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[选择性必修第二册]
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HUMOUR
I.阅读A主题语境:人与社会
体裁:说明文
话题:创造幽默与欣赏幽默的联系
Telling jokes requires intelligence,
might be because creators of great humour
creativity,imagination and the ability to tell a
have higher standards of humour creativity
story,while listening to jokes is more passive
and expect higher levels of creativity from
behaviour but one that demands attention,
people who tell jokes,compared to those who
intelligence and being in the right mood in
are not so good at creating humour.
order to enjoy jokes.Besides,there are also
Moreover,outgoing people and those
clear similarities between joke tellers and
who are open to new experiences found the
appreciators.A new study takes this further
cartoons funnier,but surprisingly,outgoing
and tries to find other connections between
people are less likely to be funny.This is
creating humour and appreciating humour.
consistent with my own research that
The author carried on the cartoon caption
comedians were more introverted than the
(字幕)task,l59 participants were shown
general population.They usually don't like to
more than 30 cartoons without captions and
express themselves in social situations.
were asked to come up with a funny caption
Appreciation and production of humour
for each one of them.Later,independent
are two different cognitive(认知的)tasks,
judges classified those captions based on how
each with unique characteristics.This is why
funny they were.
The results showed that those who
when someone tells you he or she has a great
produced the funniest captions also produced
sense of humour,you may ask,"Are you
more captions overall.What was more
good at telling jokes or do you tend to laugh
interesting was that creating funny captions
more?”
was negatively related to appreciation of
1.What qualities do joke tellers and appreciators
humour.In other words,funny people tend
have in common?
to find jokes less funny than other people do.
A.Attention
B.Creativity
It is not clear why this is the case,but it
C.Imagination
D.Intelligence
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2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
C.are more likely to be funny
A.The results of the study.
D.are unwilling to express themselves in
B.The process of the study.
social situations
C.The judgement of the study.
4.What does the underlined word "introverted"in
D.The importance of the study
Paragraph 4 mean?
3.According to the text,outgoing people
A.Being very successful.
B.Being easy to talk to.
A.are good at appreciating humour
C.Being quiet and shy.
B.are more likely to be comedians
D.Being kind to others.
阅读B
主题语境:人与自我
题裁:记叙文
话题:天才制片人和编剧
Norman Lear,a genius producer and
This successful show was just the beginning
screenwriter,passed away on Tuesday in Los
of Lear's dominating position in comedy
Angeles at the age of 101."Lear's hit comedy
shows.Then came The Jeffersons,about a
shows changed television forever,"said
family on its way up.It ran for eleven
Darnel Hunt,a leading artist on TV.
seasons,one of the longest running comedy
Lear grew up in an ordinary family in
shows on television,becoming another
Connecticut,where an unexpected accident
successful story.When interviewed about the
brought about his father's business collapse.
hit of his shows,Lear said,"Our team read
So he had to drop out of college and joined the
two or three newspapers a day,paid a lot of
army.In his late 20s,he moved to Los
attention to our families,and came in to talk
Angeles where he struggled hard for several
about everything that was affecting us in our
years,selling furniture door to door.Later
daily lives."Therefore,it came as no surprise
on,unsatisfied with his life,he eventually
that viewers had a sense of Lear's own family
turned to writing for a nightclub comedy act.
By 1971,when he was almost 50,Lear
after watching All in the Family.
had produced and directed some shows,
"Routinely,Lear's shows might get fifty
among which was the hit show All in the
or sixty million viewers.He was in direct
Family.In the beginning,it didn't get on the
contact with the living rooms and families of
air smoothly.However,once it did,this show
the country,"says Marty Kaplan,founding
made it to the top 10 for eight of its nine
director of the Norman Lear Center."Lear did
seasons,promising Lear's life was to change.
everything with humor and sympathy.
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5.What can we learn about Lear from the
7.What can we infer from Marty Kaplan's
first two paragraphs?
words in the last paragraph?
A.His shows had little impact on television.
A.Lear promoted his shows to families
B.He led a challenging life in his twenties.
directly.
B.Lear carried out face-to-face interactions
C.His father expected him to be a screen-
with viewers.
writer.
C.Lear won widespread popularity for his
D.He received good education despite his
shows.
father's business failure.
D.Lear never focuses on the theme of
6.Which factor may contribute to the success
family.
of Lear's shows?
8.Where is this text probably taken from?
A.His shows featured surprise endings.
A.A newspaper.
B.His shows went on the air immediately.
B.A comedy script.
C.His shows dominated the comedy industry.
C.A novel.
D.His shows reflected real daily life.
D.A health magazine.
