2020-2021學年新教材英語外研版選擇性必修第一冊課時作業(yè)：Unit 1 Laugh out loud 第一課時　Starting out Understanding ideas Word版含解析

1、unit 1laugh out loud!課時作業(yè)1starting out & understanding ideasthe secret of happinessan old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane(拐杖). his _1_ overcoat and worn­out shoes made him stand out(突出) from the usual saturday morning breakfast crowd.a young waitress named mary watched him

2、 move toward a _2_ by the window. mary ran over to him, and said, “here, sir. let me give you a hand with that _3_.”without _4_ a word, he smiled and nodded a thank­you. she pulled the chair away from the table and helped him get seated(坐下) _5_. in a soft, clear _6_ he said, “thank you, miss. a

3、nd thank you for your _7_.” “you're welcome, sir，” she responded. “i'll be _8_ in a moment, and if you need anything in the meantime, just wave at me！” after he had finished a _9_ meal, mary helped him up from his chair, _10_ him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. holding the d

4、oor open for him, she said, “come back and see us, sir！” the old man _11_ around and smiled.when mary went to clean his table, she was _12_ to find a business card, a one­hundred­dollar bill and a _13_ which read, “dear mary, i respect (尊敬) you very much, and you respect yourself too. it s

5、hows the way you treat others. you have found the secret of _14_！ your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”actually the man she had served was the _15_ of the restaurant. that was the first time that she or any of his employees had seen him.本文是一篇記敘文。主要講的是年輕的女服務(wù)員幫助一位行動不便的老人就餐，并且多加照顧。

6、待送走老人后，驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)這位老人因為她善良的舉動獎勵了她一張100美元的鈔票和感謝卡，在感謝卡上告訴她她找到了快樂的秘密。原來他就是店里的老板，這是女服務(wù)員和其他店員第一次看見他。1a.cleanbold cstrangedfunny答案：b解析：考查形容詞辨析。a.干凈的；b.舊的；c.奇怪的；d.好笑的。根據(jù)第一段第二句中，worn­out shoes made him stand out穿破了的鞋讓他看起來格外顯眼，因此老人的衣服也應(yīng)該是舊的。故選b。2a.room bwaiter ctabledgirl答案：c解析：考查名詞辨析。a.房間；b.服務(wù)員；c.桌子；d.女孩。根據(jù)

7、常識可知老人進入餐廳應(yīng)該是走向桌子。故選c。3a.chairbdish cdeskdmenu答案：a解析：考查名詞辨析。a.椅子；b.盤子；c.書桌；d.菜單。根據(jù)句意，老人行動不便，瑪麗跑過去應(yīng)該是幫助老人坐下來，因此是幫他放好椅子。故選a。4a.sayingbspeaking creadingdtelling答案：a解析：考查動名詞辨析。a.說；b.講；c.讀；d.告訴。without saying a word是固定搭配，意為一言不發(fā)。句意為“老人沒說一句話，微笑著點了點頭以表感謝”。故選a。5a.sadlybquietly cgraduallydsafely答案：d解析：考查副詞辨析。

8、a.悲傷地；b.安靜地；c.漸漸地；d.安全地。根據(jù)句意瑪麗把椅子挪開，幫助老人安全地坐上去。故選d。6a.languagebsound cattitudedvoice答案：d解析：考查名詞辨析。a.語言；b.聲音；c.態(tài)度；d.嗓音。sound主要指人或動物發(fā)出的聲音，或物體碰撞的聲音，使用范圍很大；voice一般指人的聲音，說話、唱歌的嗓音。此處是指老人說話的聲音很輕柔干凈。故選d。7a.attentionbkindness cinvitationdcooperation答案：b解析：考查名詞辨析。a.關(guān)注；b.善良；c.邀請；d.合作。根據(jù)上文瑪麗幫助了老人入座，此處老人應(yīng)該是感謝她的善

9、良。故選b。8a.readybbusy cbackdfine答案：c解析：考查形容詞、副詞辨析。a.準備好的；b.忙碌的；c.回原處；d.好的。根據(jù)句意瑪麗說如有什么需要，老人可以向她招手，她便過來。故選c。9a.cheapbexpensive cterribleddelicious答案：d解析：考查形容詞辨析。a.便宜的；b.貴的；c.糟糕的；d.美味的。結(jié)合上下文這頓飯是貴是便宜無從得知，老人享用后沒有抱怨，因此應(yīng)是美味的。故選d。10a.showedbhanded clentdtook答案：b解析：考查動詞辨析。a.給看；展示；b.給；c.借；d.拿走。根據(jù)句意瑪麗幫老人站起來，遞給了他

10、拐杖。故選b。11a.turnedbwalked clookeddmoved答案：a解析：考查短語動詞辨析。turn around轉(zhuǎn)過身；walk around 游蕩；look around東張西望；move around走來走去。根據(jù)句意老人走到門口轉(zhuǎn)過身來對她笑了一下。故選a。12a.excitedbworried cdisappointeddsurprised答案：d解析：考查形容詞辨析。a.興奮的；b.擔心的；c.失望的；d.驚訝的。根據(jù)下文中瑪麗并不知道桌上會有卡片和鈔票，因此是感到驚訝。故選d。13a.notebtip cmessagedtitle答案：a解析：考查名詞辨析。a.便

11、條；b.建議；c.信息；d.題目。由下文可知，老人留了一張商務(wù)卡片，一張鈔票和一張便條。故選a。14a.kindnessbunselfishness chappinessdhelpfulness答案：c解析：考查名詞辨析。a.善良；b.無私；c.快樂；d.有用。根據(jù)文章標題快樂的秘密可知選c。15a.customerbowner cpartnerdhost答案：b解析：考查名詞辨析。a.顧客；b.所有者，物主；c.合伙人；d.主人，東道主。根據(jù)上下文老人應(yīng)該是這家餐廳的老板。故選b。 aon march 25,2010, kate and david ogg heard the words e

