1、Unit 17 Laughter Period TwoLaughter is the Best Medicine 课时精练（北师大版选修6，课标通用）(时间：30分钟).短语填空1Dr. Yuan Longping has been devoting himself to developing new hybrid rice, so one day the world will _ hunger.2She always _ the smell of fresh bread _ her grandmother, who loves baking.3He is a determined man.D
2、ifficulties and hardships cant _ him.4He is aged seventy but _.He often plays pingpong with young men.5Have you ever _ a jam and felt very anxious?6He nearly _ a bus when it stopped suddenly in front of him.答案1.get rid of2.associates；with3.have an effect on4stays active5.been stuck in6.ran into.完成句子
3、1当我在公司的聚会上演出时，我能够责骂经理们。When I _ _ company parties，I can _ _ _.2我能禁止他们给人们太多的工作，要求更长的午休时间，甚至建议他们有些时尚感。I can _ them _ _ people so much work, _ _ longer lunch breaks or even _ them _ their _ _.3当然我是用一种很傻的方式做这些事的，我们都会因此大笑。Of course I do it _ _ _ _ and we all get to _ _ _ _.4福莱博士正在谈论关于与幽默有关的笑的作用的研究。Dr Fry
4、 is talking about studies _ _ _ of laughter _ _ _.5我们讲笑话时使用的表达有与英语表达相似的吗？Do we have expressions we use _ _ _ that _ _ _English expressions?答案1.perform at；scold the managers2.forbid；from giving；ask for；advise；on；fashion sense3.in a silly way；have a good laugh4.on the effects；associated with humour5wh
5、en telling jokes；are similar to.单项填空1She could hardly resist_when she heard that she hadnt passed the test.Ato cry BcryCbeing crying Dcrying答案D考查resist的用法，resist后面要用动名词，而不用动词不定式。2The bad quality of the products_the customers complaint and disbelief.Aresulted in Bresulted fromCbrought in Dbrought out
6、答案Aresult in导致，带来；result from起因于；bring in赚钱；引进，使参加；bring out揭示；出版。3How was your exam?Well. I_about it all week, but it turned out to be quite easy.Ahad been worrying BworriedChave been worried Dwas worried答案A出现all week，all the afternoon，all day要考虑用had been doing表示一段时间内一直在进行，所以选A。4Jack walked into th
7、e teachers office，_that he cheated on the exam.Ato acknowledge BacknowledgingChaving acknowledged Dto have acknowledged答案Backnowledge承认，其ing形式作伴随状语。5The building was about to fall, so the police_anyone _into it.Aforbade；to goBhad forbidden；from goingChad forbidden；to goDforbade；going答案Aforbid的动作是一般过
8、去性的行为，没有强调完成性，所以排除B和C，forbid sb to do/from doing。6Most Chinese people make _ a custom to have a family gathering at the Spring Festival.Athat Bit Cthis Done答案Bit作形式宾语，代替to have a family gathering。句意：春节期间举家团圆对中国人来说是一种风俗。7On my way home, I saw several men_a teenager.I was told later that the teenager
9、was a thief.Arunning over Brunning acrossCrunning after Drunning into答案Csee sb doing sth 看到某人在做某事。run over从上通过；run across偶遇；run after追逐，追赶；run into偶遇，撞上。8The author of the guidebook is an architect_.Aof profess Bby professionalCof professor Dby profession答案Dby profession表示“作为职业”。9Thats me when I got
10、 married; see what I look like now！Why not take up exercise to improve your _？Aappearance BformCshadow Dfigure答案Dfigure身材，体形。10Where will the concert be held?_.Ask Ann.AIts up to you BIt doesnt matterCI have no idea DNo problem答案CIts up to you你决定吧；It doesnt matter没关系；I have no idea我不知道；No problem没问题
11、。11He has a lot of bad habits _.Ato get rid Bto get rid ofCto get away Dto get away from答案B句意：他有许多坏习惯要克服。12When he applied for a _in the company, he was told to see the manager.Alocation BprofessionCcareer Dposition答案Dposition职位；location方位；profession专业，职业；career事业。13He has no_the famous university.A
12、trouble to enter Btrouble enteringCtroubled to enter Dtroubled entering答案Bhave trouble (in) doing sth 做有困难。14Will this new wall_the force of the sea?Aenforce BresistCreserve Ddefend答案Bresist抵抗，忍受；enforce强制，强迫；reserve保留，预订；defend保卫，防御。15The incident has further increased the_between the two countries
13、.Aadmission BpermissionCdivision Dtension答案D句意：该事件导致两国关系更加趋于紧张。tension“紧张，焦虑”。.阅读理解ALittle girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers.Despite gains in recent years，women are still poorer than men in some areas of math achievement.Now, a study of first and second grad
14、ers suggests what may be part of the answer；Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.Young students tend to model themselves after adults of the same sex，and having a female teacher who is anxious about
15、 math may strengthen the prejudice that boys are better at math than girls，explained Sian LBeilock，an associate professor in psychology at the University of Chicago.Beilock and colleagues studied 52 boys and 25 girls in classes taught by 17 different teachers.Ninety percent of US. elementary school
