2018版高考英语一轮总复习第一部分重点全程攻略Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour限时规范特训新人教版

1、Unit 3 A taste of En glish humourI.完形填空(建议用时 17)2017 河北阶段检测 Years ago, I would wake up two or three times each night because ofterrible pains. Having watched my father die of cancer, I _1_ that I also had a cancer. So I went to aclinic. A doctor examined me, gave me some medicine and cleared my mind

2、 of _2_ that I had a cancer.He suggested I should relax. After heari ng these words, I felt _3_ and acted on the doctors _4_._One day while I was look ing over an accumulati on of old _5_ on matters that were past and gone, I threw them into the wastebasket one by one. _6_ I stopped _ and said to my

3、self,“ Bill,why dont you do the _7_ thing with your worries thatyou are doing with these notes?” That idea gave me immediate _8_gave me thefeeli ng of a weight being lifted from me. From that day, I have made it a( n) _9_to throw into the wastebasket all the 10 that I can no Ion ger do anything abou

4、t.The n one day while my wife was wipi ng the dishes happily, ano ther idea _11_to me. I thoug ht, Look, Bill,how 12_ your wife is. Had she thought ofwashingthe pile of dirty dishes like a barn these years, she would have bee n _13_ by the _ thought. The reason my wife does nt _14wash ing the dishes

5、 now is that she washesonly one days di shes at a time. ” I saw what my _15 was. I was trying to washtodays dishes and yesterdays dishes and 16 the dishes that were nt dirty yet.I saw how _17_ I was. I used to stand in front of people, telling other people how to live, yet Imyself was leading a tens

6、e, worried, hurried existenee. I felt _18= of myself.Worries dont _19_ e any more. I now throw yesterdays an xieties into thewastebasket, and I have _20_ trying to wash tomorrows dirty dishes today.篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。作者曾经生活得过度紧张，夜不能寐，甚至怀疑自己得 了绝症，但他最终通过观察生活细节悟出了让自己生活轻松、充实的办法。1.A.declaredB. fearedC. ack no

7、 wledgedD. con firmed答案：B 上文提到作者过去常常晚上因剧烈疼痛而醒来两、三次及目睹了他的父亲因癌症去世，所以担心(feared)自己也会患上癌症。2.A.dissatisfactionB. misfortuneC. doubt答案：C 由语境可知，医生给作者检查，开了药并消除了作者的疑虑D.threat(doubt)。3. A.relievedB. optimisticC. contentD.答案：A 结合语境可知，作者听了医生的话以后, 里感到了宽慰（relieved）。depressed知道自己没得癌症，可推断出作者心2答案： D 作者听从医生的建议。5 A.boo

8、ksB papersC notesD clothes答案： C 依据下文第 7 空后的“ doing with these notes ”提示可知，此处填 notes 。6 A.SuddenlyB GraduallyC EventuallyD Obviously答案： A 由上下文可知， 作者前面一个接一个地扔掉便条， 然后突然 (suddenly) 停下来 并对自己说。7 A.meaningfulB sameC importantD unique答案： B 由下文提到的作者要扔掉自己的麻烦问题可知，这里是要做和扔掉便条一样的(same) 事情。8 A.anxietyB confusionC

9、strengthD inspiration答案： D 由语意可知，作者的这个想法给了自己灵感 (inspiration) ，同时使自己有一 种如释重负的感觉。9 A.ruleB orderC differenceD plan答案： A 结合语境可知，从那天起，作者就培养了一个习惯。 10 A.habitsBachievementsC failuresD problems答案： D 根据上文第 7 空后提到了“ your worries ”可知，这里是扔掉所有的麻烦 (problems) 。11 A.returnedB happenedC occurredD appealed答案： C 句意：一

10、天，当我的妻子正快乐地洗盘子时， 我突然有一个想法。 .occurtosb.意为“某人突然想到”。12 A.determinedB pleasedCsurprisedD puzzled答案： B 从前面的信息：作者妻子快乐地洗盘子可知，这里是高兴的 (pleased) 。13 A.encouragedB disappointedC defeatedD surprised答案： C 句意：如果想到这些年会洗堆得像谷仓一样大的脏盘子时， 她一定会被这个想 法击垮的。defeat “打败；击垮”。14 A.enjoyB mindCconsiderD avoid4. A.opinionsB. expe

