead of the British English “these prices of ours”)are common.1What does the underlined word “distinguishing” mean in Paragraph 3?A.Different.B.Same.C.Short.D.Missing.答案A解析第三段所举的例子讲述了印度英语一些不同的用法,因此是指“不同的”。2According to the passage,which group of words is all in American form?A.Billboard,gas,blinds,braces.B.Hoarding,petrol,porridge,tap.C.Truck,wrench,shades,suspenders.D.Lorry,spanner,oatmeal,faucet.答案C解析由第一段第二句可知美国英语中常用到billboard,gas,truck,wrench及shades,suspenders,oatmeal,faucet等词。因此选C项。3What can be learned from Paragraph 2?A.Dutch is one of the official languages in South Africa.B.Zulu is one of the official languages in South Africa.C.Less than 10% of the South African people speak English as their second language.D.More than 10% of the South African people speak English as their mother tongue.答案B解析由第二段第一句可知Zulu是南非官方语言的一种。其他选项与文意不符。4How many distinguishing features of Indian English grammar are mentioned in the passage?A.2B.3C.4D.5答案D解析第三段提到了印度英语语法的五种与众不同的用法,分别是现在进行时的用法,isnt it普遍用于附加疑问句中,习惯搭配中插入in或of等,动词后省去介词(及宾语)和双重所有格的用法。5According to the passage,if you are an Indian,you are most likely to.A.use “blinds” instead of “shades”B.say “The students had an exam last week,is it?”C.use “those suspenders of theirs” instead of “their those suspenders”D.say “The students are going to have an exam next week,isnt it?”答案D解析根据各段所举的例子可知,A项属于加拿大英语;B项属于南非英语;C项属于英国英语;D项属于印度英语。四、完形填空(导学号59720007)(2016全国高考卷)Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置) on your desk.And theyve never actually 1 you.Everything they know about you 2 through this device,sometimes from hundreds of miles away.3 they feel they can know you 4 from the sound of your voice.Thats how powerful the 5 is.Powerful,yes,but not always 6.For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone.Rani,my faceless agent whom Id never met 7,got me rock-bottom prices on airfares,cars,and hotels.But her cold voice really 8 me.I sometimes wished to 9 another agent.One morning,I had to 10 an immediate flight home for a family emergency.I ran into Ranis office 11.The woman sitting at the desk,12 my madness,sympathetically jumped up.She gave me a 13 smile,nodded while listening patiently,and then printed out the 14 immediately.“What a wonderful lady!”I thought.Rushing out 15 I called out over my shoulder,“By the way,whats your name?”“Im Rani,”she said.I turned around and saw a 16 woman with a big smile on