1、Unit 1 Laugh out loud课时作业(三)Developing ideas & Presenting ideas必备知识基础练进阶训练第一层.单词拼写1Later, the boy became a famous _ (作曲家)2His speech introduced some new _ (概念) to the students.3We can see this from his daily _ (交流) with people.4He took a bath and _ (刮脸) before dinner.5Dont you think its _ (残忍的) to c
2、age a creature up?6His talk _ (结束) by wishing everyone a safe trip home.7The most beautiful _ (地点) on the river is the Three Gorges.8James leaned over to _ (低语) something to Michael.9I am good at dealing with _ (难处理的) problems.10People made a number of rude _ (评论) on the clown.短语填空throw light on, th
3、ink on ones feet, tell off, fall behind, in a whisper, put sb. on the spot, brand of humour1The clown in the circus has his own _.2Please keep calm and the police will _ the cause of the fire.3Shelly was one of those kids who were always getting _.4She hurt her ankle and had _ the others.5This is a
4、very demanding job and you need to _.6He was angry with Alice. What Alice said this morning _.7They sat at the back of the room, talking _.单句语法填空1This movie shows the _ (cruel) of the landowners in the past.2After several hours of discussion, they came to a _ (conclude)3He patted me _ (gentle) on th
5、e back.4When _ (visit) another country, you should be aware of those differences and respect them.5I wont go to attend her party even if _ (invite)6The traveler _ (spot) smoke rising from a small house not far ahead.7You need to invite several _ (compose) to the concert.8He told them _ for arriving
6、late again.课文语法填空For thousands of years, humour has been an essential part of human behaviour. While/Although the jokes in Ancient Greeces comedy might not be as 1._ (fun) to us now as they were then, their authors 2._ (understand) that humour could not only entertain but also throw new light on sen
7、sitive or emotive issues. Due to his wit and satire, Mark Twain 3._(regard) as one of North Americas best and most beloved writers. However, in addition to his funny stories, Mark Twain is 4._ (equal) well known for his witty remarks. Similarly, thanks to his wit, Lin Yutang became well known 5._ a
8、master of humour. As we all know, his invention “Youmo” 6._ (use) today. In fact, both of them understood that humour isnt just about 7._ (laugh), but is a way of life and a tool that can be used 8._ (illuminate) the world. Indeed, some may argue that our need for humour is almost as great 9._ our n
9、eed for water and air. Humour is mankinds 10._ (great) blessing.关键能力提升练进阶训练第二层.阅读I was getting ready to go to bed when the phone rang. This could not be good. My mind raced through the list of family members who might need help, but the voice was hardly familiar. “Lindy, this is Lesley.” I dont know
10、 Lesley well. We did occasionally speak with each other, but to say we were friends was not appropriate. I asked what she needed. Perhaps something really awful caused her to reach someone she barely knew. Instead, she asked me, “Do you have room for a turkey? In your freezer?” We_had_lots_of_room_i
11、n_our_freezer,_and_in_fact,_too_much. “Sure,” I responded, “did your freezer break down?” “Not exactly,” Lesley replied, “but I will explain when I arrive.” Minutes later came a huge freezer truck. Lesley stepped down and explained the lease (租约) of the grocery store her husband serviced had run out
12、 and that they had to empty all the freezers that very night. Thinking it was a shame to throw away all this good food, they decided to drop off food to anyone she could think of. Noticing our freezer was pretty empty, Lesley asked to fill it up. Our home was their last stop and anything left would
