【步步高】高考英语大一轮复习 Book4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour练习 新人教版.doc

unit 3a taste of english humour.单项填空1he apologized to me for his_me to his party.adelay invitingbdelaying to invitecdelay to inviteddelaying inviting2if you grow up in _ large family，you are more likely to develop _ ability to get on well with _ others.a/；an；theba；the；/cthe；an；theda；the；the3not content_ her new car，_selina now wants a bike for trips into the city center.awith；/bfor；andcto；butdabout；so4it looks heavy.can i give you a hand?_.ano，thanksbyes，my pleasurecno，never minddyes，i do5as he works in a remote area，he visits his parents only_.aoccasionallybanxiouslycpracticallydurgently6why did she spend so much time searching shop after shop only for a blouse?oh，she was very _ about her clothes.aspecialbparticularcespecialdunusual7the flowers _ sweet in the botanic garden attract visitors to the beauty of nature.ato smellbsmellingcsmeltdto be smelt8the couple tried every effort to_the judges，who tried their case，of their innocence，resulting in the contrary.aprovebconvincecchargedconfirm9he made a promise_ he would entertain us_ dinner the next day.athat；withbthat；tocwhich；withdwhich；to10when i was a child，our family was so_ that we could have meat for dinner only at the spring festival.agenerousbbadly offcwell offdunfortunate11how could you_ my sister so easily in the crowd?because she stood out in her red dress.apick upbpick outctake updtake out12it _ him a long time to fall asleep.aspentbtookcmadedcost13this year，the attraction enjoyed a great number of tourists_ up to 200,000.atotalledbtotallingccountingdcounted14_ by the heavy snowfalls，chenzhou，a city in south china，was cut off from the outside，_ water and electricity shortage.ahaving struck；facingbhaving struck；facedcstruck；facingdstruck；faced15by the year she comes back to life，scientists probably_ a cure for this incurable disease.awill be discoveringbare discoveringcwill have discovereddhave discovered.阅读理解british prime minister tony blair admitted on a television program that he has never sent flowers to his wife cherie and that hollywood beauty grace kelly was his dream lover.blair，who allowed channel 4 interviewer june sarpong to shadow him for two days last month，made other personal revelations(被曝光的秘闻) when asked questions he rarely heard on the usual television political programs.during the interview for a program targeting 18to30yearolds，the prime minister admitted that he sometimes had to “wing it” when making public appearances and that he wanted to go out for a drink without being recognized.however，the most dramatic revelation was his reply to sarpongs question whether he still sends his wife flowers.“ive never sent her flowers.if i sent her flowers，she will get worried，”blair said.but he added，“i am romantic.there are other ways of being romantic.”blair needed a few moments to recall which posters he had on his bedroom wall as a youngster，and then revealed，“ill tell you.actually，when i was younger，i loved grace kelly.”blair admitted he initially found it “odd” to be prime minister and to be rushed in motorcades from appointment to appointment，and worried that his lifestyle left him “a bit isolated” from ordinary people.he admitted that he was constantly on the phone between public appearances，and rarely had time to prepare for his next event，telling sarpong，“i wing it all the time.”asked what he would do if he could be invisible for a day，blair said he would “just walk down the street and go to the pub.just be absolutely normal”16it seems that the author wants to tell us _.ablair doesnt like his wife so he has never sent her flowersbsuch great people as blair sometimes want to live as ordinary peoplecgrace kelly was once blairs girlfrienddblair was not satisfied with his life17what does the underlined word “shadow” in paragraph 2 mean?afollow and interview.bshade.cstay with.dkeep away from.18which word can be used to describe blair according to this passage?aserious.beasygoing.ckind.ddull.19what does the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 mean?ablair didnt take his public appearances seriously.bblair didnt know what to say before the public.cblair often had to do or talked about something without preparation.dblair wanted to get away from the public.20which of the statements is true?ablair doesnt know what is romantic.bblairs wife doesnt like flowers.cblairs wife will become worried if he sends her flowers.dblair thinks he is the same as ordinary people.任务型读写some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability.they feel hopeless about it.can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?to be sure, peoples abilities are different.you cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do.if all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between.but even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice.it is the same with reading.some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help.others find reading a slow and tiring job.in between, there are all degrees of reading ability.many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his/her reading ability.firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability.secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading.after a few months, another test of the same kind was given.in nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores.different 21. _ about reading abilitysome people feel they cant do 22._ about poor reading.you c