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1、最新教学资料人教版英语综合检测卷(二)Unit 2English around the world(时间：100分钟；满分：120分).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AEnglish is the most widely used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings can speak it.More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mails are in English.O
2、f all languages，English has the largest vocabularyperhaps as many as two million words.However，lets face it：English is a crazy language.There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweetmeats are candy，while sweetbreads，which arent sweets，are meat.We
3、 take English for granted.But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾)，we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers dont fing，grocers dont groce，and hammers dont ham? If the plural(复数) of tooth is teeth
4、，shouldnt the plural of booth be beeth？One goose，two geeseso one moose，two meese?How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？How can the weather be hot as hell
5、one day and cold as hell the next?English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings.Thats why，when stars are out，they are visible；but when the lights are out，they are invisible.And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it；but when I wind_up this essay，I end it
6、.1According to the passage _Asweetmeats and sweetbreads are different thingsBthere should be egg in an eggplantCpineapples are the apples on the pine treeDboxing rings should be round2Which of the following is the correct plural?ABeeth.BGeese.CMeese. DTooth.3The underlined words “wind up” in the las
7、t paragraph probably mean “_”Ablow Broll up Cget hurt Dfinish4Through the many paradoxes in the English language，the writer wants to show that human beings are _Aclever Bcrazy Clazy DdullBEnglish has surely become the global language.Whenever we turn on the news to find out whats happening in East A
8、sia，or Africa，or anywhere，people are being interviewed and telling us about it in English.If people look at the facts about the amazing reach of the English language，many would be surprised.English is used in over 90 countries as an official or semiofficial language.English is the working language o
9、f many international institutes(研究所)as well as of most international research scientists.It is also the language that Indian parents and black parents wish their children to learn.It is believed that over one billion people worldwide are now learning English.One of the most important causes of the s
10、pread of English around the world is that Europeans are willing to accept it as their language.English is spreading from northern Europe to the south and is now the second language in countries such as Sweden，Norway，Netherlands and Denmark.If one visits any of them，it would seem that almost everyone
11、 there can talk in English.Recently，a report said that at the beginning of 2001，English was the most widely known foreign language with 43% of Europeans saying they spoke it.The report also said that with over 89% of the population speaking English，Sweden now has the highest percentage of English sp
12、eakers.Whats more，English is the language rated as most useful to know，and over 77% of Europeans who do not speak English as their first language consider it useful.5By writing this passage，the writer mainly wants to tell us _Awhy so many people speak English around the worldBthat English has become
13、 a language spoken all over the worldCabout the development of English in EuropeDsomething about the Englishspeaking countries6The writer mentions all of the following EXCEPT _AAsia BEuropeCAfrica DAmerica7What does the underlined word“rated”in the last paragraph mean?AStood. BAgreed.CConsidered. DA
14、rgued.8What can we learn from the passage?ABlack parents dont want their children to learn English.BEnglish is used in over 90 countries as an official language.CNot all international research scientists speak English at work.DEnglish has become the most important language in Sweden.CAn 80yearold ma
15、n was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45yearold highly educated son.Suddenly a crow (乌鸦 )perched on the tree near their window.The father asked his son，“What is this？”The son replied，“It is a crow.”After a few minutes，the father asked his son the 2nd time，“What is this？”The son said，“Father，I have just now told you Its a crow.”After a little while，the old father again asked his son the 3rd time，“What is this？”“Its a crow，a crow，a crow，” said the son loudly.A little after，the fa
