2020-2021学年新教材英语外研版选择性必修第一册课时作业：Unit 1 Laugh out loud 第一课时　Starting out Understanding ideas Word版含解析

1、unit 1laugh out loud!课时作业1starting out & understanding ideasthe secret of happinessan old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane(拐杖). his _1_ overcoat and worn­out shoes made him stand out(突出) from the usual saturday morning breakfast crowd.a young waitress named mary watched him

2、 move toward a _2_ by the window. mary ran over to him, and said, “here, sir. let me give you a hand with that _3_.”without _4_ a word, he smiled and nodded a thank­you. she pulled the chair away from the table and helped him get seated(坐下) _5_. in a soft, clear _6_ he said, “thank you, miss. a

3、nd thank you for your _7_.” “you're welcome, sir，” she responded. “i'll be _8_ in a moment, and if you need anything in the meantime, just wave at me！” after he had finished a _9_ meal, mary helped him up from his chair, _10_ him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. holding the d

4、oor open for him, she said, “come back and see us, sir！” the old man _11_ around and smiled.when mary went to clean his table, she was _12_ to find a business card, a one­hundred­dollar bill and a _13_ which read, “dear mary, i respect (尊敬) you very much, and you respect yourself too. it s

5、hows the way you treat others. you have found the secret of _14_！ your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”actually the man she had served was the _15_ of the restaurant. that was the first time that she or any of his employees had seen him.本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲的是年轻的女服务员帮助一位行动不便的老人就餐，并且多加照顾。

6、待送走老人后，惊讶地发现这位老人因为她善良的举动奖励了她一张100美元的钞票和感谢卡，在感谢卡上告诉她她找到了快乐的秘密。原来他就是店里的老板，这是女服务员和其他店员第一次看见他。1a.cleanbold cstrangedfunny答案：b解析：考查形容词辨析。a.干净的；b.旧的；c.奇怪的；d.好笑的。根据第一段第二句中，worn­out shoes made him stand out穿破了的鞋让他看起来格外显眼，因此老人的衣服也应该是旧的。故选b。2a.room bwaiter ctabledgirl答案：c解析：考查名词辨析。a.房间；b.服务员；c.桌子；d.女孩。根据

7、常识可知老人进入餐厅应该是走向桌子。故选c。3a.chairbdish cdeskdmenu答案：a解析：考查名词辨析。a.椅子；b.盘子；c.书桌；d.菜单。根据句意，老人行动不便，玛丽跑过去应该是帮助老人坐下来，因此是帮他放好椅子。故选a。4a.sayingbspeaking creadingdtelling答案：a解析：考查动名词辨析。a.说；b.讲；c.读；d.告诉。without saying a word是固定搭配，意为一言不发。句意为“老人没说一句话，微笑着点了点头以表感谢”。故选a。5a.sadlybquietly cgraduallydsafely答案：d解析：考查副词辨析。

8、a.悲伤地；b.安静地；c.渐渐地；d.安全地。根据句意玛丽把椅子挪开，帮助老人安全地坐上去。故选d。6a.languagebsound cattitudedvoice答案：d解析：考查名词辨析。a.语言；b.声音；c.态度；d.嗓音。sound主要指人或动物发出的声音，或物体碰撞的声音，使用范围很大；voice一般指人的声音，说话、唱歌的嗓音。此处是指老人说话的声音很轻柔干净。故选d。7a.attentionbkindness cinvitationdcooperation答案：b解析：考查名词辨析。a.关注；b.善良；c.邀请；d.合作。根据上文玛丽帮助了老人入座，此处老人应该是感谢她的善

9、良。故选b。8a.readybbusy cbackdfine答案：c解析：考查形容词、副词辨析。a.准备好的；b.忙碌的；c.回原处；d.好的。根据句意玛丽说如有什么需要，老人可以向她招手，她便过来。故选c。9a.cheapbexpensive cterribleddelicious答案：d解析：考查形容词辨析。a.便宜的；b.贵的；c.糟糕的；d.美味的。结合上下文这顿饭是贵是便宜无从得知，老人享用后没有抱怨，因此应是美味的。故选d。10a.showedbhanded clentdtook答案：b解析：考查动词辨析。a.给看；展示；b.给；c.借；d.拿走。根据句意玛丽帮老人站起来，递给了他

10、拐杖。故选b。11a.turnedbwalked clookeddmoved答案：a解析：考查短语动词辨析。turn around转过身；walk around 游荡；look around东张西望；move around走来走去。根据句意老人走到门口转过身来对她笑了一下。故选a。12a.excitedbworried cdisappointeddsurprised答案：d解析：考查形容词辨析。a.兴奋的；b.担心的；c.失望的；d.惊讶的。根据下文中玛丽并不知道桌上会有卡片和钞票，因此是感到惊讶。故选d。13a.notebtip cmessagedtitle答案：a解析：考查名词辨析。a.便

11、条；b.建议；c.信息；d.题目。由下文可知，老人留了一张商务卡片，一张钞票和一张便条。故选a。14a.kindnessbunselfishness chappinessdhelpfulness答案：c解析：考查名词辨析。a.善良；b.无私；c.快乐；d.有用。根据文章标题快乐的秘密可知选c。15a.customerbowner cpartnerdhost答案：b解析：考查名词辨析。a.顾客；b.所有者，物主；c.合伙人；d.主人，东道主。根据上下文老人应该是这家餐厅的老板。故选b。 aon march 25,2010, kate and david ogg heard the words e

