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1、2022年高考英语一轮精选练 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors（含解析）新人教版选修8一、阅读理解。(2018江西赣中南五校联考)Before I studied psychology，I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the f
2、unny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke，there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are，the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a standup edy show in Egypt，and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets，everyone
3、 laughed their heads off.The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke wasnt only funny，but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, peop
4、le were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel，and the more it includes other psychological factors，the more the person will like it.For example，if you envy one of your f
5、riends，and someone tells a joke that is funny and，at the same time，makes your friend seem stupid，then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.In short，we dont laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results
6、from the other psychological factors involved in the joke.I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a persons emotions，he will certainly like it a lot.【解题导语】本文主要分析了人们笑的原因。1What did the auth
7、or find out after studying psychology?AOnly good jokes make people laugh.BMany factors lead to peoples laughing.CFunny things can make people laugh.DLaughter can make people healthy.B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，作者在学了心理学之后发现，笑不仅仅是因为事情好笑，还有很多其他的心理因素的促成和影响，故选B。2Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrian
8、s?AThey played a trick on the pedestrians.BThe pedestrians behaved in a funny way.CThey could feel the pedestrians happiness.DTheir emotion was approved of by the show.D解析：推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可推知，人们对行人的行为大笑的原因是他们在心理上产生了共鸣，故选D。3What does the underlined word“belittling”probably mean?AAnnoy. BBlame.CLook do
9、wn on. DMake up to.C解析：词义猜测题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可推知，动词belittle 和短语make fun of是近义词，结合选项可知，应选C。annoy“使恼怒”；blame“责怪”；look down on“蔑视，瞧不起”；make up to “接近，奉承，补足”。4Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?B解析：推理判断题。结合全文可知，第一段导入话题；第二、三段通过具体事例进行分析；根据文章最后一段的开头“In short”可知，最后一段属于总结。由此可知，本文属于总分总的
10、结构，符合本文结构的图表是B选项。二、单句语法填空1I am not accustomed to _ (interrupt) when studying or working, so please remember this and dont do it again.答案：being interrupted2The headmaster hurried to the concert hall, only _ (tell) the speaker had gone.答案：to be told3The escaped prisoner got _ (arrest) immediately he t
11、urned up at the railway station and was sent to prison again.答案：arrested4There were so many cars held up by the heavy rain on the road that we had no alternative but _ (wait)答案：to wait5_ (assume) that you are chosen to be a volunteer at the Olympic Games, what will you do?答案：Assuming6My neck is achi
12、ng.No wonder. You _ (play) puter games for four hours.答案：have been playing7For a very long time, people always have been trying to find out the _ (significant) of life.答案：significance8I had gone only a few steps _ I realized that my greeting had been impolite.答案：when9_ (look) ahead, we must expect s
13、ome changes to be made in our system of government.答案：Looking10In contrast to our ignorance of saving food, many people especially those in povertystricken areas are suffering from _ (starve)答案：starvation三、完形填空。(2018济南模拟)I spent last summer volunteering at a hospital.It was a gift to _1_ so many ama
14、zing people and Id like to share one of these moments.One day，I was called to a room where a(n) _2_ woman was staying.Usually I helped with _3_ who were ready to leave.Instead，she _4_ to go to the gift shop.I got a _5_，helped her into it，and headed down to the entrance.When we got there，it wasnt ope
15、n yet.After a 30minute _6_，we entered the gift shop.As I pushed her around，I could see the _7_ in her face as she looked at everything，happy to be out of her room.She _8_ some window decorations，and then saw chocolates.She asked me to push her in that _9_，and then I helped her _10_ all the different chocolate arrangements. _11_ she decided on three different boxes.She told me to write the numbers 1,2，and 3 on the boxes.She _12_ that the nurses were taking such good care of her，so she _13_ chocolates for e
