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1、版高考英语一轮复习 Unit 17 Laughter课时练 北师大版选修6 Unit 17Laughter课时练(一)阅读理解提速练练速度(限时：35分钟).阅读理解A(2018河北廊坊市高三年级教学质量监测) April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death. Organizations in Britain have planned numerous events to honor him. In StratforduponAvon, his birthplace, the tourism organiza

2、tion has a great number of free events, including performances of Shakespeares plays, and a dazzling fireworks display. And the BBC is broadcasting a live show from StratforeuponAvon, celebrating Shakespeares widespread influence on the world. In Englands capital, the London Shakespeare Centre and K

3、ings College London are holding a series of public performances, exhibitions and activities. It isnt just England that honors the anniversary of the death of this extraordinary writer. In Washington, D. C， the Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses the worlds largest collection of documents relati

4、ng to William Shakespeare, is displaying a series of exhibitions.Shakespeare is probably the most famous author who ever lived and is considered a genius by most. He wrote around 37 plays and 154 sonnets(十四行诗), and his work has been translated into over one hundred languages! He penned beautiful met

5、aphors(暗喻), serious dramas and amusing tales.Shakespeare also invented many new terms and phrases. If someones behavior suggested they were not being honest and should not be trusted, Shakespeare called their actions suspicious. If someone was being silly and perhaps looking like a fool, Shakespeare

6、 found their actions laughable. And Shakespeare called people who offered their opinions on the quality of something critics. Today, for instance, food critics and film critics give audiences their opinions of foods and films. The familiar phrase “break the ice” comes from Shakespeares play The Tami

7、ng of the Shrew. “The ice is broken” when a difficult conversation or meeting is calmed by some basic introduction, such as a simple game. More common words coined by Shakespeare include road, gossip, lonely, bump and hurry.Four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare surely lives on, in everyday

8、 speech, as the most famous writer of all time!【语篇解读】4月23日是威廉莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。英国的各种组织计划活动来纪念他。1The main idea of the text is _.Athe 400th anniversary of Shakespeares deathBthe influence Shakespeare has on EnglishCthe achievements of William ShakespeareDShakespeares colorful and fruitful life解析：A主旨大意题。根

9、据文章第一段的句子“April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death.”可知，文章主要介绍4月23日是威廉莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。故选A。2Shakespeare is honored in the following ways except _.Aa great number of free events in StratforduponAvonBa series of activities in the London Shakespeare CentreCa series of exhibitions

10、 in the Folger Shakespeare LibraryDa live show of Shakespeare from StratforduponAvon解析：D细节理解题。根据文章第二段的句子“In StratforduponAvon, his birthplace, the tourism organization has a great number of free events，”可知，A是对的；根据“In Englands capital, the London Shakespeare Centre and Kings College London are holdin

11、g a series of public performances, exhibitions and activities.”可知，B是对的；根据“the Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses the worlds largest collection of documents relating to William Shakespeare, is displaying a series of exhibitions.”可知，C是对的；根据“And the BBC is broadcasting a live show from Stratforeu

12、ponAvon, celebrating Shakespeares widespread influence on the world.”可知，D是错的。故选D。3According to the next, a simply game to make a difficult conversation easy is called _.Aan icebreakerBa suspicious manCa critic Da laughable man解析：A细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的句子“The ice is broken when a difficult conversation or

13、meeting is calmed by some basic introduction, such as a simple game.”可知，使得困难的对话变得容易的叫作an icebreaker。故选A。B(2018太原模拟二)Some scientists will say it is impossible to read minds. They will also tell you that you can make educated guesses on what a person might be thinking or feeling.Perhaps there really i

14、s nothing mysterious about the power to read minds.Perhaps it is simply human sense based on observation and educated guesses after all，but thats really a useful ability to learn.Learn body language. How a person moves and holds their hands，and even what their eyes are doing are actually telling abo

15、ut what is going on inside their head. For example，pupils(瞳孔)tend to grow larger when you are interested in or excited about something.If you are talking to someone and making eye contact，finding their pupils are large and round，chances are that they are not feigning interest in the conversation.Som

16、eone biting their nails is probably nervous.Someone who folds their arms across their chest when they are not cold is probably trying to put a barrier between you and themselves.Learn to mentally put yourself in anothers place. Scientists have recently discovered that your brain has neurons(神经元)that

17、 become active when you watch someone do something the same as we did the action ourselves.So when you are able to open yourself to understanding how other people are feeling，you can figure out reasons and predict future actions，reactions，even thoughts.Sometimes you can use Extra Sensory Perception(

18、ESP)(超感觉力)to read someones mind. This does not mean you will literally be able to read their minds like a book. Instead，you will receive impressions or feelings，which are difficult to explain.To improve your ESP abilities, take up meditation(冥想)Because meditation helps enable you to purposely put yo

19、ur brain in a state of relaxed awareness，where you will be more successful in reading people and receiving impressions.Practice and combine all of these steps. You will soon find yourself able to read peoples minds.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了几个猜到别人心思的方法，包括观察肢体语言、换位思考、运用第六感等。4What is the passage mainly about?

