2017届高考英语一轮复习单元训练：4.3《taste of English humour》（新人教版含解析）

　　Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)

　　[2016·河北阶段检测]Years ago, I would wake up two or three times each night because of terrible pains. Having watched my father die of cancer, I __1__ that I also had

　　a cancer. So I went to a clinic. A doctor examined me, gave me some medicine and cleared my mind of __2__ that I had a cancer. He suggested I should relax. After hearing these words, I felt __3__ and acted on the doctor's __4__.

　　One day while I was looking over an accumulation of old __5__ on matters that were past and gone, I threw them into the wastebasket one by one. __6__ I stopped and said to myself, “Bill, why don't you do the __7__ thing with your worries that you are doing with these notes？” That idea gave me immediate __8__—gave me the feeling of a weight being lifted from me. From that day, I have made it a(n) __9__ to throw into the wastebasket all the __10__ that I can no longer do anything about.

　　Then one day while my wife was wiping the dishes happily, another idea

　　__11__ to me. I thought, “Look, Bill, how __12__ your wife is. Had she thought

　　of washing the pile of dirty dishes like a barn these years, she would have been __13__ by the thought. The reason my wife doesn't __14__ washing the dishes now is that she washes only one day's dishes at a time.” I saw what my

　　__15__ was. I was trying to wash today's dishes and yesterday's dishes and __16__ the dishes that weren't dirty yet.

　　I saw how __17__ I was. I used to stand in front of people, telling other people how to live, yet I myself was leading a tense, worried, hurried existence. I felt

　　__18__ of myself.

　　Worries don't __19__ me any more. I now throw yesterday's anxieties into the wastebasket, and I have __20__ trying to wash tomorrow's dirty dishes today.

