高中英語：Unit 3 A taste of English humor Reading（新人教 必修4）

高一英語同步練習(xí):

必修4Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumor

第2課時Reading

基礎(chǔ)練習(xí)

Pre-reading

1.WhatisCharlieChaplinsjob?

A.Heisaworker.B.Heisanactor.C.Heisafarmer.D.Heisa

teacher.

2.Whatishischarmingcharacter?

A.Thelittletramp.B.Adoctor.C.Asoldier.D.Agentleman.

3.WhathappenedtoCharlieChaplinin1972?

A.Hewrote,directedandproducedthefilmshestarredin.

B.HelivedinEnglandandtheUSAtohavearest.

C.HewasgivenaspecialOscarforhisoutstandingworkinfilms.

D.Hewasgivenaspecialgiftforhisbirthday.

4.WheredidCharlieChaplinspendhislastyears?

A.InEngland.B.IntheUSA.C.InCalifornia.b.InSw汁zerland.

5.WhatisthetypeofCharlieChaplinsacting?

A.MysteriousB.CreativeC.AAimeandfarceD.Talkative

Reading

1.Prediction

Title：AofHumor

Thispassageisabout.

2.Fastreading

FindouttheinformationofCharlieChaplin.

Hewasbornin.Hisjobis.Histypeofactingis.Hischarming

characteris.Hewasgivenin.Hediedinin.

3.Carefulreading

1)Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.

Paragraph1：Whypeople.

Paragraph2:WhatCharlieswaslike.

Paragraph3：Whathiswaslike.

Paragraph4：Anofasadsituationthathemade.

Paragraph5：His.

2)Answersomequestionsaccordingtoeachparagraph.

Para1

QIWhatdidVictorHugosayaboutlaughter?

Q2Whycanhumourmakepeoplefeelhappy?

Para2

Q3whatwashischildhoodlifelikeandwhatmadethesituationworse?

Para3

Q4GiveadescriptiononTheLittleTramp?

Q5Whywas''TheLittleTramp“l(fā)ovedbymanypeoplearoundtheworld?

Para4

Q6WhichfilmofChaplinismentionedinPara.4?

Q7FindoutsomeinformationaboutthefilmTheGoldRush.

Time.Place.Jobinthefilm.

Weretheyfortunateenoughtofind

thegold?

WhattroublesdidtheymeetinCalifornia?Theyontheedgeofa

mountaininainasmallwoodenhouse.

Para5

Q8Chaplinproduced,,andwrotemanymovieshe.Hewasgiven

aforhislifetimeoutstandingwork.Helivedthelastyearsofhislifein

,andwasburiedtherein1977.

4.Postreading：

一：判斷正誤

l).CharlieChaplinwasborninarichfamilyin1889._

2).Hebecamefamousforusingaparticularformofacting,includingmimeand

farce._

3).Becausehehadthedeterminationtoovercomedifficultiesso''TheLittle

Tramp“waslovedbymanypeoplearoundtheworld._

4).TheywerefortunateenoughtofindthegoldinTheGoldRush.—

5).CharlieChaplindiedin1978inSwitzerland._

二：單項選擇

1)Whatisthemainideaofthistext?

A.ItisaboutthelifeandworkofCharlieChaplinandthekindofhumourwecan

alllaughat-nonverbalhumour.

B.ItisaboutthewayofbecomingsuccessfulafterCharlieChaplingraduated

fromthecollege.

C.ItisaboutCharlieChaplin'sfilmsandhisfriends.

D.Itisaboutthespecialkindoffilms.

2)WhydidCharlieChaplinbecomeanactor?

A.Becausehelovedtobecomeanactor.

B.Becausehisparentshopedtomakehimanactor.

C.Becauseitwascommoninactingfamiliestotrainthechildrentosinganddance

andafterhisfathersdeathhehadtosupporthisfamily.

D.BecauseCharlieChaplinwasgoodatactingandhewasadmittedtoanart

collegetobeanactor.

3)WhichofthefollowingstatementsisWRONG?

A.CharlieChaplinwasborninapoorfamilyanddiedinforeigncountryin1977.

B.ThelittletrampcouldmakeasadsituationentertaininginTheGoldRush,

whichwasoneofCharlieChaplin'smostfamousfilms.

C.InTheGoldRushThelittletrampandhisfriendmetasnowstormandthey

hadtohideinasmallhutontheedgeofamountain.

D.CharlieChaplinactedinthefilmswhichwerewritten,directedandproduced

byothersallhislife.

4)Whatdoesthesentence—Heislovedandrememberedasagreatactorwho

couldinspirepeoplewithgreatconfidencemean?

A.CharlieChaplinlovedhisfilmsandhisaudience.

B.Peoplewillrememberhimforeverandhehadanactiveinfluenceoverpeople.

C.CharlieChaplinwillrememberallthefilmsthatheactedandencouragethe

otherstobeactors.

D.PeopleloveCharlieChaplinandwillencouragehimtoactthenonverbalfilms.

5)WhywasCharlieChaplinsuccessful?

A.Becauseheactedsomanyfamousfilms.

B.Becausehewasawonderfulactor,understoodandsympathizedwithpeoples

problemsandtriedtocheerthemup.

C.Becausepeoplelovehimverymuch.

D.BecausehegotaspecialOscarforhisoutstandingworkinfilmsin1972.

實戰(zhàn)演練

一：單句改錯

1.HelivedinEnglandandtheUSAbutspenthislastyearsinSwitzerland,whichhe

wasburiedin1977.

2.Charliefirstpicksoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheyarespaghetti.

