1、Module2 Developing and Developed Countries Period ThreeCultural Corner 同步精练(外研版必修3,课标通用)时间:45分钟.单词拼写1Town twinning have similar features such as tourism,industry,culture and_(娱乐)2There are visits and_(交换)between schools,theatre groups and sports teams.3Harbin is a cold,_(工业的)centre in the north. It
2、has over three million inhabitants.4Beijing has a lot more_(居民)than Sydney and is much more crowded.5Beijing doesnt have as much_(旅游业)as Hong Kong.答案1.entertainment2.exchanges3.industrial4.inhabitants5.tourism.完成句子1她正在购买一套靠近她办公室的单元房。She is buying a flat _her office.2由于交通堵塞,他迟到了。He was late_the traff
3、ic jam.3他工作努力,结果,他被提拔得很快。He worked hard, and _, he got promoted quickly.4史密斯先生昨天没参加会议,那是因为他生病了。Mr. Smith didnt attend the meeting yesterday. _he was ill.5这事对我来说无关紧要。The matter is _ to me.答案1.close to2.as a result of3.as a result4.That was because5.of no importance.单项填空1It was raining heavily. Little
4、 Mary felt cold so she stood_to her mother.Aclose BcloselyCclosed Dclosing答案A句意:雨下得很大,小玛丽觉得很冷,所以紧挨她妈妈站着。close在这里作副词,表示“紧紧地”。closely表示抽象意义上的“密切地”,不合句意。2He made one big mistake, and,_,lost his job.Aafter all Bas a resultCabove all Dat last答案B考查result的用法。as a result意为“因此”,故选B。3Half an hour before the p
5、erformance began, the hall was already_spectators.Acrowding with Bcrowded withCfull with Dfilled of答案B句意:表演开始之前还有半小时,大厅里就已挤满了观众。表示“挤满”可以用be crowded with, be full of或be filled with,故选B。4I have offered to paint the house_a weeks accommodation.Ain exchange for Bwith regard toCby means of Din place of答案
6、Ain exchange for意为“换取”。句意:我主动提出粉刷这座房子来换一周的住宿。with regard to关于;by means of用,凭借;in place of代替。5I dont think your views are_mine.Asimilar with Bsimilar toCsimilar as D. similar on答案B考查similar的用法。be similar to意为“和相似”,为固定搭配,故选B。6That soldier was suspected to_the crime.Aconnect to Bconnect withCbe connect
7、ed to Dbe connected with答案D句意:这位士兵被怀疑与这起犯罪案件有关。be connected with意为“和有联系;和有关”;be connected to意为“与相连”。7Youll find this map of great_in helping you to get around London.Aprice BcostCvalue Dusefulness答案C考查词义辨析。of valuevaluable(有价值的),符合语意。也可用of useuseful。8Two middleaged passengers fell into the sea._,nei
8、ther of them could swim.AIn fact BLuckilyCUnfortunately DNaturally答案C由语境知,此处指“不幸地是”。9What about going out for a walk after supper?_.Walking after meals is good for health.AI couldnt agree more BI am afraid notCI believe not DI dont think so答案Awhat about表示征求意见,再根据答语后半句可知此处表示同意,故A项“我完全同意”切题。10Tom does
9、nt have to be made_.He always works hard.Astudy Bto studyCstudied Dstudying答案B句意:没有必要逼着Tom学习,他总是很努力。当使役动词make用于被动语态时,作主补的不定式要加上to。11At evening he was_some of his friends with a big meal at home and they all had a good time.Apleasing BentertainingCproviding Doffering 答案Bentertain sb with sth用款待。pleas
10、e使高兴;provide提供;offer主动提出。12Youre late again.But this is_the bus broke down on the way.Awhy BthatCwhat Dbecause答案D考查句式。This is because.这是因为。.完形填空It was the night of the full moon,a time which always drives Javas young people mad with excitement.Fireworks were lit long before the moon_1_.The big noise
11、 brought people out_2_the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene. Everywhere,there were the paper remains of_3_fireworks lying on the ground.Little boys_4_more and covered their ears as they waited_5_for the explosions.The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线):huge,_6_ball high above the city,and
12、the_7_filled with people,as Java began to enjoy one of the years greatest_8_:“the Night of the Full Moon”,a festival that is especially popular_9_young people.More and more young Javanese_10_together and walked slowly through the_11_.Joking and chatting,they moved towards the mountain_12_the city.Th