20、AThe ways of reading peoples minds.BThe steps of learning body language.CThe necessity of learning to read peoples minds.DThe relationship between mind and body language.解析：A主旨大意题。关键句“Practice and combine all of these steps. You will soon find yourself able to read peoples minds.(最后一段)练习并将所有这些步骤结合起来

21、，你很快就会发现你能猜到人们的心思。”通读全文可知，关键句为文章的主题句；结合上文内容可知，本文介绍了猜到别人心思的方法，包括观察肢体语言、换位思考、运用超感觉力等。故A项最能概括文意。B、C、D三项都是文章的细节之一，无法概括全文大意。故A项正确。5What does the underlined word“feigning” mean?AExpressing. BPretending.CFinding. DDeclaring.解析：B词义猜测题。关键句“For example，pupils (瞳孔) tend to grow larger when you are interested i

22、n or excited about something.(第二段第三句)例如，当你对某事感兴趣或感到兴奋时，你的瞳孔会变大。”根据关键句可知，当某人的瞳孔变大时，说明他/她确实对某事感兴趣，而不是假装感兴趣。故画线词应意为“假装”，与pretend的意思相近。故B项正确。A项意为“表达”；C项意为“发现”；D项意为“宣布，宣称”。6Why can you read someones mind when you mentally put yourself in his/her place?AYou suddenly have the ability to understand his or h

23、er feeling.BYour imagination ability and your past experiences are combined.CSome neurons in your brain improve your observation ability.DYour past similar experiences make some neurons in your brain active.解析：D推理判断题。关键句：“Scientists have recently discovered that your brain has neurons(神经元)that becom

24、e active when you watch someone do something the same as we did the action ourselves.(第三段第二句)科学家最近发现，当你看到有人做事的方式和你相同时，你脑部的神经元会很活跃。”根据关键句可知，当别人和你有相似的动作或经历时，你的脑神经会很活跃，这样你就能通过换位思考来猜测别人的心思了。故D项正确。7How does meditation help with mind reading?ABy making educated guesses on minds.BBy learning to make eye co

25、ntact.CBy changing ESP abilities for the better.DBy strengthening impressions received.解析：C细节理解题。关键句“To improve your ESP abilities，take up meditation(冥想)(倒数第二段第一句)为了增强你的超感觉力，采用冥想法吧。”根据关键句并结合倒数第三段第一句“Sometimes you can use Extra Sensory Perception(ESP)(超感觉力)to read someones mind.”可知，你可以借助冥想来增强超感觉力从而猜到

26、别人的心思。故C项正确。C(2018江西九校联考)When suddenly the word lanshouxianggu began trending on Chinese socialnetworking sites，many Internet users were left scratching their heads.Lanshouxianggu literally means blue thin chestnut mushroom but it made no sense to users. In case you are wondering what the whole fuss

27、 is about，a company in Shenzhen registered its name as blue thin chestnut mushroom，or lanshouxianggu，on Oct 13.Just to make it more confusing，the companys main business includes equipment manufacturing，trade and engineering.Its not the first time that Internet memes(网络热词) have been registered as tra

28、demarks. On Aug 8，Chinese female swimmer Fu Yuanhui said“Ive been using honghuangzhili”indicating she had used up all her strength.The word went viral.“Honghuangzhili”，which means prehistorical force，was registered as a trademark two days later.The reference to lanshouxianggu comes from a video clip

29、 that went viral where a young man in Nanning, complains to his girlfriend in Mandarin but with his strong local accent. In the video，he cries out lanshouxianggu repeatedly in local accent，which in fact means upset (lanshou)and wanting to cry(xianggu)His accent and lyrical tone gave the video a phen

30、omenon of humor and swept social media immediately.People photoshopped(编辑数字图像)his sad face on a blue small mushroom image.Some of Chinas popular websites did discover the fact that blue mushrooms do exist in the nature and were not merely magic of Photoshop.Meet Entoloma hochstetteri，or sky blue mus

31、hroom，a kind of blue fungus(真菌)whose stems diameter is just 5 millimeter.It was first discovered in New Zealand.The country even selected the image of the blue mushroom on its banknote with face value of NZ $50 to show the nature diversity in the country. In 2002，New Zealand Post even released a sta

32、mp.And for foodies who want to eat it：no，it is not edible and most species of this kind are poisonous.Are you lanshouxianggu now?【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了网络流行语“蓝瘦香菇”的起源以及现实版的“蓝瘦香菇”。8Which of the situation can be described by “Blue Mushroom”？ATom was beaten by his rival and felt very depressed. BMary had her phone stolen but thought nothing of it.CGinar failed to pass the exam but was determinedto work harder. DJohn won the f