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主题语境二
主题阅读训练(一) 语言学习
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2025·吉林市模拟)It wasn’t until after I graduated from college, and realized that there’s no such thing as all-encompassing (包罗万象的) knowledge, that I was able to read for pleasure.A sense of curiosity directed me and I started to see dictionaries as field guides to the life of language.Looking up words felt less like a failing than an admission that there are lots of things I don’t know and an opportunity to discover just how many.
I prize my 1954 copy of Webster’s New International Dictionary,Second Edition.I often consult it,during evening games of Scrabble or midday magazine reading.When I come across unfamiliar words while reading novels,I look them up.When I start encountering these words elsewhere, the linguistic (语言的) universe seems to shrink to the size of a small town.
Dictionaries heighten my senses: They direct my attention into a conversation with language.They make me wonder what other things I’m blind to because I haven’t taught myself to notice them yet.Recently spotted examples include orrery,“a mechanical model,usually clockwork,devised to represent the motions of the moon and Earth (and sometimes also other planets) around the sun.” The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) also tells me that the word comes from the fourth Earl of Orrery,for whom a copy of the first machine was made, around 1700.Useful?Obviously not.Satisfying?Deeply.
Some websites answer questions with more questions, opening up pages you never asked for.But a dictionary builds on common knowledge,using simple words to explain complex ones.Using one feels as if I’m prying open an oyster (蚝) rather than falling down a rabbit hole.Why leave solvable mysteries up to guesswork?
For me, dictionaries are a door into that kind of uncalculated knowledge-seeking.They remind me that following your curiosity instead of brushing it aside is one of the best ways I know to feel connected to more than what’s right in front of you.
1.What can we know about the author?
A.He merely read for fun before graduation.
B.He longed to learn about all knowledge.
C.He considered dictionaries chances of enrichment.
D.He admitted being a failure when learning languages.
2.Why does the author mention the example of orrery in paragraph 3?
A.To introduce a word.
B.To indicate a finding.
C.To clarify a concept.
D.To support a statement.
3.What does the underlined part in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.Encountering new problems.
B.Entering a different world.
C.Acquiring essential common sense.
D.Simplifying tough questions.
4.According to the text, which of the following can best describe dictionaries?
A.Jaw-dropping. B.Eye-opening.
C.Mind-numbing. D.Labour-saving.
B
(2025·泰安模拟)When Spanish meets English, new dialects emerge, giving us real-time insight into language evolution, linguists say.
For instance,“Vamos de punches punches punches”,Yamilet Munoz texted her friends in Austin,Texas.It means “let’s go and party”, but it’s not a phrase you’ll find in any dictionary.It’s a remix of Spanish and English words seasoned with an in-joke about punching the air as you dance.
“Our language has always been a very big indicator of our cultural pride,” says Munoz, whose parents migrated from Mexico to San Antonio, Texas, in the 1990s.Around 66% of the city’s population identify as Hispanic or Latino/Latina.For Munoz and her friends there is pride in speaking Spanish, but also in mixing the languages into the hybrid known as Spanglish.
The evolution of Spanglish has been documented for decades,with each generation adding its unique twist.Now a growing body of research, as well as the experiences of bilingual(双语的)speakers like Munoz, shows just how deeply English and Spanish are influencing each other in the United States,resulting in hybrid dialects like Spanglish, but also,transforming the underlying languages.
For the past decade, Carter and his colleagues have studied language change in Miami, a city where some 72% identify as Latino or Hispanic and which is strongly shaped by historical migration from Cuba.Their research documents the emergence of a distinct “Miami English” dialect as a result of that Spanish-language heritage.
The Spanish influence has also shown up in ways people may not immediately notice,such as sounds like the “oo” in “boot” being pronounced in a more Spanish-style way in Miami, more like the Spanish “u” vowel, according to separate research by Carter, Lydda Lopez Valdez at the University of Miami and Nandi Sims at Ohio State University.
“This is the work of language change, this is the work of dialect formation, this is how it happens.It happens in things that are really noticeable, like the phrase ‘get down from the car’, but it also happens in really slight ways,” he says.
5.Why is an example introduced in paragraph 2?
A.To illustrate the language innovation.
B.To explain the advantage of Spanish.
C.To highlight the mix of Spanish and English.
D.To prove the enrichment of English vocabulary.
6.What can be inferred from Munoz and her friends?
A.Spanish and English are interrelating.
B.Mixing two languages is complicated.
C.Languages dominate cultural development.
D.Bilingualists tend to observe their own culture.
