2019高考英语一轮复习Unit4Filmsandfilmevents牛津译林版选修8

Unit 4 Films and film events
一、阅读理解。

One cold day last November, my wife and I came home from work to a sick young daughter and we decided to stay at home for the night. Problem was, we had two tickets to see Miranda July, the performance artist, being interviewed at the Herbst Theatre. We decided to sell them online for ＄50. One hour before the event, a guy named Peter called me and said he wanted to buy the tickets. Since the time was limited, I told Peter to pay me the next day. Peter seemed touched and we said a fond goodbye.
However, a month later, Peter still didn’t pay me back. A few more weeks passed. Another month. There’d been one e-mail promising to mail the check, then silence.
Maybe he was having a hard time, I thought. But truth was, Peter seemed to be having a pretty normal time. According to the pictures and messages on his Facebook, he had been playing golf, dancing happily with his friends, and traveling on a boat. But he just refused to answer my calls, or reply to my e-mails or messages. So I tried reaching him with my wife’s phone one night. And he didn’t pick up when I called,but texted right back, playfully wondering who might be calling him.
“You should go to his office,”my wife said, “He would have to give you the money if all his cowo rkers were watching.”
But I didn’t want to become a debt collector. My efforts to reach Peter over these months had been light and I wanted to keep it that way. My initial exchange with Peter had been just two regular people agreeing to handle things humanly. There was a rare niceness in that, and I still wanted to keep that balloon in the air, however disappointing it was starting to look. I wanted to believe we could still trust each other.
1.For what reason did the author and his wife decide to sell the ticket?
A. They thought it was too cold that night.
B. They needed to look after their daughter.
C. They wanted to save some money.
D. They were going to be interviewed.
2.On the night the author sold his tickets to Peter, he________.
A. knew he might not get the ＄50.
B. felt a little hesitant.
C. thought he could trust Peter.
D. was moved by Peter’s kindness.
3.Why didn’t Peter pay the author back?
A. Because he didn’t remember it.
B. Because he was too busy to pay.
C. Because he didn’t want to pay.
D. Because he was having a tough time.
4.What can we infer about the author?
A. He would never trust strangers.
B. He might call the police for help.
C. He would go to Peter’s office to talk to him.
D. He still hoped Peter would pay him back.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在网上把两张票卖给Peter，而Peter却迟迟不给钱，作者仍然希望Peter要讲诚信。

1.B 【解析】细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“my wife and I came home from work to a sick
young daughter and we decided to stay at home for the night.”可知，作者和妻子决定卖掉票是为了在家照顾生病的女儿。

2.C 【解析】推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“I wanted to believe we could still trust
each other.”可知，卖给Peter票的时候，作者觉得应该相信他。

4.D 【解析】推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“There was a rare niceness in that, and I
still wanted to keep that balloon in the air, however disappointing it was starting to look. I wanted to believe we could still trust each o ther.”可知，作者仍然希望Peter把那两票钱还给作者。

二、词汇练习。

1.send a __________ to the conference （代表）
Our school was_________ by my maths teacher.
2.We couldn’t ________the theatre through that door. The sign said, ‘No
________’.（进入）
3.in ________of the safety of their products （防御，保卫；辩护）
The army would sacrifice everything to __________ the country.
4.In University, Joe studied __________. （金融；金融的；给…提供经费）
His education was ____________by a merchant.
a__________ burden
5.___________ to the sun, you will get sunburned. （暴露）
___________of the body to the strong sunlight can be harmful.
6.He _________ staying at home to going out at the weekends.
He has a __________ for music.（宁愿；偏爱）
7.some measures _________ his freedom （限制）
make no __________on the kinds of films we show
8.忽略；俯视 v
9.赞助v
10.抵制，拒绝买v b__________
11.策划v
12.赞助商n
13.看起来像v
14.伙伴，搭档n
15.激烈的a
16.快速移动；急剧增长v
17.孵化v
18.不太贵的，谦虚的a
19.积累v
20.认真考虑_________ _________ to…
21.炫耀，夸张__________ ___________
22.fantasy。