川.语法填空主题语境:人与社会
体裁:议论文
话题:与朋友交谈,笑声多
When 1.
(ask)what makes them
of communication,not a 6.
(react).The
laugh,most adults will tell you it's jokes and
science of laughter is telling us that laughter
humour.
But they would be wrong.Robert
is not so much associated 7.
jokes.
Provine,2.
psychologist from the
Actually,it is,to a greater degree,a social
University of Maryland,3.
find)
behaviour which we use to show people that
some time ago that we actually laugh most
we like them and 8.
we understand
when talking to our friends.In fact we're 30
them.Laughter is an emotion that we can use
times more likely 4.
laugh)at
with those to whom we are 9.
something when we are with other people.
(emotional)close,to make ourselves feel
Interestingly,within these conversations,
we
better.This is critical to our 10.
(be)still not laughing at jokes:we laugh
(enjoy)a happy mood-but maybe even more
at statements and comments that do not seem on
important when circumstances are making us
the face of them to be remotely funny.It's a form
feel bad.
246想需要决心、一心一意、勇气和承诺。D选项“Above all,2.D推理判断题。根据第四段“The act currently protects
we must feel motivated to fulfill our dreams and remain
more than 2,300 species.These include more than 900
motivated(最重要的是,我们必须有动力去实现我们的梦
plants and upwards of 160 marine species.(该法案目前保
想,并保持动力)”强调了实现梦想在需要决心、一心一
护了2300多个物种。其中包括900多种植物和超过160
意、勇气和承诺的基础上,保持动力的重要性。故选D。
种海洋生物)”可知,《濒危物种法》在物种保护方面貢献
2.G根据后文“Motivational speakers outline their recipes
很大。故选D项。
for success,(励志演说家概述了他们的成功秘诀)”可知,
3.A词句猜测题。根据画线词后“For instance,being
如何获得激励可以从励志演说家身上获得答案。G选项
listed under the act makes it illegal to use,kill or catch
"A whole industry has grown up dedicated to motivating
any of these organisms.It also bans the import of any
people(一个致力于激励人们的行业已经发展起来)”说明
endangered foreign animals.as well as any meat or
一个致力于激励人们的行业即“励志演说家”已经发展起
products made from them.(例如,根据该法案,使用、杀害
来,能够让人们获得动力,该选项引起下文,符合语境。
或捕捉这些生物是违法的。它还禁止进口任何濒危的外
故选G。
国动物,以及由它们制成的任何肉类或产品)”可推断,画
3.A根据后文的“A long-term goal will be the ultimate
线词所在句的句意为“这可能意味着描述恢复其栖息地
dream-let's say,setting up a new business.Short-term
的方法,或确定阻止对一个物种的成胁的方法”。因此推
and medium-term goals will be the stages on the road to
测画线词的意思与SIop的意思最接近。故选A项。
the final goal.(长期目标将是终极梦想比方说,创立
一家新公司。短期和中期目标将是通往最终目标的道路
4.A主旨大意题。根据最后一段“The ESA has written
上的阶段)”可知,此处强调实现梦想过程中设定目标的
plenty of success stories over the past half-century.So
重要性。A选项“The first step to achieving a dream is to
far.the act has helped keep 99 percent of species under
turn it into a series of goals(实现梦想的第一步是把它变
its protection from extinction.(在过去的半个世纪中,濒
成一系列的日标)”与下文呼应,强调实现梦想第一步要
危物种法案(ESA)已经写下了许多成功的故事。到目
设定一系列的目标,符合语境。故选A。
前为止,该法案已经帮助在其保护下的物种中99%免于
4.C根据后文“Their attitude is going to be optimistic and
灭绝)”及全文可知,本文的主要内容是:由于《潮危物种
confident,and you can draw on that yourself..(他们的态
法》的颁布,很多濒临灭绝的物种得到了保护,它们的数
度是乐观和自信的,你可以利用这一点)”强调他人乐观
量也在不断恢复。故A项“《濒危物种法》拯救了很多物
和自信的态度能够影响到你。C选项“You can keep
种”最适合作本文的标题。故选A项。
yourself motivated by mixing with other motivated people
Ⅱ.[参考范文]
(你可以通过与其他有动力的人交往来保持自己的动
Donald took charge of the situation,directing Richie
力)”指出与其他有动力的人交往来保持自己的动力,这
to get paintbrushes and white paper.Donald took the
些有动力的人的积极态度能够让你乐观和自信,与下文
brush and carefully drove the baby mantises onto the white
形成呼应。故进C。
paper.They were so small that he could injure their legs or
5.F根据前文“We must not see failures as a bad thing.
body parts.The baby mantises were so small that some of
(我们不能把失败看作一件坏事)”可知,此处强调实现梦
the students brought a magnifying glass to help.With the
想过程中失败的重要意义。F选项“They enable us to
concerted efforts of everyone,the baby mantises finally
avoid the mistake happening another time(它们使我们能
returned safely to the box.
