《2025年练习部分高中英语选择性必修第一册沪教版》

2 Answer the questions.
(1) Why are English words often seen as cool?
(2) How can it be costly for English companies not to know other languages?
(3) Was the Rolls-Royce car name a disaster in Germany? Why or why not?
(4) Why is it strange that Germans used a new English word for "rucksack"?
(5) Which languages cause the biggest problems for English translators?
(6) What do marketing people need to accept?
(7) When do marketing teams want to reuse advertising campaigns?

答案：
(1) Because they want to borrow some of the status of English as the language of international communication.
(2) False friends can turn into costly enemies.
(3) No. Because Rolls-Royce realized the problem and changed the name from Silver Mist to Silver Shadow before launching in Germany.
(4) Because "rucksack" is actually a German word.
(5) Languages that are very different to English.
(6) The concept will never translate perfectly into another culture.
(7) If a campaign has been very successful in one market, they will try to reuse it in a very different one.
解析：所有答案均来自原文对应细节，如
(1)对应段落2“borrow some of the status of English”；
(3)对应段落3“Rolls-Royce... changed the name”等。

3 Complete the sentences with the words and the phrase below.
■ executive　■ costly　■ in a rush　■ lick　■ abroad　■ concept　■ embarrassing
(1) Three-quarters of British people say they would like to live ________. The majority would choose English-speaking countries.
(2) The phrase "more haste, less speed" means that when you're ________, you make mistakes and end up taking longer to do things.
(3) He is a top ________ of an international company and earns more than a million dollars a year.
(4) Scientists still cannot find an explanation for why people's faces turn red when they do something ________.
(5) Buying college textbooks can be ________, so look for used copies in second-hand bookshops.
(6) Saving for the future is a strange ________ for many teenagers—money is for spending!
(7) Dogs often ________ their wounds, but bacteria from their tongues can cause infections.

答案：
(1) abroad
解析：句意为“四分之三的英国人说他们想住在国外，大多数人会选择英语国家”，abroad表示“在国外”，符合语境。
(2) in a rush
解析：“more haste, less speed”意为“欲速则不达”，in a rush表示“匆忙”，符合“匆忙时易犯错”的语境。
(3) executive
解析：top executive表示“高管”，句意为“他是一家国际公司的高管，年薪超过一百万”，符合搭配。
(4) embarrassing
解析：句意为“科学家仍无法解释为什么人们做令人尴尬的事情时会脸红”，embarrassing表示“令人尴尬的”，符合逻辑。
(5) costly
解析：句意为“买大学教材可能很贵，所以去二手书店找旧书”，costly表示“昂贵的”，符合语境。
(6) concept
解析：句意为“为未来存钱对很多青少年来说是个奇怪的概念——钱是用来花的！”，concept表示“概念”，符合句意。
(7) lick
解析：句意为“狗经常舔伤口，但它们舌头上的细菌会导致感染”，lick表示“舔”，符合常识。