　　作者曾经生活得过度紧张，夜不能寐，甚至怀疑自己得了绝症，但他最终通过观察生活细节悟出了让自己生活轻松、充实的办法。

　　1．A.declared B．feared

　　C．acknowledged D．confirmed

　　答案：B 上文提到作者过去常常晚上因剧烈疼痛而醒来两、三次及目睹了他的父亲因癌症去世，所以担心自己也会患上癌症。

　　2．A.dissatisfaction B．misfortune

　　C．doubt D．threat

　　答案：C 医生给作者检查、开了药并消除了作者的疑虑。

　　3．A.relieved B．optimistic

　　C．content D．depressed

　　答案：A 作者听了医生的话以后，知道自己没得癌症可推断出作者心里感到了宽慰并且依照医生的建议行事。

　　4．A.opinions B．experience

　　C．promises D．advice

　　答案：D 参考上题解析。

　　5．A.books B．papers

　　C．notes D．clothes

　　答案：C 依据下文第7空后的doing with these notes提示可知此处填notes。

　　6．A.Suddenly B．Gradually

　　C．Eventually D．Obviously

　　答案：A 作者前面一个接一个地扔掉便条，然后突然停下来并对自己说。

　　7．A.meaningful B．same

　　C．important D．unique

　　答案：B 由下文提到的作者要扔掉自己的麻烦问题可知，这里是要做和扔掉便条一样的事情。

　　8．A.anxiety B．confusion

　　C．strength D．inspiration

　　答案：D 作者的这个想法给了自己灵感，同时使自己有一种如释重负的感觉。

　　9．A.rule B．order

　　C．difference D．plan

　　答案：A 从那天起，作者就养成了一个习惯。

　　10．A.habits B．achievements

　　C．failures D．problems

　　答案：D 根据上文第7空后提到了your worries可知，这里是扔掉所有的麻烦。

　　11．A.returned B．happened

　　C．occurred D．appealed

　　答案：C 一天，作者在看到他的妻子快乐地洗盘子时，突然有一个想法。

　　12．A.determined B．pleased

　　C．surprised D．puzzled

　　答案：B 从前面的作者妻子快乐地洗盘子可知这里是高兴的。

　　13．A.encouraged B．disappointed

　　C．defeated D．surprised

　　答案：C 如果想到会洗堆得像仓库一样大的脏盘子时，她一定会被这个想法击垮的。

　　14．A.enjoy B．mind

　　C．consider D．avoid

　　答案：B 作者的妻子不介意洗盘子的原因是她一次只洗一天的盘子。

　　15．A.thought B．embarrassment

　　C．excuse D．trouble

　　答案：D 由下文内容“作者不仅洗今天和明天的盘子甚至还洗没有脏的盘子”可知，作者看到了自己的问题所在。

　　16．A.even B．still

　　C．mainly D．partly

　　答案：A 参考上题解析。

　　17．A.foolish B．intelligent

　　C．modest D．abnormal

　　答案：A 由下文作者提到自己过去常常站在人们面前告诉大家怎么生活，自己却过着焦虑、紧张和匆忙的生活，觉得自己是多么愚蠢。

　　18．A.conscious B．ashamed

　　C．proud D．terrified

　　答案：B 由前句内容可知，作者对自己感到很羞愧。

　　19．A.convince B．oppose

　　C．excite D．bother

　　答案：D 由下文作者现在把昨天的焦虑都扔掉可知，担忧不再困扰作者了。

　　20．A.admitted B．delayed

　　C．stopped D．regretted

　　答案：C 作者已经停止“今天提前洗明天的盘子了”。

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解(建议用时16′)

　　A

　　[2016·天水一中考试]Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)—either recorded or real—may even preventW1 elephants from damaging farmer's crops.

　　In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scareW2 elephants away.

　　Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set upP1 a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.

　　From a distance, Lucy switched onP2 the pre­recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbedW3. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.

　　Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoidW4 the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightenedW5 away.

　　科学研究发现生气的蜜蜂的声音能驱赶走大象，帮助农民保护庄稼。

　　1．We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of________.

　　A．loud noises B．some crops

　　C．video cameras D．angry bees

　　答案：D　事实细节题。根据文中第一段可知答案。

　　2．As mentioned in the passage, Lucy________.

　　A．works by herself in Africa

　　B．needs to test more elephant groups

　　C．has stopped elephants eating crops

　　D．has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms

　　答案：B　事实细节题。从文中最后一段“She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know...to see if elephants are frightened away.”可知B正确。而A中“works by herself”表达错误，从文中第三段“Lucy and her assistant”可看出并非独自工作。C项文中未提到，D从第二段最后一句话可知错误。

　　3．Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?

　　A．To record the sound of bees.

　　B．To make a video of elephants.

　　C．To see if elephants would run away.

　　D．To find out more about the behavior of bees.

　　答案：A　事实细节题。从文中第三段前半部分可知答案。

　　4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．Young elephants ignore African honeybees.

　　B．Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.

　　C．Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.

　　D．Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.

　　答案：C　事实细节题。根据文中第二段的“In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.”可知选C。A、B两项从倒数第二段后半部分可知错误，D项文中未提到。

　　W重点词汇

　　1．prevent vt. 阻止；妨碍

　　2.scare vt. 使害怕

　　3．undisturbed adj. 安静的；未被扰乱的

　　4．avoid vt. 逃避；避免

　　5.frighten vt. 使惊恐；吓唬

　　P重点短语

　　1．set up 建立；成立

　　2.switch on 打开

　　B

　　[2016·揭阳一中两校联考]Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest, Mount Qomolangma's peak is no longer a lonelyW1 place and is turning into a trash heap.

　　So far, more than 350 climbers have successfully reached the peak. And they have complained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks (狭窄路段) on the way toP1 the peak, a situationW2 that isn't just uncomfortable—it's cold and windy up there —but downright dangerous. If bad weather strikes, climbers can and do die.

　　As a matter of fact, the dangerous crowds aren't the only problem on Qomolangma. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear—and much of it ends up being left on the mountain, sometimes even the peak itself. Mount Qomolangma is becoming the world's largest dump. Here's mountaineer Mark Jenkins writing in National Geographic about the state of Qomolangma: “The two standard routes, the Northeast Ridge and the Southeast Ridge, are disgustingly polluted with oxygen cans and torn tents everywhere.”