够避免错误再次发生)”中的they指代前文的failures,与
After the successful rescue,Mrs.Beecher asked the
前文呼应,指出失败的意义在于能够让我们避免错误再
次发生,符合语境。故选下。
class to write about this special experience.Richie no longer
laughed at Donald,and no longer called him"Donnie the
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Dung Beetle",and deeply admired Donald's calmly handling
1,[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了《颜
the unexpected things.Donald's profound knowledge left a
危物种法》拯救了很多物种。
deep impression on everyone.From this incident,everyone
l.B细节理解题。根据第二段“The few remaining wild
realized the importance of patience,calmness,carefulness
condors were brought into zoos in the early 1980s as part
and being knowledgeable.
of a captive breeding program.Gradually,a small
group of the birds reproduced,and eventually many of
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the condors were released back into the wild.(20 80
1,A.[语篇解读]这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了讲
年代初,作为圈养计划的一部分,剩下的少数野生秃鹰被
笑话的人和欣赏笑话的人的共同之处是需要聪明才智,
带进了动物园。渐渐地,一小群秃鹰繁殖了,最终许多秃
项新的研究对此进行了进一步研究,并试图找到创造幽默
鹰被释放回野外)”可知,动物园当时圈养秃鹰是为了恢
和欣赏幽歌之间的其它联系,文章解释了研究开展的过程
复其数量。故选B项。
以及研究的发现。
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l.D细节理解题。根据第一段“Telling jokes requires乙.C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“‘Routinely,Lear's
intelligence,creativity.imagination and the ability to tell
shows might get fifty or sixty million viewers.He was in
a story,while listening to jokes is more passive behaviour
direct contact with the living rooms and families of the
but one that demands attention.intelligence and being in
country,'says Marty Kaplan.founding director of the
the right mood in order to enjoy jokes.(讲笑话需要智力、
Norman Lear Center.'Lear did everything with humor
创造力、想象力和讲故事的能力,而听笑话测是一种更被
and sympathy.'(诺受·李尔中心的创始主任马蒂·卡鲁
动的行为,但它需要注意力,智力和良好的心情才能欣赏
兰说:‘通常,李尔的节目可能会有五六千万观众。他与
这个国家的客厅和家庭有直接联系。李尔做的一切都带
笑话。)”可知,讲笑话的人和欣赏笑话的人的共同之处是
有曲默和同情。’)”可知,李尔的节目很受欢迎。故选
聪明才智。
C项。
2.B主旨大意题。根据第二段“The author carried on the
8.A推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Norman Lear,a
cartoon caption(字幕)task.l59 participants were
genius producer and screenwriter,passed away on
shown more than 30 cartoons without captions and were
Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101.(天才制片人和
asked to come up with a funny caption for each one of
编制诺受·李尔周二在洛杉矶去世,享年101岁)”可知
them.Later.independent judges classified those captions
这是一则关于Norman Lear去世的新闻,这种类型的信
based on how funny they were,(作者进行了漫画配文的
息通常出现在报纸上;根据第二段“I,ear grew up in an
任务。研究人员向159名参与者展示了30多部没有字幕
ordinary family in Connecticut(I.ear在康涅狄格州的一个
的漫画,并要求他们为每一福漫画想出一个有趣的标题。
普通家庭中长大)”,第四段“This successful show was
之后,独立评委根据搞笑程度对这些字慕进行分类。)”可
just the beginning of L.ear's dominating position in
