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Unit5TravellingabroadPeriodOneWarmingUp&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ．课文理解1．Accordingtothetext，whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutXieLei’spreparationcourseisTRUE?A．Shedoesn’tlikeit．B．Itisuseless．C．Shehasfinishedit．D．Shethinkswellofit．2．WhatdoesXieLeimeanbysaying“SometimesIfeltlikeachild”？A．Herlessonsarequitedifficultforher．B．Sheisveryyoungandshereallyfeelsthatsheisachild．C．ShehastolearnalmosteverythingagainsincesheislivingadifferentlifeinLondon．D．BeginninganewwayoflifeinEnglandisquiteeasyforher．3．Thetextismainlyabout．A．XieLei’ssociallifeB．XieLei’slifeandstudyinLondonC．XieLei’sessayandhertutorD．XieLei’slifewithahostfamily4．XieLeimetwithwhenstudyingabroad．A．languagedifficultiesB．challengesfromanewwayoflifeC．nothingdifficultD．bothAandB5．Accordingtothetext，wecanknowthat．A．idiomsarenotsodifficulttounderstandB．allstudentsneedoneyeartopreparetheirmajorsC．foreigntutorsadmiretheautonomouslearnersD．theEnglishspokenbythelocalpeopleisthesameaswhatXieLeiheardonherlisteningtapesⅡ．课文缩写XieLeiboardedaplaneforLondon6monthsagoforabusiness1．．Xiesaiditwasquite2．fromstudyinginChinaandthatsheneededsome3．first．XieLeihadtogetusedtoawholenewwayoflifethere，which4．herconcentrationinthebeginning．Sheliveswitha5．familywhogivesherlotsofgoodadvice．Whenshemissesherfamily，it’sagreat6．tohaveasubstitutefamilytobewith．XieLei’spreparationcourseishelpinghertogetusedtotheacademic7．ofaWesternuniversity．Withthehelpofher8．andherconfidence，shefeelsmuchmore9．inEnglandnowandeverythingappearsquite10．．Ⅲ．介、副词填空1．gettingmyvisaIwasveryexcitedbecauseIhaddreamedthisdaysolong．2．XieLeitoldmewhenIsawherwaitingaqueuethestudentcafeterialectures．3．Sheishalfwaythepreparationyear，whichmostforeignstudentscompleteapplyingadegreecourse．4．Youhavetogetusedawholenewwayoflife，whichcantakeallyourconcentrationthebeginning．5．Ihadtolearnhowtousethephone，howtopaybusfare，andhowtoaskashopkeeperthingsIdidn’tknowtheEnglish．6．Also，whenImissmyfamily，it’sagreatcomforttohaveasubstitutefamilytobe．7．IfoundanarticletheInternetthatseemedtohavetheinformationIneeded．8．Iwasnumbshock．9．IhavebeensooccupiedworkthatIhaven’thadtimesocialactivities．10．WewillfollowXieLei’sprogresslatereditionsofthisnewspaperbutnow，wewishXieLeiallthebesthernewenterprise．Ⅳ．完成句子1．Itwasthefirsttimehermotherland．这是她第一次离开祖国。2．ButIwasalsoverynervousasIdidn’tknow．但是我又非常紧张，因为我不知道期望的是什么。3．Also，whenImissmyfamily，asubstitutefamilytobewith．还有，当我想家的时候，房东家就是我家的替身，和他们一起给了我很多的安慰。4．XieLeitoldmethatshefeelsmuchmoreathomeinEnglandnow，andnowappearsquitenormal．谢蕾告诉我说，现在她在英国感到自在多了，以前看似很奇怪的事，如今觉得似乎很正常了。5．IhavebeenIhaven’thadtimeforsocialactivities．我一直忙于学习，以致于没时间去参加社交活动。Ⅴ．同义词语替换1．Thepreparationcourseismost．2．Althoughsomeforeignstudentsliveinstudentaccommodationorapartments，somechoosetostaywithEnglishfamilies．3．Shetoldmethatshefeltmuchmoreateasenow．4．Shehasbeensobusywithworkthatshehasn’thadtimeforsocialactivities．5．You’llquicklyadaptyourselftostudentlife．6．Youreadmuchbetternowthanbefore．Pleasecarryonwithit！能力提升阅读理解Duringlectures，mystudentsoftenaskwhichisthemostdifficultlanguagetolearn．It’snoteasytoanswerbecausetherearemanyfactorstotakeintoconsideration．Foraperson’sfirstlanguagethesefactorsareunimportantbecausepeoplelearntheirmothertonguenaturally．Sothequestionofhowhardalanguageistolearnisonlyrelevantwhenlearningasecondlanguage．StudieshaveshownthatnativespeakersofSpanishfindPortuguesemucheasiertolearnthan，say,nativespeakersofChinese，becausePortugueseisverysimilartoSpanish，whileChineseisverydifferent．Soaperson’sfirstlanguageaffectstheirlearningofasecondlanguage．Thegreaterthedifferencesbetweenasecondlanguageandthefirst，theharderitwillbeformostpeopletolearn．ManyWesternersthinkthatChineseisthehardestlanguagetolearnbecauseofitswritingsystemandpronunciation．ButforJapanesespeakers，whoalreadyuseChinesecharactersintheirownlanguage，learningwritingislessdifficultthanforspeakersoflanguagesusingtheRomanalphabet．ArecentstudyreportedthatBritishembassystafffoundthatthesecondhardestlanguagetolearnwasJapanese．Moresurprisingwasthelanguagethattheyfoundmostproblematic—Hungarian．Inthiscasetheissuewasnotthewritingsystem(asbothEnglishandHungarianuseasimilaralphabet)butgrammaticalcomplexity．Hungarianhas35cases(formsofanounaccordingtowhetheritissubject，object，genitive，etc．)anditwasthisthatcausedtheBritishdiplomaticpersonnelmostdifficulty．OnesuspectstheywouldhaveevenmoreproblemswithTabasaran，aCaucasianlanguagewith48cases，iftheyeverhadtolearnit．Teachersandthecircumstancesinwhichalanguageislearnedalsoplayimportantroles，asdoeseachlearner’smotivationforlearning．Ifpeoplelearnalanguagebecausetheyneedtouseitprofessionally，theyoftenlearnitfasterthanpeoplestudyingalanguagethathasnodirectuseintheirdaytodaylife．Putsimply，nolanguageiseasytolearnwell，thoughlanguageswhicharerelatedtoourfirstlanguageareeasier．Learningacompletelydifferentwritingsystemisahugechallenge，butthatdoesnotnecessarilymakealanguagemoredifficultthananother．Intheend，itisimpossibletosaythatthereisonelanguagethatisthemostdifficultlanguageintheworld．1．Accordingtothepassage，whoislikelytohavethemostdifficultylearninganewlanguage?A．A