　　But the good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themselves to clean upP2 Qomolangma.S Mountaineer Paul Thelen and his friend Eberhard Schaaf are part of the annual Eco Everest Expedition, which has been cleaning up rubbish from base camps to the peak since 2008. So far they've collected over 13 tons of garbage.

　　Some of that rubbish is even being used for a higher purposeW3. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project, a group of 15 artists from Nepal collected 1.5 tons of garbage brought down the mountain by climbers. They've transformedW4 the cans and oxygen tanks—and in one case, part of the remains of a helicopter—into 74 pieces of art that have already gone on exhibition in Nepal's capital. Part of the profitW5 from sales will go to the Everest Peakeers Association, which has helped collect tons of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain.

　　随着越来越多的人登上珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰，山顶上的垃圾也越来越多，并且成为了问题。

　　5．What do we learn about the bottlenecks on the way to Mount Qomolangma's peak?

　　A.They are relatively safe.

　　B．They are often crowded.

　　C.They are very easy to pass.

　　D．They are sites of base camps.

　　答案：B　事实细节题。根据文中第二段“they have complained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks on the way to the peak, a situation that...dangerous.”不但是瓶颈地带而且还很危险。

　　6．What does the underlined word “gear” mean?

　　A.Equipment for climbing mountains.

　　B．The food climbers brought onto the mountain.

　　C．Some important machines used for the bottlenecks.

　　D．Some rubbish found on the mountain.

　　答案：A　词意猜测题。由文中“and much of it ends up being left on the mountain, ...the world's largest dump.”成为了世界上最大的垃圾场，可选出A项。

　　7．The group of 15 Nepali artists________.

　　A．created works of art using rubbish from Qomolangma

　　B．were employed by the Everest Peakeers Association

　　C．climbed Qomolangma and collected 1.5 tons of trash

　　D．painted 74 beautiful pictures of Mount Qomolangma's peak

　　答案：A　事实细节题。从文中最后一段的“They've transformed the cans and oxygen tanks—and in one case...on exhibition in Nepal's capital.”可知A项正确。

　　8．What can be the best title for the text?

　　A．Eco Everest Expedition Proves Successful

　　B．Qomolangma Has Become A Huge Mess

　　C．Test Yourself Against Qomolangma

　　D．Recycle Rubbish On Qomolangma

　　答案：B　主旨大意题。从文中第一段“Mount Qomolangma's peak...and is turning into a trash heap.”可归纳出题目。

　　W重点词汇

　　1．lonely adj. 孤独的；偏僻的

　　2.situation n. 形势；状况

　　3．purpose n. 目的

　　4.transform vt. 转换

　　5．profit n. 利润，利益

　　P重点短语

　　1．on the way to... 去……地的路上

　　2．clean up 清理；打扫干净

　　S句式仿写

　　原文：The good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themselves to clean up Qomolangma.(表语从句)

　　译文：好消息是一些登山家自己随身带着(工具)清扫珠穆朗玛峰。

　　仿写：The reason why he was late for school this morning is that_his_mother_was_ill.

　　他今天早上迟到的原因是他母亲病了。

　　Ⅲ.短文改错(建议用时8′)

　　[2016·惠州市二调]I have been a member of our local Community Youth Club for four years. So far I have took part in a lot of interested projects including activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized difference groups to help people in the need. We are particular proud of the most recent group we have created, that organizes regular visits to the local old people's homes. The old people there tell us their personal story. Some of them are in poor health but very unhappy. My friends and I make up our mind to do more to help. Because our work is tiring, we think worthwhile.

　　答案：

　　I have been a member of our local Community Youth Club for four years. So far I have

　　part in a lot of

　　projects including activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized

　　groups to help people in

　　need. We are

　　proud of the most recent group we have created,

　　organizes regular visits to the local old people's homes. The old people there tell us their personal . Some of them are in poor health

　　very unhappy. My friends and I make up our mind to do more to help.

　　our work is tiring, we think

　　worthwhile.