Unit 4 Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour？提升练习 高中英语新北师大版选择性必修第二册（2022~2023学年）

1、Unit4 Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour ?一、单词拼写l.Can you feel the (紧张)in this room?2.She lives in France but has British n.3.He had an angry (心一倩)yesterday.4.She won a s to go to university.had a frightening (遇至U) with a poisonous snake.This store has an excellent (名 誉)for fair dealing.This is the mark

2、 of her real (天才)as a designer.Air,water,clothing and insects are all means of(传染).The two of them frequently discuss (学术的)questions through email.She was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say,and she spoke almost in a w. 二、用所给词的适当形式填空.He (convince) me he was right.The guests are (most) he

3、r friends.didn t find the joke at all (amuse).This artistJ s (create) are worth collecting.They were (astonish) to find the driver was a six-year-old boy.This course covers the (psychology) area.As I turned around,! (accidental) hit him in the face.She took the job (pure) and simply for the money.9.

4、Agreement on this issue is almost (universe).10.She (rare) went anywhere except to her office.11.She returns to work feeling (energy).12.Much to her (embarrass) she realised that everybody had been listening to her singing.三、阅读理解Jaye Gardiner loves comic books and she also loves science. Sensing an

5、opportunity, she decided to combine the two.In 2015, she and her two friends, Khoa Tran and Kelly Montgomery, founded an online publishing company called JKX Comics. They decided to use a cartoon format and light humour to explain science to students. Their first comic book came out in 2016.In the b

6、ook, a virus goes out with friends to a human cell. The colorful visuals help illustrate the science, “ explains Tran. Through comics, his JKX coworkers hope to inspire the next generation to pursue STEM. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and math.A lot of research has suggested tha

7、t comic books can introduce a variety of people to science subjects. Comics can also make information more accessible. Text, pictures and stories can help people understand scientific ideas more easily.Their latest comic is called Gilberts Glitch Switch. It is about a biochemist named Gilbert who ge

8、ts sucked into a video game. Gilbert uses amino acids to get proteins to communicate with each other. Proteins are an essential part of all living organisms. They form the basis of living cells, muscle and tissues; they also do the work inside of cells.By understanding how proteins communicate, scie

9、ntists can learn how to modify them to interact better. Certain diseases develop when proteins communicate incorrectly. Alzheimer? s, a disorder that causes brain cells to die, is one example.Translating a complex science topic into a comic can be challenging. The creators have to not only be accura

10、te but also tell a story that interests readers. The creators hope to spark readers? curiosity.There? s a lot of misinformation circulating around the Internet. Some of it scares people away from science, Montgomery says. The goal of the new comics is to “ limit some of those misunderstandings, “ sh

11、e adds.What caused Jaye Gardiner and her friends to create JKX Comics?Their love of comics and the difficulty of explaining science to students.The opportunity to earn a great deal of money.Their love of comics and the lack of good visual science resources.The opportunity to obtain better jobs after

12、 graduating from college.What is the Paragraph 4 mainly about?Why science is hard.The advantages of comics.The purpose of JKX Comics.The people who began JKX Comics.Why did the author include the information about Gilbertf s Glitch Switch?To describe JKX Comics most popular comic to date.To illustra

13、te that science can help stop illness and diseases.To show how important amino acids and proteins are in biochemistry.To provide an example of how comics can convey scientific information.What can be the best title for this passage?Comics are Designed to Teach Children about ScienceErrors in Protein

14、 Communication Cause Certain DiseasesThe Science Topics are Being Explored by JKX ComicsJaye Gardiner and Her Friends who Began JKX Comics 四、阅读七选五The classroom environment offers many ways to include fun and laughter into a potentially dull routine,and effective educators make the most of these oppo

15、rtunities. 1Lighten up the AtmosphereHumour can be used to enrich literacy skills,spark creativity,teach critical analysis or just lighten the mood in the classroom. 2 Make fun of yourself and your mistakes.This can make students smile and has the added benefit of showing students that teachers are

16、human.Use current music and sports subjects in teaching examples to engage students and introduce a fun cultural reference into the usually somber atmosphere of school.Use Humour in the MediaTake advantage of political cartoons to analyse historical events or trends and begin a debate.Humorous autho

17、rs and reporters in the media can be used as models for writing jobs or oral presentations.Children can fill in the words the cartoon characters might say,and then transfer those actual words into a story using quotation marks.Comics also can be used to teach literary devices such as puns,metaphors

18、and symbolism.Children can create their own comics combining imagery from word pairs,a cartoon mouse using a computer mouse,for instance.The Learning Benefits of HumourHumour is found to be an important entryway into improving social connections with others.Brains might be able to be trained to inte

19、rpret a difficult situation in a humorous way in order to help the body cope with stressful circumstances.A.Keep a Cartoon and Joke FileB.Young students laugh in a classroom.C.Include happy remarks throughout lessons.D.Find humour from the behaviour of students.E.Humour is a kind of daily show for t

20、eachers.F.Humour can improve learning and strengthen memories.G.Newspapers provide points for issues on current events.一、单词拼写.tension.nationality. mood4.scholarship.encounter.reputation.genius8.infection.academic. whisper二、用所给词的适当形式填空.convinced.mostly.amusing.creations.astonished.psychological.accidentally.purely.universallO.rarely.energised/energetic.embarrassment三、阅读理解l.Ao 推理判断题。根据第一段中的 Jaye Gardiner loves comic books and she also loves science.和第二 段中的 They decided to use a cartoon format and light