高中英语人教版 (新课标)必修3&4必修4Unit 3 A taste of English humour优秀单元测试课后复习题

Unit 3 A taste of English humour 单元测试

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一、单词拼写（词汇运用）（共15题；共15分）

1.We must appoint a new teacher at once to that ________(多山的) primary school.   

2.All of us were e________ by the humorous story.   

3.It's a v________ city, but the historic center is quite small.

4.The children are very ________(被逗乐的) with the monkey.   

5.We are p________ grateful to him for his timely help.   

6.He made a ________(姿态) of impatience..   

7.The little girl s________ down the slide, only to discover it was wet.   

8.Next season she would s________ in a new play.

9.The camera panned in for a better view of the a________ facial expression.   

10.The athletes displayed great skill and confidence ________(贯穿) the contest.   

11.What you said on the ________(场合) was not appropriate.

12.The politician drew his speech out until everyone was b________.   

13.She ________(低声说),“Thank you for everything,” before he walked out the door.   

14.F________, we know how to handle situations like this.   

15.I like programs that are active, creative and e________.   

二、完形填空（共20分）

    If you look closely at certain words in a language, you can often understand a little of the history of the people who speak that language.         1       , consider this list of some familiar English words: cow, sheep, and pig. Now,         2        them with the following: beef, mutton, and pork. While the words in the first group         3        living animals, those in the second indicate the meat taken from these animals. But there is yet another         4        between the two sets of         5       . Every word in the first         6        is Anglo-Saxon in origin, that is, Old English. On the other hand, those in the second group have their         7        in French.

    Such differences teach us about one of the most important         8        in English history: the Norman Conquest of England. The Normans were the people who         9         the Duchy of Normandy, the area in the north of modern-day France. In 1066, they invaded(侵略) and conquered England.         10       , French-speaking Norman kings, nobles, and religious leaders         11        the English ruling class. And most of the native English population was         12        to work on lands owned by the Normans. English farmers also         13        animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs which were named in English, their native tongue. But the         14        they produced went to the wealthy land-owning Normans who used French words for what they         15       .

    The Normans lost control of England in 1204,         16        their influence on the English         17        lives on to this day. In the high-status fields of law, government, military leadership, most of the         18        English vocabulary has its roots in French. And even in words, like beef, pork, and mutton, we can still         19        effects of the powerful position the Normans         20        enjoyed.

三、阅读理解（共2题；共24分）

（一）

    Speaking of children—what child doesn't like to jump around and act silly sometimes? Monkeys are also known for acting silly. So, when kids act up, parents or teachers may tell them to stop monkeying around. It means to do things that are not useful or serious, or to simply waste time.

    Now, in the United States, children do not usually have monkeys as pets, but they do often have dogs. And dogs make most children feel happy. But for some reason, we use "dog" in a phrase that means to feel unwell. If you are as sick as a dog, you are really sick and will most likely stay home from work or school.

    Besides, dogs and cats are also favorite pets here in the States. This next phrase combines cats and secrets to make a very common expression. Let's say you know a secret, a big secret. And let's say you tell it to people. You have just let the cat out of the bag! This idiom means revealing(揭示) a secret or telling facts that were previously(先前) unknown.

    If you let the cat out of the bag, you spoil a surprise. So, if your friend is planning a big surprise birthday for another friend, don't let the cat out of the bag by accidentally saying it in front of the birthday girl. Even though this is a very common idiom, the origin of "to let the cat out of the bag" is also unknown.

    If you are doing an outdoor activity—such as hiking in the woods, or having a picnic in a park—what are some things that may disturb your good time? Bad weather could. And so could bugs! Crawling pests like ants, and flying ones like mosquitoes, could make your experience uncomfortable or annoying.

    So, when we bug people we bother them so much that we affect their good time. This common expression is often said as a command: "Stop bugging me!"

（1）According to the passage, "monkeying around" is considered _______.           

A.silly    B.wrong     C.proper      D.happy

（2）If you ask somebody to reveal a secret, you may use the phrase "_______".           

A.stop bugging meB.as sick as a dogC.monkeying aroundD.let the cat out of the bag

（3）What is the meaning of the phrase "stop bugging me"?           

