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Unit 3 A taste of English humour*阅读理解。April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death. Organizations in Britain have planned numerous events to honor him.In Stratford-upon-Avon, his birthplace, the tourism organization has a great number of free events, including performances of Shakespeares plays, and a dazzling fireworks display. And the BBC is broadcasting a live show from Stratfore-upon-Avon, celebrating Shakespeares widespread influence on the world. In Englands capital, the London Shakespeare Centre and Kings College London are holding a series of public performances, exhibitions and activities. It isnt just England that honors the anniversary of the death of this extraordinary writer. In Washington, D. C., the Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses the worlds largest collection of documents relating to William Shakespeare, is displaying a series of exhibitions.Shakespeare is probably the most famous author who ever lived and is considered a genius by most. He wrote around 37 plays and 154 sonnets(十四行诗), and his work has been translated into over one hundred languages! He penned beautiful metaphors(暗喻), serious dramas and amusing tales.Shakespeare also invented many new terms and phrases. If someones behavior suggested they were not being honest and should not be trusted, Shakespeare called their actions suspicious. If someone was being silly and perhaps looking like a fool, Shakespeare found their actions laughable. And Shakespeare called people who offered their opinions on the quality of something critics. Today, for instance, food critics and film critics give audiences their opinions of food and film. The familiar phrase break the ice es from Shakespeares play The Taming of the Shrew. The ice is broken when a difficult conversation or meeting is calmed by some basic introduction, such as a simple game. More mon words coined by Shakespeare include road, gossip, lonely, bump and hurry.Four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare surely lives on, in everyday speech, as the most famous writer of all time!1. The main idea of the text is _.A. the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares deathB. the influence Shakespeare has on EnglishC. the achievements of William ShakespeareD. Shakespeares colorful and fruitful life2. Shakespeare is honored in the following ways except_.A. a great number of free events in Stratford-upon-AvonB. a series of activities in the London Shakespeare CentreC. a series of exhibitions in the Folger Shakespeare LibraryD. a live show of Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon3. According to the next, a simply game to make a difficult conversation easy is called _. A. an ice-breakerB. a suspicious manC. a criticD. a laughable man【文章大意】4月23日是威廉莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。英国的各种组织计划活动来纪念他。1.A【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的句子April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death.可知，文章主要介绍4月23日是威廉莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。故选A。3.A【解析】细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的句子The ice is broken when a difficult conversation or meeting is calmed by some basic introduction, such as a simple game.可知，使得困难的对话变得容易的叫作an ice-breaker。故选A。*语法填空。 Tyler Thompson is _1_ unlikely star in the world of Peking opera. The 15yearold from Oakland has fascinated audiences in the US and China with his ability _2_ (sing) pitchperfect Mandarin (普通话) and perform the ancient Chinese art form. The teen,_3_ is black and only speaks some basic Chinese, has been praised by teachers since he _4_ (pick) up the music as a kindergartener. “As soon as he opens _5_ (he) mouth and sings in Chinese, the Chinese are very surprised and they feel very proud of him，” said his music teacher. “When he puts on the costume and all the acting, you can see that he is pretty good.” Tyler has learned to sing several wellknown pieces of Peking opera, a centuriesold form of musical theater _6_ (know) for its highly structured costumes, changing gongs (锣) and cymbals (钹), wideranging voices and highly stylized _7_ (move). Tyler got _8_ (stand) cheers when he performed _9_ Justice Bao, a famous Song Dynasty judge who fought corruption, from the Chinese classic BaoQing Tian. “The music is very beautiful, and its very passionate，” said Tyler. “Its made me _10_ (want) to know more about the world outside of America or California or Oakland.”1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一个擅长表演京剧的外国青少年的故事。1an考查冠词。star是可数名词，且第一次在文章中出现，故用不定冠词修饰，表泛指；形容词unlikely的读音以元音音素开头，故用an。2to sing考查非谓语动词。ability to do sth. “做某事的能力”，为固定搭配，故用不定式作后置定语。3who考查定语从句的引导词。所填关系词引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词The teen，且关系词在从句中作主语，故填关系代词who。4picked考查动词的时态。since意为“自从”，引导状语从句，从句常用一般过去时，主句用现在完成时。5his考查代词。根据语境mouth和主语he可知，此处应用形容词性物主代词his修饰名词mouth，在句子中作定语。6known考查非谓语动词。know和句子谓语之间没有连词，故用非谓语动词，且know和其逻辑主语Peking opera是动宾关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。7movements考查词性转换。根据and可知，此处与名词voices呼应，应用所给词的名词的复数形式，即movements。8standing考查形容词。由空后的名词cheers可知，此处应用形容词修饰名词，standing意为“站着进行的”，表示Tyler得到了(观众的)起立欢呼。9as考查介词。此处as意为“作为”，后跟名词、代词或动名词，与performed呼应，表示扮演的角色，符合语境。