16、teachers are women.Students math ability was not related to teachers math anxiety at the start of the school year，but by the end of the year，the more anxious teachers were about their own math skills，the more likely their female students were to agree that “boys are good at math and girls are good a
17、t reading”“Its actually surprising in a way.People have had doubt that teachers could impact the students in this way，but they didnt know how it might do so in genderspecific fashion.” Beilock said in a telephone interview.Beilock，who studies how anxieties and stress can affect peoples performance,
18、noted that other research has indicated that elementary education majors (主修课) at the college level have the highest levels of math anxiety of any college major.“We wanted to see how that impacted their performance.”she said.1According to the text，the author thinks that_.Agirls are better at maths a
19、t school than boysBteachers have no impacts on the students studiesCteachers worries about maths affect their girl studentsDboys are better at reading at school than girls答案C推理判断题。根据第二段内容分析可知作者观点，故选C项。且A、B、D三项都与文章内容不符。2Which of the following does the author agree with?AGirls are as good at maths by
20、nature as boys.BBoys are better at maths by nature than girls.CMen are better at teaching maths than women.DTeachers worries have more effects on girls.答案A细节理解题。根据短文内容分析可知作者所持的观点是：女孩天生在数学方面与男孩一样擅长。3Whats the authors attitude toward “Boys are better at maths than girls”？AFavorable. BSceptical.CPositi
21、ve. DBelievable.答案B推理判断题。根据作者在介绍Beilock和她同事所进行的研究所使用的词语和语气判断，作者对这种说法持怀疑态度，故选B项。4The best title for this passage is_.AWho Can Teach Girls BetterBBoys Are Better at Maths than GirlsCSian LBeilock and His ColleaguesDWhy Is Maths Hard to Learn答案B主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知主要谈论“男生究竟是否比女生更擅长数学”，B项更符合题意。BSandra Cisnero
22、s was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children，she often felt like she had “seven fathers”， because her six brothers，as well as her father，tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant，she retreated (躲避) into books. Despite her love of
23、reading，she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.In high school，with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be
24、 a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband，she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the universitys Writers Workshop, however, she felt lonelya Mexican American from a poo
25、r neighbourhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice”“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didnt think it had anything to
26、 do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! Thats when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldnt write about.”Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twentynine. The book tells about a young Mexican Ame
27、rican girl growing up in a Spanishspeaking area in Chicago，rauch like the neighbourhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry，a childre
28、ns book，and a shortstory collection.5Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?AShe had seven brothers.BShe felt herself a nobody.CShe was too shy to go to school.DShe did not have any good teachers.答案B事实细节题。由第一段的第三句话“感到害羞，不重要，她躲到书本中”可知应选B项，nobody“不重要的人，小人物”。文中第一段的第二句提到她有6个哥哥，可删
29、除A项。由文中第二段第一句可知D项不正确。6The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to_.Awork for a school magazineBrun away from her familyCmake a lot of friendsDdevelop her writing style答案D事实细节题。由第二段最后两句“在大学的文学社，她感到孤独这种与别人不同的认知帮助她找到了她的独创声音即写作风格”可推知D项正确。7According to Cisneros，what played the decisive role in her suc
30、cess?A. Her early years in college.B. Her training in the Workshop.C. Her feeling of being different.D. Her childhood experience.答案C事实细节题。由第三段第一句她所说的“直到我认识到我真的与众不同我的写作才获得了自己的风格”可得知C项正确。8What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?AIt is quite popular among students.BIt is the only book ever written by Cisneros.CIt wasnt a success as it was written in Spanish.DIt won an award when Cisneros was twentynine.答案A事实细节题。由第四段第三句“.has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level(这本书从高中到大学的课上都被使用)”可知A项正确。由最后一段可知，B项中的“only”不正确。C项是逻辑错误。由最后一段的前两句可知D项不正确。
