必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour Using Language 课时同步练习

一、单句语法填空
1. He was involved in a serious car accident as a result of __________(drink) driving.
2. It is not only a source of __________(amuse), but also an important way of learning.
3. His __________(react) to this news is coldness and indifference.
4. I need you to give me a reasonable __________(explain).
5. The flood left thousands of people __________(home).
6. The old couple are now quite ________ ease as their son is out of danger.
7. She didn’t answer my question directly, instead, she ________（turn）her back to me and burst into tears.
8. She made a vigorous speech in defense ________ her boyfriend at the court.
9. Seek common ground on ________（majority）questions while reserving differences on minor ones.
10. I expressed my opposition directly and I don’t want to give you ________ false impression.
【答案】
4. explanation 【解析】句意：我需要你给我一个合理的解释。前面有形容词修饰，后面用名词形式。
5. homeless 【解析】句意：洪水让成千人无家可归。根据句意，应该用它的否定派生词homeless。
6. at 【解析】句意：这一对老夫妇现在可以安心了，因为他们的儿子已经脱离了危险。at ease意为＂安逸地，安心地，自在地＂，可作表语，也可作状语，符合语境。
7. turned 【解析】句意：她没有直接回答我的问题，相反，她转过身背对我，大哭起来。turn one’s back to意为＂背对＂，符合语境。
二、完成句子
1. 我们应该学会如何对谣言作出反应。
We should learn __________ __________ __________ __________ the rumor.
2. 我被海豹的特技表演逗乐了。
I __________ __________ __________ see the seal perform its tricks.
3. 学生们彼此轻声低语，以便老师听不到他们说话。
The student __________ __________ __________ __________ so that the teacher could not hear.
4. 史密斯先生对我的工作十分挑剔。
Mr. Smith __________ __________ __________ __________ my work.
5. 他说得如此好，结果大家都认为他是无辜的。
He spoke so well that everybody __________ __________ __________ his innocence.
【答案】
1. how to react to
2. was amused to
3. whispered to each other
4. was quite particular about
5. was convinced of
三、选词填空
be particular about; whisper; amuse; react to; pick off; bring out; in the open air; match... with
1. Every few days I will_____________the dead leaves from the tree.
2. Although his family is well off, he_____________not_____________clothes.
3. Could you tell me how I can appropriately_____________such situation?
4. Can you_____________the jokes_____________proper explanations?
5. Before the American students left, we held a campfire party_____________to remember our wonderful time.
6. Can you_____________the meaning of the poem?
7. His funny look_____________everyone present.
8.1 didn’t catch what he_____________to me because there was too much noise here.
【答案】
1. pick off 2. is; particular about
3. react to 4. match; with
5. in the open air 6. bring out
7. amused 8. whispered
四、阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, ＂Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.＂ ＂Sir＂, said the poor man, ＂I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.＂ The rich man said, ＂Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, ＂you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I’m up there, in that big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.＂
1. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and ______________.
A. waited for the rich man
B. looked at the rich man’s hotel
C. looked at the rich man’s car
D. enjoyed the clean air
2. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
A. sleeping in that hotel
B. becoming rich
C. owning that hotel
D. being the rich man’s friend
3. How long can the poor man live in the hotel for free?
A. Tonight. B. One night.
C. A few days. D. A whole month.
4. The poor man moved out of the hotel because ______________.
A. he didn’t want to live in such a fine room
B. he didn’t like the rich man
C. he couldn’t pay for the room
D. he couldn’t get any sleep at all there
【答案】
【语篇解读】本文讲述了一个穷人住在公园里，他每晚梦见自己住在富人的宾馆里。富人知道后让他免费住那个宾馆一个月。但是这个穷人因为晚上总是做梦又回到公园里，因此他睡不好觉，他搬出了那个宾馆。

