（精心整理）必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humor 同步练习

1、高一英语人教实验版必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humor同步练习（答题时间：60分钟）一、单项选择1. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was _failure, so their marriage ended in _failure.A. /; / B. /; a C. a; a D. a; / 2. I wonder how to _to him when I get a present from my foreign friend Jack. Of course say “Thank

2、you”.A. invite B. answer C. manage D. react 3. A famous director invited him to _ the new film but he refused, for he thought the role was not so good as expected.A. set off B. dress up C. set out D. star in4. You didnt go to school today, Mary?Oh, Mom! The National Day was celebrated _the country.A

3、. through B. out of C. throughout D. beyond 5. The earthquake last night was really terrible. _, no people were killed, and they escaped in time.A. Fortunately B. Hopefully C. Unfortunately D. Sadly 6. After the earthquake, the villagers were completely _ from the outside.A. cut off B. cut up C. cut

4、 down D. cut out7. What do you think has happened to Jennifer?Ive no idea. _ I havent heard from her yet.A. From now on B. Before long C. Up to now D. Long before8. It is not easy for one to _ his weakness, so we should have patience and give him enough time.A. allow B. improve C. remind D. overcome

5、9. The little boy talked about the thing as if he himself had experienced it. Thats why most of us were _ that he was right.A. believed B. confirmed C. convinced D. doubted10. It is hard to believe that the man who was the owner of three big companies now has become _; he even cant pay the daily bil

6、ls.A. so wealthy B. really successfulC. badly off D. well off11. Excuse me, but wheres the managers office?Its on the top floor. His office can be easily _ from the rest; it has a large red door.A. given out B. set out C. picked out D. watched out12. We cant go abroad this year, so well have to _our

7、selves with a holiday in Shanghai.A. treat B. present C. content D. conduct 13. She had to _to her husband so that she would not wake the baby.A. shout B. speak C. whisper D. talk 14. Your leather shoes are too _ to _. Youd better buy a new one.A. wearing; wear B. worn; wear C. wearing; put on D. wo

8、rn; dress15. In his spare time, he often listens to music or watches TV to _himself.A. encourage B. entertain C. educate D. direct 二、完形填空*The school was across the street from my home and I could watch the kids as they played during the 16 . A girl seemed so small that she pushed her way through the

9、 crowd of boys on the playground. She 17 from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball _18 , playing alone. She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 19 she practiced so much. She looked 20 in my eyes and without a m

10、oment of 21 she said, I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an） 22 , I am going to go to college to play basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts dont 23 .” Well, I had to 24 to her.she was determined. One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 25

11、in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. I am just too 26 .” The coach told her that at her height it was 27 for her to get to play for a top ranked team much 28 offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college. She was

12、heartbroken and I 29 her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 30 . They just did not understand the 31 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she really wanted a scholarshi

13、p, 32 could stop her except one thingher own 33 . The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed 34 _ with a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 35 it for a

14、ll those years. 16. A. training B. matchC. testD. break17. A. turned up B. stood out C. made out D. picked out18. A. at handB. in hand C in the handD. by hand19. A. that B. howC. why D. whether 20. A. impatiently B. bitterly C. casuallyD. directly21. A. hesitation B. glance C. fearD. argument 22. A.

15、 jobB. reputation C. scholarship D. occupation23. A. disappear B. happen C. matter D. exist24. A. give up B. give inC. give outD. give away25. A. showed B. buriedC. turned D. nodded 26. A. short B. flexible C. unique D. tall27. A. important B. necessaryC. possibleD. impossible 28. A. tooB. moreC. le

16、ss D. as 29. A. imaginedB. doubtedC. sensedD. removed 30. A. incorrect B. cautiousC. strictD. serious31. A. nature B. powerC. resultD. benefit32. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 33. A. skill B. thoughtC. champion D. award 34. A. providedB. requested C. offered D. gained 35. A. in B

17、. with C. toD. for三、阅读理解AIt was Monday. Mrs. Smiths dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said

18、 gently “Take this to the butcher (a person whose job is selling meat). And hes going to give you your lunch today.”Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butchers. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the ladys handwriti

19、ng and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual,

20、it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.But, the dog came again at four oclock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butchers more surprise, it came for the

21、 third time at six oclock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it.36. Why did the butcher

22、give the dog meat every time it came?A. The dog would bite him if he didnt give him meat.B. There was always a piece of paper in the dogs mouth.C. Mrs. Smith would pay him on time after the dog ate meat every time.D. The butcher was very kind.37. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs.