13、have to be put in our freezer. An hour later, everything finished. I asked her, “When will you come back for all this?” Lesley laughed, “We dont want it back. It is yours! Thanks for helping us out!” Then they waved goodbye and drove away. “For helping them out?” We opened our freezer door. Inside w
14、ere all expensive foods we never bought but often longed to try. We were struggling to buy groceries, yet it was not something we shared with anyone. However, our needs were met in an unexpected way, by that call, “Do you have room for a turkey?”1How did the writer feel when she heard the phone ring
15、ing? AAnxious. BAngry. CShocked. DRelieved.2What does the writer indicate by the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?ATheir freezer was too large to fill.BTheir freezer was less frequently used.CThey were running out of food supplies.DThey were glad to put the turkey in the freezer.3Why did Lesley ca
16、ll up the writer?ABecause the writer was her good friend.BBecause she knew the writer was in need.CBecause something awful had happened.DBecause she didnt want food to go to waste.4What can be a suitable title for the text?AWho is my angel?BDo you have room for a turkey?CUnexpected bargainsDA friend
17、 on speaking terms.七选五 Are you a happy person or an unhappy person? If youre an unhappy person, please remember that happiness is a choice. _1_ What you need to do is to make some changes. Unhappy people are more likely to believe that life is hard. They see themselves as victims of life when someth
18、ing bad happens to them. Yes, as is known to all, life can be hard. _2_ Unhappy people are more likely to believe that most people cant be trusted. They dont think strangers can be trusted. Unfortunately, this thought slowly starts to prevent them from meeting new people. _3_ In this way, you can ma
19、ke more friends, who can increase your happiness. Unhappy people like comparing themselves with others and feel jealous. _4_ This is wrong. Instead you should get inspired and try to achieve more. Learn to believe in unlimited possibilities. Dont get upset and think that somebodys luck limits your p
20、ossible outcome in life. Unhappy people consider their future with worry and fear. _5_ Unhappy people fill the head space with worry and fear. How can you be happy if you are always in worry or fear? When fear or worry crosses your mind, ask yourself if there is an action you can take to prevent you
21、r fear or worry from happening. If there isnt, just lay it down because worry or fear does you no good at all. Everyone will probably swim in negative waters once in a while, but what matters is how long you stay there. Follow the ways mentioned above and then you will be much happier. AYou can choo
22、se to be happy. BUnhappiness is also a choice. CThere is only so much space between your ears. DThey believe that someone elses luck is stolen from their own. EYou should try to be kind to others in order to make more friends. FBut you should have a positive attitude towards life instead of complain
23、ing all the time. GInstead, you should believe in the good in people and stay open and friendly towards those you meet.完形填空When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor _1_ me to do so. She said, “To travel around the world can_2_ your knowledge through
24、actual experiences and make you have fun.” I _3_ her. Since I started to work for a _4_ company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. With the help of the Internet, I have also got _5_ about food in different countries. Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips
25、were _6_ essential until I happened to read a famous chefs comment on the Internet. He said, “When we enjoy food and the _7_ around us at the same time, why dont you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian _8_?”Those words reminded me of my _9_ advice. As information technology_10_, you might be ab
26、le to do it without making a real trip. But this also means that you will miss the various _11_ you can get from traveling. Today there are people who_12_direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people _13_not with each oth
27、er but into their microphones. However, we should never let it _14_our time for facetoface communication. Lets make use of information technology more _15_,and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.1A.promised Ballowed Cimpressed Dencouraged2A.build up Buse Cpractice Dexchange3A.agreed wit
28、h Blearned from Cfollowed Dobeyed4A.car Bfood Cclothing Dmachine5A.information Btaste Ccooks Dadvertisements6A.even more Bno longer Cmuch Dactually7A.people Bdrink Catmosphere Denvironment8A.shoes Bdishes Ccustomers Dsituations9A.friends Bparents Cprofessors Dbosss10A.produces Badvertises Cforms Dad
29、vances11A.news Bpleasures Ctroubles Dplaces12A.avoid B. keep Close Denjoy13A.meeting Btalking Ccommunicating Dtraveling14A.spare Bincrease Creduce Duse15A.wisely Bcorrectly Cquickly Dslowly.语法填空When 1._(meet) people at the airport, most people smile and shake hands with people they meet. We know tha
30、t a smile is usually a sign that people feel 2._(friend) and happy, but what if we dont know 3._the new person is? What if we are not introduced by a friend? What if we are meeting a stranger in 4._unfamiliar place? Sometimes people are 5._ (danger) and humans have to find ways to protect 6._ (they)
31、. We have to make sure we can trust people we do not know, and we have to show that we are not aggressive. Showing our hands 7._(mean) that we are not armed. In many cultures today, the Western custom of shaking hands 8._(use). We use our right hand, 9._ is usually stronger than the left one. If we
32、are using our hand this way, it means that we cannot be holding a knife10._ a gun. It shows that we trust the other person, and that the other person can trust us.课时作业(三)Developing ideas & Presenting ideas必备知识基础练.单词拼写1composer2.concepts3.interactions4.shaved5.cruel6concluded7.spot8.whisperplicated10
33、.remarks.短语填空1brand of humour2.throw light on3.told off4.fallen behind5.think on your feet6.put him on the spot7.in a whisper.单句语法填空1cruelty2.conclusion3.gently4.visiting5.invited6.spotted7composers8.off.课文语法填空1答案与解析:funny考查形容词。句意:尽管古希腊喜剧中的笑话现在对我们来说可能没有当时那么好笑分析句子结构可知,这里用形容词funny作be的表语,构成系表结构。2答案与解析:
34、understood考查时态。句意:但它们的作者明白,幽默不仅可以娱乐,而且可以使敏感或情绪化的问题更容易理解。因为是古希腊的作者,因此要用过去式。3答案与解析:is regarded考查固定句型。句意:由于他的机智和讽刺,马克吐温被认为是北美最优秀和最被人喜欢的作家之一。be regarded as被认为是。4答案与解析:equally考查副词。句意:然而,除了他有趣的故事外,马克吐温也同样以其机智的言论而出名。根据句式结构,这里用副词equally作状语,来修饰谓语部分is well known for。5答案与解析:as考查固定搭配。句意:同样地,由于他的机智,林语堂作为幽默大师而出名。
35、be/become well known as意为“作为而(变得)著名”,其后的名词表示一个人的身份、职业等。6答案与解析:is being used考查被动语态。句意:我们都知道,林语堂发明的“幽默”现在还在被使用着。根据句意可知,用现在进行时的被动语态。7答案与解析:laughter考查名词。句意:事实上,他们两个都明白幽默不仅仅是关于笑声laughter n笑,笑声;古好笑的事。8答案与解析:to illuminate考查不定式。句意:还是一种生活方式,是一种可以用来解释世界的工具。be used to do sth.被用来做某事。9答案与解析:as考查as. as的用法。句意:事实上,
36、有些人可能会说,我们对幽默的需求几乎和我们对水和空气的需求一样大。as. as和一样10答案与解析:greatest考查形容词的最高级。句意:幽默是人类最大的福气。根据句意可知这里用形容词的最高级。关键能力提升练.阅读【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者的朋友Lesley某天打电话给作者,询问作者家里的冰箱还有没有地方放火鸡,她解释说是因为她丈夫经营的杂货店的租约到期,那天晚上他们不得不清空所有的冰柜。结果刚好拯救了食物快要吃完的作者一家的故事。1答案与解析:A推理判断题。根据第一段第二句“This could not be good.”可知作者听到电话铃声时,认为肯定不是好事,由此推
