Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．________(不幸的是), his car got caught in the snowstorm.
2．Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be________(咀嚼)and digested.
3．It's hard for her to decide what to buy because she is quite________(挑剔)about the things she buys.
4．Whoever comes, my mother will________(招待)him the best food of our family.
5．He made a big________(发财)during the stay in South Africa. 6．As long as we are united, there is no difficulty we cannot________(克服)．
7．French has many________(多山的)regions for skiing in winter. 8．Lincoln is one of the________(杰出的)presidents of the American history.
9．What are you two________(低语)about?
10．It seems that he is quite________(满意的)with what he has got. 答案：1.Unfortunately 2.chewed 3.particular 4.entertain 5．fortune 6.overcome 7.mountainous 8.outstanding 9．whispering 10.content
Ⅱ.完成句子(根据A句意义完成B句)
1．A：You shouldn't complain so much. Other people are not richer than you.
B：You shouldn't complain so much. Other people are______ ________than you.
2．A：After the power failed, she had to deliver the baby in the
darkness.
B：After the power was________ ________， she had to deliver the baby in the darkness.
3．A：Do you know who will be the main actor in this film? B：Who do you think will________ ________this film?
4．A：We are satisfied with the excellent achievement you have made. B：We________ ________ ________the excellent achievement you have made.
5．A：There are so many models on sale that I don't know which one to choose.
B：There are so many models on sale that I don't know which to________ ________.
6．A：Having a walk along the street, I came across one of my friends who were working in the same city.
B：When I walked along the street, I________ ________one of my friends who were working in the same city.
答案：1.worse off 2.cut off 3.star in 4.are content with 5.pick out 6.knocked into
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．The experiment is________failure.But do remember that，in the face of________failure，you should still keep up______good state of mind.
A．/；the；the B．a；/；the C．the；/；the
D．a；/；a
答案：D 考查冠词。句意：这次实验是一次失败的实验。但是切记面对失败，你应该保持良好的心态。第一空是不可数名词的具体化，指实验失败这件具体的事，所以加a；第二空failure是抽象名词，故不加冠词；
第三空a good state of mind“一种良好的心态”。
2．—How could you________your friend so easily? —She is the kind of person who________in a crowd. A．pick out; stands out C．take out; stands by
B．make out; stands for D．bring out; stands aside
答案：A 考查短语。句意：“你怎么这么容易就认出了你的朋友？”“他是那种在人群中很突出的人。”pick out“辨认出”；stand out“引人注目，脱颖而出”。
3．—Do you want anything else for your birthday party? —Nothing else. I'm very________what you've bought me. A．contented with C．content with
B．content to D．contented to
答案：C 本题考查be content with“对??感到满足”，而be content to“是甘愿做某事”，根据句意“我对你已经给我买的东西感到非常满意”。故选C。
4．—Jack has spent an hour in the shoe shop. Hasn't he decided which pair of shoes to buy?
—Maybe. Young as he is, he is________about his appearance. A．special
C．particular
B．curious D．serious
答案：C 考查形容词。be particular about“对??挑剔”；be curious about“对??好奇”。
5．I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions________she stopped working because of ill health.
A．that C．where
B．when D．which
答案：B 考查定语从句。先行词是occasions，表示时间概念；she stopped working because of ill health是定语从句部分，该部分主干成分完整，因此选关系副词when。
6．Mr. Smith is one of the________customers to our restaurant. A．ordinary C．normal
B．regular D．common
答案：B 考查形容词。regular customers“常客”。
7．Not knowing what happened, Mom was sad and angry when she saw Dad come home late，________.
A．having drunk C．drinking
B．drunk D．to be drunk
答案：B 考查形容词作状语。drunk“喝醉(酒)的”。句意：不知道发生了什么事，爸爸回家很晚，而且喝醉了酒，妈妈很难过。
8．Lots of coal miners died on the job last year, ________the government to shut nearly 800 small mines in Shanxi Province alone.
A．forced C．forces
B．to force D．forcing
答案：D 考查非谓语动词作结果状语。v.-ing形式作结果状语，表示顺理成章的结果；不定式作结果状语则表示出乎意料的结果。
9．—I did very badly in the exam this time, so I'm very upset. —Cheer up! I did________than you, but I remain happy. A．no better C．no worse
B．better D．not worse
答案：A 考查交际用语。答语是鼓励对方，所以选no better，表示“我这次和你考得一样不好”。
10．—What do you think about the new teacher?
—________the new teacher is an elegant lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with.
A．As if C．Because
B．As long as D．While
答案：D while表示“尽管”。句意：尽管新老师是一位很文雅的女士，但是和她一起工作可能很难。
11．Rose is a very humorous girl, and she often________us with funny stories and jokes.
A．astonishes C．entertains
B．connects D．whispers
答案：C 句意：罗斯是个很幽默的女孩，她常讲滑稽的故事和笑话让我们开心。entertain sb. with sth.意为“用??使某人开心”。
12．He was in hospital for half a year. He felt as if he was________from the outside world.
A．cut out C．knocked out
B．cut off D．knocked off
答案：B 句意：他住院半年。他感觉自己好像与外界隔绝了。cut off“隔绝，切断”，符合语境。knock out“敲出”；knock off“敲落”；cut out“删去，切除”，均不符合题意。
13．Yao Ming is good at playing basketball and he does well in learning foreign languages________.
A．as well C．also
B．as well as D．either
答案：A 考查词语辨析。as well表示“也；又；同时”，常用于肯定句的句末。
14．Of the two coats, I'd choose the red one, for I am________fond of it.
2013走向高考，贾凤山，高中总复习，英语4-3