11、rieneeC. promisesD.advice3答案： B 由语境可知， 作者的妻子不介意洗盘子的原因是她一次只洗一天的盘子。mind“介意”，后接动词 ing 形式。B embarrassment15 A.thought4C. excuseD. trouble答案：D 由上文中作者妻子洗盘子的做法和第16 空所在句子表明作者自己洗盘子的做法，可知作者明白了自己的问题所在。16. A.evenC. mainly答案：A 作者自己不仅洗今天和明天的盘子甚至 看到了自己的问题(trouble)所在。17. A.foolishC. modest答案：A 由下文作者提到自己过去常常站在人们面前告诉

12、大家怎么生活，自己却过着焦虑、紧张和匆忙的生活，可知此处作者觉得自己是多么愚蠢(foolish)。18. A.consciousB.ashamedC. proudD.terrified答案：B 由前句内容可知，作者对自己感到很羞愧(ashamed)。19. A.convinceB.opposeC. exciteD.bother答案：D 由下文作者现在把昨天的焦虑都扔掉可知，担忧不再困扰(bother)作者了。20. A.admittedB.delayedC. stoppedD.regretted答案：C由句意可知，作者已经停止“今天提前洗明天的盘子了”。n.阅读理解(建议用时 16)A2017

13、 天水一中考试Record ings of angry bees are eno ugh to send big, toughAfrican elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)either recordedor real may evenpreventW1elephants from damaging farmers crops.In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees liv

14、 ingin them. Today, Lucy wants to see if Africa n hon eybees might discourage elepha nts from eat ing crops.But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed tofind out if the bees wouldscareelephants away.Lucy found a wild beehive in side a tree in

15、no rther n Kenya andset upP1a recorder. Then shethrew a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car untiltheangry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searched out elephantfamilies in Samburu National Reserve in northerin Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close

16、 to eachfamily.From a distanee, Lucyswitched onP2the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same timerecording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area with in ten sec on ds.Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy

17、reported that all theyoung elepha nts immediately ran to their mothers to hide un der them. When Lucy played the sound ofB. stillD. partly(even)还洗没有脏的盘子，可知，作者B. intelligentD. abnormal5a waterfall（瀑布）in stead of the angry bees to many of the same elepha nt families, the an imalswereundisturbed曲Even a

18、fter four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.Lucy is now study ing whether the elepha nts will continue toavoidW4the soundof angry bees after heari ng it several times. She has nt tested eno ugh groups yetto know, but her in itial （最初的）results were promis ing eno ugh to begi n trials wi

19、th farmers. She hasnow begu n placi ng speakers in the fields to see if elepha nts arefrightenedW5away.篇章导读：本文是一篇科普说明文。科学研究发现生气的蜜蜂的声音能驱赶走大象，进 而可能帮助农民保护庄稼。1.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of_ .A. loud noisesB. some cropsC. video camerasD. angry bees答案：D 细节理解题。根据文中第一段可知，大象可能

20、害怕生气的蜜蜂。故选Do2.As mentioned in the passage, Lucy_ .A. works by herself in AfricaB. needs to test more elephant groupsC. has stopped elephants eating cropsD. has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms答案： B 细节理解题。 从文中最后一段后两句She has nt tested en ough groups yet to know.to seeif elephants are frig

21、htened away.”可知 B 正确。而 A 中“ works byherself ”表达错误，从文中第三段Lucy and her assistant ”可看出并非独自工作。C 项文中未提到，D 从第二段最后一句话可知错误。3.Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?A. To record the sound of bees.B. To make a video of elephants.C. To see if elephants would run away.D. To find out more about the behav

22、ior of bees.答案：A 细节理解题。从文中第三段前半部分可知露西把一块石头扔进一个野生蜂窝的目的是为了录下蜜蜂的声音。4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Young elephants ignore African honeybees.B . Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.C. Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.D. Farmers do n ot allo

23、w Lucy to con duct tests in their fields.答案：C 细节理解题。根据文中第二段第一句In2002, scientistLucy King and herteam found that elepha nts avoid certa in trees with bees livi ng in them.” 可知选 C。6A、B 两项从倒数第二段后半部分可知错误， D 项文中未提到。-（日W 重点单词1. preventvt.阻止 2.scarevt.使害怕3.undisturbedadj. 安静的；未被扰乱的4.avoidvt. 逃避；避免5.frighte

24、nvt. 使惊恐；吓唬P 重点短语1. set up 建立； 成立 2.switch on 打开-二- 產础-决老_ =為度- - -BI alwaysfiguredW1that comedia ns were the best kind of people tohang aroundwithP1as a kid. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happ in ess seems n ever to leave them.But time goes on, and we come to see these same peo

