选修6 Unit 17 Laughter课时练.docx

1、选修6 Unit 17 Laughter课时练选修6Unit 17Laughter授课提示：对应学生用书第321页课时练(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 orga

2、nization 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 a

3、nd Kings 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 re

4、lating 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

5、 metaphors(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, Shakesp

6、eare 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

7、Taming 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 ever

8、yday 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

9、意题。根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 exhibit

10、ions 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 ho

11、lding 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 Stratf

12、oreuponAvon, 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

13、 or 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 real

14、ly is 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

15、 about 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

16、.Someone 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 become active when you watch som