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1、Unit 1A land of diversitySection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending一、用句中黑体单词的适当形式填空1Though women are distinct from men in physiology,employers should hire men and women without .答案distinction2Though we major in accounting(会计学),a of us are not interested in it.答案majority3All human races a
2、re born equal.There should be no discrimination.答案racial4Over eighty percent of this area is covered by forests,and a large are under protection.答案percentage5The testing results meant that all were in vain.答案means6He was team leader in the election held last Monday.答案elected二、完成句子 1A panda (以竹叶为食).(
3、live)答案lives on bamboo leaves2 (大多数的玩具)are yellow.(majority)答案A majority of the toys3We use (我们的一部分收入)as an investment.(percentage)答案a percentage of our income4They succeeded (靠毅力).(means)答案by means of perseverance5He led a peace movement (在20世纪30年代晚期).(late)答案in the late 1930s6They (继续斗争)till they
4、succeeded.(keep)答案kept up the struggle7Hong Kong (被称为)the Pearl of the Orient and Shopping Heaven.(know)答案is known as三、单句改错1He earns a living by mean of doing several kinds of work.答案meanmeans2After the flood,no houses in these villages still lived.答案lived后加on3The old man keeps off the old habit of
5、going fishing in the river near his house.答案offup4Made a life by cleaning the streets not only brings in income but also makes her healthier.答案MadeMaking5By the time of next year,we will finished all the English textbooks.答案finished 前加have四、阅读理解A(导学号58980000)The first big wave of Chinese immigration
6、 to America came when gold was discovered in California in 1848.The Chinese called the new land “Mountain of Gold”.Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction,farming and light industries,doing low-paid jobs.By the 1880s,American industrialization brought changing economic re
7、alities,resulting in an explosion of resentment(仇恨) toward the Chinese laborers.They were accused of taking jobs away from the white men.The government issued Exclusion Acts(排外法案) to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States.Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese commu
8、nities in the West and then went to the Mid-west and the East.As in California,they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as “Chinatowns”.New Yorks Chinatown was created by men such as the Chinese laborers.Sociologists call them “sojourners”foreigners in the United States,keeping t
9、o their cultural traditions,living in the larger society in which they existed.The sojourners came to America for the promise of supporting their families in China,where they expected to return one day.Those who did stay lived separately from the society.So they remained in Chinatown,an enclosed com
10、munity holding on to traditions among the tides of change.1What does the underlined word “issued” mean?A.brought out B.meant toC.made a lifeD.mixed with答案A解析词义理解题。从The government.的宾语Exclusion Acts(排外法案)和 不定式“to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States”看出此处表示出台一项法案。bring out“使显
11、示,出版,生产”。2Before the Exclusion Acts,most of the Chinese in the United States lived .A.in the WestB.in the EastC.in the Mid-westD.in the Mid-east答案A解析推理判断题。由第一段中的“Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and then went to the Mid-west and the East.”推出在法案公布之前,他们大多数住在西部。3F
12、rom the first paragraph,we can see that Chinese immigrants .A.published Exclusion Acts,tooB.fought against the white menC.were working on their own fieldD.formed small areas of Chinese culture答案D解析细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“As in California,they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as Chinato
13、wns.”看出他们在加州建立了自己的文化区域。4According to the passage,Chinese immigrants.A.lost their hopes of returning to their countryB.tried to find a place in the larger societyC.went on with their own traditions in spite of social changesD.were free to take whatever jobs they like答案C解析细节理解题。由第二段第二句中的“.foreigners i
14、n the United States,keeping to their cultural traditions,living in the larger society in which they existed.”看出他们继续保持自己的传统。5What is the main idea of this passage?A.Chinatowns experienced great changes after gold was discovered in 1848.B.Exclusion Acts brought great sufferings to the Chinese laborers
15、.C.Chinese laborers were cruelly exploited by the white people.D.Chinese immigration to America resulted in the forming of Chinatowns.答案D解析主旨大意题。从第一段的最后一句和第二段看出本文是在讨论唐人街的形成。BThe United States of America is the most culturally diverse country in the world in terms of culture,religion,ethnicity and sexual orientation.As a combination of various
