2019年高考英语一轮复习专题03AtasteofEnglishhumour（押题专练）新人教版.docx

专题03 A taste of English humour第一节阅读理解AWhen Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an ad on the World Wide Web reading simply，“Join Me. Send a passport photo.” A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internetbased “club” whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.Its not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says, “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”， so you walk away.Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, Im usually out on Friday so I go for one of the standard actsthe unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking, and say, “Ive bought you a coffee” and walk away. Its a pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didnt know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didnt know when to leave. In the end, I learned through _trial_and_error_. Sometimes it worked, and other times it didnt. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not “get in their faces”. You say, “This is for you”， then you go. Its hitandrun kindness. And there is no point in doing it halfheartedly. Youve got to do it because you really mean it.Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and such stories about things happen on the underground or on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a 10 note down and said, “Thats for me and the next nine people.” So at every stop, anyone who got on was told it was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing anyway. For them its an excuse or reason to do something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting.语篇导读本文为记叙文，简述了公益组织“Join Me”的成立和发展，介绍了作者作为成员之一，每周五做一件善事的经历，最后说明了这一组织存在的意义。1When Londoners see someone in trouble, they _.Aoften give a handBstop and ask questionsCpretend not to have seen itDtelephone the police解析 C细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，伦敦人一般不和陌生人说话，遇到有困难的陌生人会装作没看见一样走开，故选C项。2According to the passage, members of Join Me often _.Aput an advertisement on the World Wide WebBgo out and make friends with strangersCdo an act of kindness every FridayDbuy coffees for the strangers解析 C细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，Join Me的成员每周五做一件善事，故选C项。3The underlined expression in the third paragraph possibly means _.Afinding something very difficultBdoing something without much effortCmaking a few mistakesDexperimenting to get the right result4Which would be the best title for the passage?AHitandrun KindnessBHistory of Join MeCDanny Wallace and Join MeDWhy not Join Me解析 A标题归纳题。本文主要围绕Join Me的成员每周五以做完就跑的方式行善事这一主题来展开，故选A项。BA good joke can be the hardest thing to understand when studying a foreign language. As a recent article in The Guardian newspaper noted, “Theres more to understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.”Being able to understand local jokes is often seen as an unbelievable icebreaker for a language learner eager to form friendships with native speakers. “I always felt that humor was a ceiling that I could never break through，” Hannah Ashley, a public relations account manager in London, who once studied Spanish in Madrid, told The Guardian, “I could never speak to people on the same level as I would speak to a native English speaker. I almost came across as quite a boring person because all I could talk about was facts.”In fact, most of the time, jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humor in the same way. ChineseAmerican comedian Joe Wong found this out firsthand. He had achieved huge success in the US, but when he returned to China in 2008 for his first live show in Beijing, he discovered that people didnt think his Chinese jokes were as funny as his English ones.In Australia, meanwhile many foreigners find understanding jokes about sports to be the biggest headache. “The hardest jokes are related to rugby because I know nothing about rugby，” said Melody Cao, who was once a student in Australia. “When I heard jokes I didnt get, I just laughed along.”In the other two major Englishspeaking countries, the sense of humor is also different. British comedian Simon Pegg believes that while British people use irony(反话)basically, saying something they dont mean to make a jokeevery day, people in the US dont see the point of using it so often. “British jokes tend to be more subtle and dark, while American jokes are more obvious with their meanings, a bit like Americans themselves，” he wrote in The Guardian.语篇导读本文为议论文。理解外语中的笑话是一件比学习外语单词和语法更复杂的事情。因为不同的文化背景、用语习惯以及幽默方式等都会影响到对笑话的理解。5It is implied in the noted sentence in Paragraph 1 that _.Athere tends to be something behind the words of a joke in a foreign language Bhumor is always conveyed to foreigners through vocabulary and grammarCvocabulary and grammar help you understand jokes in a foreign language Dmaking jokes is a possible way for one to learn better a foreign language6What can we guess about Hannah Ashley? AShe thinks that Spanish people generally do not have much of a sense of humor. BShe believes that one had better rely on facts when speaking a foreign language.CShe had a better command of the Spanish language than of the English.DShe found humor was a barrier to her getting along well with Spanish people. 解析 D推理判断题。根据第二段中汉娜所说的I always felt that humor was a ceiling that I could never break through及I could never speak totalk about was facts可以推断，幽默成为汉娜与西班牙人交往的阻碍，故选D项。7Joe Wong is used as an example to _.Ashow that its hard to put jokes into another languageBsuggest that there are cultural differences in humor Cprove that local people have different taste in humorDshow that expressing ability affects the sense of humor解析 B推理判断题。