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1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour Section Warming Up一、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空up to nowstar inbadly offfeel content withcut offbe convinced of1.Up to now the famous actress a great number of good films. 2.The climbers were trapped in the valley,so they were from the outside world. 3.He will never gi
2、ve in to the difficulties;he his success. 4.She promised to come here,but she hasnt turned up. 5.Because his parents were out of work,his family was . 6.I spent my holiday in the countryside last summer and I my life there. 二、单句填空1.As a businessman he was a success,but as a husba
3、nd he was failure,so their marriage ended in failure. 2.With the electricity cut because of the road repairs,the whole building was completely dark. 3.I was late,but(fortunate) the meeting hadnt started. 4.Our teacher looked here and there on our playground as looking for something.&#
4、160;5.He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could inspire people with great(confident). 6.He walked around stiffly,(carry) a walking stick. 三、阅读理解For some people, music is no fun at all. About 4% of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. People who are amusics are born
5、without the ability to enjoy musical notes. Amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. In fact, most people cannot und
6、erstand what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping centre can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in social loneliness. “I used to hate parties，” says Margaret, a sevent
7、yyearold woman who only recently discovered that she was an amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify (辨别) this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from those of people who can enjoy music. The differen
8、ce is complex (复杂的), and it is not connected with poor hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding common speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can't see certain colours.Many amusics are happy when their condition i
9、s finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her music problem. Now she knows that she is not alone. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say No, thanks. I'm an amusic.” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that
10、when I was seventeen and not seventy.”1Amusics are the people who _.Alike musicBare born unable to enjoy musicCdon't like musicDhave poor listening2Life is hard for amusics mainly because _.Amusic seems noise for themBamusics hate parties, restaurants or shopping centresCamusics try to stay at p
11、laces full of musicDpeople don't understand amusics3In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that _.Aher problem with music had been diagnosed earlierBshe were seventeen years old rather than seventyCher problem could be easily explainedDshe were able to meet other amusics4What is the
12、main idea of the passage?ASome people's inability to enjoy music.BMusical ability.CAmusics' strange behaviours.DIdentification and treatment of amusic.四、语法填空Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went _1_ (camp) in a _2_ (mountain) area. They were _3_ (lie) in the open air under the stars. Sherlo
13、ck Holmes looked up at the stars and asked Watson in a whisper what he thought of _4_ he looked at that beautiful sky. Watson _5_ (reply) that he thought of how short life was and how long the universe had lasted. Holmes asked the same question _6_ second time. This time Watson thought of how small
14、he was and how vast the sky was. Holmes asked Watson to try again. Watson tried a _7_ (three) time and he thought of how cold the universe was and how warm people could be _8_ their beds. Holmes couldn't control _9_(he) at last. He said to Watson that he was a fool, for he should be thinking tha
15、t someone _10_ (steal) their tent.一、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空1.has starred in2.cut off3.is convinced of4.up to now5.badly off6.felt content with二、单句填空1.a2.off3.fortunately4.if/though5.confidence6.carrying三、阅读理解1.B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“People who are amusics are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes.”可知am
16、usic指的是那些生来就没有享受音乐的能力的人。故选B。2.D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“Life can be hard for amusics. In fact, most people cannot understand what it feels like to be amusic.”可知没有乐感的人的生活可能很难。因为大多数人不明白他们的感受。故选D。3.A 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“.their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断)”和“I just wish I had learned to say that when I was
17、seventeen and not seventy.”可知，他们的这种状况最后终于确诊了，他们都属于amusic，但是对于Margaret来说，这来得太迟了，因为之前她总是感到很尴尬，因此她希望她年轻的时候就可以有现在这样的诊断。故选A。4.A 主旨大意题。musical ability“音乐天赋”，明显与文章大意不符，B项错误；文章只是说他们不喜欢音乐，并没有讲到他们的一些奇怪的举动，C项错误；treatment意为“治疗”，文章并没有讲到如何帮助这些人解决他们的问题，D项错误；全文主要讲述的是不喜爱听音乐的人被称为amusic，他们之前都没有得到统一的诊断或者认识，因此选择A项。四、语法填空1camping2.mountainous3.lying4.when5replied6.a7.third8.in9himself10.had_stolen第9页（共9页）
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