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1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。课时提升作业(十八)必修4 Unit 3. 单项填空1. (2013南京模拟)I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions _she stopped working because of ill health. A. thatB. whenC. whereD. which2. Mr. Hoffman, aged over 60, has recentlyplaying golf at week
2、ends, contributing to his rosy face. A. taken toB. slid intoC. submitted toD. broken into3. Successful people like Mo Yan have some good qualities and above all, they are nevera simple life so they keep fighting until they are top ones. A. interested inB. curious aboutC. content withD. confident in4
3、. (2013吉林模拟)Why was Jackson searching shop after shop for a sweater? Oh, he was veryabout his clothes. A. particularB. specialC. curiousD. unusual5. He seems poor, but Ithat he has quite a lot of money. A. wonderB. suspectC. convinceD. doubt6. Medical officials said an Israeli missile killed at leas
4、t 11 Palestinian civilians _ four children in Gaza on Sunday. A. includedB. includeC. includingD. to include7. When I polished his article, Isome of the material which I found to be of little value. A. cut outB. cut offC. cut upD. cut down8. My fathermy brother for driving but he wanted to pickthe k
5、nowledge of the computer during his spare time. A. advised; upB. persuaded; outC. intended; upD. managed; out9. People are programmed to pay attention to anything that is different or novel. If you make something different it will. A. stand outB. leave outC. pick outD. put out10. The audiences were
6、soby his humourous performance that they kept laughing all the time. A. movedB. frightenedC. entertainedD. shocked11. When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage, she wondered how they had managed withmoney. A. so fewB. such fewC. so littleD. such little12. (2013武威模拟)With the priceso qu
7、ickly, I find 1, 000yuan a month can hardly cover the cost of living. A. to riseB. risenC. being risenD. rising13. Liu Yang is so excellentshe has become the first Chinese woman astronaut of our country. A. asB. thatC. whichD. where14. (2013洛阳模拟)Lets give up. Its too late. I dont think any bus will
8、come. I dont care. Ill get thereI have to walk all the way. A. even ifB. as ifC. so thatD. now that15. I dont think I am; it is said thatis the mother of success. A. a failure; failureB. failure; a failureC. a failure; a failureD. failure; failure. 阅读理解A new study has found that making someone laugh
9、 is one of the best ways to woo(求婚)ones lover. However, researchers have discovered that not all humour is equal. The quickest path to success is to use a very specific form of wit: Self-deprecation. “Many studies show that a sense of humour is attractive to women, especially to their girlfriends, b
10、ut weve found that self-deprecating humour is the most attractive of all. ” said anthropologist Gil Greengross. One possible explanation is that taking the mickey out of oneself is a high-risk strategy. “It is a risky form of humour because it can draw attention to ones real faults, thereby diminish
11、ing(缩小)the self-deprecators status in the eyes of others. But based on the idea that self-deprecating humour can be an especially reliable indicator not only of general intelligence and creativity, but also of moral virtues such as humility. ” Anthropologist Kate Fox, author of Watching the English,
12、 believes self-deprecation is uniquely vital for those with an English cultural background: “For the English, the rules of humour are the cultural equivalent of natural lawswe obey them automatically, rather in the way that we obey the law of gravity. ” “Pomposity(夸耀)and self-importance are outlawed
13、. Serious matters can be spoken of seriously, but one must never take oneself too seriously. ” she added. “As long as everyone understands the rules, they are duly impressed both by ones achievements and by ones reluctance(不愿)to talk about them publicly. ” However, Greengross warns of another danger
14、 in the use of self-deprecation. “If you are a low-status individual, using self-deprecating humour can be disastrous to you. ” he said. “Think about the secondary-school child whom nobody liked, who made fun of his shortcoming in sports. His kids laughed at him and he was considered more pathetic(悲
15、惨的)than he was previously. This is high-risk attraction. It is not for everyone. ” (330W)1. What is Kate Fox? A. A film-maker. B. An official at school. C. A lawyer. D. An expert in studying anthropology. 2. From the passage, we know that Gil Greengross. A. is attractive to women all the way, especially to his girlfriendB. believes that he himself is really the author of Watching the EnglishC. thinks that a low-st
