2017-2018学年高考英语北师大版一轮复习课时作业

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I was brought up in the British, stiff_upper_lip_style．Strong feelings aren't something you display in public.So, you can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief(悲伤) at a Chinese funeral.
My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness.He was 31.The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset.A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk.Somehow we got through the day's work.The next day was the funeral.
Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy and was soon in tears.She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: “There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven.” Next came a long-term colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion.Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute(哀悼), weeping openly as he spoke.Sorrow is spreading.Men and women were now sobbing uncontrollably.Finally, the man's mother, supported between two women, addressed her son in his coffin.At one point, the mother almost collapsed and had to be held up.We were invited to step
forward to each lay a white rose on the casket.Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap.At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.
In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral.Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair.It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.
Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained(克制) by Chinese standards.In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily.This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens.But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world.Chinese grief is no different.I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.
It was our newspaper's production day.We were bussed back to the office to resume work.No more deadlines for our former colleague, but we had to pull together to put the newspaper to print.The boss invited the team to go out for dinner after work.We relaxed, smiled, joked.There was no mention of the funeral or our poor
colleague.Enough sorrow had been shed already.We needed a break.
解题导语：在英国长大的作者不太适应中国葬礼上当众痛哭的场景，表现了中西文化一种不同的观念。

1．The underlined words “stiff upper lip style”mean “______”．A．cold­blooded B．warm­hearted
C．self­controlled D．light­hearted
解析：词义猜测题。

根据下句“Strong feelings aren't something you display in public.”可知感情不能在公共场合释放，故选C。

答案：C
2．At the funeral, ________．
A．five individuals made speeches
B．the boss's speech was best thought of
C．everyone was crying out loudly
D．the writer was astonished by the scene
解析：细节理解题。

根据第三段“At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.”可知作者对于丧礼上的事情感觉很吃惊，故选D。

答案：D
3．According to the writer, people in the West________．
A．are not willing to be sad for the dead
B．prefer to control their sadness in public
C．cry their eyes out at the public funeral
D．have better way to express sadness
解析：细节理解题。

根据第一段“Strong feelings aren't something you display in public.”和第四段“try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment which is what many of us do in the West.”可知西方人在公共场合要控制自己悲伤的心情，故选B。

答案：B
4．It is implied that ________．
A．the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens' time
B．Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples
C．victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored
D．English funeral culture is more civilized than the others
解析：推理判断题。

根据第五段“In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily.This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens.”可知在狄更斯时代人们要为了死去的人大声地哭，故选A。

答案：A
5．This passage talks mainly about ________．
A．an editor's death B．bad funeral customs
C．western ways of grief D．cultural differences
解析：主旨大意题。

文章通过葬礼上人们表达情感的方式的不同比较了中西文化的不同，故选D。

答案：D
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Tom was having much troubles getting up in the morning and was always late with work.His boss wanted to fire him if he didn't start coming on time, but he went to the doctor for help.The doctor gave him a medicine and told him to take them before he went to bed.The man did as told and slept really well, wake up before the alarm had even gone off.He had time for a properly breakfast and was still the first reach the factory.“Boss，”he said, “that medicine really works！”“I'm pleasing to hear it, ”said his boss，“but where are you yesterday? ”
Tom was having much troubles
trouble getting up in the morning and
was always late with
for work. His boss wanted to fire him if he didn't
start coming on time，but
so he went to the doctor for help. The doctor
gave him a some medicine and told him to take them it
before he went to bed. The man did as told and slept really well, wake waking
up before the alarm had even gone off. He had time for a properly proper
breakfast
and was still the first reach the factory.“Boss ，” he said, “that
medicine really works ！”“I'm pleasing pleased
to hear it, ” said his boss ，
“ but where you yesterday? ”。