Unit 3 A taste of English humour同步测试(英语人教版高中必修4)

Unit 3 A taste of English humour
同步练习
◆阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Jonathan Fairoaks lives in a tree house that he designed and built！In fact, as a tree house architect, Jonathan has built more than 380 tree houses across the United States.
Jo nathan’s love of tree house living began when he was a kid. He
started climbing trees when he was 10 years old, and he became an
arborist (a person who cares for trees) in high school. He built his first tree
house and lived in it while he was in college.
“It was delightful —like being on a ship because it moved with the wind” Jonathan says. “It was the most fun I’d ever had.”
Designing special tree houses may sound difficult, but Jonathan says it’s not true.“I let the trees decide the designs,” he says. “Hardwoods such as oak make the best trees for houses — but I did once build a wonderful tree house in an apple tree.”
As an arborist, Jonathan tries to never harm the trees. He attaches (连接) manmade limbs (树的主枝) to the tree to support the tree house.
“The tree grows over the man made limbs, and they become part of the tree” Jonathan says.
One feature of Jonathan’s tree houses is the swings (秋千). “Swings are a great way to enjoy the trees” he explains. For example, he puts up monkey swings (a rope with a round seat) for kids’ tree houses.
Jonathan also likes tree houses that have views of streams or rivers and include windows that are made of pieces of colored glass.
“Let your imagination run wild” he says“Walk in the woods and learn the different trees. Spend time climbing and learn how to do it safely.”
Jonathan also encourages his customers to give their tree houses names. One of his customers named his own tree house “Ups and Downs”.
1．What’s life like in tree houses according to Jonathan?
A．Crazy.B．Difficult.
C．Green. D．Delightful.
2．Which of the following is TRUE about Jonathan?
A．He became an arborist in college.
B．He likes building tree houses in apple trees.
C．He designed his first tree house when he was a kid.
D．He has built hundreds of tree houses all over the US.
3．What’s the best title for the text?
A．Life in the limbs B．Ups and Downs
C．Imagine wildly D．Care for trees
B
Jason Russell brings his shows to clubs and colleges throughout the nation.
Jason Russell had a hard childhood. Growing up with his mother and mentally-ill brother, Jason learned to use comedy as a way of dealing with the outside world. Like most comedians, Jason began to practice his skills early by making his classmates laugh. It was his nature that gave him the ability to laugh at the world and see the bright side of things.
Jason could create voices and characters and would share them with friends and family. He began to realize his gift for making people laugh and began to share that gift.
His path into stand-up (单人表演的) comedy began with watching the classics on SNL and SCTV. Then he started following the careers of Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and finding inspiration from Jim Carey.
Jason has eighteen years’ performing experience. His style is silly, hard-hitting (直言不讳的) and real. His strong personality and high energy make him able to deal with any situation that might come up in a live show. He is willing to play with the audience in his own unique (独一无二的) style. Jason shows promise of being one of the c ountry’s hottest young comedians.
He works at most of the top comedy climbs in the Midwest. Since he now lives in Texas, you can catch his act in the south as well. He is the rising star of comedy. He brings laughter for all.
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the first two paragraphs?
A. Jason’s childhood was full of hardship.
B. Jason considered the outside world as a comedy.
C. Jason always made his classmates laugh before.
D. Jason did not live with his father as a child.
5. We can learn everything below from the passage EXCEPT that ______.
A. Jason’s family helped him become a comedian
B. Richard Pryor is a famous comedian
C. Jim Carey’s works inspired Jason
D. Jason is very young but experienced
6. What kind of person is Jason Russell?
A. Silly.
B. Unique.
C. Hard-hitting.
D. Energetic.
7. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Jason Russell’s style.
B. Jason Russell’s childhood.
C. An introduction to Jason Russell.
D. Jason Rus sell’s performances.
C
Ernest Everett Just was born in South Carolina in 1883. Because high schools for African-American children in the South were poor, Just’s mother sent him north to finish his education. There was a school in New Hampshire that accepted African-American boys. Just studied there and did so well that he went on to Dartmouth College, where he studied biology and fell in love with the subject.
From Dartmouth, Just went to Howard University, a university for African Americans in Washington, D. C. , where he became a teacher. In the summers, he worked at the Marine (海洋的) Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, probably the most famous marine lab in the world. It was there that Just began his lifelong exploration of how cells (细胞) work. He used the eggs of sea animals to study how cells reproduce and divide.
