单元练习高一英语单元练习十八内容Module 4 Unit 3.docx

1、单元练习高一英语单元练习十八内容Module 4 Unit 3高一英语单元练习（十八）练习内容：Module4Unit 3A Taste of English Humor二、阅读理解A【a】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 by showing were better

2、 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

3、someone elses 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

4、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 strange and out of p

5、lace because its 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 dont laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man i

6、n 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.21. The underlined word “inferiority” (in Paragraph 1) mean

7、s _.A. something that is not as good as something elseB. something that is better than something elseC. someone that is not as good as someone elseD. someone that is better than someone else22. According to Aristotle, all jokes depend mainly on _. A. showing inferiority in another person or group B.

8、 resulting in a sense of success C. having a good opinion of other people D. making people laugh unexpectedly23. Whats 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 l

9、ike jokes are usually cruel. D. To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.24. 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

10、 happen in an expected situation. D. Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place. B【a】I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mothers idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with t

11、he competition.With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE

12、 SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.“None.”“Where did you go?”“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”“What did you do?”“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”“You just stood ther

13、e?”“Didnt sell a single one.”“My God, Russell!”Uncle Allen put in, “Well, Ive decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-c

14、onfidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.One day, I told my mother Id changed my mind. I didnt want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replie

15、d, “youll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my fathers plain wo

16、rkmans life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husbands people for true life and love.25. Why did the boy start his job young? AHe wanted to be famous in the future BT

17、he job was quite easy for him. CHis mother had high hopes for him. DThe competition for the job was fierce.26. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _. Aexcited Binterested Cashamed Ddisappointed 27. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?AShe

18、forced him to continue. BShe punished him.CShe gave him some money. DShe changed her plan.28. The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to. Athe war between the boys parentsBthe arguing between the boy and his mother Cthe quarrel between the boy and his customersDthe fight between the boy

19、 and his father29. What is the text mainly about? AThe early life of a journalist. BThe early success of a journalist. CThe happy childhood of the writer. DThe important role of the writer in his family.C【c】Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between races and rates(率)

20、of lung cancer among smokers. A new study shows that black people and Native Hawaiians are more likely to develop lung cancer from smoking. It compared their risk to whites, Japanese-Americans and Latinos. Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii did the new

21、study. The New England Journal of Medicine published the findings. The eight-year research studied more than 180,000 people. They included present and former smokers and people who never smoked. Almost 2.000 people in the study developed lung cancer.Researchers say genetics(遗传学) might help explain t

22、he racial and ethnic（种族的） differences. There could be differences in how peoples bodies react to smoke. But environmental influences, including the way people smoke, could also make a difference.African-Americans and Latinos in the study are reported smoking the fewest cigarettes per day. Whites are

23、 the heaviest smokers. But the scientists point out that blacks have been reported to breathe cigarette smoke more deeply than white smokers. This could fill their lungs with more of the chemicals in tobacco that cause cancer. Scientists know that some diseases effect different groups differently. A

24、nd some drug companies have begun to develop racially targeted(针对) medicines. Last June, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a drug designed to treat heart failure in black patients. The name is BiDil. The agency called it a step toward the promise of personalized medicine.30. Wh

25、ich of the following orders is from higher to lower risk of having lung cancer? AWhitesNative Hawaiians BAfricansAmericansLatinos CAsiansNative Hawaiians DAfricansAmericansNative Hawaiians31. Researchers agree that it isthat may probably determine black peoples risk of lung cancer. Athe larger amoun

26、t of smoking than white peopleBthe living style or habit of the blacks Cthe depth of cigarette smoke into their lungsDthe physical strength to react to cigarette smoke32. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the author? AThe way of smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer. BRac

27、e has nothing to do with the risk of having a lung cancer. CThe research was started by the New England Journal of Medicine. DThe risk of lung cancer lies I how much a person smokes.D【c】As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will hav

28、e a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once

29、 a week.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving the

30、m very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspa

31、per reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldnt get home until eight or nine oclock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New

32、York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. Its taken some getting used to, but its been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think its made us stronger