amazed

赛察州蜜谱市嫩翠学校Unit3AtasteofEnglish

humour

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

WhenDannyWallace,26,gotbored,heputanadontheWorldWideWebreadingsimply，“Join

assportphoto.”AyearandahalflaterhiastLondonflatistheheadquarters

foraglobalinternet­bad“club”whomemberscarryoutgooddeedsforstrangerveryFriday.

It'eesomeonestrugglingwith

something,partofthebraingoes“Iwanttohelp”.Butthetrainedpartofthebrainsays,

“Theywillthinkyouaremadorgoingtomugthem”，soyouwalkaway.

JoinMenowhasabout3,000membersaroundtheworldwhodoanactofkindnesveryFriday.

Forexample,I'musuallyoutonFridaysoIgoforoneofthestandardacts—theunexpectedcup

htbesittinginacafeandeanoldmaninthecornerdrinkingcoffeeor

tea,andyouwalkupwithanothercupofwhatevertheyaredrinking,andsay,“I'veboughtyou

acoffee”'an

besomesuspicion,butIthinkthatwasmostlyintheearlydayswhenIdidn'tknowhowtodo

walkupquitenervouslylikeIwasdoingsomethingwrongandIdidn'tknow

nd,Ilearnedthrough__trial_and_error__.Sometimesitworked,andother

timesitdidn'veredthatyouhavetowalkupwithconfidenceandhumourandnot“get

intheirfaces”.Yousay,“Thisisforyou”，'shit­and­re

isnopointindoingithalf­'vegottodoitbecauyoureallymeanit.

JoinMeiswithoutgeographicalboundaries,buttherearequiteafewmembersinLondon,and

ygotonthebusand

puta￡10notedownandsaid,“That'sformeandthenextninepeople.”Soateverystop,anyone

themit'sanexcuorreasontodosomethingniceforacompletestranger,anditgivesthem

theconfidencetowalkupandstartchatting.

语篇导读

本文为记叙文，简述了公益组织“JoinMe”的成立和发展，介绍了作者作为成员之一，每周五做一件

善事的经历，最后说明了这一组织存在的意义。

1．WhenLondonersesomeoneintrouble,they____________.

A．oftengiveahandB．stopandaskquestions

C．pretendnottohaveenitD．telephonethepolice

解析C细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，伦敦人一般不和陌生人说话，遇到有困难的陌生人会装

作没看见一样走开，故选C项。

2．Accordingtothepassage,membersofJoinMeoften____________.

A．putanadvertimentontheWorldWideWeb

B．gooutandmakefriendswithstrangers

C．doanactofkindnesveryFriday

D．buycoffeesforthestrangers

解析C细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，JoinMe的成员每周五做一件善事，故选C项。

3．Theunderlinedexpressioninthethirdparagraphpossiblymeans____________.

A．findingsomethingverydifficultB．doingsomethingwithoutmucheffort

C．makingafewmistakesD．experimentingtogettherightresult

解析D词义猜测题。联系第三段trialanderror的上下文可知，作者一开始并不懂如何请陌生人

喝咖啡，经过反复试验后才发现合适的方式，故选D项。

4．Whichwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A．Hit­and­runKindnessB．HistoryofJoinMe

C．DannyWallaceandJoinMeD．WhynotJoinMe

解析A标题归纳题。本文主要围绕JoinMe的成员每周五以做完就跑的方式行善事这一主题来展开，

故选A项。

B

Agoodj

recentarticleinTheGuardiannewspapernoted,“There'smoretounderstandingajokeinaforeign

languagethanunderstandingvocabularyandgrammar.”

Beingabletounderstandlocaljokesisoftenenasanunbelievableice­breakerfora

languagelearnereagertoformfriendshipswithnativespeakers.“Ialwaysfeltthathumorwas

aceilingthatIcouldneverbreakthrough，”HannahAshley,apublicrelationsaccountmanager

inLondon,whooncestudiedSpanishinMadrid,toldTheGuardian,“Icouldneverspeaktopeople

tcameacrossasquite

aboringpersonbecauallIcouldtalkaboutwasfacts.”

