高一英语上册单元练测试题8

Unit 3 A taste of English humour单元练测卷Ⅰ.单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1.—Honey, let’s go out for dinner.—___ ___ I don’t have to cook.A. Forget it!B. That’s great!C. Why?D. Go ahead.2. This dancing-hall is very famous in this city and ___ ___ popular with the young people.A. speciallyB. particularlyC. happilyD. probably3. Large quantities of oranges are being rotted, so the farmers have to ___ ___ the bad ones and throw themaway, which makes them feel heart-struck.A. pick outB. take offC. turn outD. come out4. After the earthquake, the villagers in the big mountains were almost completely ___ ___ from theoutside world.A. cut upB. cut downC. cut offD. cut in5. My deskmate Wang Jiejun is a girl who is not___ ___ the progress she has made and will achieve greater success.A. suitable forB. satisfying withC. popular withD. content with6. She was ___ ___ that she met Lord Hurst, a famous doctor, when she was injured.A. determinedB. worthwhileC. fortunateD. occupying7. I’m ___ ___ to hear a fat woman lying alive under the ruins for a week without any water or food.A. interestedB. astonishedC. excitedD. disappointed8. In the face of ___ ___ failure, we should keep up a good state of mind and then we will become from___ ___ failure into a success.A. /; aB. a; theC. the; aD. /; the9. Though most of the developed citizens are wondering what they are going to buy, some of the farawayrural farmers are still ___ ___.A. generousB. badly offC. well offD. disturbing10.—Tim, you should ___ ___. Your father is sleeping.—Sorry, Mum. I didn’t know that.A. shoutB. announceC. talkD. whisper11. On receiving a phone call from his wife ___ __ she had a fall, Mr Gordon immediately rushed home fromhis office.A. saysB. saidC. sayingD. to say12. Mr Smith ___ ___ the disadvantages of his own look and stature and became a successful businessman atlast.A. detectedB. reducedC. struggledD. overcame13. The government plans to bring in new laws___ ___ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.A. forcedB. forcingC. to be forcedD. having forced14. I send you 100 dollars today, the rest ___ ___ in a year.A. followsB. followedC. to followD. being followed15. I was surprised by her words, which made me recognize ___ ___ silly mistakes I had made.A. whatB. thatC. howD. whichⅡ.完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr Baker. ”You can work alone or with a partner.”My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects __ 1 __.The __ 2 __ of the Challenge was simple—to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when __ 3 __ the stadium wall.I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. __ 4__ the buttercream gave me an idea.“I have a brilliant design for our__ 5 __ container!”I said when Cassie arrived. “We can __ 6 __ the egg with some buttercream.”“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute (降落伞) __ 7 __?” Cassie rolled her eyes.”The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”I couldn’t believe it. Of course we’d had our little __ 8 __ in thepast, but she’d never called any of my ideas “ _ 9 _ _” before.“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”__ 10 __ words had been out, our friendship was challenged.When Friday finally arrived, I had to __ 11 __ Cassie’s Egg Force O n e l o o k e d p r e t t y g o o d.12 __, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. Wekids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived __ 13 __ three more steps and dropped them again.This would go on till the last egg broke.A f t e r f o u r r o u n d s,o n l y C a s s i e a n d I w e r e__ 14 __.I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds.Had my egg broken? I raced down the __ 15 __. The sidewalk was dotted with egg shells (蛋壳) from those __ 16 __ drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.“That looks like egg drop soup,Laura,”Cassie said. She wash o l d i n g h e r E g g F o r c e O n e.M y__ 17 __ raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket. __ 18 __.“My egg bounced_ 19__,”she explained, pointing to a brokenshell.