23、Smith gave it _.A. might do it much harm B. was worth many poundsC. would help the butcher D. could do it much good38. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog _.A. until he was paid enough by Mrs. SmithB. when he found that the words on the paper were not clearC. because he had sold out all the

24、 meat in his shopD. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith39. At the end of the story, youll find that _.A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paperB. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dogD.

25、 the dog dared not go to the butchers any more40. From its experience, the dog found that _.A. just a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meatB. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw itC. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcherD. only the paper with Mrs. S

26、miths words in it could bring it meatBI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I slow up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to

27、make marriage vows（誓约）mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today. So heres what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life a real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升），a bigger paycheck, or a larger house. Get a l

28、ife in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted. It is so easy to waste our lives,

29、 our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in some ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it i

30、s what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had lea

31、rned. Tell them this: Read in the backyard with the sunshine on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness. Because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived. 41. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. the author think love is not leisure

32、, it is workB. the author likes traveling very muchC. the author spends all her time caring for her childrenD. the author is a success in personal life 42. How did the author from her attitude towards life?A. Through her own experience. B. By learning from other people C. Through social experience.

33、D. From her children and husband. 43. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live?” the author really means that people tend to .A. waste a lot in lifeB. work rather than enjoy lifeC. forget the most important lesson in lifeD. make a living rather than live a real life44. W

34、hats the authors attitude toward work?A. Do it well to serve others. B. Earn enough money to make life better.C. Dont let it affect your real life.D. Try your best to get higher position and pay.45. Whats the text mainly about?A. People should love their friends.B. We should live a real life.C. In y

35、our life, you shouldnt waste time.D. Be a Good Mother and Wife.四、单词拼写46. The class were cheered up by her o_ performance.47. We like to stay with him, for hes a man with a pretty sense of h_.48. She w_ it to me so as not to be heard by others.49. We really had pity on the poor h_ girl and took her t

36、o our house.50. Cold-blooded animal will sleep t_ the winter without eating anything. 51. There is now _(令人信服的)evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.52.We should never _(满足)ourselves with what we have learned.53. She gave no _(解释) for what she was doing that evening.54. Your should pay p_ attenti

37、on to spelling.55. The novel describes the way of life of the _(普通) people there.五、选词填空be particular about; on one occasion; react to; feel content with; badly off; ordinary; pick out; slide into; up to now; in a whisper56. _, he was found crying in the corner of the room.57. Dont _the meal; you kno

38、w I am too busy to spend much time on it.58. You can never imagine how he _the news.59. It is said that most farmers are _in that area.60. _people like you and me cant afford this car.61. Those who dont _the progress they have made will have greater progress.62. Its strange that he hasnt got my lett

39、er_.63. _the good apples and throw away the bad ones.64. She told me her secret _.65. The boy _ the room without being noticed.【试题答案】一、单项选择1. D 第一个空为抽象名词的具体化，其前需加不定冠词，表示“失败的人”；第二个空为抽象名词，其前不加任何冠词，表示“失败”。2. D 考查单词辨析。invite “邀请”；answer“回答；回应”均为及物动词，不符合题意。manager “经营；管理”；react “回应”常与to构成固定搭配。3. D 考查短语动词

40、。此处star in意为“在中担任主角；在中做主角”。set off“出发，使爆发”；dress up “化装；打扮”；act out “表演”（其后所接宾语往往是对话、故事等，用the film 作宾语不妥）。4. C 句意：“玛丽，今天你没有去上学？”；“哦，妈妈，全国上下都在庆祝国庆节”。throughout 用作介词意为“贯穿，遍及”时，其后常接表示时间或地点的名词。throughout the country “遍及全国”.5. A 由后句“地震中无人员伤亡”，可知fortunately “幸运地”符合题意。hopefully “期望地”；unfortunately “不幸地”，sadly“悲伤地”，均不符合句意，故排除。6. A 考查短语动词。句意：地震过后，这些村民与外界彻底中断了联系。cut off“切断，断绝，使