根据第三段第一句可知，大多数时间里，笑话只对那些有共同文化背景或者能以同样的方式理解幽默的人来说是有趣的。故下文引用Joe Wong的例子也是为了佐证这一论点，即：幽默存在文化的差异，故选B项。8From the article we can learn that _.Ajokes about sports are difficult for people to understandBAmericans are generally more humorous than British peopleCBritish peoples dark jokes often make people uncomfortableDnot all English native speakers can understand English jokes easily 解析 D细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句可知，即使同样是说英语的国家，美国人对于英国人含蓄委婉的笑话不太能理解，故选D项。第二节 语法填空In my early twenties, I worked in Kuwait(科威特) for several years. One day, a local workmate warned us of a 1coming (come) sandstorm. I had never seen what a sandstorm looked like 2so/and I told him I wanted to go out just to see it for myself. I received an 3amazed (amaze) look because he thought I was crazy. A Chinese workmate joined me. We stepped off our factory building with our eyes half closed, our mouths closed and our faces 4covered (cover). We felt safe for the next half hour so we decided to go even 5farther (far)Passing through several streets, we saw no one but only rubbish here and there. An hour later, I still couldnt bear to keep my eyes 6wide (wide) open. It was time for dinner and 7it was pretty dangerous that the sandstorm was going on and getting stronger. So we went inside a small shop, 8where I could clearly see sand on the floor and bought some food. I was happy that 9the sandstorm stopped afterwards and we finally returned to our factory, safe. This was the first time I 10had experienced (experience) sandstorms and I dont ever want to be in one again.语篇导读本文为记叙文，讲述了作者和一位中国同事不顾其他同事的劝告走出工厂去体验沙尘暴的经历。3amazed解析 考查词性转换。空处修饰名词look，形容人的表情，故用amazed。4covered解析 考查非谓语动词。此处为with复合结构，faces与cover之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，故空处用过去分词covered。5farther解析 考查比较等级。根据该句中的even可以判断，此处表示“我们决定走得更远一点”，故用far的比较级。farther一般指距离上的远，further一般指程度上的远，故填farther。6wide解析 考查副词。空处修饰形容词open，故用副词；wide本身就有副词词性，意为“完全地”。注意：此处不能填widely, widely主要表示“距离远、范围大、地域广”等。7it解析 考查代词。分析该句结构可知，句中that引导的从句为真正的主语，空处是形式主语，故用it。8where解析 考查连词。该句为非限制性定语从句，先行词为shop，关系词在从句中作地点状语，故用where引导。第三节完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从120题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。One of Fatahs close friends had several farms.The friend was very rich.One year，due to _1_economic(经济的)conditions，people were suffering from starvation.This man_2_to give the harvest of one of his farms to the _3_.So he went to the square and announced that people could benefit from the _4_But the condition was that they should be in_5_，and that they could not take from the harvest more than what was_6_.The needy went there every day in great numbers and benefited.The_7_of the farm was so busy with his work that he didnt follow up closely on the_8_of that piece of land.After he had_9_all the other pieces of land，he_10_this particular farm he had given as charity，and_11_his servants to go and collect any dry grass，plants and seeds that may have_12_To the servantsgreat_13_，they even found that there_14_remained a lot of crops that had not been harvested. On collecting the harvest, they all_15_that the harvest of that piece of land exceeded(超过)that of all the other pieces of land that the man owned.It was a common_16_to leave the land without planting any crops in the following year so that it could regain the minerals it had _17_However，it was found that this piece of land had not lost anything at all，and it was _18_to grow crops on it in the following year.So he and other people_19_a lot.In our daily life，we should_20_to help others when they are in trouble，which is good for ourselves and others.1A.commonBsteadyCunfair Dbad2A.begged BrefusedCdecided Dasked3A.sick BpoorCdeaf Dold4A.environment BriverCclimate Dland5A.need BsightCdanger Ddoubt6A.different BnecessaryCeasy Denough7A.owner BreporterCneighbor Dseller8A.surface BsizeCcondition Dprice9A.measured BwateredCcleared Dharvested10A.remembered BdiscoveredCvisited Ddeveloped11A.invited BaskedCwarned Dtaught12A.remained BremovedCsowed Dabandoned13A.disappointment BsurpriseCembarrassment Dregret14A.again BeverCalso Dstill15A.ignored BcomplainedCfound Ddreamed16A.year BrequestCpractice Ddesign17A.absorbed BwastedCsaved Dlost18A.possible BluckyCsafe Dimportant19A.helped BbenefitedCmissed Dsearched20A.try BhesitateCdemand Ddeclare5解析：于是他就来到广场上向人们宣布，人们可以从他的这块地里收割庄稼，前提是他们应该是需要帮助(need)的人。答案：A6解析：人们只能从这块地里收割生活必须的(necessary)粮食量，不能超过生活必需的量。答案：B7解析：根据文章语境可知，此处为土地的主人(owner)太忙碌。答案：A8解析：土地的主人太忙碌以至于顾不上进一步了解那块土地的情况(condition)。答案：C9解析：把其他地里的庄稼都收割完(harvested)。答案：D10解析：根据上下文内容可知，此处为他想起了(remembered)那块捐出去的地。答案：A11解析：于是他就要求(asked)仆人们去那块地里收些东西。答案：B12解析：根据下文内容可知，仆人们去把那块地里剩下的(remained)东西收回来，不管剩下的是干草、秸秆还是种子。答案：A13解析：根据文章下一句可知他们非常惊讶(surprise)。答案：B14解析：看到地里还(still)剩下这么多庄稼没有收割，他们非常惊奇。答案：D15解析：他们发现(found)他们从这块地里收割的粮食竟然比其他任何一块地都多。答案：C16解析：根据下文内容可知，这是人们普遍的做法(practice)。答案：C17解析：撂荒一年种，土地就可以把失去的(lost)矿物质补充一下，这是人们普遍的做法。答案：D第四节语法填空When I was young, I had no interest on English classes. I enjoyed other subject, but I didnt like English. I was unable to pronounce those words correct. My English scores were unacceptable and I even wanted give up. Luckily, my English teacher lent me the hand. She gave me several useful tips on learning English and encouraged I to talk with her in English. Then something amazed happened. It all start to make sense. I took pride in talk to people. I didnt feel like as a failure any more and I started to make progress. In fact, English has become one of my strengths now.答案：When I was young, I had no interest English classes. I enjoyed other ， but I didnt like English. I was unable to pronounce those words . My English scores were unacceptable and I even wanted give up. Luckily,