(练习)课时分层作业1 Unit 4 Section Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册(北师大版2019)

课时分层作业(一) Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．The speaker announced(宣布) the establishment of a new college yesterday. 2．Another doctor examined(检查) her and could still find nothing wrong. 3．We waited and waited，she looked at me innocently(无辜地)． 4．She had no appetite(胃口)，and merely toyed with the bread and cheese. 5．These people lack all understanding of scientific(科学的) principles. 6．It was a question which deserved(应受到) serious consideration. 7．Tests include measurement(测量) of height，weight，and blood pressure. 8．The collector knew that he had latched onto a rare antique(古董)． 9．Scientists are trying to pull together disparate ideas in astronomy(天文学)． 10．She had been faithful(忠实的) to her promise to guard this secret. Ⅱ.阅读理解 A It is widely believed that humour is good for your health.However，most studies on humour and health show that by watching something humorous—comedy films，for example—you can just escape from the pain for a short time，or that humour just helps reduce signs of a disease.So far，no study has shown that humour can help a person recover from a serious illness. One way to study the relationship between humour and health is looking at the health of people who use humour as part of their jobs: comedians and improv(即兴表演) artists，for example.Not only do they use humour as part of their work，but also they show the highest levels of humour ability.So if humour is really good for our health，we can anticipate that comedians benefit the most from it. Although it is often said that humour can make people live longer，research has actually found the opposite to be true.One study found that comedians and humour writers actually died younger compared with other famous people who were not performers.However，these studies were somewhat limited，because most of the comedians were men and already dead.And many famous people often live very unhealthy lives，and the comedians might have died from reasons such as heavy drinking or smoking. My colleagues and I decided to take a different way.We collec