知,第二段的主要内容是研究的过程。
comedy shows..(这部成功的剧集仅仅是I,ear在喜剧节
3.A推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Moreover,.outgoing
目中占据主导地位的开始)”可知本文多使用报纸中常见
people and those who are open to new experiences found
的正式和客观的语言:根据第一段“·Lear's hit comedy
the cartoons funnier.but surprisingly,outgoing people
shows changed television forever,'said Darnel Hunt,a
are less likely to be funny.(此外,外向的人和那些乐于接
leading artist on TV,(I,ear的热门喜剧节目永远改变了
受新体验的人觉得卡通更有趣,但令人惊讶的是,外向的
电视业,'电视界的一位领军艺术家Darnel Hunt说道)”
可知,这些评论通常用于增强新闻报道的说服力和可信
人不太可能有趣。)”可知,外向的人善于欣寅出默。
度,也是新闻报道中常见的微法。因此,结合上述推理,
4.C词句猜测题。根据倒效第二段“They usually don't
可以判断这篇文本很可能来自一份报纸。故选A项。
like to express themselves in social situations.(他们通常
Ⅱ,[语篇解读]这是一篇议论文。文章讲述了当被间及是
不喜欢在社变场合表达自己。)”可知,喜剧演员通常不喜
什么让他们笑时,大多数成年人会告诉你是笑话和幽默。但他
欢在社交场合表达自己,说明他们比较安静和害羞。故
们错了。马里兰大学的一位心理学家罗伯特·普罗文不久前
画线词意思是“安静害羞”。
发现,我们在与朋友交谈时笑得最多。
B.[语篇解读]这是一篇记叙文,讲迷了Norman Lear这
1.asked考查非谓语动词。句意:当被问及是什么让他们
位天才制片人和编剧的一生,以及他的电视剧对电视行业
笑时,大多数成年人会告诉你是笑话和幽默。分析句子
产生的深远影响。
结构可知,此处用非谓语动词,ask与逻辑主语m0st
5.B推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Norman Lear,a
adults是被动关系。故填asked。
genius producer and screenwriter,passed away on
2a考查冠词。句意:但他们错了,马里兰大学的一位心
Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 10l.(天才制片人和
理学家罗伯特·普罗文不久前发现,我们在与朋友交谈
编剧诺曼·李尔凋二在洛衫矶去世,享年101岁)”以及
时笑得最多。分析句意可知,此处泛指“一位心理学家”
文章第二段“So he had to drop out of college and joined
应用不定冠词,psychologist的发音以铺音音素开头,故
the army.(所以他不得不辍学参军)”以及“In his late
填a。
3.found考查动词时态。句意:但他们错了,马里兰大学的
20s,he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled hard
for several years,selling furniture door to door..(在他快
一位心理学家罗伯特·普罗文不久前发现,我们在与朋
友交谈时笑得最多。分析句子结构可知,主语是Robert
30岁的时候,他搬到了洛杉矶,在那里他努力奋斗了好几
Provine,缺谓语,由ago可知,应用一般过去时。故填
年,挨家挨户地卖家具)”可知,诺受·李尔在二十几岁的
found.
时候过者艰难的生活。放选B项。
4,to laugh考查非谓语动词。句意:事实上,当我们和其
6.D推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Therefore,.it came as
他人在一起时,我们对某事发笑的可能性是其他人的30
no surprise that viewers had a sense of Lear's own family
倍。固定搭配be likely to do“可能会微”。故填to laugh。
after watching All in the Family.(因此,观众在看完《全
5.are考查动词时态。句意:有趣的是,在这些对话中,我
家福》后对李尔自己的家庭有了一种感觉也就不足为奇
们仍然不会因为笑话而笑:我们笑的是那些在他们看来
了。)”可知,李尔的节目成功的原因是他的节目反映了真
一点也不有趣的言论和评论。句子描述的是目前的情
实的日常生活。故选D项。
况,应用一般现在时,主语是we。故填are。
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6.reaction考查名词。句意:这是一种交流方式,而不是一6.D考查形容词词义辨析。句意:柯林斯的教学方法被证
种反应。分析句子结构可知,此处与a form of
明是有效的,她的学生很快就开始表现出显著的进步。
communication作并列表语,也应用名词,由空前a可知,
A.unusual不寻常的:B.mysterious神秘的:C.convenient
应用名词单数形式。故填reaction。
方使的:D.effective有效的。根据后文“her students soon
7.wth考查介词。句意:关于笑的科学告诉我们笑和笑
began to show remarkable progress'”可知,学生有了进步,
话没有太大的联系。固定搭配be associated with“和
说明方法被证明有效。故选D。
有联系”。故填with。
8.that考查寒语从句。句意:实际上,在更大程度上,这是
7.D考查动词词义辩析。句意:他们在标准化考试中的得
一种社会行为,我们用来向人们展示我们喜欢他们,我们
