高中英语 Module 4 Which English模块综合测评 外研版选修8.docx

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高中英语Module4WhichEnglish模块综合测评外研版选修8

模块综合测评（四）

Ⅰ.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Thoughinadigitalage，collegestudentsnowadaysarestillholdingfasttotraditionalbooks.AccordingtotheNationalAssociationofCollegeStores，digitalbooksmakeupjustunder3%oftextbooksales，althoughtheassociationexpectsthatsharetogrowto10%to15%by2014asmoretitlesaremadeavailableasebooks.However，threequartersofthestudents，whogrewuplearningfromprintbooks，saythattheyareunwillingtogiveuptheabilitytoturnoverquicklybetweenchapters，writeintheedgesandhighlightpassages.

Thenewtechnologyhasproducedvariousoptionsforstudents.CollegeBooksellers，whichoperates636campusbookstoresnationwide，isnowmarketingitsnewsoftwareapplication，whichallowsstudentstoreadetextbooksonPCs.Thecompanyintroducedthefreeapplicationlastsummerinhopesofattractingmorestudentstobuyitselectronictextbooks.“Nowthebiggestbarrierisgettingthemtotryit，”saidthecompany'svicepresident.

Butnoteverytextbookisavailableindigitalorrentalformat.Generally，anetextbookischeaperthanausedbook，thoughmoreexpensivethanarental.Theexpenseofcollegetextbookshasbecomeagreatconcernandteachersfromover40collegesnationwideareencouragedtoassigntextsthatarelessexpensive，ortoofferthemfreeonline.Asthebuybackpricedropsgreatlyandquickly，someprofessorssuggestthatthebookstoresshouldnothavethelastsayandthereshouldbesomethingforstudentstodecidebythemselves.

【语篇解读】　本文为说明文。

虽然现在已经进入数字时代，但大多数大学生仍然钟爱传统纸质书籍。

1．Collegestudentsprefertraditionalbooksmainlybecausethey______.

A.wanttokeeptheabilityofreadingprintbooks

B．havethehabitofturningoverquicklybetweenpages

C．finditinterestingtokeepnotesintheedgesofbooks

D．feelmorerelaxedtoreadprintmaterials

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第一段倒数第一句“由于从小就用纸质书籍学习，因此有四分之三的学生不愿放弃在章节间迅速翻动，在空白处写字，标注文章。

”可知答案为A。

【答案】　A

2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothe2ndparagraph?

A．CollegeBooksellersoperatesmorethan600bookstoresincampus.

B．Thefreeapplicationwasintroducedtoincreasesalesofelectronictextbooks.

C．Campusstudentsnowfancyatryofthefreesoftwareapplication.

D．Thecompany'smanagementstillhastodomoretoselltheebooks.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句中“whichoperates636campusbookstoresnationwide”可排除A项；根据第二段中“Thecompanyintroducedthefreeapplicationlastsummerinhopesofattractingmorestudentstobuyitselectronictextbooks.”可排除B项；根据第二段最后一句中的“Nowthebiggestbarrierisgettingthemtotryit，...”可知在校学生并没有表示出对这款免费软件有所钟爱，故答案为C项，且排除D项。

【答案】　C

3．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat______.

A.secondhandbooksarecheaperthanrentalbooks

B．allthetextbookshaveboththedigitalandrentalformats

C．thepricetotallydeterminesthestudent'sselectionofbooks

D．thepriceofbuybackbooksisdeterminedbybookstores

【解析】　推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段最后一句（随着回购价的急剧下降，一些教授建议图书回购书店不应该有最后的定价权，回购价应该由学生自己决定）可见目前图书回购价格是由书店决定的。

【答案】　D

4．Thebesttitleforthetextwouldbe______.

A．AddictiontoTraditionalBooks

B．PrintBooksinaDigitalWorld

C．MoreTextsinDigitalFormat

D．BookPriceDropsSharplyandQuickly

【解析】　主旨大意题。

文章是以数字时代纸质书籍在学生中的地位为线索展开的，故本篇文章的题目为：

数字世界的纸质书籍。

A项中的addiction（上瘾；入迷）不是本篇文章的中心，故被排除。

【答案】　B

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anditwasderivedfromthesoundofacarriagepullinghorse.AtSydneyAirport，Iaskedthewaytothetrainstationandhetoldme，“Goaskthatblokeoverthere.”BlokeisusedinAustraliaandreferstoaperson.

Dayanddiesoundalmostalikeandsince“a”，“i”and“o”allsoundalmostthesame，Ihavealwaystoldmyfriends，jokingly，thattheyonlyneed24letters，andnot26liketherestofus.

AustralianEnglishbegandivergingfromBritishEnglishin1788.In1827PeterCunningham，inhisbookTwoYearsinNewSouthWales，reportedthatnativebornwhiteAustraliansspokewithadistinctiveaccentandvocabulary.

AustralianEnglishhasmanywordsthatsomeconsideruniquetothelanguage.Oneofthebestknownisoutback，meaningafarawayarea.Anotheristhebush，meaningeitheranativeforest.BushisawordofDutchorigin：

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