“A tie(平局),” Mr Baker said.Cassie looked at me, and her glare __ 20 __.I laughed. She smiled...1. A. patiently B. silentlyC. togetherD. alone2. A. function B. goalC. reasonD. result3. A. rolled down B. pushed againstC. thrown atD. dropped over4. A. Spreading B. BoilingC. BakingD. Holding5. A. butter B. sandwichC. creamD. egg6. A. protect B. replaceC. carryD. mix7. A. followed B. coveredC. attachedD. supported8. A. ideas B. fightsC. worriesD. challenges9. A. wrong B. stupidC. brilliantD. scientific10. A. Since B. WhileC. ButD. And11. A. explain B. denyC. admitD. prove12. A. Therefore B. AnywayC. OtherwiseD. Besides13. A. paced down B. turned aroundC. walked upD. went back14. A. left B. wantedC. chosenD. discovered15. A. steps B. wayC. wallD. sidewalk16. A. intended B. unexpectedC. failedD. desired17. A. eyes B. handsC. feetD. heart18. A. Lost B. DirtyC. BrokenD. Empty19. A. around B. outC. inD. down20. A. returned B. remainedC. increasedD. softenedⅢ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AA young couple decided to get married. As the big day drewnearer and nearer, they both grew nervous because each of them had a problem. The bridegroom decided to ask his father for advice. ”Dad,”he said, ”I love Lily very much, but I have very smelly feet, so I’m afraid that she will not put up with them.”His father said, “All you have to do is to wash your feet as often as possible, and you should always wear socks, even when you go to bed.”Well ,it seemed a workable solution, the young man thought.The young woman turned to her mother. ”Mom,”she said, “my morning breath is so bad that I’m afraid my new husband will not want to live in the same room with me. I love him. I can’t live without him.”Her mother said, ”In the morning, get straight out of bed when you wake up, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. Don’t say any word before you brush your teeth.”The young woman followed her mother’s advice.They were finally married in a wonderful ceremony (仪式). Not forgetting the advice each had received ,they carefully spent every day. The husband wore his socks every night and the wife kept her mornings silent; they did quite well until about a month later. Just before dawn(黎明), the husband woke only to find that one of his socks was gone! Thinking of the terrible result, he felt frightened at once. He jumped up and began to search the bed for his sock in a hurry. Of course, this made the wife woken. Without thinking, the wifeasked, ”What on earth are you doing?”The husband stopped in surprise, and then he cried, ”Oh, no! You must have swallowed (吞) my sock!”1. What troubled the young man before he got married?A. His feet had an unpleasant smell.B. He was unprepared for the big day.C. He was too poor to marry the girl.D. His habit was too bad to be known.2. The underlined word “bridegroom”in the first paragraph means “___ ___”.A. a man who has a few big troublesB. a man who hates to wash his feetC. a man who believes his familyD. a man who will get married soon3. The husband said the last sentence of the passage because ___ ___ .A. his wife was very hungry in the morningB. his wife often dreamed of eating thingsC. he wanted to have his wife buy new socksD. he found his wife s breath very smelly4. What would happen next most probably?A. The wife would leave the husband soon.B. The couple would tell each other the truth.C. The husband would buy a new pair of socks.D. The couple’s parents would help find the sock.BMost funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal attraction. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say Charlie Chaplin’s early films. However, a new type of humour, which starts largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion. It is called “sick humour”.Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. The following “sick humour” will enable you to amuse yourself.A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home. He was afraid of having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient’s recovery was slow. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster (石膏).He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The mantook heart and, sure enough, on New Year’s Eve he was able to hobble (蹒跚) along to a party. To make up for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than it was good for him. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals. He was still murmuring something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.5. Which is right?A. All the humour stories are funny in spite of different nationalities.B. One can realize the humour of the stories in his own country.C. Charlie Chaplin made it difficult to laugh at his action.D. Almost all the audience can be made to laugh at some famouscomedians’ action.6. What does the underlined word “consoled” mean?A. Comforted.B. Overcame.C. Confused.D. Disturbed.7. What can we infer from the passage?A. No pains, no gains.B. Extreme joy begets sorrow.C. Once a thief, always a thief.D. Good medicine tastes bitter.8. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. A new kind of humour came into being.B. How to cure your legs is important.C. Christmas is more necessary than anything else.D. Holding a party is interesting for the westerners.CMr Bean is an internationally recognized comedy character on TV and in films. He constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations, which greatly amuses audiences regardless of their nationality or culture. The humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on body language, which is universal.One of my favourite shows has Mr Bean in a fancy restaurant. After being seated at his table, Mr Bean takes out a card, writes a few words on it, seals (密封) it in an envelope and places it on the table. After a moment, he looks back at the envelope but this time he looks surprised, as if he did not know it was there. He opens it to find a birthday card and delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.When he looks at the menu, an astonished look swiftly appears on his face. He takes all the money out of his wallet, counts it and puts it in a saucer. He then looks from the menu to the money with concern until he finds one thing that makes him smile. Then he orders a dish called “steak tartare”. When the dish arrives, he is shocked to discover that “steak tartare” is actually a raw hamburger. He makes an attemptto eat it, but it is clear from the look on his face that he finds the taste truly disgusting. He cannot hide his feelings, except when the waiters ask if everything is all right. When this happens, he smiles and nods, indicating that everything is fine. When the waiters are not looking, however, he busies himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can reach—the sugar bowl, the tiny flower vase, inside a bun and under a plate. He becomes so desperate (令人绝望的) in the end that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurant’s violinist!I like to watch Mr Bean on TV but I wouldn’t want to meet someone like him in real life and I certainly wouldn’t want to have dinner with him!9. Wha t does the underlined word “disgusting” mean?A. Tasting delicious.B. Smelling good.C. Feeling sick.D. Looking fine.10. Why did Mr Bean pretend to smile in front of the waiters?A. He didn’t want the waiters embarrassed.B. He was a fool and in low spirits.C. He liked to express himself in the opposite way.D. He thought the waiters enjoying smiling.11. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A. Mr Bean, A Top Humour ActorB. Raw Hamburger Taste DisgustingC. Being Mannered In A RestaurantD. How To Pretend To Like Something BoringDThe people in the Northeast China often said they had three precious treasures, that is to say, ginseng (人参), pilose antler (鹿茸) and wula grass (乌拉草), but now they have added to them another treasure, Zhao Benshan.They say that Zhao is even more precious than the others because he is a living treasure. He has indeed, through his hard work and talented (有才能的) skill, become a famous actor and humorist and he is liked by all the Chinese people.Zhao was born in 1958 in a small village in Tieling County, Liaoning Province. Talking about his childhood he often said with his eyes full of tears that he was the unluckiest of all. When he was 6 years old he became an orphan. So he had to live with his uncle who was a blind man but played the erhu, a kind of two-stringed instrument played with a bow, fairly well. From that time on he not only learned the skill from his uncle but also imitated him vividly (生动地), which often made his relatives laugh back and forth.When he was in school, Zhao often went hungry, but he had many good friends and was liked by all of his classmates. The one who satnext to him was also a great friend of his. He often shared his meal with Zhao. When his mother found out about this, she invited Zhao to her house. Having heard about his story, she, though a mother of four children, accepted him as one of her own sons. Zhao was so grateful that he kowtowed (磕头) at that moment with a hearty “Mum”.Now Zhao has become a national star. His humourous words and vivid imitation, especially of a blind man or an old woman, are often enjoyed by the whole country. When the Spring Festival comes, people are always looking forward to his wonderful performance.12. Why does the author refer to the three precious treasures?A. To make an advertisement.B. To protect the environment.C. To show the importance of Zhao Benshan’s humour.D. To entertain the children.13. What does the underlined word “imitated” mean?A. Copy others’ action.B. Feel content with others’ action.C. Keep free from others’ action.D. Focus on others’ action.14. Who is the first one Zhao Benshan shows his great thanks to?A. His uncle.B. His classmate’s mother.C. His audience.D. CCTV and Liaoning TV.15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Another Treasure, Zhao Benshan, A HumouristB. A Mother Helped An OrphanC. Friendship Leads To AchievementsD. Learn Early, Succeed EarlyⅣ.短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。