When Just was doing his research, most scientists gave all their attention to the central part of a cell because they thought it the only part of the cell that was important for development. As Just studied the eggs he collected, recording how they developed under different conditions, he saw something amazing. He discovered that cell activity depended not just on its central part but also on its outer part, which is most influenced by the environment outside the cell. Just realized that it helps decide whether or not the cell develops well and how an unusual cell will be different from other cells.
Just is research changed the way scientists think about cells. In 1915, Just became the first to receive the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal, given to an African American for outstanding achievement.
Just also worked hard to improve the quality of scientific education given to African Americans.
Ernest Just died of cancer in 1941, leaving behind a wife and three children. He also left behind a world which would finally recognize him as the excellent zoologist of his time.
8．Just was sent north because ________.
A．he could learn biology there
B．he could attend school free there
C．schools in the south provided poor education
D．there were no schools for blacks in the south
9．What did Just find about a cell in his research?
A．Its central part decides its development.
B．Its outside part plays a key role in cell activity.
C．Outside environment only affects its outside part.
D．Outside conditions have little effect on its development.
10．We can learn from the text that ________.
A．Just died in his sixties.
B．Just had an unhappy childhood.
C．Spingarn Medal is a prize for great blacks.
D．Just began to study cells during his college years.
11．What would be the best title of the text?
A．A great discovery in biology
B．Ernest Just — a great zoologist
C．Ernest Just — a black rights fighter
D．Education of black people in America
D
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen will have a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as
many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble a large number of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.
12. From Paragraph 1,we can know that in America .
A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts
C .college professors win great respect from common workers
D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as laborers
13. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because .
A. servants in America are hard to get
B. she takes pride in what she can do herself
C. she can hardly afford servants
D. it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
14. The expression “wait on table” in the third paragraph means .
A. work in a furniture shop
B. keep accounts for a bar
C. wait to lay the table
D. serve customers in a restaurant
15. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?
A Respectable Self-made Family B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor
C. Characteristics of American Culture
D. The Development of Manual Labour
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Learning
to set goals plays an important role as your child starts to gain independence. However, setting goals does not come naturally to your child, so helping him to learn the process should probably be one of your goals.
Explain the word “goal”. Your child may know what a goal is when it comes to soccer, but he may not understand what it means in everyday life. _16__
Listen to your child. Ideally, you want your child to be able to decide for himself what his goals are. __17__ Let him talk about what he thinks he does well and what he thinks he needs to improve. If he’s stuck, you can provide some examples of your own personal goals.
Help keep goals achievable. Don’t throw cold water on your child. __18__ F or example, if your child wants to be a champion swimmer, but can’t swim an entire lap of the pool yet, you can suggest he start by making that his first goal.
__19__ Help your child write down his goals in an easy-to-follow form. Being able to see and check off the steps on the way to his goal is key in keeping him motivated. A really simple way is to have your child draw a ladder on a piece of paper, writing his goal at the top and each step to that goal on the rungs (梯级). __20__
A ．Change goals every so ofte n.
B ．Make a visual goal reminder.
C ．Don’t always tell him what you think.
D ．He’s climbing to the top as he gets closer to his goal.
E ．You can take sports as an example to help explain it to him.
F ．Once he has set up a goal, he may find it very difficult to achieve it.
G ．When a goal is beyond his reach, help him break it down into smaller pieces.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

