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必修1 UNIT 5 单元双测·课时作业(一)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2025·沈阳市高三质量监测)I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mailbox, because my mother never believed in email, or cellphones in general. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.
So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of. I wrote those same kinds of letters like my mother for strangers, and tucked them all over the city: in cafes, in libraries, and even in the subway. I blogged about those letters and promised if asked for a handwritten letter, I would write one.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22⁃year⁃old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.
Today I run a global organization fueled by those trips to the mailbox. It is a miracle. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people brought up in a paperless world where some best conversations happen on a screen. We have learned to record our pain onto social media, and we speak swiftly on the Internet.
Therefore, I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤的) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, “Come back to me.” And a man, who had decided to take his life, slept safely with a stack of letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These stories convince me that letter⁃writing will never need to be about efficiency, because it is an art now. All of it is the signing and the scripting and the mailing.
1.Why did the author share her experience in college?
A.To show her care for her family.
B.To convey her love for writing letters.
C.To express her feelings attached to letters.
D.To prove her consistency in writing letters.
2.What caused the author to launch the act?
A.She advocated the paperless lifestyle.
B.She intended to provide professional aid.
C.She tried to improve her communication skills.
D.She aimed to give emotional support with letters.
3.Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”?
A.It cures people of mental diseases.
B.It serves as a conversation starter.
C.It has magic power to melt ice.
D.It empowers people to be brave.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Family Letters Are Priceless
B.Love for Writing Never Declines
C.World Needs More Love Letters
D.Handwritten Letters Improve Efficiency
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, and 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
English is one of the most difficult languages to master. Even if you might not yet sound like someone born and raised speaking the language, you should still congratulate yourself on how far you’ve come. Remember that practice makes perfect. So keep working at it and your skill level will certainly improve.
Create an English environment for yourself. 9 The more you hear the language, the better you’ll understand how and when to use common words and phrases and how the language is pronounced.
Practise speaking English every chance you get, whether at school, at work or speaking to family and friends. When you speak in your native language, ask yourself, “How would I say that in English?”
Watch yourself speak English in the mirror. 10 And practise changing anything you don’t like. If you’re uncomfortable making up things to say to yourself, just read your lessons aloud.
Use confident body language while you speak English. Even if you’re having trouble pronouncing words or remembering phrases, don’t keep your head down. Speak in a natural, conversational tone (语气); keep your back and head straight, and your chin (下巴) up. If you’re in a relaxed setting, put your hands behind your head and put your feet up. 11
Find a friend who speaks fluent English and wants to learn your language. 12 Increase your confidence by knowing you have something valuable to teach, as well as something to learn.
13 Instead of saying “I’m not good at this,” say “Every day I’m getting better.”
A.Take turns to teach each other.
B.Train your body into feeling in control.
C.Speak English confidently.
D.Learning a language requires long hours of study and practice.
E.Get comfortable with the way you look speaking the language.
F.Read books, watch television shows, movies and plays in English.
G.Improve your confidence by teaching those worse at English than you.
必修1 UNIT 5 单元双测·课时作业(二)
Ⅰ.完形填空
Do you sometimes ignore your mom while chatting with friends? If you’re a teen, that’s fairly 1 .And new research may explain why so many 2 tune out their mom’s voices.
Young kids’ brains are very tuned in to their mothers’ voices.But as they grow up, everything 3 .Teenagers’ brains are more tuned in to strangers’ voices.Researchers scanned the brains of 7⁃ to 16⁃year⁃olds as they listened to things said by their mothers or by unfamiliar women.The words were purely 4 : teebudieshawlt, keebudieshawlt and peebudieshawlt.As the kids listened, certain parts of their brains became 5 .This was especially true in brain regions that help us to 6 rewards and pay attention.
This 7 usually happens between ages 13 and 14.The brain seems to 8 new needs that come with youth.As we 9 , our survival depends less and less on Mom’s support. 10 , we rely more and more on our 11 — friends and others closer to our own age.
However, these areas in the youthful brain don’t stop 12 Mom.It’s just that unfamiliar voices become more 13 and worthy of attention.Mothers’ voices still have special power, especially in times of stress.Studies also showed that levels of stress hormones (荷尔蒙) 14 when stressed⁃out girls heard their moms’ voices on the phone.
So while both teens and their parents sometimes feel frustrated by missed messages, that’s okay.“That’s the way the brain is 15 , and there’s a good reason for it.”
1.A.strange B.rare
C.common D.impossible
2.A.schoolboys B.teenagers
C.adults D.girls
3.A.changes B.matters
C.evolves D.counts
4.A.complicated B.meaningful
C.nonsense D.nonstop
5.A.numb B.small
C.calm D.active
6.A.record B.design
C.detect D.process
7.A.action B.shift
C.ability D.function
8.A.adapt to B.appeal to
C.apply to D.attach to
9.A.struggle B.advance
C.shrink D.mature
10.A.Once B.Otherwise
C.Instead D.Besides
11.A.strangers B.competitors
C.partners D.peers
12.A.keeping out B.responding to
C.working with D.turning down
13.A.rewarding B.impressive
C.comfortable D.reasonable
14.A.varied B.dropped
C.topped D.remained
15.A.fixed B.supplied
C.balanced D.wired
Ⅱ.语法填空
(2025·南京六校高三调研)The art of seal engraving (篆刻) is a foundation of China’s fine arts. It has been 1 inseparable part of classic Chinese art. In September 2009, China’s seal⁃engraving art 2 (add) to the list of UNESCO’s items of intangible cultural heritage.
The seal⁃engraving art, 3 (date) back to the Shang Dynasty, has a history of more than 3,000 years. The art form developed rapidly during the Qin Dynasty, 4 people engraved their names on utensils (器皿) and in documents to claim ownership.
Soon after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he ordered craftsmen to use jade to make an imperial seal called “Xi”. Not until the Ming Dynasty did artists and scholars begin using seals engraved with their names 5 (mark) the ownership of their calligraphy and paintings.
In 1904, Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society was founded with the 6 (combine) efforts of seal artists from different schools and places 7 it was the first of its kind in China.
Today seals are still 8 wide use in official documents and private letters. With engraved seals gaining worldwide 9 (appreciate) in recent years, an increasing number of people 10 (become) fascinated with the items.
Ⅲ.应用文写作 精品课件·名师析题
(2025·邢台模拟)假定你是李华,为提高学习效率,你的英语老师提出本周讨论话题“How to remember English words efficiently”,请你写一篇发言稿阐述你的观点和建议。
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
Dear teacher and friends,
Thank you.
7 / 7
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