1、Unit 3A taste of English humourSection Learning about Language & Using Language.七选五Do You Have a Positive Attitude?Who would you rather hang around with? Someone who always acts in low spirits? Or someone who manages to see the good around him, even when things arent always going great？ 1 Having a p
2、ositive attitude can help you in many ways. 2 Your friends will definitely appreciate you more if you see the silver lining rather than just the dark clouds! 3 The less pressure you feel, the better you will feel overall. So if youve been feeling tired, put on a happy face and you just might feel be
3、tter soon.But how can you have a positive attitude when life is hard? Its more than just turning lifes lemons into lemonade. 4 But its worth it.A positive attitude doesnt mean ignoring lifes troubles. It just means looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on th
4、e bad in things. Sometimes your attitude can make all the difference. Identify (识别) those areas of your life that might not be going so well. 5 Focus on one at a time and think of ways you can find the positive in things.AThe answer is to have a positive attitude.BHaving a positive attitude can take
5、 some hard work.CThey are likely to make you have negative thoughts.DHaving a positive attitude can also reduce your stress level.EIf you have a positive attitude, youre more fun to be around.FWhen you feel better physically, you naturally feel better mentally.GIts no surprise that people enjoy bein
6、g around positive people rather than negative people.【语篇解读】与那些垂头丧气的人相比，人们更愿意和那些具有积极心态的人在一起。本文论述了积极心态的重要性和拥有积极心态的方法。1解析：选G上文是三个问句：你愿意与什么样的人在一起？是那些总是垂头丧气的人？还是那些总是设法看到事情积极一面的人？因此G项(人们喜欢和积极的人而不是消极的人在一起是意料之中的事)回答了上文提出的三个问题。2解析：选E上一句提到积极的心态可以在很多方面帮到你，因此E项(如果有积极的心态，你就能给身边的人带去更多的快乐)紧承上文，说明了积极心态带给周围的人的好处。3解析
7、：选D上一段讲了积极心态给周围的人带去的好处，下一句提到压力越少，你的整体感觉就越好，因此D项(拥有积极的心态也能减少你的压力)在此承上启下。4解析：选B上一句提到拥有积极的心态不像把柠檬变成柠檬水那样简单，那是需要人的努力的，故B项符合语境。5解析：选C上一句提到要找出生活中不顺的事情，下一句提到一次只专注于一件事，并找到它积极的一面，因此C项(它们可能会使你产生消极的思想)在此承上启下。.完形填空About the year 1900, a small, darkhaired boy was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of L
8、ondon theaters. His name was Charlie Chaplin. He looked thin and hungry 1 his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business.When Chaplin couldnt get 2 ， he wandered about the city 3 . He found food and shelter 4 he could. Sometimes he was 5 to a home for 6 who had no parents.
9、 He was cold and miserable there and the children were beaten for the 7 fault.By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, bestknown and bestloved 8 in the world. Chaplins films have 9 a large audience in various 10 . Even people who dont understand English can 11 Chaplins films because they
10、 are mostly 12 . It isnt what he says that makes us laugh. It depends upon little 13 that mean the 14 thing to people all over the world.Having lived in America for forty years, Chaplin 15 to Switzerland. There he died on Christmas Day 1977. He once 16 himself as a citizen of the world， 17 of any pa
11、rticular country.He once wrote，“You have to believe in yourself. Thats the 18 of success. Even when I was in the childrens home, when I was 19 about the streets trying to find enough food to 20 to keep alive, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world.”【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章就卓别林童年时期
12、的悲惨经历、其电影的风格以及成功的秘诀进行了简要介绍。1A.butBandCorDbecause解析：选A后面的空后的“determined”和前面的“thin and hungry”形成对比，故此处用but表示转折。2A.chanceBopportunityCworkDtask解析：选C“work”与上一段中的“He was hoping to get work in show business.”对应。3A.shopsBstreetsCfactoriesDhomes解析：选B由于没有工作，卓别林在城市的“大街(streets)”上徘徊。4A.wheneverBhoweverCwhateve
13、rDwherever解析：选D因为没有工作，所以他到处流浪，寻找吃的东西和住所。5A.sent awayBsent forCsent upDsent off解析：选Abe sent away to“被遣送到”，符合上下文语境。send for“派人去请”；send up“发射”；send off“寄出”，均不符合语境。6A.boysBgirlsCchildrenDadults解析：选C由“who had no parents”可知是children。7A.littleBfewCleastDslightest解析：选D由前文的“cold and miserable”可知，那里的孩子生活得不好，孩
14、子们会因为“极小的(slightest)”错误而被打。8A.comedianBtragedianCdirectorDartist解析：选A由下文“It isnt what he says that makes us laugh.”可知，他是个“喜剧演员(comedian)”。9A.attackedBattractedCpaidDenjoyed解析：选B他的电影“吸引(attracted)”了一大批观众。10A.placesBcountriesCtheatersDfilms解析：选B由后面的“Even people who dont understand English can .”可知，他的电
15、影吸引了不同“国家(countries)”的观众。11A.seeBwatchCenjoyDvalue解析：选Cenjoy“欣赏”，符合上下文语境。12A.silentBnoisyCquietDstill解析：选A由上文的“Even people who dont understand English can .”及下句“It isnt what he says that makes us laugh.”可判断，电影通常是不出声的。13A.gesturesBlanguageCactivitiesDactions解析：选D由上句“It isnt what he says that makes us
16、 laugh.”可知，这里是靠“动作(actions)”来表达和语言同样的内容。14A.easyBsameCdifferentDsimilar解析：选B卓别林通过动作来表达和语言“相同的(same)”内容。15A.arrivedBreachedCmovedDgot解析：选C由前文的“Having lived in America”及后文的“Switzerland”可知，他“搬到了(moved to)”瑞士。16A.describedBinstructedCconductedDencouraged解析：选A他把自己“描述(described)”为一个世界公民，而不是专属于某个国家的公民。17A.
17、other thanBrather thanCor ratherDother from解析：选B由空前后的“a citizen of the world”及“any particular country”可知，卓别林把自己看作一个世界公民，“而不是(rather than)”专属于某个国家的公民。18A.truthBfactCreasonDsecret解析：选D在卓别林看来，相信自己是成功的“秘诀(secret)”。19A.wonderingBtravelingCwanderingDwalking解析：选C与第2空后的“he wandered about the city .”相呼应。20A.drinkBsleepChideDeat解析：选D与前面的“He found food and shelter 4 he could.”相呼应。1in low spirits情绪低落2a positive attitude一种积极的态度3definitelyadv.肯定；一定4overalladv.全部地；整体地5miserableadj.悲惨的