Unit 3 A taste of English humour Section Ⅱ Learning about Language & Using
Language
Ⅰ.七选五
Do You Have a Positive Attitude?
Who would you rather hang around with? Someone who always acts in low spirits? Or someone who manages to see the good around him, even when things aren't always going great？ 1 Having a positive attitude can help you in many ways. 2 Your friends will definitely appreciate you more if you see the silver lining rather than just the dark clouds!
3 The less pressure you feel, the better you will feel overall. So if you've been feeling tired, put on a happy face and you just might feel better soon.
But how can you have a positive attitude when life is hard? It's more than just turning life's lemons into lemonade. 4 But it's worth it.
A positive attitude doesn't mean ignoring life's troubles. It just means looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on the bad in things. Sometimes your attitude can make all the difference.
Identify (识别) those areas of your life that might not be going so well. 5 Focus on one at a time and think of ways you can find the positive in things.
A．The answer is to have a positive attitude.
B．Having a positive attitude can take some hard work. C．They are likely to make you have negative thoughts. D．Having a positive attitude can also reduce your stress level. E．If you have a positive attitude, you're more fun to be around. F．When you feel better physically, you naturally feel better mentally.
G．It's no surprise that people enjoy being around positive people rather than negative people.
【语篇解读】 与那些垂头丧气的人相比，人们更愿意和那些具有积极心态的人在一起。本文论述了积极心态的重要性和拥有积极心态的方法。
1．解析：选G 上文是三个问句：你愿意与什么样的人在一起？是那些总是垂头丧气的人？还是那些总是设法看到事情积极一面的人？因此G项(人们喜欢和积极的人而不是消极的人在一起是意料之中的事)回答了上文提出的三个问题。
2．解析：选E 上一句提到积极的心态可以在很多方面帮到你，因此E项(如果有积极的心态，你就能给身边的人带去更多的快乐)紧承上文，说明了积极心态带给周围的人的好处。
3．解析：选D 上一段讲了积极心态给周围的人带去的好处，下一句提到压力越少，你的整体感觉就越好，因此D项(拥有积极的心态也能减少你的压力)在此承上启下。
4．解析：选B 上一句提到拥有积极的心态不像把柠檬变成柠檬水那样简单，那是需要人的努力的，故B项符合语境。
5．解析：选C 上一句提到要找出生活中不顺的事情，下一句提到一次只专注于一件事，并找到它积极的一面，因此C项(它们可能会使你产生消极的思想)在此承上启下。
Ⅱ.完形填空
About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theaters. His name was Charlie Chaplin. He looked thin and hungry 1 his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business.
When Chaplin couldn't get 2 ， he wandered about the city 3 . He found food and shelter 4 he could. Sometimes he was 5 to a home for 6 who had no parents. He was cold and miserable there and the children were beaten for the 7 fault.
By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, best-known and best-loved 8 in the world. Chaplin's films have 9 a large audience in various 10 . Even people who don't understand English can 11 Chaplin's films because they are mostly 12 . It isn't what he says that makes us laugh. It depends upon little 13 that mean the 14 thing to people all over the world.
Having lived in America for forty years, Chaplin 15 to Switzerland. There he died on Christmas Day 1977. He once 16 himself as a citizen of the world， 17 of any particular country.
He once wrote，“You have to believe in yourself. That's the 18 of success. Even when I was in the children's home, when I was 19 about the streets trying to find enough food to 20 to keep alive, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章就卓别林童年时期的悲惨经历、其电影的风格以及成功的秘诀进行了简要介绍。
1．A.but C．or
B．and D．because
解析：选A 后面的空后的“determined”和前面的“thin and hungry”形成对比，故此处用but表示转折。
2．A.chance C．work
B．opportunity D．task
解析：选C “work”与上一段中的“He was hoping to get work in show
人教高中英语必修四学练测精练：nit A tate of Englih hmor ection Ⅱ 含答案
