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1、必修1unit2课后能力测评（二）Ⅰ.阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A字数：256完成时间：6分钟难度：★TheUnitedStatesismainlyanEnglish-speakingcountry.Thegreatnumberofpopulation(人口)speaksEnglishastheirnativelanguage.Business,educationandmostpublishaspects(方面)oflifeareconductedinEnglish.
2、Acrossthecountry,peoplepronounceEnglishsoundsinseveraldifferentwaysandsomeregional(地区)differencesinwordspellingexist,butforthemostpart,Americansspeakonecommonlanguage.ThislanguageissometimescalledAmericanEnglish.However,noteveryoneintheUSisanativespeakerofEnglis
3、h.Mostofthepersonscomingintothecountryarespeakersofotherlanguages.TherearehundredsofcommunitiesaroundtheUSwhereEnglishisnotthemostcommonlyusedlanguage.Chinese,Italian,German,American,Greek,VietnameseandFrenchareallspokeninagreatnumberofcommunitiesintheUnitedStat
4、es.SpanishisthesecondmostcommonlyspokenlanguageafterEnglishintheUS.ItiswidelyspokeninNewYorkandacrossthesouthernpartofthecountry.Forspeakersofotherlanguages,learningEnglishisimportant,buttraditionally(传统上),teachingpeopletospeakEnglishasasecondlanguagewasgivenlit
5、tleattention.Non-Englishspeakerswereexpectedto“pickup”thelanguagethroughgettingintouchwithpeopleinpublic.Recently,thishaschanged.Today,mostlargepublicschoolsandcommunitycollegeshaveESL,EnglishasaSecondLanguage.AmericanEnglishteachersfeelthatEnglishstudentsshould
6、learnthelanguagethewaytheywillbeusingit.Therefore,ESLprogramsteachdifferentEnglishlessonstodifferentstudents.SomeprogramsteachstudentstocommunicateinEnglishinpublic.1.WhatlanguageorlanguagesdopeopleintheUnitedStatesspeak?A.English.B.AmericanEnglish.C.EnglishandS
7、panish.D.Englishandlotsofotherlanguages.2.ESLstandsfor_______.A.EnglishasaSpecialLanguageB.EnglishasaSpokenLanguageC.EnglishandSpanishLanguagesD.EnglishasaSecondLanguage3.WhereisSpanishspokenintheUnitedStates?A.InmostpartofNewYorkandthesouthernstates.B.InNewYork
8、andallthesouthernstates.C.InNewYorkandacrossthesouthernpartofthecountry.D.InNewYorkandmanysouthernstates.4.“Non-Englishspeakerswereexpectedto‘pickup’thelanguagethroug