A.Don't trouble me.      B.Give up your good time.

C.Stop feeling annoyed.   D.Don't comfort me.

（4）What is the passage mainly about?（     ）           

A.The names of animals in the English language.

B.The meaning of some English phrases.

C.The origins of phrases about animals.

D.The strange usages of some words.

（二）

    What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph(胜利) by showing we're better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons—that is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else's expense.

Showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty，are so popular with certain people.

    Besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it's different from things which are happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool，we don't laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in，the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.

（1）According to Aristotle，all jokes depend mainly on ________.           

A.showing inferiority in another person or group

B.resulting in a sense of success

C.having a good opinion of other people

D.making people laugh unexpectedly

（2）The underlined word “inferiority”(in Paragraph 1) means ________.           

A.something that is not as good as something else

B.something that is better than something else

C.someone that is not as good as someone else

D.someone that is better than someone else

（3）What's the main idea of Paragraph 2? （     ）          

A.Showing we are better than other people is the only one reason we like jokes.

B.When people are angry，they would like to hear jokes.

C.People who like jokes are usually cruel.

D.To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.

（4）What will a good joke teller always try to do? （     ）          

A.Make a sad situation into a pleasant one.

B.Make different things happen at the same time.

C.Make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation.

D.Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place.

四、任务型阅读（共10分）

    Having good study habits is key to success in college. ________ To begin making the change, you need to get organized to study.

    Create a fixed study space. Find a quiet space in your room or somewhere on campus where you can focus. Studying in the same place every day makes your brain combine a certain environment with work. ________

    Find a regular time for studying. If you study at the same time each day, your brain will be prepared for learning when you sit down. Review your schedule and see when you have free time. ________ You can study during gaps between classes or in the evening after your classes are done for the day.

    ________ Make sure you have everything you need to study at your study space. If you're studying in a place in your home, keep things like your books, pencils, pens, and paper in that area. If you go out to study, you can take a book bag and keep all your studying materials stored there.

    Avoid distractions (干扰). When you prepare your study space, it's important to keep it away from distractions. Remove any technologies that will take your mind off your work, like your iPad. ________ Besides, keep other distracting materials such as outside reading, away from your study area.

五、语法填空（共6分）

1.He talked as if he had made great ________(contribute), but in fact, Alice did most of the job.   

2.The lecture, ________（start）at 7:00 pm last night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.   

3.The workmen made so ________ mess that Mrs. Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.   

4.—How could you pick out your friend so easily?

—She is the kind of person who ________(stand) out in a crowd.

5.As long as we are united, there is no difficulty we can ________(overcome).   

6.After the long march through the wild forest, they found themselves worn ________ as well as their clothes．   

六、书面表达（共25分）

请你以The power of humor为话题写一篇短文，谈谈幽默在生活中的重要作用。

词数100左右；文体不限，题目自拟。

答案

一、1.mountainous  2.entertained  3.vast   4.amused  5.particularly   6.gesture  7.slid 

8. Star   9.actress‘  10. throughout   11.occasion  12.bored  13.whispered  14.Fortunately

15. entertaining  

二、

（1）B；（2）B；（3）C；（4）A；（5）D；（6）B；（7）A；（8）D；（9）A；（10）C；（11）C；（12）D；（13）A；（14）C；（15）D；（16）D；（17）A；（18）A；（19）C；（20）D；  

三、

（一）（1）A（2）D（3）A（4）B  

（二）（1）A（2）A（3）D（4）C  

四、F；D；E；A；G  

五、1. contributions   2. starting   3. much   4. stands   5.not overcome  6.out 

六、

                                                               The power of humor

    People like to be considered humorous, but few of us actually have the sense of humor we hope we have. What is the power of humor?

    A sense of humor can help you become a successful speaker. Your humorous remarks can make the audience laugh, making your lecture an enjoyable one. We can notice that there is no great speaker in the world who is not humorous. A sense of humor can also help you with friendship. If you are humorous, you will always attract a lot of people around you. Besides, a sense of humor can help to ease the tension between people.

    So a sense of humor is really one of the keys to happiness. Every one of us should try to be humorous.