2017高三英语二轮复习山东魏桥中学学案：阅读理解与阅读表达专题（五）

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　　课题名称 One thing Britain is famous for is pubs, and no trip to the UK would be complete without a visit to one of the thousands of pubs across the country.

　　Pubs play an important part in the social structure of the country. They are places where all ages and social classes mix to talk, do business, or just spend a couple of quiet hours before heading home in the evening.

　　There are many different types of beer available in pubs. Traditional British beer is called bitter, or ale, and is usually served at room temperature. As a result, the British are famous for their ‘warm beer’! If you prefer a cold beer, ask for lager. This beer is a light yellow in colour whereas bitter is usually a darker brown. All beers are served as pints (500 ml) or halves (250ml). To order, you need to ask for a pint or half, and then name the beer. So, you could say “                 .”

　　Wine, red or white, is normally available in all pubs, as are spirits such as whisky, gin or vodka.

　　It is not, however, necessary to drink alcohol. Non-alcoholic drinks are called soft drinks. You can have juice, lemonade or cola, among others.

　　If you visit a pub in a group, it is important to pay for your ‘round’. This means that you buy a drink for everyone in your group. Not buying your round is a big social mistake! Remember that you need to order and pay for your drinks at the bar.

　　So, follow these tips if you want to get the most out of visiting a pub, and, “cheers!”

　　1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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　　2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

　　If you don’t buy a drink for everyone in your group, you are socially wrong.

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　　3. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

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　　4. If you are in a pub, what would you like to drink? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)

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　　______________________________________________________________________5.Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

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　　In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.

　　Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.

　　The idol (偶像) is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version (改写本) of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3", on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act. Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s interesting, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: the off-key singing, the blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high, the terrible dancing, the hips jerking (摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.

　　But, it was this very bad act that sold well.

　　Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”

　　Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.

　　So, what does Hung think of this?

　　“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”

　　Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.

　　6．What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A．Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.

　　B．Hung's performance attracted the public eye.

　　C．How an unsuccessful person became famous.

　　D．Success sometimes does not require hard work.

　　7．Hung was popular in America for all the following reasons EXCEPT ________

　　A．his shirt and pants B．his off-key singing

　　C．his jerking hipsD．his excellent version

　　8．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refer to?

　　A．William Hung.B．Hung's bad performance.

　　C．Hung’s website.

　　D．The public’s opinion.

　　9．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

　　a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.

　　b．The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.

　　c．Hung became popular among Americans.

　　d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.

　　e. Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.

　　A．d, b, e, c, a

　　B．a, c, d．b, eC．a, d, b, c, eD．d, b, a, e, c

　　10．Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

　　A．His success was based on luck rather than his own hard work.

　　B．He attracted people’s attention and won wide praise in the contest.

　　C．He was good-looking in his pants and shirt though he didn’t sing well.

　　D．In the contest he did what every one of us is happy to do in daily life.