Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Section Ⅱ Pre-reading and Reading
一、单句语法填空
1.With so much homework ________(do),Mary won’t have time to play with her friends.
2.Jack wasn’t saying anything,but the teacher smiled at him as if he ________ (do) something very clever.
3.Mr Pan has been loved by the public for his ________(humour) performance for years.
4.He found it________(astonish) that his money in the drawer was gone.
5.________(fortunate),I didn’t have my credit card with me or I’d certainly have bought it.
6.The lady is crazy about green and never________(bore) with anything to do with the color.
7.The boy has handed out over 8,000 bags to the________(home) people through his organization since July,2013.
8.Once the difficulty is________(overcome),the rest of the work will go smoothly.
9.There is________(convince) evidence that lung cancer is connected with smoking.
10.The news shocked the public,________(lead) to great concern about students’ safety at school.
二、阅读理解
If you want someone to open up to you,just make them laugh.Sharing a good laugh makes people more willing to tell others something personal about themselves,without even necessarily being_aware that they are doing so.These are among the findings of a study led by Alan Gray of University College London in the UK.The study was published in the journal Human Nature.
Gray and his colleagues gathered 112 students from Oxford University in England,into groups of three.It was the first time that the students had seen one another.The groups watched a 10 minute video together,without chatting with one another.The videos differed in the amount of laughter and positive feelings they produced.One featured a stand up comedy by Michael McIntyre,another a golf instruction video,and the third a pleasant nature documentary of the BBC’s Planet Earth series.The levels of laughter and the students’ emotional state after watching the video were then measured.
The students who had a good laugh together shared more personal information about each other than the groups who did not watch the funny video.Gray suggests this is not only because it is a positive experience,but because of the physiology (生物反应) behind a good laugh.It actually causes the release of the so called “happy hormone (荷尔蒙)”.The findings support the idea that laughter encourages people to tell more personal information to strangers.
Interestingly,the person who told their personal information seldom noticed that he or she had done so.It was only the listener who realized that it had happened.“These results suggest that laughter should be a good topic for those who are interested in the development of social relationships,” says Gray.This suggests laughter can serve as a shortcut (捷径) to forming new relationships.
1.What does the underlined part “being aware” in Paragraph 1 probably mean
A.Guessing. B.Realizing.
C.Doubting. D.Planning.
2.What is the physiological influence of laughter
A.It makes people feel very energetic.
B.It is called the body’s natural painkiller.
C.The “happy hormone” is released during laughing.
D.It results in more movements of the muscles in the body.
3.What is the best title for this passage
A.Having a good laugh can help keep you fit.
B.It is interesting to communicate with funny people.
C.Sharing funny videos can help you make more new friends.
D.Laughter may cause people to share their personal information.
三、七选五
Are books our companions (伙伴) That depends. __1__ To some, the reading of any book is as impossible as reading a book in a foreign language. These people do not read at all. Take a New York police officer. Someone suggested he read a novel in his vacation time, but he said, “I've never read a book yet, and I don't think I'll begin now.” __2__ He could get along perfectly well without them, and he is not unique (独特的). These people are not uneducated; they have and are still gaining much knowledge. __3__ They get knowledge by personal experience and by word of mouth. Is it possible that they are right Could it be true that reading books is not necessary
To answer these questions, let's stop and think about books. __4__ It is valuable because it records ideas that can pass from generation to generation. Second, reading can be fun. When a reader loves a story, he stays up late reading. Finally, books can inspire (启发). Reading about how to make a box may inspire a boy to go out and make one himself. __5__ A good idea in a book can make those who read it into better men or women.
A.He had no use for books.
B.Books may be found in three ways.
C.And inspiration goes beyond boxes!
D.First, a book can give us information.
E.Without books, you cannot get knowledge.
F.However, they gain this knowledge not from books.
G.You and I read them with pleasure; others do not care for them.
四、语篇填空
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。
Overhead bridges are found in many parts of big cities,especially in places 1. traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is dangerous.The purpose of these bridges 2. (be) to enable pedestrians to cross roads 3.(safe).Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way 4. zebra crossings.They are more efficient although 5. (little) convenient because people have to climb up a long flight of 6. (step).This is inconvenient especially to older people.When pedestrians use an overhead bridge,they do not hold up traffic.However,when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing,traffic is held up.This is why the government has built many overhead bridges 7.(help) pedestrians and to keep traffic moving at the same time.For their own safety,pedestrians should be encouraged to use them instead of 8.(risk) their lives by dashing across the road.Old people,however,may find it a little difficult climbing up and down the steps,but it is still much safer than walking across the road with all the danger of moving traffic.Overhead bridges serve a very useful purpose.Pedestrians,both old and young,should make 9. a habit to use them.This will prevent unnecessary accidents and 10. (lose) of life.
一、单句语法填空
1.to do
2.had done
3.humourous
4.astonishing
5.Unfortunately
6.bored
7.homeless
8.overcome
9.convincing
10.leading
二、阅读理解
1.B 词义猜测题。根据划线部分前后句可知,笑声中人们很可能透露自己的个人信息,并不会有所察觉。
2.C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“It actually causes the release of the so called ‘happy hormone’”.可知,人们笑时身体里会产生一种快乐荷尔蒙。
3.D 主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知,本文主要讲人们在笑时会无意透露自己的个人信息。
三、七选五
1.G 由上文中的“That depends”可知,人们对于读书的看法不同。G项说明了人们对于读书的不同态度。
2.A 由上文中的“I've never read a book yet, and I don't think I'll begin now.”可知,这位警察从不读书,并且没有尝试读书的打算。下文中说他不读书也可以过得很好。A项中的He指代这位警察,说明这位警察读书无用,与上下文呼应。
3.F F项中的“gain this knowledge not from books”与下文中的“They get knowledge by personal experience and by word of mouth”呼应。
4.D 下文中的Second、Finally与D项中的First呼应,从三个方面回答上文提出的问题。
5.C C项中的inspiration以及boxes分别与上文中的inspire以及box呼应。
四、语篇填空
1.where 2.is 3.safely 4.as 5.less 6.steps 7.to help 8.risking 9.it 10.loss
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