人教版 (新课标)必修3&4Unit 3 A taste of English humour习题

双基限时练(七)　Unit 3　Part Ⅰ

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．I'm getting along well with my workmates and I'm content ________ my job.

答案　with

2．John ________ (overcome) the difficulty and succeeded.

答案　overcame

3．Children are often told ________ (chew) their meat up well.

答案　to chew

4．It ________ (astonish) me that the little boy should be able to speak five languages.

答案　astonished

5．Chaplin was often seen in his films wearing a pair of ________ (wear－out) shoes.

答案　worn­out

6．My family ________ (entertain) him as an honored guest last night.

答案　entertained

7．________ (fortunately), my computer system broke down again.

答案　Unfortunately

8．You may find it ________ (astonish) that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak.

答案　astonishing

9．The book is not ________ (bore) but rather exciting.

答案　boring

10．This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can pick ________ my father.

答案　out

11．He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he had been cut ________ from the outside world.

答案　off

12．Though he was badly ________， he looked down upon those who had a lot of money.

答案　off

13．________ (fortunate), people are beginning to realize how serious the situation is.

答案　Fortunately

14．With the homework ________ (do), Tom had to stay at home.

答案　to do

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying“no，”criticizing, and getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it is the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that a serious dialogue may start a riot. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum.

Humor is often the best way to keep a small misunderstanding from escalating (升级) into a big deal. Recently a neighbor of mine had a quarrels with his wife as she drove him to the airport. Airborne, he felt miserable, and he knew she did, too. Two hours after she returned home, she received a long­distance phone call. “Person­to­person for Mrs. I. apologize.”in toned the operator. “That's spelled‘P’ as in ...” In an instant, the whole day changed from bad to lovely at both ends of the wire.

An English hostess with a quick wit was giving a formal dinner for eight distinguished guests whom she hoped to enlist (赞助) in a major charity drive. Austerity was a fashion in England at the time, and she had asked her children to serve the meal. She knew that anything could happen ..., and it did, just as her son, with the studied concentration of a tight rope walker, brought in a large roast turkey; he successfully elbowed the swinging dining­room door, but the back bird dropped onto the dining­room floor.

The boy stood rooted, the guests staring at their plates. Moving only her head the hostess looked at her son, “No harm, Daniel”， she said，“just pick him up and take him back to the kitchen” ..., she enunciated (发音) clearly so he would think about what she was saying ... “and bring in the other one.”

A wink and a one­liner instantly changed the dinner from a red­faced embarrassment to a laughter.

1．What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Humor is the key to success in our work and lives.

B. Humor enables us to deal with difficult situations effectively.

C. Humor is the best way to criticize someone without losing his face.

D. Humor makes fun of any difficult situation.

答案与解析　B　从文章结构上分析，作者在首段中就提出了本文的中心论点，而且其后的三段都对中心论点加以说明。首段的第一句又是本段的中心，下面所列出的一些幽默的作用都是具体的方面。故应选B项。

2．Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?

A. Comedians on TV are believed to have done a lot in making people more tolerant (容忍) of racial and religious differences.

B. To make up differences, humor is a most acceptable and effective means.

C. People often turn to humorous ways when meeting with difficult situations because of its effectiveness.

D. Only by adopting the means of humor can one succeed in some jobs.

答案与解析　C　选项A、D内容分别位于第一段的末句和第三句中，选项B的内容虽然在原文中没有直接出现，但与第一段中所含意思相同。

3．What caused the roast turkey to drop onto the floor?

A. The backward movement of the door.

B. The son's rude behavior.

C. Someone happened to be at the door.

D. The bird raised by the family.

答案与解析　A　相关内容见文章第三段末句。他成功地用肘部推开了门，但是复位的门却将火鸡打到了地上。故应选A项。

4．What do you think would probably be the result if the hostess got angry and scolded the son?

A. It would make the embarrassing situation worse.

B. The son would refuse to serve the guests any more.

C. The son would talk back and make the mother all the more angry.

D. The guests would leave before the dinner was over.

答案与解析　A　由最后一段可推知答案。

B

Charlie studied in a famous college for four years. He studied hard and did well in all his subjects. He hoped to become a good teacher. This year he left college and began to work in a middle school. He likes his students and is strict with them. He does his best to make his classes lively and interesting.