12、very parent dreads: their newborn wasn't going to make it. their twinsa girl and a boywere born 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. his heartbeat was nearly gone, and he'd stopped breathing. the baby

13、 had just moments to live. “i saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use，” kate said. “i know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. i wasn't going to give up easily.”still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. in an effort to cherish her last minutes wi

14、th the tiny boy, kate asked to hold him. “i wanted to meet him, and for him to know us，” kate said. “we'd resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments. ”kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already

15、named jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered david to take his shirt off and join them in bed. the first­time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin­to­skin contact would improve his condition. they also talked to him. “we were trying to have him，”

16、 kate said. “we explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him. ”then something miraculous happened. jamie gasped againand then he started breathing. finally, he reached for his father's finger. the couple's lost boy had made it. eight years later, jamie and

17、his sister, emily, are happy and healthy. 本文讲述了初为人父母的ogg夫妇在新生龙凤胎中的儿子即将夭折之际不放弃，最终从死神手里夺回了儿子的故事。1from what can we tell that jamie was still alive?ahis heartbeat. bhis pulse. chis gasp. dhis underweight.答案：c解析：根据第二段but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life可知。2why did the parents lie with the

18、 baby boy in one bed?athe family wanted to stay together and keep warm. bthe family wanted to have their private space. cthe parents were so tired and wanted to rest. dthe parents wanted to spend the last minutes with jamie. 答案：d解析：根据第三段in an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, kat

19、e asked to hold him.可知。3what can be the best title for the passage?apremature twinsblife­giving touch cfirst­time parentsdlast precious moments答案：b解析：即将夭折的孩子在和父母的亲密接触后奇迹般地复活，所以选b。bthe british are known for their sense of humour. however, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand t

20、heir jokes. the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.understatement means saying less than you think or feel. for example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, “it's a little damp(潮湿的)outside.”or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at ano

21、ther person, someone else might say, “she isn't exactly friendly.” understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly. understatement plays an important part in british humour.another key to understanding british humour is that the british like to make fun

22、of themselves as well as others. they often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidentally falls over in the street. they also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society. they like to make jokes about their accents, the w

23、ay they dress and the way they behave. what's more, the british love to watch comedies about people who do not know how to behave in society. the comedy series mr bean is a good example of this kind of humour. mr bean is the character created by british actor rowan atkinson in 1990.mr bean doesn

24、't talk often, and instead he uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh. perhaps what makes mr bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do. mr bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak english to

25、 understand the humour. because of this, many people have become familiar with the british sense of humour.本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍的是如何理解英式幽默。4why is it difficult for foreigners to understand british jokes?athe british often enlarge the fact.bbritish jokes are connected with many different cultures.cthe britis

26、h try to make out that something is less important than it is.dbritish jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries.答案：c解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.”及第二段中的“understatement means saying less than you think or feel.”可知，英国人经常使用轻描淡写的语言，轻描

27、淡写意味着说的比你想的或感觉的要少，所以外国人很难理解英国笑话是因为英国人总是试图让别人觉得事情没有那么重要，故c项正确。5the author explains understatement by _.ausing examplesbmaking comparisonscfollowing time orderddescribing a process答案：a解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“for example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, it's a little damp (潮湿的)

28、outside.or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, she isn't exactly friendly.”可知，作者是通过举在雨中淋湿和不礼貌地对别人大喊大叫的例子来解释轻描淡写的，故a项正确。6mr bean makes people laugh by _.atelling funny storiesbmaking jokes about others' accentsccopying how others behavedusing his

29、 body movements and facial expressions答案：d解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“mr bean doesn't talk often, and instead he uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh.”可知，憨豆先生是通过肢体动作和面部表情使人发笑的，故d项正确。7what can be the best title for the text?abritish humour in comedybhumour in different cultur

30、escdeveloping your sense of humourdunderstanding british humour答案：d解析：标题判断题。根据第一段中的“however, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.”及倒数第二段中的“another key to understanding british humour is that the briti

31、sh like to make fun of themselves as well as others.”可知，外国人很难理解英式幽默，要记住的主要一点是英国人经常使用轻描淡写的语言，另一个理解英式幽默的关键是英国人不仅喜欢嘲笑别人还喜欢嘲笑自己，因此本文主要介绍的是如何理解英式幽默，故d项正确。阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。a film, _1_ (release) in chinese cinemas next month, tells the story of a former british secret agent named johnny engl

32、ish, who has now retired to be a middle school history teacher. however, after a series of cyber attacks on the uk government, all the active secret agents _2_ (expose), which leaves the mission of catching the bad guys _3_ johnny english.but _4_ films such as mission impossible and kingsman (王牌特工),

33、 in which agents are all masters of high­tech tools, johnny english is an old­fashioned hero, _5_ (suspect) of modern technology and not even willing to use a smartphone. that puts him in various dangerous situations.this wouldn't come as a surprise if you know that johnny english _6_

34、(play) by rowan atkinson, who is best known _7_ playing his character mr bean.johnny english and mr bean do have a lot _8_ common. as atkinson once told the guardian in an interview, “the essence of mr bean is _9_ he's self­centered and doesn't actually acknowledge the outside world. he's a child in a man's body.”and this is _10_ (probable) why people all around the world can relate to atkinson's humor. they want to be just as self­centered as h