Module 4 Which English?
Ⅰ.语法填空，单句训练
1．In many people's opinion, that company, though relatively small, is pleasant ________(deal)with.
答案：to deal 考查动词不定式的用法。某些形容词(pleasant，nice，comfortable，difficult，hard，easy等)后接动词不定式时，常用主动形式表示被动意义。 2．(2014届潍坊一中高三检测改编)—Mr. Jones! Sam has broken the glass! —________ Such things happen often.
答案：Doesn't matter. 考查交际用语。句意：——“琼斯先生，萨姆把杯子打碎了。”——“没关系，这样的事情经常会发生。”Doesn't matter.“没关系。”，符合句意。
3．(2014届湖北省荆州高三模拟改编)I didn't want to drive all the way to New York by myself, so I ________(consult) Anna, my best friend of ten years, to ride with me.
答案：consulted 考查动词词义。句意：我不想一个人开车去纽约，因此我说服我最好的朋友安娜和我一起去。convince“说服”，符合句意。
4．(2014届天津和平区高三质量调查改编)I agree with most of what you said, but I don't agree with ________.
答案：everything 句意：我同意你说的大部分话，但是我并不完全同意你的话。not...everything“并不是每个都……”，构成部分否定。
5．(2014届宁夏六校高三联考改编)In everyday communication, information ________(convey) by gestures and tone of voice is often misunderstood.
答案：conveyed 考查动词词义。句意：在日常交流中，通过手势和声调传递的信息经常被误解。convey“传递，表达”，符合句意。 6．(2014届山东师大附中高三模拟改编)She was on a diet, but she couldn't ________ eating sweet food. Consequently, her weight was gained again.
答案：resist 考查动词词义。句意：她正在节食，但是她忍不住吃甜食。因此，她的体重又增加了。resist doing sth.“忍住做某事”，符合句意。
7．Li Yugang's voice can be so much like a girl's, so many listeners can't tell his voice and a girl's ________.
答案：apart 考查固定搭配。句意：李玉刚的声音和女声如此相似，所以许多听众无法将其声音与女声区别开来。tell...apart为固定搭配，表示“把……区别开来”，符合句意。 8．As you can see, the number of cars on our road ________ (keep) rising these days.
答案：keeps 考查主谓一致。句意：正如你所见目前道路上汽车的数量在不断增加。“the number of＋n.作主语时，谓语动词用单数；再根据时间状语these days可知描述的是现在的情况，故用一般现在时。 9．Members of the council ________(oppose) reducing the price of the new product considering the great cost.
答案：opposed 考查动词词义。句意：考虑到巨大的成本，理事会成员们反对降低新产品的价格。oppose doing“反对，反抗……”，符合句意。
10．You will make some progress in your study of English ______ you keep more words in mind.
答案：as long as 考查短语辨析。句意：只要你记住更多的单词，你就会在英语学习中取得一些进步。as long as“只要”，符合句意。 Ⅱ.语法填空，篇章训练
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 A：What's that next problem?
B：Why do English people so often say something about the weather __1__ they begin a talk with strangers?
A：Well, of course, the weather in England is always changing. We never know what to expect. If you were in a country __2__ the weather doesn't change much, it __3__ be difficult to say much about it. But you __4__(ask) why we talk about the weather to strangers. That's an __5__(interest) question. It's probably __6__ the weather is a subject that's quite safe to talk about. B：It's a way __7__ reaching agreement.
A：Yes. I begin by saying, “A cold morning, isn't it？” The __8__ man says, “It certainly is.” I say, “It's been cold all week. ”And the other man says, “Yes, we're having a very cold spring.”
B：So far you've agreed about everything.
A：Yes. Then we're beginning to feel __9__(friend). But if we talk about subjects on __10__ disagreement is possible, politics，for example, we might not become friendly.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 答案：
1．when 考查状语从句。此处表示“当……时候”。
2．where 考查定语从句。从句缺少地点状语，所以用where引导。 3．would 考查虚拟语气。主句是would＋do表示对现在情况的假设。
4．asked 考查时态。根据上文可知动作已经发生，所以此处用一般过去时。 5．interesting 考查非谓语动词。interesting在此用来修饰物。 6．because 考查状语从句。此处表示原因。
7．of 考查介词。a way of doing sth表示“做某事的方法”。 8．other 考查代词。两者之中的另一个用the other。
9．friendly 考查形容词。此处做表语，所以用形容词形式。
10．which 考查定语从句。此处考查“介词＋which”引导的定语从句。 Ⅲ.阅读理解 A
There are a growing number of language immersion (沉浸) schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language. Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and relatively few Americans know a second language.
Scholars have spent years studying why Americans seem to ignore the importance of learning languages. While they have developed theories and given potential solutions, the future of language learning in the United States remains hazy.
Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign
language courses has fallen significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level. However, the decline in elementary schools has appeared primarily in public schools, while the percentage of private elementary schools teaching foreign languages has remained roughly the same at 51 percent. The percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has remained at about 91 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to English-speaking children and young adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 two-way immersion programs—schools that pair native English speakers with those who speak another native language—have developed in 28 states. “The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisition of a second language will be facilitated，” Adel Safty wrote in the Canadian Journal of Education. Linguistic ability shows the greatest development between the ages of 4 and 8, she wrote.
While the number of people who speak a language other than English at home is still relatively small, it has more than doubled over the past 30 years, according to a survey released in April. People between 18 and 40 make up the largest percentage of people who speak a foreign language. The 5 to 17 age group follows closely. But, among those 41 and older, the percentage of people who speak a second language decreases.
文章大意：学习外语似乎已经成为了一个全球化的热潮，在美国是一种什么情况呢？ 1．What does the passage mainly deal with?
A．The situation of Americans learning foreign languages. B．Why Americans don't like learning foreign languages. C．The importance of learning foreign languages. D．Suggestions for learning foreign languages.
答案：A 主旨大意题。文章主要剖析了美国人学外语的现状。
2．The underlined word “hazy” in the second paragraph probably means “________”． A．unimportant B．uncertain C．impossible D．impolite
答案：B 词义猜测题。前文提到外语学习的形势不容乐观，此处又说明虽然学者们提出了一些解决方法，但是前景应该仍然“不好、不确定”。 3．According to Adel Salty, ________.
A．people should begin to study foreign languages after age 8
B．learners who have a friend to help them study a language better
C．age has a big effect on people's ability to learn a foreign language D．people's linguistic ability grows with their age and experience
答案：C 推理判断题。从第五段的“The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisition of a second language will be facilitated”可知Adel Safty认为学习外语的能力会受到的年龄的很大影响。
4．We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．the percentage of public elementary schools teaching foreign languages has increased since 1997