13、ey continued to climb_13_they reached the old temple(寺庙) at the_14_of the mountain.After they were_15_the temple,they drank their water and ate their mooncakesdelicious homemade ones,_16_of dried fruit and nuts.Outside on the mountain,young people_17_crosslegged in circles,chatting and telling each
14、other jokes.And_18_,in their hundreds,more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to_19_the brightly shining moon.By midnight,the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the_20_city in the valley below them. But during the night,the sound continued to be heard from the distance.1A.l
15、et out Bgave outCcame out Dset out答案Ccome out意为“出来”。根据下文中的“The moon appeared above the horizon”可判断出在月亮出来前就点燃了爆竹。let out意为“放掉,泄露”;give out意为“分发,发出(气味、热等)”;set out意为“出发,开始”。2A.into Bat Cof Dfrom答案Ainto意为“向内,到里”,表示“较大的声音把人们带入温暖的夜晚,享受有趣的景色”。 at意为“在”,用于表示时刻、年节、年龄;of意为“的,属于的”,表示所属关系。from意为“从,自”,表示时间。3A.bu
16、rning BusedCexploded Dbroken答案Cexplode意为“使爆炸”。根据被修饰的名词fireworks 可判断出 爆炸了的爆竹所剩余的碎纸在地上到处都是。burn意为“烧,烧焦”;use意为“使用,利用”;break意为“打破,折断”。4A.lit Bbought Cpiled Dremoved答案Alight意为“点着,变亮”,其宾语more指上文中的fireworks。根据上下文的内容可判断出孩子们点更多的爆竹。buy意为“买”;pile意为“堆起,堆积”;remove意为“移动,开除”。5A.patiently BcalmlyCworriedly Dexcited
17、ly答案Dexcitedly意为“兴奋地”,点燃爆竹是一件激动人心的事,所以孩子们兴奋地等待着爆竹爆炸。patiently意为“有耐性地,有毅力地”;calmly意为“平静地,冷静地”;worriedly 意为“担心地”。6A.silver Bnew Ccolorful Dgold答案Asilver意为“银(白)色的”。根据常识可判断出当月亮升起时,其颜色是银白色的。new意为“新的,崭新的”;colorful意为“华美的,色彩的”;gold意为“金的,金制的”。7A.mountains BvalleysCstreets Dshops答案Cstreet意为“街道”。根据上文中的“above t
18、he city”可判断出庆祝活动是在城里进行的,所以街道上挤满了人。mountain 意为“山,山岳”;valley意为“谷,山谷”;shop意为“店铺,(零售)商店”。8A.games Bmeetings Csports Devents答案Devent意为“大事,活动”。根据下文中的“ the Night of the Full Moon,a festival that is especially popular with young people.”可判断出庆祝the Night of the Full Moon节日是人们最重要的大事之一。game意为“游戏,娱乐”;meeting意为“会
19、合,集合”;sport意为“运动,运动比赛”。9A.for Bto Cwith Din答案Cbe popular with意为“受欢迎,在间名声好”。根据上文中的“It was the night of the full moon,a time which always drives Javas young people mad with excitement.”可判断出the Night of the Full Moon是最受年轻人欢迎的节日。10A.danced BgatheredCdrank Dshouted答案Bgather意为“集合在一起”。根据上文中的“and the street
20、s filled with people”可判断出有更多的年轻人聚集在一起。dance 意为“跳舞,舞蹈”;drink意为“饮,喝”;shout意为“呼喊,叫喊”。11A.village BsceneCnight Dground答案Cnight 意为“夜”。根据上文中的“It was the night of the full moon,a time which always drives Javas young people mad with excitement”可判断出年轻人穿行在夜里。village 意为“村庄”;scene意为“景色,风景”;ground 意为“地面,运动场”。12A
21、.on the edge of Bon the way toCin the center of Din the direction of答案Aon the edge of意为“在边缘”,表示“他们到城外的山上去”。on the way to 意为“在去的路上”;in the center of 意为“在中心”;in the direction of 意为“朝方向”。13A.while Buntil Cunless Dthough答案Buntil 意为“直到为止”,根据主句的谓语动词continued 可判断出他们一直走到山顶上的寺庙。while 意为“当的时候”;unless 意为“如果不,除
22、非”。though 意为“虽然”。14A.tip Bback Ctop Dbottom答案Ctop 意为“顶,顶部”,at the top of the mountain 意为“在山顶上”,表示“山顶上的寺庙”。 tip意为“尖端,顶端”;back意为“背,背部”;bottom 意为“底,底部”。15A.inside Bnear Coff Dacross答案Ainside意为“内部,里面”。根据下文中的“Outside,on the mountain,young people sat crosslegged in circles,chatting and telling each other
23、jokes.”可判断出进入寺庙里的年轻人喝水、吃月饼。near 意为“近,接近”;off意为“离开,脱掉”;across意为“横过”。16A.fond Blittle Cfull Dfree答案Cfull意为“充满的,装满的”。be full of意为“充满”,表示“月饼里有干水果和坚果”。fond意为“喜欢,爱好”。little 意为“小的”;free意为“自由的”。17A.jumped Bsat Cstood Dbent答案Bsit意为“坐”。根据下文中的crosslegged可判断出他们坐着围成了一个圆圈,因为crosslegged意为“盘着腿”。jump意为“跳,跳跃”;stand意为
24、“站立,站起来”;bend it为“弯曲,转向”。18A.so Beven CyetDstill答案Dstill意为“还,仍”,表示“又有成百上千的年轻人继续向山上爬去”。so意为“因此”;even意为“(加强语气)即使,甚至”;yet意为“依然,仍旧”。19A.follow Bshow Cnotice Dadmire答案Dadmire 意为“称赞,欣赏”。根据其宾语the brightly shining moon 可判断出人们爬上山来欣赏和赞美明亮的月亮。follow 意为“跟着,跟随”;show意为“出示,显示”;notice 意为“注意到,注意”。20A.clean Bgray Cpe
