2019年高考英语一轮精选练Unit5Meetingyourancestors含解析新人教版选修8

Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
一、阅读理解。

(2018·江西赣中南五校联考)Before I studied psychology，I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke，there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are，the more powerful the joke will be.
I was attending a stand­up edy show in Egypt，and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets，everyone laughed their heads off.The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke wasn’t only fu nny，but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.
The better a joke makes a person feel，and the more it includes other psychological factors，the more the person will like it.For example，if you envy one of your friends，and someone tells a joke that is funny and，at the same time，makes your friend seem stupid，then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.
In short，we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke.I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions，he will certainly like it a lot.
【解题导语】本文主要分析了人们笑的原因。

1．What did the author find out after studying psychology?
A．Only good jokes make people laugh.
B．Many factors lea d to people’s laughing.
C．Funny things can make people laugh.
D．Laughter can make people healthy.
B 解析：细节理解题。

根据第一段第二句可知，作者在学了心理学之后发现，笑不仅仅是因为事情好笑，还有很多其他的心理因素的促成和影响，故选B。

2．Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?
A．They played a trick on the pedestrians.
B．The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.
C．They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.
D．Their emotion was approved of by the show.
D 解析：推理判断题。

根据第二段最后一句可推知，人们对行人的行为大笑的原因是他们在心理上产生了共鸣，故选D。

3．What does the underlined word“belittling”probably mean?
A．Annoy. B．Blame.
C．Look down on. D．Make up to.
C 解析：词义猜测题。

根据最后一段倒数第二句可推知，动词belittle 和短语make fun of 是近义词，结合选项可知，应选C。

annoy“使恼怒”；blame“责怪”；look down on“蔑视，瞧不起”；make up to “接近，奉承，补足”。

4．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
B 解析：推理判断题。

结合全文可知，第一段导入话题；第二、三段通过具体事例进行分析；根据文章最后一段的开头“In short”可知，最后一段属于总结。

由此可知，本文属于总——分——总的结构，符合本文结构的图表是B选项。

二、单句语法填空
1．I am not accustomed to ___________ (interrupt) when studying or working, so please remember this and don’t do it again.
答案：being interrupted
2．The headmaster hurried to the concert hall, only ___________ (tell) the speaker had gone.
答案：to be told
3．The escaped prisoner got ___________ (arrest) immediately he turned up at the railway station and was sent to prison again.
答案：arrested
4．There were so many cars held up by the heavy rain on the road that we had no alternative but ___________ (wait)．
答案：to wait
5．___________ (assume) that you are chosen to be a volunteer at the Olympic Games, what will you do?
答案：Assuming
6．—My neck is aching.
—No wonder. You ___________ (play) puter games for four hours.
答案：have been playing
7．For a very long time, people always have been trying to find out the ___________ (significant) of life.
答案：significance
8．I had gone only a few steps ___________ I realized that my greeting had been impolite.
答案：when
9．___________ (look) ahead, we must expect some changes to be made in our system of government.
答案：Looking
10．In contrast to our ignorance of saving food, many people especially those in poverty­stricken areas are suffering from ___________ (starve)．
答案：starvation
三、完形填空。

(2018·济南模拟)
I spent last summer volunteering at a hospital.It was a gift to __1__ so many amazing people and I'd like to share one of these moments.One day，I was called to a room where a(n) __2__ woman was ually I helped with __3__ who were ready to leave.Instead，she __4__ to go to the gift shop.I got a __5__，helped her into it，and headed down to the entrance.
When we got there，it wasn't open yet.After a 30­minute __6__，we entered the gift shop.As I pushed her around，I could see the __7__ in her face as she looked at everything，happy to be out of her room.She __8__ some window decorations，and then saw chocolates.She asked me to push her in that __9__，and then I helped her __10__ all the different chocolate arrangements. __11__ she decided on three different boxes.
She told me to write the numbers 1,2，and 3 on the boxes.She __12__ that the nurses were taking such good care of her，so she __13__ chocolates for each of the
three shifts of nurses.As we gave the current shift of nurses their box of chocolates，they __14__ offered some to me before taking some themselves.
There were __15__ all around.Witnessing the old lady's __16__ and getting the opportunity to spend time with someone who got so much joy from life were a __17__ in itself.I have so many more stories，and each person made an impact on my life.I've __18__ that health has a way of bringing people together.__19__ is a blessing，and being in a place where health is so __20__ and appreciated is unlike anything else.
1．A.introduce B．meet
C．attract D．describe
2．A.elderly B．strange
C．important D．famous
3．A.nurses B．kids
C．patients D．parents
4．A.pretended B．wanted
C．failed D．promised
5．A.car B．shopping cart
C．wheelchair D．bike
6．A.ride B．walk
C．drive D．wait
7．A.relief B．anxiety
C．joy D．puzzle
8．A.chose B．made
C．used D．received
9．A.manner B．case
C．direction D．point
10．A.prepare for B．make up
C．figure out D．look through
11．A.Suddenly B．Eventually
C．Fortunately D．Actually
12．A.explained B．declared
C．expected D．imagined
13．A.exchanged B．designed
C．tasted D．bought
14．A.in fact B．at a loss
C．in turn D．at ease
15．A.whispers B．smiles
C．shouts D．cheers
16．A.kindness B．choice
C．decision D．loneliness
17．A.lesson B．chance
C．gift D．fact
18．A.concluded B．imagined
C．predicted D．learned
19．A.Health B．Luck
C．Virtue D．Praise
20．A.tested B．valued
C．maintained D．promoted
【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了作者在医院做义工的经历，老人的善良和快乐让作者领悟到健康是福的道理。

