Unit 3 A taste of English humour Section Ⅰ Warming Up & Reading 课时精练（人教版必修4，课标通用）
Ⅰ.课文缩写
__1__nobody has been able to do better than Charlie Chaplin in humour.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed，so they could feel more __2__with their lives.
Chaplin's parents were poor music hall performers.It was __3__ that Chaplin was brought up very successfully when he was very young.__4__，his father died，leaving the family even __5__.Chaplin could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks.Nobody was ever __6__ watching him for he made everything __7__.
He became known __8__the world.The tramp，a poor，__9__ man with a moustache，wore large trousers，wornout shoes and a small round black hat.
Later，Charlie Chaplin wrote，directed and produced the films he __10__.In 1972，Chaplin was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films.
答案 1.Up to now 2.content 3.astonishing 4.Unfortunately 5.worse off
6.bored 7.entertaining 8.throughout 9．homeless 10.starred in
Ⅱ.单词拼写
1．He is so ________(幽默) that all of us like to watch his works.
2．The news ________(使……吃惊) everybody at the last meeting.
3．________(不幸的是) he won't be here tomorrow.
4．He became inspired when he thought about helping ________(普通的) people.
5．We got ________(厌烦的) with the long speech given by Mr.Smith.
6．He ________(款待) his friends to dinner yesterday.
7．As for his performance，he was a ________(失败者)，but he succeeded as a singer.
8．He ________(克服) many difficulties in learning English.
9．Who ________(导演) the famous film 2012?
10．What he said was based on the fact，so it was quite ________(有说服力的)．
答案 1.humorous 2.astonished 3.Unfortunately 4．ordinary 5.bored
6.entertained 7.failure 8．overcame 9.directed 10.convincing
Ⅲ.翻译与仿写
1．As Victor Hugo once said，“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human
face.”
翻译：____________________________________________________________
仿写：众所周知，中国人口在世界上是最多的。
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2．You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could
speak and dance as soon as he could walk.
翻译：____________________________________________________________
仿写：这种特殊的稻种使农民们收获更多的庄稼成为可能。
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3．The tramp，a poor，homeless man with a moustache，wore large trousers，wornout
shoes and a small round black hat.
翻译：____________________________________________________________
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仿写：那是一座美丽的中国小竹桥。
_________________________________________________________________
4．Instead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a
snowstorm with nothing to eat.
翻译：____________________________________________________________
仿写：我无事可做，只好睡觉。
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5．Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.
翻译：____________________________________________________________
仿写：泰德照顾他的妹妹就像个大人一样。
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答案 1.正如维克多·雨果曾经说的：“笑声如阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天。”
As is known to us all，China has the largest population in the world.
2．你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞了。
This special strain of rice makes it possible that farmers can produce much more crop.
3．这个穷苦的，无家可归的小流浪汉留着小胡子，穿着肥大的裤子，破鞋子，头戴黑色的小圆帽。
It's a beautiful little Chinese bamboo bridge.
4．相反，他们被暴风雪困在山边的一个小木屋里，没有任何可吃的东西。
I had to go to bed with nothing to do.
5．查理首先挑出鞋带来吃，好像它们是意大利面。
Ted looks after his younger sister as if he were an adult.
Ⅳ.句型转换
1．Up to now，Chaplin had done the best in the world.
Up to now，________ ________ had done ________ ________ Chaplin.
2．As time went by，Chaplin began making films.
With ________ ________ by，Chaplin began making films.
3．When he walked around stiffly，he carried a walking stick with him.
He walked around stiffly ________ a walking stick with him.
4．He enjoyed every mouthful.
He ate each mouthful ________ ________ ________.
5．He was lucky to pass the exam.
________，he passed the exam.
答案 1.no one，better than 2.time going 3.carrying
4．with great enjoyment 5.Fortunately
Ⅴ.单项填空
1．(2013·青岛高一检测)Up to now，the Hope Project ________ thousands of students
who would otherwise have dropped out.
A．would help B．helps
C．had helped D．has helped
答案 D [考查动词时态。句意：截止到现在，希望工程已经帮助了成千上万的本来会辍学的学生。up to now 是现在完成时态的时间状语。]
2．(2013·合肥高一检测)We were finally able to make the customers ________ of the
quality of the refrigerator.
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A．to convince B．convincing
C．convince D．convinced
答案 D [考查convince 及非谓语动词的用法。make sb convinced of sth 使某人相信某事。convinced此处为形容词，convinced of 结构作make的宾语补足语。]
3．—________，a tenyearold boy can finish the task within ten days.
—He is quite talented and diligent as well.
A．Exactly B．Fortunately
C．Happily D．Amazingly
答案 D [考查副词词义辨析。句意：太令人惊奇了，一个十岁的男孩子竟然只用十天的时间就完成了任务。amazingly令人惊讶地，符合句意。exactly 准确地，确切地；fortunately幸运地；happily高兴地。]
4．(2013·杭州高一检测)Thanks to the Party's opening and reform policy，people in
China are ________than they were thirty years ago.
A．well off B．much better off
C．more better off D．quite better off
答案 B [考查比较级用法。well off的比较级是better off。more本身就是比较级，修饰比较级用much；quite一般不用来修饰比较级。故选B。]
5．He ________ us for hours with his stories and jokes.