3.Finallyhetriescuttingandchewedthebottomoftheshoe.

4.Hisparentsoftenentertainfortheirfriendsatweekend.

5.Thegeneraldirectedthetroopsattack.

6.Shefindsoperabored.

7.Hewasinhospitalforsixmonths.Hefeltasifhewascutoutfromtheoutside

world._____

8.Scientistsareconvincedbythepositiveeffectoflaughteronphysicaland

mentalhealth.

9.Withtheteacher^help,theytrytoovercametheirshortcomings.

10.Inhissparetime,heoftenlistenstomusicorwatchesentertainedfilmsto

relaxhimself.

二：英漢互譯

1.Thehouseiseasilypickedoutfromtherest;ithasalargebluedoor.

2.Hisspeechwascutoffbyloudscreamfromthebackseats.

3.Yourcompositionwillreadbetterifyoucrossouttheseworn-outfiguresof

speech.

4.Theywerewalkingaroundofthetowninsearchofaplacefortheparty.

5.TenyearsofhardworktransformedMathildecompletelyintoanordinary

housewife.

6.他對他所獲得的并不滿意。

(becontentwith)

7.你應(yīng)該信任我，我會說服他跟我們一起去那里。（convincesb.t。d。sth.）

8.這個人說起話來，就好像他什么都知道。（asif）

9.貧窮的農(nóng)民需要毯子，更需要食物。（badlyoff）

10.失敗乃成功之母。(failure)_________________________________

反饋檢測

Abouttheyear1890,asmall,dark-hairedchildnamedCharlieChaplinwasoften

seenwaitingoutsidethebackentranceofLondontheaters.Helookedthinandhungry.

Hewashopingtogetworkinshowbusiness.Hecouldsinganddance,andaboveall,he

knewhowtomakepeoplelaugh.Buthecouldntgetworkandthereforewandered

aboutthecitystreets.Sometimeshewassentawaytoahomeforchildrenwhohad

noparents.

ButtwentyyearslaterthisnameChaplinbecamethegreatest,bestknown,and

bestlovedactorintheworld.Nearlyallvisitorstothecinemamusthaveseensomeof

CharlieChaplinsfilms.Peopleeverywherehavesatandlaughedatthemuntiltears

randowntheirfaces.Evenpeoplewhodon'tunderstandEnglishcanenjoyChaplin's

filmsbecausetheyarealmostsilent.Itisn'twhathesaysthatmakesuslaugh.His

comedydoesn'tdependuponwordsorlanguages.Itdependsuponlittleactions,which

meanthesamethingtopeopleallovertheworld.Actingoutzwithoutwords,of

commonhumansituationsplaysanimportantpartinthedancesandplaysofmany

countries.It'sakindofworldlanguage.

ChaplinlivedmostofhislifeinAmericaanddiedinSwitzerlandonChristmasbay

1977,attheageofeighty-eight.Therewassadnessallovertheworldatthenewsof

hisdeath.

1.WhywasyoungChaplinwaitingoutsidethebackentranceofthetheater?

AHewantedtoenjoyaplayinthetheatre.

BHewashungryandwantedsomefood.

CHelikedtoplayapartinaplayandthusmadealiving.

DHewishedtobecomeamanofbusiness.

2.LittledoesChaplinscomedydependon.

A.actingB.feeling

C.expressionD.words

3.PeopleallovertheworldcanenjoyChaplinsfilmwithouttranslationbecause.

A.Englishiswidelyknownintheworld.

B.theycanenjoythefilmsilently.

C.theyaremostcomedies.

D.mostofthemaresilent.

4.Whatiswakindofworldlanguage"accordingtothepassage?

A.Comedy.

B.Actingoutofcommonhumansituations.

C.Silence.

D.Filmsorplays.

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaccordingtopassage?

A.ChaplinwasoftenseenwaitingoutsidethebackentranceofLondontheaters.

B.Hecouldn'tgetworkandthereforewanderedaboutthecitystreets.

C.NearlyallvisitorstothecinemamusthaveseensomeofCharlieChaplinsfilms.

D.ChaplinlivedmostofhislifeinAmericaanddiedinSwitzerlandonChristmas

bay1977zattheageofeighty.

第2課時：

基礎(chǔ)練習(xí)

Pre-reading

1-5BACDC

Reading

1.Prediction

Title：Master;Nonverbal

ThispassageisaboutthelifeandworkofCharlieChaplinandthekindofhumourwe

canalllaughat-nonverbalhumour.

2.Fastreading

1889;anactor;mimeandcomedy;thelittletramp；aspecialOscar;1972;1977;

Switzerland.

3.Carefulreading

1).1.Whypeopleneededcheeringup.

2.WhatCharlieschildhoodwaslike.

3.Whathismostfamouscharacterwaslike.

4.Anexampleofasadsituationthathemadefunny.

5.Hisachievement.

2)1.Laughteristhesunthatdriveswinterfromthehumanface.

2.Becauseitcanmakepeoplefeelmorecontentwiththeirlife.

3.Hewasborninapoorfamilyin1889.Hisparentswerebothpoormusic

performers.Hisfather'sdeathmadethefamilyworseoff.

4.Asmallblackhat,awalkingstick,largetrousers,worn-outshoes,TheLittleTramp

wasapoorandhomelessperson.

5.Becausehehadthedeterminationtoovercomedifficultiesandhewasthe

underdogwhowaskindevenwhenwasunkindtohim.

6.TheGoldRush.

7.Time：inthemiddleofthe19thcentury

Place：California

Jobinthefilm：