1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 3A taste of English humourPeriod One Warming Up & Reading .用括号内单词的正确形式填空1The mother was found ill with a cancer and the whole family_(astonish)2She took _ (particularly) care not to overcook the meat.3Many years later, he became a _ (home) person.4_， he made a _in Shenzhen as a
2、businessman.(fortunate) 5He tried to make his speech more _(entertain)6Id_(convince) myself that I was right.7She prefers to deal with the boss_(direct)8The Festival of Asian Arts & Music will include two days of live _(perform)9I lived in fear of _(failure) my endofterm exams.10The British are said
3、 to have an unusual sense of _(humorous). 短语填空be content with, pick out, star in, be bored with, up to now, cut off, badly off, as if, be convinced of1He _many films during his lifetime.2Charlie Chaplin _the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.3_， the work has been quite smooth.4Then he _t
4、he leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak.5Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even _6He _what he has achieved.7The man talks _he knew everything.8She told me that he had _novel writing.9It is a wonder that he shouldnt _his mistakes.完成句子1The house _from the rest; it has
5、 a large blue door.(pick)这栋房子很容易被从其他房子里认出，它有一扇蓝色的大门。2His speech _by a loud scream from the back seats.(cut)他的演讲被后排的尖叫声打断了。3The poor farmers are badly off for blankets, and even _(badly)这些贫穷的农民需要毯子，更需要食物。4They were walking around the town _for the party.(search)他们正在绕着城镇找聚会的地方。5You can _. I will convi
6、nce him to go there with us.(depend)你可以信任我，我会说服他跟我们一起去那里。6_I havent seen him. (up)直到现在我也没有见到他。7John wrote, directed and produced the films _(star)约翰自编、自导、自制他主演的电影。8Mary _give up smoking.(convince)玛丽劝她的男朋友戒烟。. 阅读理解Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA.He was born in 1835. He was also a f
7、amous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going there, one of his friends said to him
8、that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that hed better not go there. Mark Twain waved(摇动) his hand and said, “It doesnt matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I dont think they will come to visit me.”After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small ho
9、tel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “Im very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town，” one of them said to him. Mark Twain, however, made a joke,
10、 saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didnt come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosqui
11、toes away for him during the whole night.1That day Mark Twain went to the town _Ato see one of his friendsBbecause he wanted to do something there for his writingCbecause he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes thereDto see one of his relatives2The waiters felt sorry because _Athey did something
12、wrong to Mark TwainBtheir hotel was too smallCthe room was not very cleanDthere were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twains room3All the people present laughed heartily because _Athe mosquitoes were very clever and they didnt come into the wrong roomBthe mosquitoes knew Mark Twains room numberCMark T
13、wain gave the waiters some nice presentsDMark Twain made a joke4From the story we know _Ano mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the nightBthe owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at nightCMark Twain didnt have a good rest that nightDthere were not mosquitoes in the hotel a
14、ny longer.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1. _ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2. _， we must be ab
15、le to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.There is no easy way to succeed 3. _learning a language. 4. _ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only 5. _ (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is
16、not much use learning by heart a long list of 6. _ (word) and their meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are 7. _ (satisfy) with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8. _(
17、advise) for those 9. _are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10. _ (write) the language whenever we can.Period OneWarming Up & Reading.1.were astonished2.particular3.homeless4.Fortunately；fortune5entertaining6.convinced7.directly8.performances9.failing10.hu
18、mour . 1.starred in2.picks out3.Up to now4.cuts off5.worse off6.is content with7.as if8.been bored with9.be convinced of. 1.is easily picked out2.was cut off3.worse off for food4.in search of a place5.depend on me6.Up to now7.he starred in8.convinced her boyfriend to . 【文章大意】 文章讲述了马克吐温到一个有很多蚊子的地方，他利
19、用他的幽默化解了宾馆的服务员的歉意，结果宾馆的服务员帮助他驱赶蚊子的小故事。1B细节理解题。根据第二段“One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.”可知B正确。2D细节理解题。根据第三段“when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him.” 可知D正确。3D细节理解题。根据第三段“Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, The
20、mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didnt come into the wrong room.” 可知他开了一个玩笑，所有人都笑了，故D正确。4A细节理解题。根据最后一段“That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.” 可知那天晚上没有蚊子来咬他，故A正确。.【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。作者给了全面了解一门外语的建议。1it考查代词
21、。根据上文的the language可知，此处用it指代。2Thirdly考查副词。根据上文的Firstly，Secondly可知，此处应为Thirdly。3in考查介词。succeed in doing sth 成功做某事。4A考查冠词。因为是第一次出现该名词短语good memory，故表泛指，因此填A。5to memorize考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知，该句中it为形式主语，不定式作真正的主语。6words考查名词。word 为可数名词，a list of 后跟可数名词复数。7satisfied考查固定搭配。固定短语be satisfied with 意为“对感到满意”。8advice考查名词。a piece of advice 意为“一条建议”。9who考查定语从句。分析句子可知，该句的先行词为those，指人，且are studying前缺少主语，故用who来引导该定语从句。10writing考查非谓语动词。practise 后接动名词作宾语。高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！