人教版必修四：Unit 3 A taste of English humour Writing 课后基础练-（含答案）

Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Section Ⅳ　Writing
一、单句填空
1．To his _________ (amuse), the young man always finds some amusing things in his life.
2．The naughty boy explained why he was late for class, but his teacher wasn't satisfied with his __________ (explain)．
3．Your dad drank too much last night and got completely _______ (drink)．
4．Those climbers used to live in these villages, so they are used to walking in the _________ (mountain) area.
5．They didn't react much to what he had said and their __________ (react) to it was to laugh.
6．As a matter of fact, those workers have got used ______hard work.
7．Though it is very small, my company brings _____ a million yuan a year.
8．Do pay attention ______ what the teacher is talking about!
二、阅读理解
What makes people laugh More than 2,000 years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle considered jokes as the pleasure resulting from a feeling of success by showing we're better than someone else in some way. According to him, jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons—that is，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else's expense.
Showing how much better we are than other people is not only one reason we like jokes. People may also use jokes, to express their anger or cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when hearing about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes, especially those involving cruelty，are so popular with certain people.
All jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something strange and out of place because it's different from things happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant, depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool, we don't laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls into a swimming pool, the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke teller always tries to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.
1．The underlined word “inferiority” in Paragraph 1 means ________.
A．strength B．high quality
C．weakness D．favourable position
2．According to Aristotle，jokes depend mainly on ________.
A．showing inferiority in another person or group of persons
B．resulting from a sense of inferiority
C．having a good opinion of other people
D．making people laugh unexpectedly
3．From the passage, we know that all jokes ________.
A．show how much better we are than other people
B．express anger or cruelty or any other kind of action
C．are about something strange and out of place
D．are happening around us
4．Which of the following is TRUE
A．Aristotle was a joke teller.
B．There are many reasons why we like jokes.
C．People who like jokes are usually cruel.
D．Jokes raise our good opinion of someone else.
三、短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last month I move to a new apartment. I had been sharing a two bedroom apartment for two years with a friend that I'd known her since childhood. We had first moved in together because none of us could afforded to live alone. So before making a finally decision to move out I talked things over with her and she agreed. In the beginning, I worried about feeling lonely, so I knew it was important to have the experience of be on my own. I looked at several apartment before making up my mind. At last I found one I liked — a affordable one bedroom apartment in very good shape, with a lot light.
四、书面表达
　　请根据以下内容写一篇介绍丁广泉的短文。
1. 丁广泉出生在一个贫困的普通的农民家庭, 是一位杰出的相声大师, 他因幽默而出名。
2. 他把业余时间都用在学习表演艺术上, 克服了很多困难后, 他获得了成功并闻名全中国。他对自己取得的成就并不满足。
3. 他挑选了一些来自不同国家的外国人做他的学生。他最基本的标准是学生应该讲一口流利的普通话, 尤其是对中国文化感兴趣。
　　词数: 80个左右。
核心要点提示
①He was born in an ordinary peasant family. . .
②Having overcome many difficulties, he achieved success. . .
③He picked out some foreigners from. . .
④His initial standards are that . . .
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一、单句填空
1.amusement
2.explanation
3.drunk
4.mountainous
5.reaction
6.to
7.in
8.to
二、阅读理解
1.C 词义猜测题。根据该词所在句子的前一句“...showing we're better than someone else in some way.”以及后一分句“...showing that they are worse off than ourselves.”可知，inferiority 意为“劣势，劣等”，故答案为C项。
2.A 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知答案为A项。
3.C 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知C项正确。
4.B 细节理解题。阅读第二段内容可知，我们喜欢玩笑是因为有很多种使我们喜欢它的理由。
三、短文改错
Last month I to a new apartment. I had been sharing a two bedroom apartment for two years with a friend that I'd known since childhood. We had first moved in together because of us could to live alone. So before making a decision to move out I talked things over with her and she agreed. In the beginning, I worried about feeling lonely, I knew it was important to have the experience of on my own. I looked at several before making up my mind. At last I found one I liked — affordable one bedroom apartment in very good shape, with a lot light.
四、书面表达
　　Ding Guangquan, an outstanding master of crosstalk, is well-known for his humour. He was born in an ordinary peasant family, and his family was badly off. Even so, he devoted all his spare time to learning performance art. Having overcome many difficulties, he achieved success and became famous throughout China. However, he wasn’t content with his achievements. Later, he picked out some foreigners from different countries to be his students. His initial standards are that students should speak fluent Putonghua and have an interest in Chinese culture in particular.
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