37、知作者当时的心情是很焦急的。2答案与解析:C推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二句“We were struggling to buy groceries, yet it was not something we shared with anyone.”可知作者一家一直在努力买食品,因此可推测作者家的冰箱里有很多空间,事实上,太多了。其暗含意思为他们的食物快要吃完了。3答案与解析:D细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“Thinking it was a shame to throw away all this good food, they decided to drop off food to any
38、one she could think of.”可知他们认为扔掉这么多好吃的食物是一种耻辱,决定把食物送给她能想到的任何人。即Lesley打电话给作者的原因是她不想浪费食物。4答案与解析:B主旨大意题。文章通过作者朋友Lesley的一个电话询问作者的冰箱有没有空余的地方开始,叙说了整个故事,故选B最符合题意。.七选五【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。你是个快乐的人还是个不快乐的人呢?快乐是一种选择,如果你想快乐,你就能变得快乐。每个人都有不快乐的时候,关键是你的快乐能持续多久。1答案与解析:A根据上文的“If youre an unhappy person, please remember tha
39、t happiness is a choice.”可知,快乐是一种选择。由此可知,选项A“你可以选择快乐”与上文衔接最好,故选A。2答案与解析:F根据上文的“They see themselves as victims of life when something bad happens to them. Yes, as is known to all, life can be hard.”可知,生活很艰难,但一个人不能把自己当做生活的受害者,因此,选项F“但是你应该对生活有一个积极的态度,而不是一直抱怨”与上文最符合,故选F。3答案与解析:G根据上文“Unhappy people are m
40、ore likely to believe that most people cant be trusted. They dont think strangers can be trusted.”可知,那些不开心的人往往不信任别人,认为陌生人是不可信任的,因此,选项G“相反,你应该相信人的优点,对你遇到的人保持开放和友好的态度”最合题意,故选G。4答案与解析:D根据上文的“Unhappy people like comparing themselves with others and feel jealous.”可知,不开心的人喜欢和别人比较,而且会感到嫉妒,再结合下文的“This is wr
41、ong.”可知,选项D“他们相信别人的运气是从自己身上偷来的”衔接最好,故选D。5答案与解析:C根据下文的“Unhappy people fill the head space with worry and fear.”可知,不开心的人头脑中总是充满了害怕和忧虑。因此,选项C“你的两只耳朵之间只有这么大的空间”(两耳之间就是指head),与下文最相符,故选C。.完形填空【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者上大学时经常出国旅行,而工作后大部分是通过互联网进行旅行的。由此作者想到现在的人们都喜欢在网上交流,面对面的交流少了,作者提出我们应该更加明智地利用信息技术,从而在体验实际生活时获得愉悦。1
42、答案与解析:D那是因为教授鼓励“我”这样做。encourage鼓励,故选D项。promise许诺;allow允许;impress使钦佩。2答案与解析:A根据常识可知周游世界能增进你的知识,build up增进,故选A项。use使用;practice练习;exchange交换。3答案与解析:A“我”同意她的观点。agree with同意,故选A项。learn from向学习;follow跟随;obey服从。4答案与解析:B根据下文about food in different countries可知,“我”在食品公司工作,food食物,故选B项。car汽车;clothing衣服;machine机
43、器。5答案与解析:A在网络的帮助下,“我”得到了一些关于其他国家的食物的信息,information信息,故选A项。taste味道;cook厨师;advertisement广告。6答案与解析:B因此“我”开始感觉没有必要再去实际旅行了。no longer不再,故选B项。even more更多的;much多;actually事实上。7答案与解析:C此处指享受食物的同时享受周围的气氛。atmosphere气氛,故选C项。people人们;drink饮料;environment环境。8答案与解析:B此处指为什么不飞往意大利去享受一下真正的意大利的菜肴呢?dish菜肴,故选B项。shoe鞋;custo
44、mer顾客;situation状况。9答案与解析:C那些话使“我”想起了教授的建议。professors教授的,故选C项。friends朋友的;parents父母的;boss老板的。10答案与解析:D此处指随着信息技术的进步。advance进步,故选D项。produce生产;advertise打广告;form形成。11答案与解析:B这就意味着你会错过旅行中的各种乐事。pleasure乐事,故选B项。news新闻;trouble麻烦;place地方。12答案与解析:A今天,有些人避免与他人直接沟通,把大部分时间花在互联网上。avoid避免,故选A项。keep保持;lose失去;enjoy享受。1
45、3答案与解析:Btalk with sb.与某人交谈,talk into sth.对某物讲话,故选B项。meet见面;communicate交流;travel旅行。14答案与解析:C我们不应该让面对面的交流减少。reduce减少,故选C项。spare节约;increase增长;use使用。15答案与解析:A我们应该更加明智地利用信息技术。wisely明智地,故选A项。correctly正确地;quickly快速地;slowly缓慢地。.语法填空【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。微笑让人感到友善和高兴,但是如果遇到陌生人,我们如何知道他们不是危险的呢?而握手特别是用我们有力的右手,恰恰表明我们彼此信
46、任。1答案与解析:meeting考查现在分词。meet与其逻辑主语most people是主动关系,因此用现在分词作状语。2答案与解析:friendly考查形容词。feel是连系动词,后面应该用形容词作表语,friendly是形容词,意为“友好的”。3答案与解析:who考查宾语从句。know后面跟的是宾语从句,该空在从句中作表语指人,故应填疑问代词who。4答案与解析:an考查冠词。此处指一个不熟悉的地方。unfamiliar以元音音素开头,所以用an。5答案与解析:dangerous考查形容词。根据该句的结构可以判断,are后面应该填形容词作表语。dangerous危险的。6答案与解析:th
47、emselves考查反身代词。反身代词通常表示它与句中的主语是同一人,在句中作宾语,不能省略。反身代词以self(单数)或selves(复数)结尾。由humans可知填themselves。7答案与解析:means考查主谓一致。主句的主语为动名词短语Showing our hands,动名词短语作主语,谓语动词应该用单数形式。8答案与解析:is used考查时态和语态。此处指这种握手的西方的习俗被使用,应该用被动语态,根据上下文句子的时态,可以判断此处应该用一般现在时,因此应该填is used。9答案与解析:which考查非限制性定语从句。设空处引导非限制性定语从句,先行词是right hand,表示物,在从句中作主语,因此该空应该用关系代词which。10答案与解析:or考查并列连词的用法。此处指不可能拿着刀子或者枪,此处应该表示选择关系,or表示“或者”。