高二第一学期期中考试单词短语填空练习Module 1 British and American English单词1.The first and most __________________（显而易见的）way is in thevocabulary.2.Some of these words are well known —Americans drive__________________（汽车）down __________________（高速公路）and fill up with gas; the British drive cars along __________________（高速公路）and fill up with petrol.3.As a tourist, you will need to use the __________________（地铁）in London or the __________________（地铁）in New York.4.The British __________________（排队）up; Americans stand inline.5.Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which canbe __________________（令人困惑的）.6.__________________（介词）, too, can be different:__________________（比较）on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British).7.The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes__________________（省略）them (I'll see you Monday; Write me soon!).8.The other two areas in which the two __________________（种类）__________________（不同，有区别）are spelling and pronunciation.9.Many factors have influenced American pronunciation since the first__________________（移民，定居者）arrived four hundred years ago.10.W hen the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw made the famous__________________（评论，讲话）that the British and the Americans are two nations divided by a common language, he was obviously thinking about the differences.11.T here is probably as much __________________（变化）ofpronunciation within the two countries as between them.12.F or more than a century communications across the Atlantic havedeveloped __________________（不断地，持续地）.13.S ince the 1980s, with __________________（卫星）TV and theInternet, it has been possible to listen to British and American English at the __________________（轻打，轻弹）of a __________________（开关）.14.B ut it has also led to lots of American words and__________________（结构）passing into British English, so that some people now believe that British English will disappear.短语1.Maybe you will prefer to __________________（四处走动）thetown by taxi (British) or cab (American).2.The accent, which ____most ______________（与……相似）BritishEnglish, can be heard on the East Coast of the US.3.A Londoner _____more _____________ __________________（理解有困难）a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.4.But it has also __________________（引起，导致）lots of Americanwords and structures passing into British English.Module 2 The Human Traffic Signal单词1.On one side the mountains rise steeply; on the other side there is a__________________（垂直的，陡峭的）drop, which in places is hundreds of metres deep.2.But in practice, few drivers__________________（遵守）the rules.3.But thanks to one man, the death __________________（事故、疾病等的伤亡人数）has fallen.4.Timoteo has an unusual job —he is a human traffic__________________（信号）.5.Every morning he climbs up to the __________________（弯曲处，弯道）with a large __________________（圆形的）board in his hand.6.Timoteo stands on the __________________（弯曲处，弯道）and__________________（指挥）the traffic.7.Timoteo is a __________________（志愿者）.8.He had been a __________________（矿工）and a soldier.9.Then one day while he was working as a lorry driver he had aclose__________________（相遇，邂逅）with death.10.T his last experience had a __________________（影响深刻的，极大的）effect onTimoteo.11.H e realised that he was lucky to be alive himself, and felt that it washis __________________（任务）in life to help others.短语1.One road __________________（尤其，特别）, which goes north fromLa Paz, is considered the most dangerous road in the world.2.Although there is not a lot of traffic, __________________（平均）,one vehicle comes off the road every two weeks.3.__________________（理论上，从理论上来说）, the road can onlybe used by traffic going uphill from 8 in the morning, and by traffic coming downhill from 3 in the afternoon. But __________________（实际上，在实践中）, few drivers respect the rules.4.But often they just __________________（经过）,__________________the human traffic signal __________________（以为…理所当然）.5.This last experience__________________profound__________________（对…产生影响）Timoteo.6.And so every morning, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk,Timoteo__________________（站好位置以备…）his place on the bend and directs the traffic.Module 3 The Steamboat单词1.We stayed inside the ______________ （遮蔽物，栖身之地）we hadbuilt and let the ___________（木排，木筏）sail down the river. 2.So we ___________（用桨划小船）over and climbed on to thesteamboat, keeping as quiet as mice.3.You're ___________（撒谎）. You said that last time. We're going tokill you.4.When he heard these words, Jim ____________（恐慌，惊慌失措）and ran to the raft.5.Although I was frightened, I also felt very __________（好奇）, so I putmy head round the door.6.I could see a man lying on the floor, _______（<用绳子>绑，系，拴）up with rope.7.One was short, with a _________（胡须）.8.He sounds as if he's going to die of _________（恐惧，害怕）!9.I _________（爬行；匍匐前进）along the deck, found Jim, and toldhim what I had heard.10.J im looked _________（非常害怕的，极度恐慌的）. "I'm not stayinghere," he said.短语1.There was a big storm after midnight and the rain ________________（倾盆而下）.2.________________________（让我们吃惊的是）, there was a light inone of the cabins.3.I've____________________（受够了）you. I'm going to shoot younow.4. It looks____________________（好像）it'll go under soon," Jim said, after a couple of minutes.。