1．B 上文提到作者在医院做义工，下文又提到分享故事，由此可知，此处指“见到”许多了不起的人。

故选B项。

2．A 从下文16空前的“old lady's”可知，此处指“上了年纪的”。

故选A项。

3．C 从语境可知，此处指作者作为医院的义工，通常帮助那些准备离开的“病人”。

故选C项。

4．B 上文提到作者通常帮助那些准备离开的病人。

结合Instead“反而”可知，此处老人并不是准备离开，而是想去礼品店。

故选B项。

5．C 从下文7空前的“As I pushed her around”可知，此处指“轮椅”。

故选C 项。

6．D 前一句提到“当我们到达礼品店时，商店还没有开门”，可以推断此处指30分钟的“等待”。

故选D项。

7．C 从空后的“happy to be out of her room”可知，此处指“高兴”。

故选C项。

8．A 上文提到“she looked at everything”，接下来应是“选择”。

故选A项。

9．C 结合语境可知，此处指老人要求作者推着她朝巧克力的方向走去。

故选C项。

10．D 根据空后的“all the different chocolate arrangements”可以推出，此处指作者帮老人“浏览”了所有不同的巧克力的布置。

故选D项。

11．B 在作者帮老人浏览完后，“最终”老人做出了决定。

故选B项。

12．A 上文提到老人购买了三种不同盒子的巧克力并让作者在上面写上数字。

接下来
是老人向作者解释为何这样做。

故选A项。

13．D 老人解释说护士们如此精心地照顾她，所以她为轮班的护士“买”了巧克力。

故选D项。

14．C 当作者他们给当前值班护士巧克力时，值班护士转而给了作者一些。

故选C项。

15．B 从下文17空前的“who got so much joy from life”可知，此处指“微笑”。

故选B项。

16．A 结合上文老人的行为不难看出，老人是一个善良的人。

故选A项。

17．C 此处指作者的感慨：能和从生活中得到如此多快乐的人在一起本身就是一个“礼物”，和上文第一段的“It was a gift to...people”相呼应。

故选C项。

18．D 此处指作者从做义工的经历中“学习”到，健康常常把人们聚集在一起。

故选D项。

19．A 上文中作者提到健康，接下来说，“健康”是福，符合语境。

故选A项。

20．B此处指待在健康被如此“重视”的地方和其他事情不同，空处与空后的“appreciated”并列。

故选B项。

四、单句改错
1．It seems of great significance for him to be informed regardless what has happened at home and abroad.___________
答案：regardless后加of
2．Every day a number of tourists take pictures in front of the building, which dated back to as early as 800 years ago.___________
答案：dat ed→dates
3．I’m fed up this weather. It’s time we had some sunshine.___________
答案：up后加with
4．Which is announced in today’s paper, they have succeeded in solving many problems with the new theory.___________
答案：Which→As
5．If only I looked ahead a few days ago! Then I wouldn’t have been feeling so worried now.___________
答案：looked前加had
五、单元语法——现在完成进行时
1．(2018·山东济南调研)Over the past decades, sea ice ___________ (decrease) in the Arctic as a result of global warming.
答案：has been decreasing
2．(2018·山东师大附中月考)—O h no! We’re too late. The train ___________ (leave)．—That’s OK. We’ll catch the next train to London.
答案：has left
3．You’d better not call the manager between 7 and 8 this evening, for he ___________ (have) an important meeting then.
答案：will be having
4．The girl has a great interest in sport and ___________ (take) badminton classes twice a week over the last three years.
答案：has been taking
5．(2015·陕西卷)Marty ___________ (work) really hard on his book and he thinks he’ll have finished it by Friday.
答案：has been working。