3. D 【解析】细节理解题。根据The rich man said, ＂Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.可知那个穷人可以免费住在那个宾馆里一个月，故选D。
4. D 【解析】推理判断题。根据It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.可知因为这个穷人住在宾馆里后总梦见自己又回到公园里，睡不好觉，因此他搬出了宾馆，故选D。
B
Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turn around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists(灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a ＂six sense＂ really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects (受试者) were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt themselves being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they are being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, ＂I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.＂
5. What’s the aim of the two experiments for?
A. Prove why humans have a sixth sense.
B. Explain when people can have a sixth sense.
C. Show how people act while being watched in the lab.
D. Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at.
6. What sense do parapsychologists say that humans have?
A. A natural ability.
B. A natural staring ability.
C. A strange thinking.
D. A looking feeling.
7. The underlined word ＂outcome＂ in the last paragraph most probably means?
A. Value. B. Result.
C. Performance. D. Connection.
8. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People are born with a sixth sense.
B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.
C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
D. People have a sixth sense in all places.
【答案】
【语篇解读】这篇短文主要介绍了两个测试第六感的实验，通过实验告诉我们第六感并不存在。

7. B 【解析】词义猜测题。根据下文of his two experiments,及上文描述，可知此处指的是实验结果，故选B，结果。

五、七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
1 Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 2
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
3 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, ＂ 4 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.＂
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 5
A. Anger may cause you a cancer.
B. Do not express your anger while angry.
C. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
D. They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.
E. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.
F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
【答案】
【语篇解读】医生说愤怒是个非常有害的情绪。本文讲述了如何去处理愤怒。医生说，笑声比愤怒健康得多。
1. F 【解析】根据下句＂不同的人对于愤怒的表达方式不一样＂，本处＂愤怒是人们经常会遇见的一种情感＂引出下文，符合语境。故F项正确。
2. C 【解析】根据上句＂They speed the heart rate， raise blood pressure， or sugar into the blood（说明心跳加快，血压变高，血糖也高了）＂，本处＂人很容易兴奋，容易冲动＂承接上文，符合语境。故C正确。
3. E 【解析】根据下文所述第一步……，第二步……，说明本段是关于处理愤怒的方式方法。故E项符合语境。
六、完形填空
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was September 25, 2000. Maricel Apatan was an 11-year old girl in Zamboanga. On that day, this little girl went with her uncle to 1 water. Along the way, four men met them. They were carrying long 2 . They told her uncle to 3 down on the ground, and killed him.
Maricel was in total shock, 4 that the men were their neighbors. She tried to escape, but the men ran __5__ her. With a long knife, a man hacked(劈，砍) her on the neck too. Maricel fell to the ground and lost consciousness. When she 6 , she saw a lot of blood. She also saw the feet of the men around her, but she pretended to be 7 .
8 they walked away, Maricel ran back home. Upon seeing her daughter, the mother 9 in terror. She wrapped her bloodied child in a blanket and carried her to the 10 .
Being very 11 , Maricel’s family also didn’t have P50,000 for their hospital bills. But God sent many __12__ along the way to help them. Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, a distant relative, paid for hospital bills and helped them bring the criminals to 13 . They were sentenced to prison.
But this is the incredible miracle. Instead of staying 14 , Maricel kept running. Instead of cursing God why she had no 15 , she now uses her wrists in incredible ways that will 16 your mind.
Maricel was cited as the most 17 , best in computer, and most courteous (有礼貌的) in the School for Crippled Children.
In 2008, she graduated from a 18 in the Hotel and Restaurant Management training. She __19__ received a Gold medal for Arts and Crafts. In 2011, she finished her education to be a 20 . Yes, a chef without hands.
Nothing can stop this young lady from reaching her dreams.
1. A. drink B. purchase C. draw D. pull
2. A. sticks B. knives C. guns D. ropes
3. A. face B. knock C. count D. slow
4. A. actually B. obviously C. possibly D. especially
5. A. across B. for C. after D. about
6. A. woke up B. stood up C. lied down D. got down
7. A. awake B. asleep C. sick D. dead
8. A. When B. Until C. Before D. If
9. A. screamed B. shouted C. explained D. watched
10. A. school B. hospital C. station D. village
11. A. anxious B. considerate C. poor D. generous
12. A. angels B. doctors C. officials D. relatives
13. A. attention B. mind C. court D. control
14. A. out B. down C. away D. around
15. A. hands B. legs C. arms D. eyes
16. A. shape B. change C. excite D. amaze
17. A. intelligent B. important C. diligent D. curious
18. A. course B. school C. college D. design
19. A. still B. rather C. already D. even
20. A. cook B. teacher C. manager D. scientist
【答案】
【语篇解读】文章讲述了一位与厄运抗争的女孩Maricel Apatan的故事。在一次暴徒袭击中，她失去了双手，但是这并没能阻止她实现自己的梦想。


