2017届高考英语一轮复习夯实练习：必修4U3《A taste of English humour》（新人教版含解析）

　　2017高考英语（人教版）必修4U3一轮夯实练习及答案

　　阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　In much of Asia，especially the so－called “rice bowl” cultures of China，Japan，Korea，__1__Vietnam，food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

　　Chopsticks are usually two long，thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic，animal bone or metal.Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.Truly elegant chopsticks might__2__(make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters.Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal __3__(create)special designs.

　　The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years.People probably cooked their food in large pots, __4__(use)twigs(树枝)to remove it.Over time，__5__the population grew，people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

　　Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which__6__(gradual)turned into chopsticks.

　　Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius，__7__lived from roughly 551 to 479 B．C.，influenced the__8__(develop)of chopsticks.Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and __9__(be)too violent for use at the table.

　　Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia.In India，for example，most people traditionally eat __10__their hands.

　　【语篇导读】　本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了亚洲一些国家中的吃饭工具筷子。

　　1．and　[考查连词。China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam是并列关系。]

　　2．be made　[考查语态。根据句意筷子是被制造的。]

　　3．to create　[考查动词不定式。作目的状语。]

　　4．using　[考查分词。现在分词作状语。]

　　5．as/when　[考查连词。as/when“当……时，随着……”。]

　　6．gradually　[考查副词。此处应用副词修饰动词。]

　　7．who　[考查定语从句。后面是非限制性定语从句，先行词指人，故用who。]

　　8．development　[考查名词。此处应用名词作动词的宾语。]

　　9．were　[考查时态和动词的数。此处were是与would remind 并列的谓语动词。]

　　10．with　[考查介词。固定短语：with one’s hands 用某人的手。]

　　一、单句语法填空

　　1．(2015·福建，阅读D)We should be content with ________ we already have.

　　2．“You can't judge a book by its cover，” ________ the old saying goes.

　　3．(2017·浙江，阅读B)People do not avoid ________ (entertain)in their homes，but they also hold business meals at restaurants.

　　4．(2015·重庆，阅读C)I read some chapters from Harry Porter to my ________ (bore)and noisy children.

　　5．(2017·北京，35)The film star wears sunglasses.Therefore，he can go shopping without ________________(recognize)．

　　6．(2015·重庆，阅读B)They make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout ________ day.

　　7．But they admit there are obstacles ____________(overcome)．

　　8．(2015·陕西，阅读B)Mr.Holden returned home from his holiday upset and ______ (convince)his pet was dead.

　　9．It ____________(whisper)that he is heavily in debt.

　　10．I like writing novels on the countryside ________ particular.

　　答案　1.what　2.as　3.entertaining　4.bored　5.being recognized　6.the　7.to overcome　8.convinced9．is whispered　10.in

　　The song that has meant the most to me since I was the age of five，watching the movie Space Jam，is called “I Believe I Can Fly” by R．Kelly.Every time I listen to the song，it__1__me that as long as I believe，I can be or do__2__I want in life even with a disability.

　　I didn’t know much of what the song__3__a long time ago but as I grew older，I still loved the song and started to listen to the__4__more and more.Every time I listen to it，I think about all the obstacles I have__5__.

　　When I was little，I had to__6__a wheelchair because I have a disability.The doctors told my mother I had a slim__7__of ever walking but I was__8__to walk because I disliked that wheelchair.I knew that I had to believe in myself to__9__my goal to walk someday.

　　One day the doctor told my mother that he could make a(n)__10__that would help me walk.__11__when I was seven and one­half，I had my first surgery.

　　I__12__the cast because it was a half body cast，with a bar in the middle of my legs.I was a very__13__kid so being in a bed for six weeks，not being able to move，I felt horrible.I knew after all the__14__and the crying it would be worth__15__it in the long run.

　　__16__，at the age of eight，I got my cast off.I felt free when I finally__17__all the therapy (治疗) and learned how to__18__.

　　The song__19__，“I see me running through that open door.” That’s what I felt like.Like the song says，“There are miracles in life I must achieve，but first I know it starts inside of me，oh...” I am one of the__20__in life.