10want考查非谓语动词。make sb. do sth. “让某人做某事”，应用不带to的不定式作宾语补足语，故填want。*完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。Every morning，on my way to work，I see homeless people sleeping on sidewalks.Clearly，theyre in need of _1_.I feel it a(n) _2_ to see this，and most people walk by, _3_ the homeless dont exist，and dont offer any help at all，not even a _4_.Recently，its been extremely cold，making things especially _5_ for the homeless.Usually I arrive at work around 8 am，when the homeless are still asleep.Im not sure whether its a good _6_ to leave something for them while theyre _7_ ，as it may get stolen or they may not even _8_ it.Today，I _9_ someone，who seemed to be homeless，sitting on the sidewalk，awake.I had some time _10_ I was due to start work，so I dashed across the street to ask if I could get anything for him to drink or eat.He wanted a cola，so I went and got this for him _11_ a banana.I gave him the drink and banana，then went back to my office across the street，and went upstairs to get the bag I recently _12_ with everyday items.Id been planning to give it to someone in need，so this was a great _13_.I hurried back to give the bag to the stranger，who was _14_.Society may feel unfortable with homeless people._15_ ，we must remember theyre just like us.Theyre just down on their _16_ for different reasons.If we _17_ to those in need，our hearts will grow and we can _18_ make our world better.Singer Phil Collins sang a song titled Another Day in Paradise，which _19_ us to be grateful for the many blessings we have and not to _20_ those who are less fortunate.1A.balanceBsignificanceCperformance Dassistance2A.duty BregretCadvance Dequality3A.imagining BexpectingCpretending Dannouncing4A.word BhugCpity Dgift5A.absurd BboringCplex Dtouch6A.idea BexcuseClesson Dreason7A.relaxed BabsentmindedCunaware Ddizzy8A.know BwantCshare Dafford9A.spotted BapproachedCrecognized Dinterviewed10A.when BsinceCbefore Dunless11A.instead of Bexcept forCregardless of Dalong with12A.replaced BpackedCdecorated Dbined13A.trial BhonorCopportunity Dreward14A.grateful BcarefulChopeful Dskillful15A.Besides BThereforeCMeanwhile DHowever16A.effort BluckCappearance Dreputation17A.look out Bbreak outCreach out Dturn out18A.truly BproperlyCdeliberately Dapproximately19A.intends BremindsCpromises Dpersuades20A.trick BblameCdoubt Dforget【解题导语】本文主要讲述了作者帮助无家可归的人的故事。【核心词汇】extremely adv.极其，极端dash v急奔，急驰，猛冲paradise n天堂blessing n上帝的恩宠，祝福1D根据下文的“dont offer any help at all”可知，这些无家可归的人需要帮助。assistance意为“帮助”。故选D。2B根据下文作者帮助无家可归的人可推知，作者同情这些无家可归的人，看到他们睡在大街上感到很是遗憾。故选B。3C根据“and dont offer any help at all”并结合上文的“I feel it a(n) _2_ to see this”可推知，大部分的路人对无家可归的人漠不关心，视而不见，即假装(pretending)没看到。4A根据“even”可推知，大部分人不仅不提供帮助，甚至连一句问候都没有。5D根据空前的“its been extremely cold”并结合语境可推知，天气特别寒冷，无家可归的人的日子更加艰难(tough)。6A结合语境可知，作者不确定自己的那种做法是否是好主意(idea)。7C承接上文的“Usually I arrive at work around 8 am，when the homeless are still asleep”可推知，无家可归的人在作者早上开始上班时还都在睡觉，是不会觉察到的(unaware)。8B根据“even”的提示并结合上文作者的犹豫可推知，作者不确定自己对他们的帮助是否正是无家可归的人所需要的。9A根据语境可推知，作者在人行道上发现了一个醒着的无家可归的人。spot表示“发现”，符合语境。10C根据语境可知，作者离上班还有些时间，所以选C。11D根据语境以及下文的“I gave him the drink and banana”可推知，作者顺便还给这个人带了香蕉。along with表示“除以外(还)”。12B根据空后的“with everyday items”可知，作者包里装着每天的必需品。pack with sth.表示“装着某物”。13C根据语境可知，作者认为这是一个极好的帮助无家可归的人的机会。14A根据语境可推知，把自己的东西馈赠给他人，别人是感恩的(grateful)。15D根据语境可知，前后句表示逻辑上的转折关系，故选D。16B根据语境可推知，那些无家可归的人只是由于某种原因一时穷困潦倒而已，down on ones luck表示“穷困潦倒”。17C根据语境可知，如果我们愿意帮助他们，世界会变得更美好。reach out to sb.表示“愿意为某人提供帮助”。18A根据语境可知，帮助他人的确会让我们的世界变得更美好。truly“的确，真实地”；properly“恰当地”；deliberately“故意地”；approximately“大约”。19BPhil Collins的歌提醒我们要感恩。remind sb.to do sth.意为“提醒某人做某事”符合语境。20D根据语境可推知，人们不要忘记那些不幸的人。*短文改错。As the saying goes, chance favored the prepared mind. I learned this from one of my experience.I was not chosen as member of the volleyball team of our school. Because of this, I decided to give up play volleyball. Luckily, my best friend stopped me but pointed out that it was my laziness and poor preparation which led to my failure. After that, I practiced playing volleyball on every day. When another chance of trying out arrived, I was full prepared and tried my best. As a result, I was selected and became an important player on our school team. From this, I am firmly convincing that we are able to seize a chance as long as I get well prepared.答案：As the saying goes, chance the prepared mind. I learned this from one of my .I was not chosen as member of the volleyball team of our school. Because of this, I decided to give up volleyball. Luckily, my best friend stopped me pointed out that it was my laziness and poor preparation led to my failure. After that, I practiced playing volleyball every day. When another chance of trying out arrived, I was prepared and tried my best. As a result, I was selected and became an important player on our school team. From this, I am firmly that we are able to seize a chance as long as get well prepared.难项分析：第五处：butand考查连词。本句中，“stopped”和“pointed out”共同作句子的谓语，为并列关系，故改but为and。第六处：whichthat考查强调句型。本句中宾语从句为强调句，被强调的部分是my laziness and poor preparation；强调句型的结构为It is/was . that/who .，故改which为that。第九处：convincingconvinced考查形容词。convinced表示人“信服的”；convincing表示事物“令人信服的”。此处构成“Sb. be firmly convinced that从句”句型，意为“某人坚信”，故改convincing为convinced。*
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