Infact,mostofthetime,jokesareonlyfunnyforpeoplewhoshareaculturalbackground

e­AmericancomedianJoeWongfoundthisoutfirst­hand.

HehadachievedhugesuccessintheUS,butwhenhereturnedtoChinain2008forhisfirstlive

showinBeijing,hediscoveredthatpeopledidn'tthinkhisChinejokeswereasfunnyashis

Englishones.

InAustralia,meanwhilemanyforeignersfindunderstandingjokesaboutsportstobethe

biggestheadache.“ThehardestjokesarerelatedtorugbybecauIknownothingaboutrugby，”

saidMelodyCao,whowasonceastudentinAustralia.“WhenIheardjokesIdidn'tget,Ijust

laughedalong.”

IntheothertwomajorEnglish­speakingcountries,thenofhumorisalsodifferent.

BritishcomedianSimonPeggbelievesthatwhileBritishpeopleuirony(反话)—basically,saying

somethingtheydon'tmeantomakeajoke—everyday,peopleintheUSdon'tethepointofusing

itsooften.“Britishjokestendtobemoresubtleanddark,whileAmericanjokesaremoreobvious

withtheirmeanings,abitlikeAmericansthemlves，”hewroteinTheGuardian.

语篇导读

本文为议论文。理解外语中的笑话是一件比学习外语单词和语法更复杂的事情。因为不同的文化背景、

用语习惯以及幽默方式等都会影响到对笑话的理解。

5．ItisimpliedinthenotedntenceinParagraph1that________.

A．theretendstobesomethingbehindthewordsofajokeinaforeignlanguage

B．humorisalwaysconveyedtoforeignersthroughvocabularyandgrammar

C．vocabularyandgrammarhelpyouunderstandjokesinaforeignlanguage

D．makingjokesisapossiblewayforonetolearnbetteraforeignlanguage

解析A推理判断题。第一段中所引用的句子句意为：理解外语中的笑话比理解单词和语法多更多内

容。也就是说，除去笑话中所包含的单词和语法，还有更多的内容需要理解(比如笑话中所包含的文化背景

和用语习惯等)，故选A项。

6．WhatcanweguessaboutHannahAshley?

A．ShethinksthatSpanishpeoplegenerallydonothavemuchofanofhumor.

B．Shebelievesthatonehadbetterrelyonfactswhenspeakingaforeignlanguage.

C．ShehadabettercommandoftheSpanishlanguagethanoftheEnglish.

D．ShefoundhumorwasabarriertohergettingalongwellwithSpanishpeople.

解析D推理判断题。根据第二段中汉娜所说的IalwaysfeltthathumorwasaceilingthatIcould

neverbreakthrough及Icouldneverspeakto…talkaboutwasfacts可以推断，幽默成为汉娜与西

班牙人交往的阻碍，故选D项。

7．JoeWongisudasanexampleto________.

A．showthatit'shardtoputjokesintoanotherlanguage

B．suggestthatthereareculturaldifferencesinhumor

C．provethatlocalpeoplehavedifferenttasteinhumor

D．showthatexpressingabilityaffectsthenofhumor

解析B推理判断题。根据第三段第一句可知，大多数时间里，笑话只对那些有共同文化背景或者能

以同样的方式理解幽默的人来说是有趣的。故下文引用JoeWong的例子也是为了佐证这一论点，即：幽默

存在文化的差异，故选B项。

8．Fromthearticlewecanlearnthat________.