August was a mouse who lived peacefully in a big house. He led a __21__ life ：warm water, hot food, and plenty of clothes.
A(n) __22__ mouse, Percy, lived with August. Though he could live the same life as August, every day he would __23__ something great. He could easily wash in cold water. August often wondered how he could be so __24__.
One night, it snowed he avily, and their house was covered with snow. They didn’t think they could dig a tunnel (地道) through so much snow. They decided to __25__.
Several days passed, and the snow __26__；now there was no food left. Percy dealt with it quite well, __27__ August was about to lose control. He knew that he couldn’t __28__ more than three days without food. This was the __29__ amount of time they would need to dig a tunnel. They had no __30__ but to get digging.
Percy started digging immediately, and __31__ August to do the same. But August didn’t believe he could do it. Then he looked at Percy digging, and understood that that mouse was a lot _32__.What Percy had done every day was to __33__ himself to deal with terrible conditions. With a feeling of __34__, he lay down on his bed, ready to let himself die.
When he opened his eyes, he thought he saw an angel was smiling at him. Finally he __35__ that it was just a nurse. She told him a __36__ mouse had arrived at the hospital, his legs frozen, and given __37__ on where to find August.
When August ran to __38__ Percy for his help, he found him getting much better.__39__ Percy had lost several fingers, he looked __40__.
From then on, August began to train himself like Percy.
21．A. busy B．hard
C．strange D．comfortable
22．A. normal B．unusual
C．nervous D．important
23．A. give up B．put off
C．worry about D．prepare for
24．A. calm B．wrong
C．stupid D．certain
25．A. wait B．hide
C．escape D．separate
26．A. fell B．remained
C．increased D．disappeared
27．A. so B．or
C．but D．before
28．A. work B．imagine
C．keep D．stand
29．A. same B．real
C．only D．right
30．A. conclusion B．suggestion
C．choice D．plan
31．A. got B．encouraged
C．sent D．forced
32．A. happier B．bigger
C．better D．wiser
33．A. allow B．train
C．direct D．persuade
34．A. helplessness B．peace
C．hurt D．hope
35．A. admitted B．explained
C．argued D．realized
36．A. familiar B．careless
C．brave D．proud
37．A. talks B．reasons
C．opinions D．instructions
38．A. ask B．thank
C．admire D．praise
39．A. Because B．If
C．Though D．Unless
40．A. cheerful B．serious
C．disappointed D．confident
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Osceola McCarty spent more than 75 years __51__ (wash) and ironing other people’s clothes. As a laundry woman, she __52__ (pay) only a few dollars each time. Certainly nobody would consider her rich, so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.
The money __53__ (be) in fact her life savings. She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life. She never learned to drive, and when she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked. She never flew to anywhere till she donated the money, and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once. The house __54__ she lived was also a rather modest one __55__ (leave) to her by her uncle. Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country. Since then, she had been the subject of many __56__ (interview) and articles and was even invited to the White House by the president.
Her donation was for students who __57__ (clear) needed financial help __58__ (receive) educatio n. She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married __59__ had childre n. She said to the reporters that the idea __60__ helping somebody’s child go to college gav e her much pleasure.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10
处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Lately in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they had cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt well. After a wonderful meal, they said stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some times later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into his tent. Their sleeping bags warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. At the middle of the night, one of the boys woke up or began shouting. The tent had flooded!
假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华，为校刊英语园地写一篇题为“Our Spring Outing” 的英文稿件。