分远高于平均水平,其中许多人进入了顶尖大学。
理解他们。分析句子结构可知,此处与前面“t小hat we like
A.expressed表达:B.graduated毕业:C,weighed称重:
hem”作并列宾语从句,从句句意完整、成分齐全,应用只
D.scored得分。根据后文"well above average on
起连接作用、无实意的that引导。故填that。
standardized tests'”指学生在标准化考试中的得分远高于
9.emotionally考查副词。句意:笑是一种情绪,我们可以
平均水平,故选D。
用它来和情感亲近的人相处,让自己感觉更好。此处修
8.A考查动词词义辩析。句意:他们在标准化考试中的得
饰后面的形客词close,应用副词。故填emotionally。
分远高于平均水平,其中许多人进入了顶尖大学。
1O.enjoying考查非谓语动词。句意:这对我们享受快乐
A.attend参加、上课(学):B.apply应用:C.pursue追求:
的心情至关重要—但当环境让我们感觉糟糕时,这可
D.witness目击。根据后文“top universities'”指进入项尖
能更重要。分析句子结构可知,空前【0是介词,应用动
大学应用动词attend。.故选A。
名词,与our构成动名词的复合结构。故填enjoying。
9.B考查动词词义辨析。句意:柯林斯还强调了建立师生
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关系的重要性。A.admitted承认;B.emphasized强调:
【.[语篇解读]这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了
C.assumed认为:D.indicated表明。根据后文“the
Marva Collins的教师生涯,她通过帮助培养对学习的热爱,
importance of building relationships between teachers and
纪律性和对自己的信念,帮助了许多学生,并且鼓舞了很多
student”指强调了建立师生关系的重要性。故选B。
教有工作者。
LB考查名词词义辨析。句意:当时,这所学校饱受暴力、
10.C考查动词词义辨析。句意:她相信牢国的关系是有
低学术标准和缺乏资源的困扰,许多学生被贴上了“不可
效教学的基础,她鼓励教师把学生作为个体来了解,并
教”或“有风险”的标签。A.variety多样化:B.lack缺少:
相应地个性化他们的教学。A.allowed允许:B.
C.combination结合;D.network网络。根据上文“low
commanded命令:C,encouraged鼓励:D.warned警告。
academic standards,anda”可知是在描述学校的困境,缺
根据后文“teachers to get to know their students as
乏资源最符合语境,短语a lack of表示“缺少”。故选B。
individuals'”以及上文提到她强调了建立师生关系的重
2.D考查动词词义辨析。句意:当时,这所学校饱受暴力、
要性,说明她鼓励教师把学生作为个体来了解,故选C。
低学术标准和缺乏资源的困扰,许多学生被贴上了“不可
11.A考查副词词义辨析。句意:她相信牢固的关系是有
教”或“有风险”的标签。A.acknowledged承认:
效教学的基础,她鼓励教师把学生作为个体来了解,并
B.employed采用;C.recommended推荐:D.labeled贴标
相应地个性化他们的教学。A.accordingly相应地:
签。后文“·unteachable'or‘at-risk.”是这所学校被贴上
B.generously慎慨地:C.literally字面意思地:
的标签。故选D。
3.A考查名词词义辨析。句意:尽管面临这些挑战,柯林
D.randomly随机地。根据上文“teachers to get to know
斯还是决心要有所作为。A.challenges挑战:
their students as individuals and to personalize their
B.prejudices偏见:C.differences差异:D.doubts怀疑。
instruction”可知,励教师把学生作为个体来了解,并
根据上文可知这所学校饱受暴力、低学术标准和缺乏资
相应地个性化他们的教学。故选A。
源的困扰许多学生被贴上了“不可教”或“有风险”的标
12.C考查动词词义辩析。句意:柯林斯对教育的影响得
签,这些都是面临的挑战。故选A。
到了全世界教育工作者的认可,地被邀请在世界各地的
4.C考查动词短语辨析。句意:她开始创造一个课堂环
会议上发言。A.advised建议:B.permitted允许:
境,帮助培养对学习的热爱,纪律性和对自己的信念。A.
C,invited邀请;D,persuaded劝说。根据后文“to speak
stood up站起来:B.ran away逃跑:C.set out者手,出发;
at conferences across the world”指地被邀请在世界各地
D.went on继续。根据上文“Collins was determined to
的会议上发言。故选C。
make a difference,.”可知,柯林斯决心要有所作为,所以指
13.B考查名词词义辨析。句意:她对纪律,努力工作和人
着手创造一个课堂环境,故选C。
际关系的重视一直是有效教学的典范,地相信每个学生
5.A考查动词词义辨析。句意:她开始创造一个课堂环
境,帮助培养对学习的热爱,纪律性和对自己的信念。
都有潜力,这继续激励着教育工作者为有风险的学生的
A.learning学习;B.joking开玩笑;C.listening听:
生活带来改变。A.honesty诚实;B.discipline纪律:
D.singing唱歌。根据上文可知柯林斯想要改变学校的
C.motivation动力:D.success成功。呼应上文“a sense
学习筑围,所以地帮助培养对学习的热爱,纪律性和对
of discipline”指她对纪律、努力工作和人际关系的重视。
己的信念。故选A。
故选B.
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