A．jokesaboutsportsaredifficultforpeopletounderstand

B．AmericansaregenerallymorehumorousthanBritishpeople

C．Britishpeople'sdarkjokesoftenmakepeopleuncomfortable

D．notallEnglishnativespeakerscanunderstandEnglishjokeasily

解析D细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句可知，即使同样是说英语的国家，人对于英国人含蓄委婉

的笑话不太能理解，故选D项。

Ⅱ.语法填空

Inmyearlytwenties,IworkedinKuwait(科威特),alocalworkmate

warnedusofa1．coming(come)verenwhatasandstormlookedlike2．so/and

vedan3．amazed(amaze)look

pedoffourfactorybuilding

withoureyeshalfclod,ourmouthsclodandourfaces4．covered(cover).Wefeltsafefor

thenexthalfhoursowedecidedtogoeven5．farther(far)．

Passingthroughveralstreets,later,

Istillcouldn'tbeartokeepmyeyes6．wide(wide)imefordinnerand7．itwas

ntinsideasmall

shop,8．ppythat9．the

sandstormstoppedafterwardsandwefinallyreturnedtoourfactory,sthefirst

timeI10．hadexperienced(experience)sandstormsandIdon'teverwanttobeinoneagain.

语篇导读

本文为记叙文，讲述了作者和一位中国同事不顾其他同事的劝告走出工厂去体验沙尘暴的经历。

1．coming解析考查词性转换。空处修饰名词sandstorm，故用形容词，此处表示“即将到来的沙

尘暴”。coming为形容词，意为“即将来临的”。

2．so/and解析考查连词。句意：我从来没有看过沙尘暴是什么样子，(所以)我告诉他我要出去亲

自看看。根据空处语境可知，空处上下句为并列关系或因果关系。

3．amazed解析考查词性转换。空处修饰名词look，形容人的表情，故用amazed。

4．covered解析考查非谓语动词。此处为with复合结构，faces与cover之间为逻辑上的动宾关

系，故空处用过去分词covered。

5．farther解析考查比较等级。根据该句中的even可以判断，此处表示“我们决定走得更远一点”，

故用far的比较级。farther一般指距离上的远，further一般指程度上的远，故填farther。

6．wide解析考查副词。空处修饰形容词open，故用副词；wide本身就有副词词性，意为“完全地”。

注意：此处不能填widely,widely主要表示“距离远、范围大、地域广”等。

7．it解析考查代词。分析该句结构可知，句中that引导的从句为真正的主语，空处是形式主语，

故用it。

8．where解析考查连词。该句为非限制性定语从句，先行词为shop，关系词在从句中作地点状语，

故用where引导。

9．the解析考查冠词。该处特指上文提及的sandstorm，故用定冠词。

10．hadexperienced解析考查时态。Thiswasthefirsttimethatsbhaddone为固定用法。

Ⅲ.短文改错

Childhoodisatimewhenthereare

little

few

①ldhasgoodparents,heisfed,

lookedafter,andlovednomatter

when

what

②'simpossibleforhimtobegiven

such

so

③ildisnotsofreetodoashewishesit④.Heiscontinually

beingtoldnottodothis,nottodothat,orbeingpunishedforwhathe

had

has

⑤donewrong.

Whentheyoungmanstartstomake

their

his

⑥ownliving,hebecomesfreefromtherulesofschool

andparents.

Therefore

However

⑦，hecannolongerexpectotherstopay

∧

for

⑧hisfood,hisclothes,and

oworkhardtolive

comfortable

comfortably

⑨.Ifso,hecanhavethegreathappinessof

build

building

⑩uphisownpositioninsociety.

①解析little修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词复数形式。

②解析do缺少宾语，故用what引导该从句。

③解析在表示“多、少”的many,much,little,few这四个词前只能用so而不能用much。

④解析句意：但是孩子并非如此自由地做他希望做的。it多余。

⑤解析由is可知，此处用现在完成时。

⑥解析指代youngman，故用his。

⑦解析分析句意，上下句是转折关系。

⑧解析payfor为……付款。

⑨解析副词作状语修饰动词。

⑩解析介词of后用动名词。