2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit 3.1 A taste of English humour War

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Section ⅠWarming Up & Reading

Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1．They heard the little girl give a loud shout of __________ (astonish)．2．Barbecue is a favourite way of ________ (entertain) friends.

3．We should never be ________ (content) with book knowledge only.

4．Some ________ (perform) are giving a wonderful ________ (perform)on the stage.

5．What was the cause of his ________ (fail)?

6．His ________ (convince) argument made people present ________ (convince)．7．He set about helping ________ (home) women and children to places of safety.

8．________ (fortunate)the train was late so we did not miss it.

9．She went off in the opposite ________ (direct)．

10．We were amused by his ________ (humor)gesture.

答案：1.astonishment 2.entertaining 3.contented 4. performers; performance 5.failure 6. convincing; convinced7.homeless8.Fortunately9.direction 10.humorous

Ⅱ.完成句子

1．I ____________________ her in Australia. (astonish)

我在澳大利亚见到她，很惊异。

2．Every summer they ________________________ an outdoor party. (entertain) 每年夏天他们举行户外宴会来款待邻居。

3．______________________________， we never went to bed hungry. (badly) 不管我们多么贫穷，我们从没有饿着肚子睡觉。

4．The company ________________________________________________________________________.

(throughout)

这家公司的分店遍及全国。

5．She said she ________________________________________________________________________.

(failure)

她说她是一个失败的经理。

6．He __________________________ finally. (overcome)

他最终克服了不良习惯。

7．She ________________________________ for her daughter. (pick)

她给女儿挑了一件粉红色的衣服。

8．They were then almost completely ______________________________. (cut) 那时他们几乎完全与外界隔绝了。

9．He ________________________________. (direct adj.)

他做事直截了当。

10．She has ____________________________. (star)

她主演了许多好电影。

答案：

1．was astonished to see

2．entertain the neighbours to

3．No matter how badly off we were

4．has branches throughout the country

5．was a failure as a manager

6．overcame his bad habit

7．picked out a pink dress

8．cut off from the outside world

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9．has a direct way of doing things

10．starred in a lot of good films

Ⅲ.同义句转换

1．I have read 10 English novels by now.

I have read 10 English novels ______________________.

2．The couple have a good child and they are very satisfied with him.

The couple have a good child and they ________ very ________ him.

3．The news has been quickly spread all over the nation.

The news has been quickly spread ______________________.

4．After the flood, the poor's life became even poorer.

After the flood, the poor's life became even ____________________.

5．Zhao Wei played the major role in the film.

Zhao Wei ____________________ the film.

6．He found that it was impossible to see her.

He found ____________________ to see her.

7．He seemed to have already known something about it.

______________________________ he had already known something about it.

8．He made us work from morning till night.

We were made ______________ from morning till night.

9．Many students who are learning English like reading China Daily.

China Daily is __________________ students of English.

10．They are said to be very skilled workers.

______________________ that they are very skilled workers.

答案：

1．up to now 上句中的by now与所填的up to now意思相同，意为“到现在为止”，常用于现在完成时态的句子中。

2．feel; content with be satisfied with＝feel content with“对……满意/足”。

3．throughout the nation all over the nation意为“遍及整个国家”，而throughout the nation也表达相同的含义。

4．worse off 由上句“洪水过后，穷人的生活更加贫穷了”，而worse off为固定短语“更贫穷”。

5．starred in 由上句“赵薇扮演了那部电影的主要角色”，故可用固定短语star in“主演”。

6．it impossible

7．It seemed as if

8．to work

9．popular with

10．It is said

Ⅳ.用适当的短语完成下列句子

1．______________________________ he's read many story books.

到目前为止他已经读过很多故事书。

2．She ______________________________ her present job.

她对目前的工作很满意。

3．The refugees ____________________________ for blankets, and even worse off for food.

难民需要毯子，更需要食物。

4．At once I ________________________ my elder brother in the crowd.

我立刻在人群中认出我大哥来。

5．He ________________ the branches from the trunk.

他把树干上的小分枝都剪掉了。

6．He

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他很有幽默感。

7．These shoes ________________________________________________________________________.

这双鞋破得不能再穿了。

答案：1.Up to now 2.is content with 3.are badly off

4．picked out 5.cut off 6.has a good sense of humour

7．are worn out

Ⅴ.阅读理解

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About the year 1900, a small, dark －haired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theatre. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance; above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.

But twenty years later, Chaplin became the greatest, best －known, and best －loved comedian in the world. Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips(胶 …… 此处隐藏：4765字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……