25、aceful Dempty答案Bgray 意为“灰色的”。根据时间状语by midnight 和地点状语in the valley below them 可判断出由于已经到了半夜,城市在他们下面的山谷里,所以呈现出灰色的颜色。clean 意为“清洁的”;peaceful意为“和平的”;empty 意为“空的”。.阅读理解Dr.Wiseman started “the laugh lab” project in September 2001.It is the largest study of humor.Participants(参加者)are invited to log on the la
26、ugh lab website,give a few personal details,tell their favorite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.The project will last for a year,and the organizers hope to finally discover the worlds funniest joke.But there is also a serious purpose.The researchers want to know what people from diffe
27、rent nations and cultures find funny.And they want to find out the differences between the male and female senses of humor.The idea is that if we want to understand each other,we have to find out what makes us laugh.This is a subject that has long interested psychologists(心理学家)and philosophers(哲学家)M
28、ost of the time,people are not completely honest.We do things that society expects of us and say things that help us get what we want.But laughing cannot be controlled.When we laugh,we tell the truth about ourselves.By December 2001,over 10,000 jokes had been submitted.This gave the scientists enoug
29、h evidence to make early conclusions.It seems that men and women do have different senses of humor,for instance.“Our findings show the major differences in the ways in which males and females use humor,” said Dr.Wiseman.“Males use humor to appear superior(优越)to others,while women are more skilled in
30、 languages and prefer word play.”Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor.The British enjoy what is usually called “toilet humor”But the French like their jokes short and sharp:“Youre a high priced lawyer.Will you answer two questions for $500?” “Yes.What
31、s the second question?”The Germans are famous for not having a sense of humor.But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality.Perhaps that proves the point.Is this joke funny?I dont know,but lets say yes,just to be safe.Dr.Wisem
32、an and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer.But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing.Perhaps this is relief.Computers already seem like they can do everything.At least they should leave the funny stuff to us.1Scientists started “the laugh lab” project
33、_.Ato find the funniest joke in European countriesBto know what funny people from different nations and cultures findCto find out the differences between the male and female senses of humorDto get more personal details about participants答案C由第二段的第四句话“And they want to find out the differences between
34、the male and female senses of humour.”可知C项为正确答案。2We can infer from the passage that_.Amost of the people all over the world are completely honestBpsychologists and philosophers take interest in “the laugh lab” projectCordinary people are not interested in “the laugh lab” project at allDpeople tell t
35、he truth about themselves only when they laugh答案B由第三段的第一句话“This is a subject that has long interested psychologists and philosophers.”可知。3What is the main idea of the fourth and fifth paragraphs?AMen and women have different senses of humor.BMales and females have similar senses of humor.CAbout 10,0
36、00 jokes have been submitted from September 2001 to December 2001.DScientists have collected enough evidence to make conclusions.答案A第四段的第四句话为两段的主题句。“It seems that men and women do have different senses of humor,for instance.”说明A项为正确答案。4The writer gave the examples of the British,the French and the Germans_.Ato show that the French people have a better sense of humorBto prove that the British people have a sense of “toilet humor”Cto show people from different nations have different senses of humorDto prove that the Germans have no sense of humor答案C作者举不同国家幽默的例子是为了表明不同国家的人有不同的幽默感。