吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。登高而招，臂非加长也，而见者远；顺风而呼，声非加疾也，而闻者彰。假舆马者，非利足也，而致千里；假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。君子生非异也，善假于物也。Unit 3 A taste of English humour Section Ⅲ Learning about

Language &Using Language

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Traffic is bad，________ (particular) in the city centre. 2．I only wear a tie ________ special occasions. 3．It is ________ (whisper) that he is heavily in debt. 4．How did she react ________ the news.

5．They were ________ (amuse) at the clown's performance. 6．The room is in ________ mess.

7．Quickly we slid ________ the bush and then watched. 8．I was content with the ________ (explain)． 9．China is a ________ (mountain) country.

10．He burst ________ laughter when hearing the funny story. 【答案】 1.particularly 2.on 3.whispered 4.to

5．amused 6.a 7.into 8.explanation 9.mountainous 10.into Ⅱ.完成句子

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1．我对衣服不是很挑剔；我不介意穿什么。 I'm ________________；I don't mind what I wear. 2．最近我经常遇见她。 I ________________ recently.

3．在没有任何人注意的情况下，他溜进了一个房间。 He ________________ without anyone noticing. 4．我们本应该昨天购物的。 We ________________ yesterday. 5．无论你什么时候来都会受到欢迎。 ________________，you will be welcome.

【答案】 1.not particular about my clothes 2.have met her on occasion 3.slid into a room 4.should have done some shopping 5.Whenever/No matter when you come

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

Do you want to be funny? Okay，the first thing you need to do is to relax.No one's going to throw tomatoes at you if you fail to make others laugh，and you're

吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。登高而招，臂非加长也，而见者远；顺风而呼，声非加疾也，而闻者彰。假舆马者，非利足也，而致千里；假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。君子生非异也，善假于物也。not going for a hard test.You just want to add some fun to your life and conversations，and appear more easygoing.So don't put so much pressure on yourself.

Don't take things too seriously.Ease up on life and yourself; get used to taking things with a grain of salt.See the humor in situations；you'll see that most situations，even getting a $200 speeding ticket or slipping over on a banana peel; have humour written all over them－the trick is finding them and being able to laugh at yourself.

You can't be funny if you don't have any references or material.The broader your general knowledge is，the easier you'll become funny.So the more you know about films，TV programs，music，and everything about pop cultures，the greater the chance of being funny is.Broaden your horizons(视野)and stay up to date with current events in the news.

Find your style.Avoid imitating actors and comedians because it may not suit your style.If you're not a very sarcastic(嘲笑的) person，it makes it hard to imitate someone like Chandler from Friends.If you're rather quiet，it will be nearly impossible to take on Robin Williams' or Jim Carrey's humour.

Have a joke pool.You never know when a situation calls for a joke，like if you're at a boring party, chatting with some acquaintances.Humour yourself with a joke a day to take a break from your daily tasks，and keep the ones you like best in mind.That way，you'll always have several in stock for when the time is right.

【语篇解读】 要怎样才能变得风趣呢？本文来给你支几招。 1．The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________. A．why being funny is important B．how to be happy in our life C．how to learn to be funny D．why he is so funny

【解析】 作者意图题。通读全文可知作者主要告诉了我们一些怎样变得风趣的方法，故选C。

【答案】 C

2．What does Paragraph 1 mainly advise us to do? A. Try to be funny at any time.

吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。登高而招，臂非加长也，而见者远；顺风而呼，声非加疾也，而闻者彰。假舆马者，非利足也，而致千里；假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。君子生非异也，善假于物也。B．Add some fun to our life. C．Appear to be more easygoing.

D．Avoid putting too much pressure on ourselves.

【解析】 主旨大意题。第一段的“Okay，the first thing you need to do is to relax.”为这一段的主旨句，主要告诉我们要放松，不要给自己太大的压力。

【答案】 D

3. When the writer says“don't take things too seriously”，he probably means “________”．

A. we shouldn't care about what we have

B．we can find humour even in difficult situations C．we should let others know they can laugh at us

D．we should learn to laugh at other people's bad situations

【解析】 推理判断题。根据作者在第二段所举的例子“even getting a$200 speeding ticket or slipping over on a banana peel；have humour written all over them”可知作者叫我们不要太在意，是告诉我们即使一些不好的处境也可以转化成幽默。

【答案】 B

4．What does the writer suggest NOT doing? A．Imitating actors or comedians. B．Learning about the current events. C．Learning to laugh at ourselves. D．Reading more jokes.

【解析】 细节理解题。根据第四段的“Avoid imitating actors and comedians because it may not suit your style.”可知作者建议我们别去模仿演员和喜剧演员。

【答案】 A

B

About the year 1900，a small，dark-haired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre.He looked thin and hungry.He was hoping to get work in show business.He could sing and dance；above all，he knew how to make people laugh.But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets.Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.

吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。登高而招，臂非加长也，而见者远；顺风而呼，声非加疾也，而闻者彰。假舆马者，非利足也，而致千里；假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。君子生非异也，善假于物也。

But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest，best-known，and best-loved comedian in the world.Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips(胶片)．People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces.Even people who don't understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films though most of them are silent.It isn't what he says that makes us laugh.His comedy doesn't depend upon words and languages.It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.Acting out，without words，common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries.It's a kind of world language.

Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day,1977，at the age of eighty-eight.The world was astonished at the news of the death and burst into sadness.

【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了卓别林作为滑稽演员的成就。

5. Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre? A. Because he had no money to buy a ticket. B．Because he wanted to get a returned ticket.

C．Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living. D．Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the performance. 【解析】 推理判断题。从第一段中的hungry一词及hoping to get work in show business可判断出。

【答案】 C

6．It was ________ that made people enjoy his films. A．wonderful dialogues B．the beautiful music C．his funny appearance D．his own manner of acting

【解析】 推理判断题。由第二段中的倒数第三句：表演一些对于全世界人来说相同的小事可知答案选D。

【答案】 D

7．The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is that ________.