②Don't leave things to_be_done (do) tomorrow. You need to push yourself sometimes.

别把事情留到明天做，有时你需要逼自己一下。

③The guests left most of the dishes untouched (touch), because they didn't taste delicious.

大部分菜客人们没有动，因为它们不可口。 ④Nothing was left undone. 要做的都做了。

⑤He left, leaving me to_do (do) the rest of the work. 他走了，留下我一个人去做剩余的工作。

Ⅰ.品句填词(用所给词的适当形式或根据语境写一个合适的词)

1．Looking back upon our achievements, we are firmly convinced (convince) that we shall be able to achieve even greater victories.

2．Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He was_amused (amuse) too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found.

3．We should learn how to figure things out for ourselves, to solve problems, to work on our own without being_directed (direct)．

4．China has shown astonishing (astonish) resolve in the last 25 years in fighting poverty, with great progress to show for it.

5．He entertained (entertain) us for hours with his stories and jokes the other night.

6．That rich man is tired of city life, so he is content to_live (live) in the country.

7．By and by, the evening windwas_whispering (whisper) to us, and there was a white plate moon in the blue sky, looking like a paper-cut toy.

8．The football players on the team were faced with huge challenges which can only be_overcome (overcome) by pulling themselves together and struggling to win the match.

10．Hope and trust is the tail of a lizard(蜥蜴), which can reproduce even after being cut off.

Ⅱ.单句改错(含本单元的词汇和语法)

1．It took me a few weeks to convince my boss with the importance of training.

of

2．I would talk for hours, giving facts and figures, and answering questions, and even entertained the group.

entertaining

3．To my astonish ， she ran away from home without leaving a note to her

astonishmentparents.

4．Personally, I am ready to make a contribution to those who are badly of.

off5．All the classmates including our teachers ∧ overcome with joy when we heard

werethat our team defeated the rival and got the first place.

6．It's reported that the increasing need for farmland led to thousands of trees ∧ cut down. being

7．Those who are content to their present situations will surely make no more

withadvances in life.

8．Last year, my father made ∧ fortune by selling used cars and he bought me

asome expensive handbags.

9．I admire my English teacher, and I can still remember very few occasions where she had to stop working because of illness. when

10．He is a very open-minded man, and won't be particular with these unimportant

aboutmatters.

Ⅲ.课文语法填空

As Victor Hugo said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”， and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He 1．brightened (bright) the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. He made people laugh at a time when they felt 2．depressed (depress), so they could feel more content 3．with their lives.

As time went by, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his 7．charming (charm) character became known throughout the world. The little tramp, a poor and 8．homeless (home) man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat and walked around 9．carrying (carry) a walking stick.

Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and produced his own films he starred in and

received an Oscar for his 10．outstanding (outstand) work in films.

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

When Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an ad on the World Wide Web reading simply，“Join Me. Send a passport photo.” A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internet-based “club” whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.

It's not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says, “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”， so you walk away.

Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, I'm usually out on Friday so I go for one of the standard acts—the unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking, and say, “I've bought you a coffee” and walk away. It's a pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn't know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn't know when to leave. In the end, I learned through trial_and_error. Sometimes it worked, and other times it didn't. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not “get in their faces”. You say, “This is for you”， then you go. It's hit-and-run kindness. And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly. You've got to do it because you really mean it.

Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and such stories about things happen on the underground or on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a ￡10 note down and said, “That's for me and the next nine people.” So at every stop, anyone who got on was told it was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing anyway. For them it's an excuse or reason to do something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting.

语篇导读

本文为记叙文，简述了公益组织“Join Me”的成立和发展，介绍了作者作为成员之一，

每周五做一件善事的经历，最后说明了这一组织存在的意义。

1．When Londoners see someone in trouble, they ________. A．often give a hand

B．stop and ask questions

解析 C 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，伦敦人一般不和陌生人说话，遇到有困难的陌生人会装作没看见一样走开，故选C项。

2．According to the passage, members of Join Me often ________. A．put an advertisement on the World Wide Web B．go out and make friends with strangers C．do an act of kindness every Friday D．buy coffees for the strangers

解析 C 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，Join Me的成员每周五做一件善事，故选C项。

3．The underlined expression in the third paragraph possibly means ________. A．finding something very difficult B．doing something without much effort C．making a few mistakes

D．experimenting to get the right result

解析 D 词义猜测题。联系第三段trial and error的上下文可知，作者一开始并不懂如何请陌生人喝咖啡，经过反复试验后才发现合适的方式，故选D项。

4．Which would be the best title for the passage? A．Hit-and-run Kindness C．Danny Wallace and Join Me

B．History of Join Me D．Why not Join Me

解析 A 标题归纳题。本文主要围绕Join Me的成员每周五以做完就跑的方式行善事这一主题来展开，故选A项。

B

A good joke can be the hardest thing to understand when studying a foreign language. As a recent article in The Guardian newspaper noted, “There's more to understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.”

Being able to understand local jokes is often seen as an unbelievable ice-breaker for a language learner eager to form friendships with native speakers. “I always felt that humor was a ceiling that I could never break through，” Hannah Ashley, a public relations account manager in London, who once studied Spanish in Madrid, told The Guardian, “I could never speak to people on the same level as I would speak to a native English speaker. I almost came across as quite a boring person because all I could talk about was facts.”

In fact, most of the time, jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humor in the same way. Chinese-American comedian Joe Wong found this out first-hand. He had achieved huge success in the US, but when he returned to China in 2008 for his first live show in Beijing, he discovered that people didn't think his Chinese jokes were as funny as his English ones.

In Australia, meanwhile many foreigners find understanding jokes about sports to be the biggest headache. “The hardest jokes are related to rugby because I know nothing about rugby，” said Melody Cao, who was once a student in Australia. “When I heard jokes I didn't get, I just laughed along.”

In the other two major English-speaking countries, the sense of humor is also different. British comedian Simon Pegg believes that while British people use irony(反话)—basically, saying something they don't mean to make a joke—every day, people in the US don't see the point of using it so often. “British jokes tend to be more subtle and dark, while American jokes are more obvious with their meanings, a bit like Americans themselves，” he wrote in The Guardian.

语篇导读

本文为议论文。理解外语中的笑话是一件比学习外语单词和语法更复杂的事情。因为不同的文化背景、用语习惯以及幽默方式等都会影响到对笑话的理解。

5．It is implied in the noted sentence in Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．there tends to be something behind the words of a joke in a foreign language B．humor is always conveyed to foreigners through vocabulary and grammar C．vocabulary and grammar help you understand jokes in a foreign language D．making jokes is a possible way for one to learn better a foreign language 解析 A 推理判断题。第一段中所引用的句子句意为：理解外语中的笑话比理解单词和语法多更多内容。也就是说，除去笑话中所包含的单词和语法，还有更多的内容需要理解(比如笑话中所包含的文化背景和用语习惯等)，故选A项。

6．What can we guess about Hannah Ashley?

A．She thinks that Spanish people generally do not have much of a sense of humor. B．She believes that one had better rely on facts when speaking a foreign language.

C．She had a better command of the Spanish language than of the English. D．She found humor was a barrier to her getting along well with Spanish people. 解析 D 推理判断题。根据第二段中汉娜所说的I always felt that humor was a ceiling that I could never break through及I could never speak to?talk about was