7.What does Carter intend to convey?
A.Dialects evolve flexibly and frequently.
B.Spanish possesses more sounds than English.
C.Phrases are changing more slowly than before.
D.Language change is progressive and dynamic.
8.Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A.How Researchers Are Studying Languages
B.How Modern English Is Changing Globally
C.How a Generation Is Reinventing Spanglish
D.How Spanglish Is Influencing American Culture
Ⅱ.阅读七选五 精品课件·名师析题
(2025·衡水模拟)Accents in English
Accents are fascinating and usually come with kinds of information. 9 .So many people,especially actors, are interested in learning accents.
Thanks to the development of technology,various handy accesses are available for people to share and pick up accents.English actor and accent coach Sarah Valentine is an expert in teaching the tones which can change the English language. 10 .
Valentine has been working in TV since the 1990s.She appears to have found success coaching other actors to speak in a variety of dialects. 11 .Valentine’s videos take simple phrases, such as “I’m hungry” or “the milk smells funny”.Valentine then repeats these simple words in accents including German, Dutch, and New York.She also highlights the rich variety of dialects within the UK, including Yorkshire,Scouse,Cockney,Geordie,Welsh,and Northern Irish.
“ 12 ,” James Lantolf, a professor at Penn State, said.“Isolated (偏僻的) areas, such as New Orleans, develop different dialects.Since there is no contact between regions, entire words and languages can grow and develop independently.Social standing and education also affect the language of an individual person.” It is thought that accents have psycho-social purposes, allowing individuals to identify oneself and others as part of a group.
Everyone has an accent.A dialect coach like Valentine can help one learn to speak differently, for an acting job or for fun. 13 .Learning a second language as an adult is difficult; for much the same reason, it’s tricky to change your accent.With that in mind, watching Valentine change accents at the drop of a hat is all the more impressive.
A.In fact, all accents are worthy of pride
B.One’s birthplace can affect his accent
C.However, not all accents are worth learning
D.Much work with actors is done in one-on-one coaching
E.They can signal one’s living places, education and personality
F.On a video platform, she gives examples of simple phrases repeated in over 20 accents
G.A region’s location has a direct influence on the development of a local language
Ⅲ.完形填空
(2025·惠州一模)Most airplanes are constructed with seats in rows of two or three mathematically, someone in my family of five has to sit by a 14 .I always ask to be that person and consider it the greatest 15 to meet someone remarkable.
From the time I could speak, I realized that overcoming communication 16 was an essential key to 17 the enormous potential in constructing meaningful relationships with others.My father is a successful scientist, but he has been 18 since birth.My childhood was spent understanding his intelligence while sometimes 19 to convey ideas because the words I chose were too 20 to lipread.But I learned how to employ my own approach to face the challenge.Gradually, I developed a 21 for communication skills.
Since kindergarten,I have loved Chinese culture.In my Junior year of high school, I 22 a competitive scholarship to study in China for the summer, learning Mandarin and the eastern culture.Dropped into Chengdu and 23 to speak the language fluently, I found myself a toddler (学步儿童).However, I didn’t quit.At the end of the program, I was voted to 24 the 500 scholarship recipients (被授予者) to deliver a speech in Chinese.My speech did win cheers.Finally, I returned home with a cultural awareness beyond expectation, possessing lifelong 25 with former strangers whom I now communicate with in Chinese.
Thanks to the strangers in my life, I learn that one must embrace (拥抱) certain new experience.I’m so 26 to confirm that stepping out of my comfort zone can, actually, 27 experiencing something from slightly interesting to life-changing.On the flight home from China I 28 chose to sit next to a stranger and it didn’t disappoint.
14.A.kid B.stranger
C.senior D.pilot
15.A.possibility B.mistake
C.task D.honor
16.A.skills B.relationships
C.barriers D.ideas
17.A.owning B.unlocking
C.ensuring D.maintaining
18.A.depressed B.weak
C.deaf D.blind
19.A.struggling B.asking
C.wishing D.helping
20.A.virtual B.abstract
C.risky D.difficult
21.A.talent B.habit
C.passion D.case
22.A.found B.valued
C.earned D.donated
23.A.inconvenient B.unnecessary
C.unable D.impatient
24.A.invite B.encourage
C.train D.represent
25.A.happiness B.friendships
C.achievements D.knowledge
26.A.powerful B.willing
C.comfortable D.grateful
27.A.put off B.add up
C.cut down D.lead to
28.A.suddenly B.definitely
C.gradually D.accidentally
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