2019版高考英语一轮复习Unit2Englisharoundtheworld夯基提能作业新人教版.docx

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1、Unit2　EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解A(2018陕西铜川模拟)EnglishLanguageDayiscelebratedeachyearonApril23—thedatewhenWilliamShakespearewasborn.ShakespearehasbeencalledthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguage.Hisplayscontinuetobepublished,performedintheatersandseeninfilmsalmost400yearsafte

2、rhisdeath.Englishisconsideredasthe“worldlanguage”.Usedbyonly3tribesabout1,500yearsago,Englishnowhasofficialorspecialstatusinatleast75countrieswithatotalpopulationofovertwobillion.Englishisthemainlanguageofbusinessandaviation(航空).ItisthemostwidelyusedlanguageontheInternetand

3、socialmedia.ThefirstEnglishLanguageDaywastheresultofworkbytheUnitedNations.Afewyearsago,theUN’sEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganizationcreatedLanguageDaysforeachoftheUN’ssixofficiallanguages.Theaimwastocelebratetheuseofdifferentlanguagesaroundtheworldanddifferentcultur

4、es.AnothergoalwastocampaignforequaluseofallsixofficiallanguagesthroughouttheUnitedNations.TheotherfivelanguagesareArabic,Chinese,French,RussianandSpanish.TheUnitedNationscelebrateditsfirstEnglishLanguageDayonApril23,2010.Onthatday,anumberofeventswereheldattheUN’sheadquarter

5、sinNewYorkCity.Thisyear,theTOEFLprogramhasannouncedplansfora“live”questionandanswerchatonthesocialmediawebsiteFaceBook.TOEFLisalsoknownastheTestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage.ThegroupsaystheprogramisforstudentsinterestedinlearningmoreaboutitstestandtheEnglishlanguage.1.English

6、LanguageDayhassomethingtodowith　　　. A.agreatwriterof400yearsagoB.thedevelopmentofaviationC.theInternetandsocialmediaD.someplaysperformedintheaters2.WhatdoyouknowaboutEnglish?A.Itisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.B.Itisthelanguagespokenbymostpeople.C.Itisthetopofficialla

7、nguageoftheUnitedNations.D.Itistheoldestlanguageintheworld.3.WhichofthefollowinglanguagesisNOToneoftheUN’ssixofficiallanguages?A.Chinese.B.Russian.C.German.D.French.4.Itcanbeknownfromthepassagethat　　　. A.theTOEFLprogramisnolongerpopularinChinaB.thefirstEnglishLanguageDaycam

8、eintobeingin2010C.EnglishLanguageDayistheonlylanguagedayintheworldD.theUnitedNatio