One day he carefully explained a chemical reaction(化学反应) to the students of Grade Two in the chemistry lab. “Be careful，everyone，” he said loudly. “Before I make the experiment, there're twenty­five atoms of carbon(碳原子), but after I finish it, there're twenty­four atoms of carbon left！”

He stopped to watch the classroom and hoped his students would go on explaining it. But the young men looked at each other and nobody answered him. He had to ask，“What happens? What makes the atom lost？”

The classroom was very quiet and none of the students looked at their teacher.

“Who can tell us where it had gone？”

Suddenly a soft voice came from the back row，“We did not see anybody leave the classroom！”

5．Charlie began to work in the middle school because ________.

A. he was in school for only four years

B. he couldn't do anything except teaching

C. he hoped to become a good teacher

D. he did well in all his subjects

答案与解析　C　由第一段“He hoped to become a good teacher.”故选C项。

6．Charlie hopes ________， so he does his best to make his classes lively and interesting.

A. all his students can understand him

B. his students won't be afraid of him

C. his students can count the atoms of carbon

D. his students can make the experiment

答案与解析　A　该题可以通过排除法得到正确答案。

7．Charlie wished his students could ________.

A. learn the chemical reaction

B. find the atoms of carbon

C. count the atoms of carbon

D. make the experiment

答案与解析　A　由第二段“One day he carefully explained a chemical reaction to the students ...”可知。

8．The students couldn't answer Charlie's question because ________.

A. none of them had seen the atoms

B. they didn't understand their teacher

C. the chemical reaction was complicated(复杂的)

D. they all wanted to drop the subject

答案与解析　B　由“But the young men looked at ... none of the students looked at their teacher.”可以看出学生没有理解这一问题。

9．In fact ________.

A. Charlie failed that day

B. the student was not interested in it

C. nothing was lost

D. Charlie failed in making the experiment

答案与解析　A　由“nobody answered him”及“Suddenly a soft voice ... We didn't see anybody leave the classroom！”可知。

Ⅲ.语法填空

Once in a remote country __1__(live) a king who had no children. When he was old, he decided to choose an excellent child as his stepchild to take over the country. But first he wanted to make sure the child was __2__ honest person.

Next morning, he ordered his servants to give away flower seeds to every child of his country and claimed that __3__ grew beautiful flowers with these seeds would be the next king of the country.

All the children and their parents were so excited that they couldn't wait __4__(get) the seeds and hurried home to plant them. Several weeks later, all the children came to the palace __5__(show) the king the flowers they had planted. The king was pleased to see so many happy children with their beautiful flowers in different pots and __6__ his surprise, even the flower pots were all so fancy(精致的)．

Most of them were so confident __7__ they would be the lucky one with their beautiful flowers, __8__ one little boy. He was holding a pot which was just a normal pot with no wonderful color and the worst thing was that nothing grew in his pot.

__9__， the little boy was chosen as the king's stepson to be the next king. Actually, all the seeds had been boiled. None of them could __10__(growth) into a beautiful flower.

答案与解析　

【解题导语】　本文通过一个故事告诉我们这样一个道理：幸运往往会降临在诚实的人身上。

1．lived　考查倒装句及动词的时态。这里表地点的短语在前，故主句应完全倒装。句子中的Once表明要用一般过去时，因此用lived。

2．an　考查冠词。根据语境可知，此处表示“一个诚实的人”，表泛指。honest的发音以元音音素开头，故应用不定冠词an。

3．whoever　考查主语从句。根据语境并分析句子结构可知，空处引导主语从句在主语从句中作主语，且表示“无论是谁”，故填whoever。

4．to get　考查固定搭配。can't wait to do sth.“迫不及待地要做某事”，符合语境。

5．to show　考查目的状语。根据语境可知，此处表示“去宫殿向国王展示……”，所以用动词不定式表目的。

6．to　考查固定搭配。to one's surprise表示“使某人惊讶的是”。

7．that　考查固定结构。此处是“so ... that ...”结构，表示“如此……以至于……”。

8．except　考查介词except的用法。根据语境可知，此处应用except，表示“除……之外”。

9．However　考查however的用法。根据语境可知，此处需用However，表示转折关系。

10．grow　考查词形转换。情态动词could后应用动词原形。