题目内容
4.Learning a foreign language changes the way we see the world,according to new research.Panos Athanasopoulos,of Newcastle University,has found that bilingual speakers think differently to those who only use one language.
Working with both Japanese and English speakers,he looked at their language use,along with the length of time they had been in the country,and matched this against how they perceived(感知) the colour blue.
Previous research has shown that colour perception is an ideal way of testing bilingual concepts because there is a huge variation between where different languages place boundaries on the colour spectrum(色谱).
In Japanese,for example,there are additional basic terms for light blue(mizuiro) and blue(ao),which are not found in English.
"We found that people who only speak Japanese distinguished more between light and dark blue than English speakers,"said Dr Athanasopoulos."The degree to which Japanese-English bilinguals resembled either type depended on which of their two languages they used more frequently."
Most people tend to focus on how to do things such as ordering food or using public transport when they learn another language to help them get by,but this research has shown that there is a much deeper connection going on.
"As well as learning vocabulary and grammar you're also unconsciously learning a new way of seeing the world,"said Dr Athanasopoulos."There's a close link between language and culture.If you're learning language in a classroom you are trying to achieve something specific,but when you're immersed(沉浸)in the culture and speaking it,you're thinking in a completely different way."
32.What can we learn about bilingual speakers?D
A.They live abroad.
B.They speak Japanese.
C.They speak English.
D.They can use two languages.
33.The terms for light blue and dark blue are not found in English mainly becauseC.
A.English speakers don't like the color blue
B.English speakers can hardly perceive the color blue
C.the two colours make little difference to English speakers
D.the two colours are not so important to English speakers
34.What does the underlined part"a much deeper connection''in Paragraph 6 refer to?A
A.A new culture.
B.Vocabulary and grammar.
C.Learning language in a classroom.
D.A new way to learn another language
35.The conclusion of the new research is that foreign language learning makes a personA.
A.see the world in a different way
B.1earn a language in a different way
C.pay more attention to culture
D.perceive colours differently.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,属于科普文,学习一门外语改变我们看世界的方式,根据一项新的研究.本文以此展开,主要讲述了学习一门外语,会使一个人用一个不同的方式看世界.
解答 32.D.推理判断题.根据has found that bilingual speakers think differently to those who only use one language以及下文内容可知,bilingual speakers 是会说两种语言的人.故选D.
33.C.细节理解题.根据In Japanese,for example,there are additional basic terms for light blue(mizuiro) and blue(ao),which are not found in English可知,在英语中没有浅蓝色和深蓝色主要是因为英语中两种颜色区别不大.故选C.
34.A.词义猜测题.根据下文There's a close link between language and culture.可知,a much deeper connection指的是一个新的文化.故选A.
35.A.主旨大意题.阅读全文,根据文章内容,尤其是If you're learning language in a classroom you are trying to achieve something specific,but when you're immersed(沉浸)in the culture and speaking it,you're thinking in a completely different way可知,学习一门外语,会使一个人用一个不同的方式看世界.
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,推理判断题,段落大意题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测.
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77.After graduation,Davidtook advantage ofhis visit to Spain to improve his Spanish.
78.The lack of a meter(计价器)allows taxi driversto rip offpassengers.
79.The terrible news almostdrovehimmad.
80.When your money isrunning out,what will you do next?
Howard walked across the vast desert planning to walk through it for one month.Twenty(36)D passed,the journey had been so (37)A and it seemed that he had enough food and water to finish it.
"I'll be able to walk out of this (38)B,"he thought gladly.But the desert (39)C care for travelers. (40)Athis idea could disappear,the sandstorm had arrived suddenly.He hurriedly (41)B his head with the clothes,lying on the sand.After about ten minutes,the sandstorm stopped.When he shook the clothes and stood up,he found a horrible thing:the back bag (42)D with food and water was swept away by the (43)C.
Now,he only had a(n)(44)B left.He held it in his hands tightly."Oh,not too bad,(45)B I have a pear,"he thought to himself,determined to walk out of the desert.
36.A.years | B.months | C.weeks | D.days |
37.A.smooth | B.hopeless | C.impossible | D.terrible |
38.A.forest | B.desert | C.garden | D.village |
39.A.once | B.ever | C.never | D.always |
40.A.Before | B.After | C.When | D.Since |
41.A.sewed | B.covered | C.matched | D.cleaned |
42.A.tied | B.put | C.pulled | D.equipped |
43.A.rain | B.fog | C.sandstorm | D.snowstorm |
44.A.apple | B.pear | C.orange | D.banana |
45.A.at most | B.at least | C.on time | D.on |
There was a businessman who was deep in debt and could see no way out.
He sat on the park bench,head in hands,(41)A if anything could save his company from bankruptcy
(破产).
Suddenly an old man appeared before him."I can see that something is (42)Byou,"he said.
After listening to the businessman's troubles,the old man said,"I believe I can help you."
He asked the man his name,wrote out a (43)D,and pushed it into his hand saying,"Take this money.Meet me here exactly one year from today,and you can pay me back at that time."
Then he turned and disappeared as (44)C as he had come.
The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000,(45)A by John D.Rockefeller,then one of the richest men in the world!
"I can (46)B my money worries in an instant!"he realized.But (47)A,he decided to put the uncashed check in his safe.Just knowing it was there might give him the (48)D to work out a way to save his business,he thought.
With renewed (49)C,he negotiated better deals.Within a few months,he was out of debt and making money once again.
Exactly one year later,he returned to the (50)D with the uncashed check.At the (51)B time,the old man appeared.But just as the businessman was about to (52)A the check and share his success story,a(53)C came running up and grabbed the old man.
"I'm so delighted I (54)D him!"she cried."I hope he hasn't been bothering you.He's(55)C escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D.Rockefeller."
And she led the old man away (56)C the arm.
The businessman just stood there,(57)B.All year long he'd been buying and selling,(58)A he had half a million dollars behind him.
Suddenly,he realized that it wasn't the money,real or (59)B,that had turned his life around.It was his (60)D self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
41.A.wondering | B.suspecting | C.estimating | D.hesitating |
42.A.attacking | B.disturbing | C.interrupting | D.amusing |
43.A.number | B.note | C.letter | D.check |
44.A.calmly | B.quietly | C.quickly | D.proudly |
45.A.signed | B.handed | C.drawn | D.deposited |
46.A.lose | B.remove | C.face | D.ignore |
47.A.instead | B.therefore | C.rather | D.meanwhile |
48.A.weakness | B.belief | C.urge | D.strength |
49.A.creativity | B.permission | C.optimism | D.curiosity |
50.A.hospital | B.company | C.street | D.park |
51.A.advanced | B.appointed | C.announced | D.delayed |
52.A.hand back | B.give out | C.put out | D.turn over |
53.A.policeman | B.banker | C.nurse | D.guard |
54.A.beat | B.cheated | C.pushed | D.caught |
55.A.never | B.seldom | C.always | D.occasionally |
56.A.on | B.in | C.by | D.at |
57.A.exhausted | B.astonished | C.disappointed | D.excited |
58.A.convinced | B.informed | C.reminded | D.warned |
59.A.created | B.imagined | C.discovered | D.donated |
60.A.long-lost | B.non-existent | C.ever-lasting | D.newly-found |