A．offered B．treated
C．entertained D．cheated
答案 C [句意：他既讲故事又说笑话，把我们逗得乐了好几个小时。entertain 为及物动词，“使欢乐”。]
6．Look at the picture taken when my brother and I were young，and I wonder if you
can ________ my brother.
A．cut out B．find out
C．pick out D．bring out
答案 C [考查动词短语辨析。句意：看看我和我哥哥小时候拍的照片，不知你能否认出哪个是我哥哥。cut out删除；find out找出，查明，发现；pick out 挑出，辨认出，分辨出；bring out 拿出；取出。]
7．Babies sleep 16 to 18 hours every day，and they sleep less _______ time passes by.
A．with B．before
C．as D．after
答案 C [考查连词词义。句意：婴儿每天睡16到18小时，随着时间的流逝，他们会睡得越来越少。后一分句中主、从句的谓语动词sleep和pass是同时发生的，故选as引导时间状语从句，表示“随着”。]
8．(2013·南昌高一检测)She ________ that she was selected as a volunteer.
A．contents with B．is content with
C．contents to D．satisfied with
答案 B [考查content的用法。句意：她对自己被选为志愿者感到很满意。be content with对……感到满意。A项content 作动词时为及物动词，不能接介词；C项搭配不对；D项正确表达为is satisfied with。]
9．(2013·长沙高一检测)He can't sleep with the light ________ at night.
A．burning B．burnt
C．burns D．to burn
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答案 A [考查with的复合结构。with＋名词/代词＋v.ing。burn“发光，发亮”不及物动词，与the light 是主动关系，故用现在分词。]
10．We can know that the news is ________from his ________look.
A．astonished；astonished
B．astonishing；astonished
C．astonishing；astonishing
D．astonished；astonishing
答案 B [句意：从他惊愕的表情上看，我们知道这消息令人吃惊。astonishing(事物等)令人吃惊的；astonished(人等)感到吃惊的；惊愕的。]
11．Although she is a famous singer，she dresses like a(n) ________ girl.
A．ordinary B．general
C．normal D．active
答案 A [考查形容词词义。句意：虽然她是著名歌星，但是她打扮得就像个普通女孩。ordinary“普通的；平常的”，指没有什么特别的地方，符合题意。general普遍的；normal正常的，常态的；active积极的。]
12．All the people in the hall are ________with the ________speech.
A．bored；bored B．boring；boring
C．bored；boring D．boring；bored
答案 C [考查形容词词义。句意：大厅里的所有人都厌倦了这场令人厌烦的演讲。bored意为“(人等)感到厌烦的”；boring 意为“(事物等)令人厌烦的”。]
13．Many countries in Asia，such as China and Thailand，have a lot of tourists
________the year.
A．within B．without
C．throughout D．beyond
答案 C [考查介词用法。句意：很多亚洲国家，如中国和泰国，全年都会接待大量游客。throughout 意为“遍及；贯穿”，throughout the year“整年”。within在……之内；without 没有；beyond超越。]
14．To ________，hardship is an excuse；to ________，hardship is great fortune.
A．the failure；the success B．a failure；a success
C．failure；success D．the failure；a success
答案 B [句意：对失败者来说，磨难是苟且的借口；对成功者来说，反而是宝贵的财富。failure 和success在此处作可数名词用，表示“成功者/失败者”。]
15．The sea policemen ________ the difficulties such as strong winds，high waves，
as well as cold weather，and finally succeeded in saving 32 sailors.
A．confused B．overcame
C．reduced D．expanded
答案 B [考查动词词义。句意：海警们克服了强风、大浪、天冷等困难，终于成功救起了32名海员。overcome“战胜；克服”，符合题意。confuse 使迷惑；reduce减少；缩减；expand 使变大；伸展。]
Ⅵ.阅读理解
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About the year 1900，a small，darkhaired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre.He looked thin and hungry.He was hoping to get work in show business.He could sing and dance；above all，he knew how to make people laugh.But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets.Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest，bestknown，and bestloved comedian in the world.Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips (胶片)．People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces.Even people who don't understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films though most of them are silent.It isn't what he says that makes people laugh.His comedy doesn't depend upon words and languages.It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.Acting out，without words，common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries.It's a kind of world language.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day,1977，at the age of eightyeight.The world was astonished at the news of the death and burst into sadness.
1．Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre?
A．Because he had no money to buy a ticket.
B．Because he wanted to get a returned ticket.
C．Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living.
D．Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the
performance.
答案 C [推理判断题。从第一段中的hungry一词及hoping to get work in show business可判断出。]
2．It was ________that made people enjoy his films.
A．wonderful dialogues B．the beautiful music
C．his funny appearance D．his own manner of acting
答案 D [推理判断题。由第二段中的倒数后四句可知选D。]
3．The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is that ________.
A．his films are most silent
B．he knew how to make people laugh
C．he could not only act but also write comedies
D．he acted out the common human situation best in his comedy
答案 D [推理判断题。从第二段的最后两句可知无声的表演出普通人群的生活，在喜剧中是最好的，卓别林也因此被认为是喜剧之王。]
4．What's the best title of this passage?
A．Charlie Chaplin，A Famous Humorous Actor
B．Charlie Chaplin，A Worker
C．Charlie Chaplin，A Small Boy
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D．Charlie Chaplin，A Director
答案 A [主旨大意题。本文主要说明了卓别林作为滑稽演员的成就。B、C和D三项太片面。]
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