1、Unit 8 Learning a foreign language課堂檢測一Reading訓練要點能把握文章主旨、細節。對長難句理解準確、到位。能讀懂與課文話題接近、難度接近的課外材料。知能訓練 .課文理解從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出與所給句子意義相同或相近的選項。1.Some believe that we are equipped with a special ability to learn language and that our brain adjusts itself to the language of the culture we are born in.A.Some b

2、elieve that the equipped special ability to learn language is that our brain can adjust itself to the language of the culture we are born in.B.When we are born,we dont have the ability to learn language,it is brain that can help us learn language by adjusting itself to the culture we are born in.C.B

3、efore we are born,we can speak.But after born,we cant.D.The language which we use before born is different from the language by mother,so we have to use brain to change.答案:A2.What we are born with is a general ability to learn and adapt,not a language-specific part of brain.A.We are common people wi

4、thout any special ability. B.When we are born,we have the ability to learning language,but the ability is not specific. C.Language ability is not ability of brain.D.Our brain not only has the ability of learning language but also has other abilities.答案:B3.Not all of us want to be translator or inter

5、preter.A.None of us want to be translator or interpreter.B.Some of us want to be translator while some of us want to be interpreter.C.Some of us dont want to be translator or interpreter while some want to be.D.Neither of us want to be translator or interpreter.答案:C 4.Ive got my notes with me.A.I ha

6、ve my notes with me. B.Ive got some information.C.Ive brought my speaking notes here.D.Ive got ready to do research.答案:C5.Dr Lively was going to talk on that very subject today.A.Dr Lively was going to talk on the same subject today.B.Dr Lively was going to give a talk right today.C.Dr Lively was go

7、ing to talk on the serious subject today. D.Dr Lively was going to talk on the interesting subject today.答案:A.課文濃縮用合適的單詞填空，首字母已給出。 How can we learn our mother t (6) well?By c (7) with the people around us.Learning a foreign l (8) is different from learning our mother tongue.We have few o (9) to comm

8、unicate with the native speakers.It seems slow and difficult.But,just thinkwhen learning mother tongue,you spent all your w (10) hours communicating with others.While you only spend a few hours a week speaking a f (11) language. Successful language learners gain c (12) and enjoy the learning.The mor

9、e r (13) they are,the better result they get. The purpose of learning is important,too.It takes p (14) to learn a language.If we develop skills,we may find that learning a foreign language is twice as easy i (15) of hard.答案:6.tongue municating 8.language 9.opportunities 10.waking 11.foreign 12.confi

10、dence 13.relaxed 14.patience 15.instead.同步閱讀閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。 It is,everyone agrees,a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak,and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation. Language learning begins with listening Individual child

11、ren vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking,and late starters are often long listeners.Most children will “obey” spoken intructions sometime before they can speak,though the word obey is hardly encouraged as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usua

12、lly shown by the children.Before they can speak,many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. An attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises

13、,and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight,distress,sociability,and be regarded as early forms of language.It is agreed too,that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment,and that by six months they are able to

14、add new sounds to their repertoire(能發出的全部聲音).This selfimitation leads on to deliberate(有意識的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people.The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that those imitations can be considered as speed.16.By “.challenges explanation”

15、the author means that _.A.no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon B.no explanation has been made up to now C.its not an easy job to provide an adequate explanationD.its high rime that an explanation was provided答案:C解析:這是一道詞義猜測題。challenge的意思是“引起，激發，要求”，而要求做到的事往往是艱巨或需要費力的事。17.The th

16、ird paragraph is mainly about _.A.the development of babies early forms of languageB.the difficulties of babies in learning to speakC.babies strong desire to communicateD.babies intention to communicate答案:A解析:該題考查對段落大意的概括能力。短文第三段首句“Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to

17、their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties.”是該段的主題句。全文試圖說明嬰兒學會說話的過程是困難的，整段的意思都是圍繞著嬰兒學會說話的發展過程而展開的。故答案為A。18.The authors purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _.A.usually obey without asking questionsB.are passive in the process of learning to speakC.are born cooperativeD.learn to speak by listening答案:D解析:這是一道段落中心大意概括題。短文第二段首句“Language learning begins with listening”是該段的主題句，在該段中作者所要表達的主要意思是嬰兒學語言是從聽大人說話開始的。故D為最佳選項。19.From the passage we learn that _.A.early