UNIT 4 Period Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 WHAT'S SO FUNNY（课时作业）-【优化探究】2021-2022学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册同步导学案（北师大版）

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Singing can create a sense of well­being (舒适)．

2．He began to tell me the plot (情节) of his new book.

3．I'm tired of having to pretend  (假装) all the time.

4．It is a lovely romantic comedy (喜剧片), well worth seeing.

5．The guests were mostly middle­aged (中年的) men talking business.

6．The governor called for an inquiry into the motorway's collapse (坍塌)．

7．This is an opportunity to enhance (提高) the reputation of the company.

8．Scientists are trying to pull together disparate ideas in astronomy (天文学)．

9．The forecast (预报) said there would be sunny intervals and showers.

10．The hotel offers a friendly atmosphere (氛围) and personal service.

Ⅱ.单句语法填空

1．Gas and oil consumption (consume) always increases in cold weather.

2．Clearly this is a potentially (potential) dangerous situation.

3．I was terrified (terrify) at the dog just now.

4．He felt embarrassed (embarrass) at being the centre of attention.

5．He was quite humorous (humour), and I liked that about him.

6．I was so confused (confuse) that I could hardly compose my thoughts.

7．There are no significant (significance) differences between the two groups of students.

8．She made her announcement (announce) after talks with the president.

9．Several other points deserve mentioning/to be mentioned (mention)．

10．I have been a faithful (faith) reader of your newspaper for many years.

Ⅲ.完成句子

1．She was so happy that she scarcely dared to breathe.

她高兴得几乎不敢呼吸。

2．Tom was doing his homework when her mother walked into his room.

汤姆正在做作业时，她妈妈走进了他的房间。

3．I wonder if/whether you can join us tomorrow evening.

我想知道你明晚是否能加入我们。

4．You owe him an apology for what you said.

你要为你所说的话向他道歉。

5．The rent is high, but otherwise the house is satisfactory.

房租是贵，可这房子在别的方面倒令人满意。

Ⅳ.阅读理解

People who write dramas, also called plays, are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists”. Some popular types of drama include comedy, tragedy, farce, opera and docudramas. Now, I'd like to tell you some popular types of drama.

Lighter in tone, comedies try to make the audience laugh and usually come to a happy ending. Comedies put unusual characters in special situations, causing them to do and say funny things. Comedies can also be sarcastic (讽刺的) in nature, creating fun at serious topics. There are also several different types of comedy, including romantic comedy, a comedy of manners, and tragic comedy—plays in which characters take on tragedy with humour while bringing serious situations to happy endings.

Tragedy is based on darker themes. Generally, tragedies show serious subjects like death, disaster, and human suffering in a way that makes the audience think.  Hardly enjoying happy endings, characters in tragedies, like Shakespeare's Hamlet, are often troubled by tragic character flaws (缺点) that finally lead to their death.

A farce is a type of drama in which characters overact and present physical humour. Examples of farce include the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and the hit 1980 movie Airplane! written by David and Jery Zucker and Jim Abrahams.

Opera is a type of drama which combines theatre, dialogue, music, and dance to tell stories of tragedy or comedy. Since characters express their feelings through singing rather than dialogue, performers must be both skilled actors and singers. The tragedy La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and the comedy Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are classic examples of opera.

A docudrama is a relatively new kind of drama. Docudramas talk about historic

events or non­fictional situations. More often presented in movies and television than in live theatre, popular examples of docudramas include the movies Apollo 13 and Twelve Years a Slave.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了喜剧、悲剧、滑稽剧、歌剧和纪实电影及其特点。

1．What do we know about comedies?

A．They don't talk about serious topics.

B．They usually don't have sad endings.

C．There're always some arguments in them.

D．There're four kinds of comedies mentioned.

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知，喜剧的基调比较轻松，试着让观众发笑，通常会有一个圆满的结局。由此可知，喜剧通常不会有悲惨的结局。

答案：B

2．How would people most probably react when watching plays like Waiting for Godot?

A．Worried.　　　　　　　 B．Cheerful.

C．Upset.   D．Thoughtful.

解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的第一句可知，滑稽剧是一种戏剧，其中的人物表演夸张，并呈现出有形的幽默。由此可推断，当人们观看《等待戈多》这样的戏剧时，最可能的反应是快乐的。

答案：B

3．In dramas like La Bohème, performers are required to         .

A．say something funny

B．present physical humour

C．be good at acting and singing

D．tell stories through dialogue

解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Since characters express their feelings through singing rather than dialogue, performers must be both skilled actors and singers.”可知，因为歌剧中的角色是通过唱歌来表达情感的，所以表演者必须是