Unit 2 The United Kingdom
完型填空:
People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle（城堡）.They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses[ flat, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual（个人的）;They can 2 them and change them in any way they 3.In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is 4 for himself or herself and for 5 friends. People usually like to mark their space . Are you sitting now in your home or in a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your 6 around you; on the train you may have 7 your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a librai y you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a 8 to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the 9 side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no 10 on my side of the table at all. I was made rather 11? I thought he thought that he owned the 12 table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on 13 ! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had invaded （侵犯）his space ! A few minutes later I took my papers 14 his case in order to read them. He immediately [5 his case to his side of the table. （ Of course , it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me !） 1. A. rather than 2. A. buy 3. A. make 4. A. only 5. A. unwanted 6. A. towels 7. A. find 8. A. plane 9. A. opposite 10. A. matter
B. as well as B. leave B. clear B. already B. unexpected B.sands B. give B. train B. back B. weight
C. as a result of C. paint C. like C. ever C. sick C. papers C. put C. way C. wrong C. light
D. or rather D. offer D. prepare D. even D. invited D. flags D. store D. street D. good D. space
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11. A. angry 12. A. right 13. A. the table
B. hurt B. only B. his case
C. fearful C. small C. the seat
D. busy D. whole D. his
side 14. A. into 15. A. hid
B. for B. set
C. off C. moved
D. out of D. kept
阅读理解：
A
The Hawaiian Islands are situated about two thousand miles away from North America,
right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Despite（尽管）the distance the islands actually make up the fiftieth state of the United States. The islands were all formed by volcanic enjption and on the largest of the islands, Hawaii, or the Big Island, there are still two active volcanoes, the Mauna Loa and the Kilauea, which still erupt every few years.
On the Hawaiian islands the natives have a particularly strange way of indicating dii'ections. Tliey don't use the north, south, east and west system common to the rest of the world. They use the mauka and inakai system. Mauka means “mountain”. The mountains in Hawaii are always at the center of the islands, as these are volcanic islands. Makai means \sea\be described in terms of where it lies in relation to the mountains and the sea. A typical conversation between a native Hawaiian and a tourist might go as follow.
TOURIST: Excuse me! Could you tell me where the Sheraton Hotel is?
HAWAIIAN: Well... Let me see! From here it's two blocks mauka. and then one block
inakai. You can't miss it!
1. This passage would be most likely to appear in which of the following?
A. A novel.
C. A women's magazine.
B. A collection of stories. D. A reference book
2. Choose the most suitable title for the article.
A.
The Big Island. B. Volcanoes.
C. Giving Directions in Hawaii D. The Hawaiian Islands. 3. Which of the following items does the passage NOT discuss?
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A. Hawaii's location. C. Volcanoes.
B. How to give diiections in Hawaii. D. The climate.
4. In Hawaii the mountains are in the center of the islands because . A. of the weather
B. the islands were created by volcanic eruptions C. of the geological conditions D. of the islands, location in the Pacific 5. To find your way in Hawaii, you must . A. refer to geographical directions B. refer to well-known establishments C. refer to the earth and the sea
D. refer to the location of the mountains and the sea
B
Status of Judicial System in the USA
In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the inadequacies of the judicial system in the United States. Costs are staggering both for the taxpayers and the parties-and the parties have to wait sometimes many years before having their day in court. Many suggestions have been made concerning methods of improving the situation, but as in most branches of government, changes come slowly.
One suggestion that has been made in order to maximize the efficiency of the system is to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts that do not have such a backlog. Another suggestion is to use pretrial conferences, in which the judge meets in his chambers with the parties and their attorneys in order to narrow the issues, limit the witnesses, and provide for a more orderly trial. The theory behind pretrial conferences is that judges will spend less time on each case and parties will more readily settle before trial when they realize the adequacy of their claims and their opponents' evidence. Unfortunately, at least one study has shown that pretrial conferences actually use more judicial time than they save, rarely result in pretrial settlements, and actually result in higher damage settlements.
Many states have now established another method, small-claims courts, in which cases
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新人教必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdom随堂练习文学理论