请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，叙述上周你们班从准备春游到春游结束的完整过程。

注意： 词数不少于60.
提示词： 游乐园amusement park 垃圾箱bin
参考答案
A篇【语篇解读】文章介绍了书屋建筑师Jonathan Fairoaks 。

1. D细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“‘It was delightful — like being on a ship because it moved with the wind, ’ Jonathan says.’It was the most fun I ever had.’”可知答案。

2. D细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“Jonathan has built more than 380 tree houses across the United States”可知答案。

3. A标题归纳题。

本文介绍了树屋建筑师Jonathan Fairoaks对于树屋生活的喜爱以及他对树屋的设计。

A项生动形象地概括了树屋生活的特点，故最适合作为本文标题。

B篇【语篇解读】杰森•路塞尔是美国喜剧界一颗冉冉升起的新星。

借助喜剧的力量, 他从艰难的童年生活中走出来。

从一开始的模仿著名喜剧演员的表演到现在以自己独一无二的表演形式征服观众, 杰森向世人说明他即将成为美国最火的年轻喜剧演员之一。

4. B。

细节理解题。

由第二段的“...Jason learned to use comedy as a way of de aling with the outside world.”可知，杰森只是用喜剧的方式来处理外面的世界，并不是将外界看成一部喜剧。

因此B项错误。

5. A。

细节理解题。

文中第三段只提到“Jason could create voices and characters and would share them with friends and family.”，并没有说他的家人帮助他成为喜剧演员。

因此A项错误。

6. D。

细节理解题。

由第五段“His style is silly, hard-hitting and real.”和“He is willing to play with the audience in his own unique style.”可知A、B、C项都是指杰森的表演风格；从“His strong personality and high energy make him able to...”可知D项正确。

7. C。

文章大意题。

本文主要介绍了喜剧演员杰森•路塞尔的生平及表演风格等情况, 因此C项最能概括文意。

C篇【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。

文章介绍了在细胞研究方面做出过重要贡献的非裔美国生物学家欧内斯特·贾斯特。

8. C细节理解题。

由第一段中的“high schools for African American children in the South were poor”可知, C项正确。

9. B细节理解题。

由第三段中的“He discovered that cell activity depended not just on its central part but also on its outer part”和“it helps decide whether or not the cell develops well and how an unusual cell will be different from other cells”可知, B项正确。

10. C细节理解题。

由第四段中的“given to an African American for outstanding achievement”可知, C项正确。

11. B标题归纳题。

本文介绍了伟大的非裔美国生物学家欧内斯特·贾斯特的生平以及他的重大成就。

B项作标题概括准确、全面。

D篇【语篇解读】这篇短文主要讲述了美国人对手工劳动的态度。

12. A。

推理判断题。

“A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands”是第一段的主题句，说明在美国对手工工人很尊敬。

13.B．细节理解题。

第三段“On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes”说明女主人自己做饭的原因是她们为自己能动手做饭而感到骄傲。

14.D．词义猜测题。

根据wash dishes for his living可推断出wait on table的意思是在饭店里当招待员。

15.B．总结概括题。

这篇短文主要讲述了美国人对手工劳动的态度。

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了如何帮助孩子设定自己的目标，从而使他们学会独立。

16．E根据空前的“Your child may know what a goal is when it comes to soccer”可知，通过拿足球运动做例子让孩子明白目标的概念，所以选E项。

17．C根据本段主题句“Listen to your child.”和空前的“Ideally, you want your child to be able to decide for himself what his goals are.”可知，你不要总是告诉孩子你的想法，要让孩子自己去决定他的目标，所以选C项。

18．G根据本段主题句“Help keep goals achievable.”和空后所举的例子可推知，父母在孩子的目标太大不能实现的情况下，可以帮助其分解目标从而逐步实现目标，所以选G 项。

19．B根据空格后的“Help your child write down his goals in an easy tofollo w form.”可知, 确定目标之后，要让孩子把目标写下来，便于提醒和及时查看, 所以选B项。

20．D根据空前的“A really simple way is to have your child draw a ladder on a piece of paper, writing his goal at the top and each step to that goal on the rungs (梯级)．”可知，爬向顶端就意味着离目标更近了, 所以选D项。

