高中英语 Unit 3 A taste of English humour提高练习 新人教版必修4

1、高中英语 unit 3 a taste of english humour提高练习 新人教版必修4高中英语 unit 3 a taste of english humour提高练习 新人教版必修4年级：姓名：unit 3 a taste of english humour提高练习. 语境填词a) 根据汉语或首字母提示，写出所缺单词。1i shouted at her，but she didnt _ (作出反应；回应) at all.2they are w_ to each other for fear that they would wake the sleeping child up.3hi

2、s room is always in a _ (脏或乱的状态)，so his mother always complains about it.4besides a beautiful mountain village，you can find _ (辽阔的) red bushes.5he could _ (使愉快) us for hours with his stories of the theater.b) 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。6most people agree that those who drive when they are _ (drink) sh

3、ould be punished heavily.7he _ (slide ) into the classroom while the teacher was writing on the blackboard.8he gave _ (explain) for what he was doing that evening.9with time _ (go) by，we have a better understanding of things around us.10the play was so _ (humour) that the audience kept laughing when

4、 watching it. 完成句子1他没有提出什么特别的理由，就拒绝了我的建议。he refused my offer for _(particular)2你应多把注意力集中在提高书写上。you should _ improving your handwriting. (attention)3公司的董事长通常只在一些特殊的场合露面。the director of the company usually shows up only _(occasion)4保姆唱儿歌来娱乐婴儿。the babysitter_ singing a childrens song. (amuse)5当宴会结束时，整个

5、房间都乱七八糟。when the party was ended，the whole room was _(mess)高考题型练习提能力. 阅读理解abill gates and the president of general motors have met for lunch，and gates is going on and on about computer technology.“if automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades，you would now

6、 be driving a v-32 instead of a v-8，and it would have a top speed of 10，000 miles per hour，”says gates.“or，you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. in either case，the sticker price of a new car would be less than $ 50.why havent you guys kept

7、up？”the president of gm smiles and says，“because the federal government wont let us build cars that crash four times a day.”why is that funny (or not funny，as the case may be)? human beings love to laugh，and the average adult laughs 17 times a day. humans love to laugh so much that there are actuall

8、y industries built around laughter. jokes，sitcoms and comedians are all designed to get us laughing，because laughing feels good. for us it seems so natural，but the funny thing is that humans are one of the only species that laughs. laughter is actually a complex response that involves many of the sa

9、me skills used in solving problems.laughter is a great thingthats why weve all heard the saying，“laughter is the best medicine.”there is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease. in this article，well look at laughterwhat it is，what happens in our brains when w

10、e laugh，what makes us laugh and how it can make us healthier and happier. youll also learn that theres a tremendous amount that no one understands yet.1whats the best title of the passage?alaughterbthe joke between gates and the president of general motorscwhy do we laugh?dlaughter and health2which

11、one is not true according to the passage?acomputer technology has developed quickly during the past few decades.bautomotive technology has developed as fast as computer technology according to bill gates.cthe president of gm thinks it is impossible to build cars worth less than 50 dollars.dif cars w

12、ere less than 50 dollars，a large number of accidents would happen per day.3the underlined word “sitcoms” in paragraph 3 means “ ”asituation comediesbtragediescbody languagedfictions4this passage is most probably an aintroduction of an article about microsoftbintroduction of an article about laughter

13、carticle about laughterdintroduction of an article about general motors bwe interviewed two people，one who went from the country to the city and one who did the opposite.janet lincoln is a salesgirl who moved to st. louis five years ago. heres what janet told us：“five years ago i used to live in a s

14、mall town called lemon falls. i grew up and went to high school there. after i graduated i worked in a supermarket. lemon falls had a population of about 800 people，and i knew every single one of them. they all knew everything about me，too. you couldnt do anything without everyone in town knowing ab

15、out it. the first chance i got i moved to st. louis and i love it. i dont know as many people now as i used to，but thats ok.i have a few good friends，and i see them when i want to. i kind of like being anonymousid never go back to lemon falls.”troy henson had the opposite experience. he and his wife

16、，darla，and their two children moved from st. louis to bloomfield three years ago. heres what troy told us：“the best thing we ever did was get out of st. louis. dont get me wrong；st. louis is as good a place as any other city，i supposeif you like cities，that is. we dont. both darla and i grew up in s

17、t. louis. we met at college and got married. then the kids came along and life got difficult. we didnt know any of our neighbors. we both had good jobs，but it always seemed like there was never enough money. that all changed when we moved to bloomfield. i dont make as much money as i used to，but the

18、n we dont have as many expenses as we did. we know our neighbors. life is good. wed never leave bloomfield.”5what troubled janet when she was in lemon falls?ashe had no friends.bthere was no privacy.cthere was a lot of competition.dshe couldnt find a well-paid job.6what does the underlined word “ano

19、nymous”in paragraph 3 mean?aalone.bprepared.csociable.dunknown.7different from janet，troy aprefers country lifebmoved to a bigger citycgrew up in a smaller towndknows little about his new neighbors8what is troys opinion on living in bloomfield?ait is a little boring.bit is quite comfortable.cit cost

20、s a lot of money.dit creates a safe environment. 短文改错it was in beijing which i attended a ten-day winter camp during spring festival this year. not only do we visit many places of interest and we also listened to many lectures. how exciting i was when we visited a new sports stadium！it is ten times

21、big than our school. though everyone said the lectures were boring，but i enjoyed myself. i thought most of the activities，that expanded my knowledge and enriched my experience，was wonderful. finally，i do hope that more outdoor activities will be organising so that we can learn more about beijing.参考答

22、案及解析. 语境填词a) 1react 2whispering 3mess 4vast 5amuse b) 6drunk 7slid 8explanation 9going 10humorous . 完成句子1no particular reason2pay more attention to3on some special occasions4amused the baby by5in a mess高考题型练习提能力. 阅读理解a【语篇解读】本文是一篇文章的引言。作者通过比尔盖茨和通用汽车公司总裁的幽默谈话向我们讲述了“笑”的作用：可以促进我们的身体健康、增强抵抗疾病的能力。1d推理判断题。

23、综观全文可以看出，文章通过一个幽默引出了笑的作用：可以促进我们的身体健康，增强抵抗疾病的能力。2b细节理解题。文章第一段的“if automotive technology had . instead of a v-8”用的是虚拟语气，故该句中的描述与事实不符。3a词义猜测题。该词的意思应和此句前面的“jokes(笑话)”以及后面的“comedians(喜剧演员)”接近，故选a。而“tragedy(悲剧)”，“body language(身势语)”，“fiction(小说)”均不在此列。4b推理判断题。由最后一段的后半部分尤其是“in this article，well .”可以看出，该文是一

24、篇文章的引言，用来吸引读者，介绍文章的内容。b【语篇解读】本文是议论文。文章介绍了人们对生活在城市和农村这两种完全不同的生活方式的观点。5b细节理解题。根据第三段中的lemon falls had a population of about 800 people.you couldnt do anything without everyone in town knowing about it可知，在lemon falls，由于人口稀少，所以人们彼此之间非常熟悉，没有任何隐私。6d词义猜测题。根据第三段中的they all knew everything about me，too.you couldnt do anything without everyone in town knowing about it及i dont know as many people now as i used to，but thats ok可知，janet并不希望认识很多的人，她希望自己能以一种匿名的方式生活。7a推理判断题。根据第三段中的the first chance i got i moved to st. louis and i love it与id never go back to lemon