7. D 由语境 ＂She also saw the feet of the men around her＂ 可以推测小女孩为了活命装死（dead）。
8. A 当歹徒走开时，小女孩跑回了家。用when引导时间状语从句，其余连词与逻辑不符。
9. A 由短语 ＂in terror＂ 可知用scream适合语境，意为小女孩的母亲惊恐地尖叫。
10. B 遇到这种情况，女孩的母亲肯定会把小女孩送到医院（hospital）救治。
11. C 由下文语境 ＂Maricel’s family also didn’t have P50,000 for their hospital bills＂可以断定小女孩家很穷（poor）。
12. A 上帝派很多天使来帮助这个家庭渡过难关。由作者的情感态度可以断定此处用angels来与God相呼应。
13. C 由下文 ＂They were sentenced to prison.＂ 暗示他们的一位远亲既付了药费，又把犯罪分子送上了法庭（court）。
14. B 本段主要是说明小女孩以积极的态度对待人生，所以用＂instead of staying down＂表示她没有萎靡不振、怨天尤人，而是积极向前。
15. A 由段尾信息＂Yes, a chef without hands.＂ 可以看出，小女孩在这起袭击中失去了双手（hands）。下文中的using her wrists也是暗示。
16. D 由文中的形容词 ＂incredible＂（难以置信的）可知此处应用amaze（使人惊奇）。
17. C 由下文的描述以及小女孩取得的成就＂best in computer＂可以推断这个小女孩学习很勤奋（diligent）。
18. A Hotel and Restaurant Management是酒店和餐厅管理，是一种培训课程，故用course。
19. D 上下文之间有程度上的递增关系，所以用even（甚至）。
20. A 由后面的暗示a chef without hands可知，小女孩最后成了一名厨师（cook）。
七、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever seen a really clean glass window? It’s so clear that it looks as if 1 is there. But then a bird flies straight into it. The hard thump(重击声) 2 the bird hits the glass shows that the way, in fact, __3__ (block).
A glass ceiling is like a clean glass window. It’s a 4 that you can’t see. For women, the glass ceiling means that they will have a 5 (hard)time getting the same money as men at their jobs. Or they 6 not advance as quickly or as far in a company as their male co-workers do. This isn’t always totally clear in the beginning, 7 . Women probably don’t see the glass ceiling when they start their careers. Just 8 men, women have dreams they want to achieve.
Hillary Rodham Clinton thinks that it’s important for the US 9 (break)the glass ceiling. She says that Americans 10 (do)a lot to support equal rights for women, and she wants to finish the job.
Do you think that men and women should have the same job opportunities?
【答案】
【语篇解读】你见过真正干净的玻璃窗吗？当鸟儿撞上时方知那是一道屏障。与此类似，无形限制正影响着男女平等就业。
4. barrier/wall 考查名词。玻璃天花板类似于洁净的玻璃窗，它是一道无形的屏障。
5. harder 考查形容词比较级。玻璃天花板意味着女性在同工同酬上比男性更艰难，故使用比较级。
6. may/might 考查情态动词。由于无形限制的存在，她们可能不会像她们的男同事一样晋升得那么快，故用may/might。
7. though 考查副词。玻璃天花板类似于洁净的玻璃窗，它是一道无形的屏障。不过一开始总是很难看出。though常用于句末补充说明，意为＂不过＂。
8. like 考查介词。正如男人一样，女人也有自己想要成就的梦想。like表示＂像＂。
9. to break 考查非谓语动词。希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿认为就美国而言，打破阻碍女性发展的无形限制尤为重要。此处是＂it’s+adj.+for sb. to do...＂结构。
10. have done 考查时态。希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿说美国人已作出很多努力来实现男女平等，她想要完成这项工作。结合语境可知此处应用现在完成时。
八、书面表达
最近，你们学校的个别学生因为不适应学校的生活而感到压力很大、很苦恼，甚至产生了退学的想法。为此你们班想要举办一次关于＂How to deal with stress＂的演讲比赛。请你根据此话题写篇演讲稿。
要点：
1. 增加自信；
2. 学会放松，体育锻炼是最好的放松方法；
3. 向家人或朋友倾诉。
要求：
1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数150左右；
3. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数。
Boys and girls,
Currently, there is a widespread concern over how to deal with stress. It is really an important concern to everyone of us.
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Thanks for your listening.
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Thanks for your listening.