　　【语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者被一首叫“I Believe I Can Fly”的歌曲所鼓舞，勇敢地面对残疾，克服各种困难，最终能够行走的故事。

　　1. A.remembers

　　B．reminds

　　C．regards D．reflects

　　解析　作者每次听这首歌，它都提醒他只要他相信，他就能成为任何他想成为的人，做任何他想要做的事，remind sb.that使某人想起，提醒某人，符合语境。

　　答案　B

　　2．A.whoeverB．whomever

　　C．whichever D．whatever

　　解析　whatever任何……的事物，什么……都，符合文意。

　　答案　D

　　3．A.meant B．expected

　　C．suggestedD．provided

　　解析　很久之前作者对这首歌是什么意思知道得不多。mean“意思是，本意是”，符合语境。

　　答案　A

　　4．A.voices B．meanings

　　C．words

　　D．rhythms

　　解析　结合上下文可知，此处为随着年龄的增长，作者开始越来越多地听歌词，word在此处意为“歌词”，符合语境。

　　答案　C

　　5．A.suffered B．experienced

　　C．encouraged

　　D．overcome

　　解析　从下文内容可知，作者曾克服了很多障碍，结合选项可知，应用overcome，表示“克服”。

　　答案　D

　　6．A.apply B．use

　　C．seat

　　D．offer

　　解析　因为残疾，作者不得不使用轮椅，故用use。seat后常接oneself。

　　答案　B

　　7．A.chance

　　B．occasion

　　C．condition

　　D．advantage

　　解析　大夫告诉作者的妈妈，作者能走路的希望很渺茫。slim修饰chance，指“机会渺茫，可能性很小”。

　　答案　A

　　8．A.encouraged

　　B．amazed

　　C．determined

　　D．organized

　　解析　从空前的but和空后的because引导的原因状语从句的内容可以看出，此处是转折关系，因为不喜欢轮椅，作者下定决心去走路，所以用determined。

　　答案　C

　　9．A.accomplish

　　B．finish

　　C．complete

　　D．acquire

　　解析　作者知道必须相信自己总有一天会达到学会走路的目标。accomplish“完成，取得”，符合语境。

　　答案　A 10．A.operation

　　B．performance

　　C．experiment

　　D．arrangement

　　解析　从空格后的“that would help me walk”可推知，医生要对作者做一个有助于他行走的手术，make an operation“做手术”，符合语境。下文的surgery也是答案提示。

　　答案　A

　　11．A.While

　　B．But

　　C．Or

　　D．So

　　解析　分析上下文可知，此处应为因果关系。

　　答案　D

　　12．A.enjoyed B．disliked

　　C．expected

　　D．valued

　　解析　从下文的叙述可知，作者不喜欢这个固定腿的模型。

　　答案　B

　　13．A.generous B．kind

　　C．active D．passive

　　解析　从下文的内容可知，作者觉得在床上六周不能动很可怕是因为他是一个活泼好动的孩子。

　　答案　C

　　14．A.pain

　　B．joy

　　C．guilt

　　D．embarrassment

　　解析　从上文作者所经历的一切可知，pain“痛苦”，符合语境。

　　答案　A

　　15．A.fixing B．wearing

　　C．adjustingD．making

　　解析　作者认为从长远来看，在经历这么多的痛苦和泪水之后，自己所做的这一切都是值得的。

　　答案　D

　　16．A.Finally B．Instantly

　　C．Normally D．Regularly

　　解析　从后面的“I got my cast off”可知，此处用finally，表示“最后，终于”的意思。

　　答案　A

　　17．A.went on

　　B．went down

　　C．went out

　　D．went through

　　解析　从上下文可知，此处表示作者终于完成了全部治疗。go through经历，完成，符合语境。go on继续；go down下沉，下降；go out送出。

　　答案　D

　　18．A.live

　　B．walk

　　C．think

　　D．communicate

　　解析　从上文的“that would help me walk”可知，治疗结束后，应是学习行走。

　　答案　B

　　19．A.speaks

　　B．sings

　　C．says

　　D．answers

　　解析　此处用says，表示歌中唱到的内容，下文的“Like the song says”也是答案提示。

　　答案　C

　　20．A.successes B．surprises

　　C．miracles　

　　D．failures

　　解析　结合语境可知，此处是作者说他自己是生命中的奇迹之一。

　　答案　C

　　三、阅读理解

　　A

　　Finally，I entered the university.Because of my careful

　　savings，I did not have to work during the school years.Then，summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night，instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.I even decided to take a class at a community (社区) college.This class at the community college

　　saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.