25、ple as clow ns on the outside, but crying a river inthe in side. Comedyfrom these people comes from a deep pain and sad ness in their lives, or out of adeep seated an ger they have atthe world around them.Look at Richard Pryor. Need I say more? Richard seemed to have everyth ing. ForSuperman川，he end

26、ed up getting more money than Christopher Reeve did. Yet he said while he was in his forties thatthe last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt whilepretendingW2to be a cowboyat the age of 10. This guy set himself on fire, and he played that for laug

27、h while perform ing live at theSun set Strip!Comedy was his con sta nt weap on aga inst pain,and he neverheld anything backP2.The movieFunny Peopleun dersta nds very well this gloomy field many comedia ns have tosurvive in. It stars Adam San dler as George Sim mons, a famous comedia n in the movie.

28、Simmons hasit all: a beautiful mansionoverlookingW3the sea, a swimming pool, great cars, and so on.But in hiseyes, we see that he is a sadman who has come to truly look dow n upon himself for what he has become. All the wealth he hascollected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world an

29、d it makes himdefensiveW4whenaround total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person.But now, he hears from his doctor that he has a term inal disease and has only mon ths left to live.Simmons reacts to this n ews as if some one took away his blood in the heart, and it makes him clearlysee just

30、 how much he hates his life. So now he has to make every mi nutecountW5. The n come aseries of funny stories.Comedy is iust life as it is, isnt it_ _篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。全文通过不同的例子证明了喜剧是喜剧演员把真实生活 中的痛苦进7行加工和升华后创造出来的。5.What can we infer abo ut “ comedia ns” accord ing to the text?A.Comedia ns like to get alon

31、g with kids.B. Comedia ns life is full of jokes.C. Comedia ns ofte n use their sad experie nces.D. Comedia ns ofte n cry in their daily life.答案： C推理判断题。 根据文章第一段最后一句Comedy from these people comes from a deep painand sad ness in their lives, or out of a deep seated an ger they have atthe world arou nd

32、 them.”可知，喜剧来自经历痛苦的人，即这些人会把这些痛苦经历转化为喜剧形式，并表达出来。故选C 项。6.When was the happiest moment for Richard Pryor?A.When he played the part ofSuperman川.B. When he got more money than Christopher Reeve.C. When he pretended to be a cowboy in the childhood.D.When he performed live at theSun set Strip.答案：C细节理解题。根据题

33、干的关键词Richard Pryor可定位到文章第二段；根据第二段第五句.thelast truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he wasjump ing around in the dirt while prete nding to be a cowboy at the age of 10.”可直接得出答案为 C 项。7.Why was George Simmons unhappy?A. He had no friends at all.B. He spent too much on his house.C. He wa

34、s nt accepted by the outside world.D. He was hated by all the strangers around.答案： C细节理解题。 根据文章第三段第五句All the wealth he has collected only serves to separatehim from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive whenarou nd total stran gers. ”可知，是财富使西蒙斯和外界隔离，并且他始终对陌生人有一 种防备，而其他人也没有把他看作是正常人。故选 C 项（

35、因为西蒙斯不被外界接受，所以他感到不快乐）。D 项（周围所有的陌生人都讨厌他）太绝对。8.By saying“Comedy is just life as it is, isnt it ? ”， the authormeans_ .A. life like comedy will make you happyB. comedy comes from the sadness in real lifeC. there is no happ in ess at all in real lifeD. life is full of comedy in reality答案：B推理判断题。文章首段末句就明

36、确指出喜剧来自于喜剧演员生活中的痛苦和悲 伤，然后通过不同的例子来证明。作者认为生活中总是充满了痛苦，只是喜剧演员将痛苦进 行了加工并以艺术形式8呈现。故选B 项。C 项（实际生活中根本没有幸福）太绝对。Wt 点单词1. figurevt. 认为；认定；计算2.pretendvi. 假装；佯装3.overlookvt. 忽略；不予理会； 俯视4.defensiveadj.防御的；保护的5.countvi.重要P 重点短语1.hang around with sb.和某人长时间待在一起闲荡2.hold sth. back 不向（某人）透露某事；隐瞒某事-庭础-决X.-离度-川.短文改错（建议用时

37、 8）When I was young, I had no intereston English classes. I enjoyed other subject,but I did nt like En glish. I was un able to pronounce those words correct. My En glish scores were unacceptable and I even wan ted give up. Luckily, my En glish teacher lent me the hand. She gave meseveral useful tips on lear ning En glish and en couraged I to talk with her in En glish. Then someth ingamazed happe ned