2018届秋季高中英语Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourPeriod1WarmingUp.docx

Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 1 Warming Up & Reading课后阅读作业. 阅读理解AA lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal attackwhen a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒)about the job. Although there was a good reason for Sams being lateserious illness at homehe decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldnt work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech. Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9: 35. The place was as quiet as a locker room; everyone was hard at work. Sams supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. “How do you do! ”he said. “Im Sam Maynard. Im applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm? ”The room exploded in laughter, except that the supervisor had to clamp off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his jobwith the only tool that could win, a laugh. 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, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, its the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum. 【语篇概述】本文通过一个小故事, 讲述了幽默的重要性。1. Why was Sam late for his job? A. Because he was seriously ill at home. B. Because he received an ultimatum. C. Because he was busy applying for a new job. D. Because he was caught in a traffic jam. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第一段第二句话“who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum about the job. ”可知, Sam迟到是因为交通堵塞, 故答案选D。2. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Sam Maynard saved his job with humor. B. Humor is important in our lives. C. Early bird can get the worm. D. Humor can solve racial discriminations. 【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据文章第一句A lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal attack-when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. 和第四段第一句, 可知文章主要讲的是幽默的重要性。3. The phrase“clamp off”in Paragraph 3 means_. A. try to hold backB. pretend to setC. send offD. give out【解析】选A。词义猜测题。结合画线部分的前后文, Sam屡次迟到, 最后一次要被主管炒鱿鱼的时候, 他进办公室却用幽默的方式和主管讲了个冷笑话惹得办公室的人哄堂大笑, “except that the supervisor had to clamp off a smile and walked back to his office. ”可知, 主管不得不强忍着微笑回到自己的办公室。4. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage? A. Many lose lifes battles for they are always late. B. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8: 30. C. It wasnt the first time that Sam came late for his work. D. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第一段第二句话“Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was on his trapped way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum about the job. ”可知, Sam刚接到了老板的最后通牒后, 却又遇到了交通堵塞, 可以推断他经常迟到, 故C选项正确。BI have heard having a good sense of humour often helps in breaking the ice. Also people remember you because of your humour. But I think I dont have a very good sense of humour. Could you suggest how to build on this? Radha Karnik, This is a great question that is unfortunately difficult to answer. I can only give you my views on this topic, which may or may not be correct. I know that my sense of humour developed over time. When I was younger I was not funny at all; now I can easily make people laugh. At the same time, sometimes I say things that I think are very funny but others do not. Improving wit and humour, I believe, is an on-going process. Now, there are various forms of humour and everyone has their individual style. Overall, I believe being fluent in a language is very important for being witty or funny. The way we play around with words adds the“funny”tag to an otherwise normal sentence. Also, seeing irony is very important. I think humour is often the link between two unrelated things. In my experience, laughing frequently and appreciating other peoples jokes and wit are very important. Within these, finding humour in everyday normal situations is the key. I often notice what is going on around me and say funny things in my head and laugh to myself. That serves almost as practice for when I am in a group. I watch comedy shows and movies and I am sure that has some effects on helping me improve my sense of humour. And last, having confidence that you are witty is important. There will always be someone wittier or funnier than you, which is fine. Just work on building your own style. Remember, if you are trying to be funny and witty in order to break the ice at a business function, be careful. In those situations, humour has to be mild and politically correct. Yours, Brad【语篇概述】本文是一篇议论文, 文章由咨询者的问题引出作者对幽默的看法。作者给咨询者提供了很多好的建议, 你看看哪一条对你有帮助。5. Radha Karniks problem is that he doesnt_. A. have friendsB. know the functions of humourC. understand othershumourD. have a good sense of humour【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第一段中的“But I think I dont have a very good sense of humour. ”可得出答案。6. By telling his own experience, Brad tried to make Radha Karnik believe that_. A. laughter is the best medicineB. laughter and humour go hand-in-handC. a sense of humour can be developedD. a sense of humour helps impress others【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第二段最后一句“I know that my sense of humour developed over time. ”和第三段“Improving wit and humour, I believe, is an on-going process. ”可以看出, 幽默感是可以培养的。7. In order to improve our sense of humour, Brad believes that the following is important EXCEPT_. A. good language abilityB. loyaltyC. learning from lifeD. confidence【解析】选B。细节理解题。通读全文可知, 文章中并没有提及忠诚。CI had breakfast hurriedly because I woke up late. I had never gone to work late and didnt want my boss to be unsatisfied. However, it seemed that day wasnt a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs one of my stiletto heels(细高跟鞋)broke. I had to return to change my shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. I was sure I would be late for work. On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problems, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients(客户)that morning. Finally, I arrived at the office one hour late. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future commercial project. However, I felt the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to present it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a draft of it my office. At last, the presentation came to an end and it turned out to be a success. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents. 【语篇概述】本文讲述了作者在一天之内发生的不好的事, 可谓是“祸不单行”, 但幸好没有影响工作。8. Which of the following is NOT the reason of the writer being late for her work? A. She got up late in the morning. B. She changed her purse and other little things. C. She had a traffic accident on the way to work. D. One of her shoe heels broke. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The moment I wanted to rush downstairs one of my stiletto heels broke. I had to return to change my shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. ”, 可知A、B、D均是迟到的原因; 根据第三段中的“On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. ”, 可知路上有交通事故发生, 不是她本人出了事故。故选C。9. According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer? A. Her boss was very angry with her. B. She often arrived at her office on time. C. She left her plan on the bus. D. She was nervous at the meeting. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第三段中的“I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problems”, 可知A项错误; 根据第四段中的“I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a draft of it my office. ”, 可知C项错误; 文章没说她会面时紧张, D项错误; 根据第一段中的“I had never gone to work late and didnt want my boss to be unsatisfied. ”, 可推知作者总是准时到办公室的, B项正确。故选B。10. Which is the correct order of the following events? a. She presented the plan to the clients. b. One of her stiletto heels broke. c. She arrived at the office. d. She phoned her boss. e. She tried to match her purse with her red shoes. A. b-d-e-c-aB. b-e-a-c-dC. d-b-e-c-aD. b-e-d-c-a【解析】选D。细节理解题。按照本文的讲述: 高跟鞋坏了; 回家换鞋, 并且换上匹配的包; 路上有事故发生使得时间更晚, 向老板打电话; 晚了一小时到达办公室; 与客户会面, 呈递计划书。故选D。11. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. One trouble never comes alone. B. Failure is the mother of success. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. A good beginning makes a good ending. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者一天之内发生的不好的事。A项“祸不单行”作标题恰当。B项“失败是成功之母”、C项“有志者事竟成”、D项“良好的开始是成功的一半”不合题意。故选A。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余。It is necessary but difficult for English beginners to memorize new words, and long lists of words seem to make the mission impossible. They are puzzled why they try to memorize words with great efforts but forget them easily. Thats why there are often inquiries about how to memorize new words. 1Here are some tips to help. 2We too often separate the process of new words memorization from pronunciation. In fact these two can be combined and each will enhance the other. Saying the word to ourselves helps activate aural(hearing)memory, which helps the memory. 3The more familiar we are with the word, the greater chance we will have to keep it for the rest of our life. Never memorize single English words. 4Relate the word to terms we already know, either as synonym or antonym. For example, the word“gargantuan”(very large)is similar in meaning to words“gigantic”, “huge”and“large”. Make a sequence of words: “small, medium, large, gigantic, an