【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。

一只老鼠的忧患意识不仅拯救了同伴的生命，而且救赎了它的心灵。

21. D根据下文的“warm water, hot food, and plenty of clothes”可知，August过着“舒适的(comfortable)”生活。

22. B根据文中的“could easily wash in cold water”可知, Percy“与众不同(unusual)”，他每天“放弃(give up)”安逸的生活，August觉得他很“笨(stupid)”。

23. 选A参见第42题解析。

24. C参见第42题解析。

25. A根据下文的“Several days passed”可知，他们俩决定“等(wait)”。

26. B根据下文的“need to dig a tunnel”可知，积雪依然“存在(remained)”。

27. C“Percy dealt with it quite well”与“August was about to lose control”形成对比关系。

28. D没有吃的, August知道他“撑(stand)”不过三天。

29. A他们挖地道需要的时间“同样(sa me)”是三天，所以他们没有“选择(choice)”了, 只得开始挖。

30. C参见上题解析。

31. B根据下文的“August didn’t believe he could do it”可知, Percy“鼓励(encouraged)”August跟他一起挖。

32. D根据下文的“deal with terrible conditions.”可知，August这才意识到Percy比他“更明智(wiser)”，他每天的所作所为是在“训练(train)”自己对抗恶劣情况的能力。

33. B参见上题解析。

34. A根据下文的“ready to let himself die”可知，August感到“无助(helplessness)”。

35. D August最终“意识到(realized)”那个天使其实是一名护士。

56. C根据下文的“his legs frozen”可知，Percy很“勇敢(brave)”。

57. D根据下文的“where to find August”可知，Percy赶到医院, “指示(instructions)”他们去哪里找August。

38. B根据下文的“for his help”可知，August跑去“感谢(thank)”Percy救了他。

39. C 根据上文内容可知, Percy 一直很坚强。

本句意为：“虽然(Though)”Percy 失去了几根指头, 但是他看起来很“快乐(cheerful)”。

40. A 本句意为：“虽然(Though)”Percy 失去了几根指头，但是他看起来很“快乐(cheerful)”。

【语篇解读】奥莎拉·麦卡蒂是一个平凡的洗衣女工，但是她给南密西西比大学捐款15万美元, 这一举动让世人惊讶。

41．washing 句意：奥莎拉·麦卡蒂有75年以上的时间在给别人洗衣服、熨衣服。

spend some time doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”。

42．was paid 句意：作为一个洗衣女工， 她每次只赚几美元。

主语she 和pay 之间是被动关系，根据上文可知用一般过去时。

故用一般过去时的被动语态。

43．was 句意：这些钱实际上是她一生的积蓄。

money 为不可数名词，作主语, 谓语动词用单数，全文时态为过去时， 因此用一般过去时。

44．where 句意：她居住的房子也相当小，是她的叔叔留给她的。

主句是The house was a rather modest one, 设空处引导定语从句修饰the house, 关系词在从句中充当地点状语。

故用where 引导该从句。

45．left 见上题解析。

设空处应填非谓语动词，充当定语修饰a rather modest one (house), 根据空后的by 可知， 两者存在逻辑上的被动关系, 故用过去分词。

46．interviews 句意：自从那时起，她成了很多专访和文章的话题， 甚至受总统邀请去白宫。

此处interview 是可数名词，被many 修饰, 故填复数形式。

47．clearly 设空处修饰动词，应用副词。

故填clearly, 修饰needed 。

48．to receive 句意：她的捐赠是给真正需要经济帮助的学生来接受教育。

根据句意， 设空处在句中充当目的状语, 故用动词不定式。

49．or 句意：她自己六年级的时候辍学， 没有成家， 也没有孩子。

had married 与had children 之间为并列关系, 否定句中表示并列需用连词or 。

50．of 句意：她对记者们说帮助别人的孩子上大学的想法让她很开心。

表示“……的想法”用the idea of ...。

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Green Action in Our Class
April 12 is memorable because our class had a meaningful experience on that day. In the morning, we bicycled to the suburbs to plant trees, talking and laughing all the way. Upon arrival, we began to work immediately. Some were digging holes. Some were carrying and planting young trees. Others were watering them. After getting the work done, we put up a board reminding people to protect the trees. Before leaving we took some photos to record our green action. Seeing the lines of trees, we all had a sense of achievement. We feel it’s our duty to protect and beautify our environment.
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