　　During my second and

　　third years of undergraduate schooling，I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校园)admissions office answering phones.This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings

　　out.The

　　overall

　　situation

　　looked

　　hopeful

　　as

　　I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer.I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks，but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about！One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money；however，I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.

　　This experience has shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (道德准则)．Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.

　　【语篇解读　作者非常勤奋地做着各种兼职工作，既锻炼了自己，又挣到了钱，为以后自我的发展奠定了良好的基础。

　　1．Where did the writer probably work part­time before attending the university?

　　A．In a restaurant.

　　B．In the tennis camps.

　　C．In a company.

　　D．In the campus admissions office.

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I continued working as a waitress at night”可知，作者上大学前在饭店工作过。

　　答案　A

　　2．The writer took a class at a community college mainly because________.

　　A．she wanted to save money

　　B．life there was relatively easy

　　C．summer time was tiring

　　D．it was required by the university

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This class at the community college saved me $650.”可知，作者是为了省钱。

　　答案　A

　　3．The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that________.

　　A．her mother would not give her approval

　　B．she would fail to get credits in Israel

　　C．a well­paid summer job would be lost

　　D．$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time

　　解析　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money”可知，作者主要担心没有时间赚钱了，一分高薪的暑假工作失去了。

　　答案　C

　　4．The passage is mainly about how the writer________.

　　A．made money on the college campus

　　B．managed to make full use of her vacation

　　C．was forced to support herself by her mother

　　D．was shaped by working part­time through college

　　解析　主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了作者通过做各种兼职工作，学到了很多东西，塑造了自己的性格，懂得了金钱的价值。

　　答案　D

　　B

　　Two new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners.

　　One study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot (赤脚).

　　Researchers from the JKM Technologies company in Virginia, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado did the study.

　　They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.

　　The study appeared in the official scientific journal of The American Academy of Physical Medicine.

　　The other study appeared in the journal Nature. It compared runners in the United States and Kenya. The researchers were from Harvard University in Massachusetts, Moi University in Kenya and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

　　They divided the runners into three groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running.

　　Runners who wear shoes usually come down heel first. That puts great force on the back of the foot. But the study found that barefoot runners generally land on the front or middle of their foot. That way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heel.

　　Harvard’s Daniel Lieberman led the study. He says the way most running shoes are designed may explain why those who wear them land on their heels. The heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first. Also, the heel generally has thick material under it to soften landings.

　　But the researchers do not suggest that runners immediately start running barefoot. They say it takes some training. And there can be risks, like running when your feet are too cold to feel if you get injured.

　　The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings have gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has reported in their paper. So they have tried to explain their findings on a Harvard Website.

　　1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Walking in high heels could cause less serious effects than running barefoot.

　　B. Two new discoveries encourage people to run in high heels.

　　C. Running in shoes is partly good to runners.

　　D. Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficial to runners in most cases.

　　2. Which part of our body could be injured if we run in running shoes?

　　A. Toes.

　　B. Hips.

　　C. Feet.

　　D. Legs.

　　3. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. The way that we run by landing on the front or middle of our foot could avoid damaging our heel.

　　B. We should start running barefoot in no time.

　　C. Running in modern running shoes could cause more serious effects than running in high heels.

　　D. We won’t be injured if we run barefoot.

　　4. What is the writer’s attitude towards the use of the modern running shoes?

　　A. Persuasive.

　　B. Negative.

　　C. Objective. D. Supportive.

　　参考答案1—4、DBAC

　　四、七选五

　　【2017辽宁丹东四校联合模拟】

　　（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a pinnacle(顶点) of sheer(纯粹的) delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer the older we get.

　　51   I remember playing police and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved.

　　For teenagers, or people under 20 the concept of happiness changes.

　　52   I can still feel the pain of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. I also remember the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man.

　　In adulthood the things that bring great joy—birth, love, marriage—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss.

　　53   For adults, happiness is complex.

　　54   But I think a better definition of happiness is “ the ability to enjoy something”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, even good health.

　　While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as ever. Happiness isn't about what happens to us; it’s the ability to find a positive for every negative, and view a difficulty as a challenge.

　　55  

　　A. Love may not last; loved ones die.

　　B. For a child, happiness has a magic quality.

　　C. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life.

　　D. Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect.

　　E. The dictionary defines “happy” as “lucky” or “ fortunate”.

　　F. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.

　　G. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love, and popularity.

　　【参考答案】51—55、BGAEF