12、very parent dreads: their newborn wasn't going to make it. their twinsa girl and a boywere born 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. his heartbeat was nearly gone, and he'd stopped breathing. the baby

13、 had just moments to live. “i saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use，” kate said. “i know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. i wasn't going to give up easily.”still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. in an effort to cherish her last minutes wi

14、th the tiny boy, kate asked to hold him. “i wanted to meet him, and for him to know us，” kate said. “we'd resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments. ”kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already

15、named jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered david to take his shirt off and join them in bed. the first­time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin­to­skin contact would improve his condition. they also talked to him. “we were trying to have him，”

16、 kate said. “we explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him. ”then something miraculous happened. jamie gasped againand then he started breathing. finally, he reached for his father's finger. the couple's lost boy had made it. eight years later, jamie and

17、his sister, emily, are happy and healthy. 本文講述了初為人父母的ogg夫婦在新生龍鳳胎中的兒子即將夭折之際不放棄，最終從死神手里奪回了兒子的故事。1from what can we tell that jamie was still alive?ahis heartbeat. bhis pulse. chis gasp. dhis underweight.答案：c解析：根據(jù)第二段but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life可知。2why did the parents lie with the

18、 baby boy in one bed?athe family wanted to stay together and keep warm. bthe family wanted to have their private space. cthe parents were so tired and wanted to rest. dthe parents wanted to spend the last minutes with jamie. 答案：d解析：根據(jù)第三段in an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, kat

19、e asked to hold him.可知。3what can be the best title for the passage?apremature twinsblife­giving touch cfirst­time parentsdlast precious moments答案：b解析：即將夭折的孩子在和父母的親密接觸后奇跡般地復(fù)活，所以選b。bthe british are known for their sense of humour. however, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand t

20、heir jokes. the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.understatement means saying less than you think or feel. for example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, “it's a little damp(潮濕的)outside.”or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at ano

21、ther person, someone else might say, “she isn't exactly friendly.” understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly. understatement plays an important part in british humour.another key to understanding british humour is that the british like to make fun

22、of themselves as well as others. they often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidentally falls over in the street. they also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society. they like to make jokes about their accents, the w

23、ay they dress and the way they behave. what's more, the british love to watch comedies about people who do not know how to behave in society. the comedy series mr bean is a good example of this kind of humour. mr bean is the character created by british actor rowan atkinson in 1990.mr bean doesn

24、't talk often, and instead he uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh. perhaps what makes mr bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do. mr bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak english to

25、 understand the humour. because of this, many people have become familiar with the british sense of humour.本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹的是如何理解英式幽默。4why is it difficult for foreigners to understand british jokes?athe british often enlarge the fact.bbritish jokes are connected with many different cultures.cthe britis

26、h try to make out that something is less important than it is.dbritish jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries.答案：c解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.”及第二段中的“understatement means saying less than you think or feel.”可知，英國人經(jīng)常使用輕描淡寫的語言，輕描

27、淡寫意味著說的比你想的或感覺的要少，所以外國人很難理解英國笑話是因為英國人總是試圖讓別人覺得事情沒有那么重要，故c項正確。5the author explains understatement by _.ausing examplesbmaking comparisonscfollowing time orderddescribing a process答案：a解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“for example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, it's a little damp (潮濕的)

28、outside.or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, she isn't exactly friendly.”可知，作者是通過舉在雨中淋濕和不禮貌地對別人大喊大叫的例子來解釋輕描淡寫的，故a項正確。6mr bean makes people laugh by _.atelling funny storiesbmaking jokes about others' accentsccopying how others behavedusing his

29、 body movements and facial expressions答案：d解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“mr bean doesn't talk often, and instead he uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh.”可知，憨豆先生是通過肢體動作和面部表情使人發(fā)笑的，故d項正確。7what can be the best title for the text?abritish humour in comedybhumour in different cultur

30、escdeveloping your sense of humourdunderstanding british humour答案：d解析：標題判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“however, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. the main point to remember is that the british often use understatement.”及倒數(shù)第二段中的“another key to understanding british humour is that the briti

31、sh like to make fun of themselves as well as others.”可知，外國人很難理解英式幽默，要記住的主要一點是英國人經(jīng)常使用輕描淡寫的語言，另一個理解英式幽默的關(guān)鍵是英國人不僅喜歡嘲笑別人還喜歡嘲笑自己，因此本文主要介紹的是如何理解英式幽默，故d項正確。閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。a film, _1_ (release) in chinese cinemas next month, tells the story of a former british secret agent named johnny engl

32、ish, who has now retired to be a middle school history teacher. however, after a series of cyber attacks on the uk government, all the active secret agents _2_ (expose), which leaves the mission of catching the bad guys _3_ johnny english.but _4_ films such as mission impossible and kingsman (王牌特工),

33、 in which agents are all masters of high­tech tools, johnny english is an old­fashioned hero, _5_ (suspect) of modern technology and not even willing to use a smartphone. that puts him in various dangerous situations.this wouldn't come as a surprise if you know that johnny english _6_

34、(play) by rowan atkinson, who is best known _7_ playing his character mr bean.johnny english and mr bean do have a lot _8_ common. as atkinson once told the guardian in an interview, “the essence of mr bean is _9_ he's self­centered and doesn't actually acknowledge the outside world. he's a child in a man's body.”and this is _10_ (probable) why people all around the world can relate to atkinson's humor. they want to be just as self­centered as h