题目内容
【题目】
My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six week period, to be written in every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.
【1】 The passage mainly discusses _____.
A. teaching
B. literature
C. humor
D. knowledge
【2】 The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.
A. funny
B. tiring
C. inspiring
D. brilliant
【3】 With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that _____.
A. his teacher was very learned
B. his teacher was very humorous
C. the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous
D. few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others
【4】 The English teacher the writer disliked most _____.
A. was not able to make students laugh
B. hurt his students’ feelings
C. didn’t let his students do the grading
D. had no sense of humor
【答案】【1】C
【2】A
【3】C
【4】B
【解析】【1】 文章主要讨论的是humor的作用，并用自己的两个老师驾驭humor的不同方式来证明humor的影响。
【2】 作者喜欢的英文老师的幽默让作者觉得诗歌，故事都变得非常的有意思了。
【3】 根据第一段可以得出答案C。
【4】 在第二段的最后一句以及最后一段都可以得出答案。
期末宝典单元检测分类复习卷系列答案【题目】阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过3个单词。
Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its unique advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they have something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family of living at a low cost.
The advantages, however, have not prevented host families from worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cities, now generally single and young, have less time available for students, but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. On the other, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to m make living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long shower. They are also proving students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote language travel students.
Title: 【1】 Family Accommodation
Theme | Host families are improving the accommodation quality | |
【2】___________ | 1）Language study | 【3】 ________________ |
2）Cultural communication | (1) 【4】 _________________ | |
(2) Knowing the local way of life, people and culture | ||
3）【5】 _______________ | Being least expensive sometimes | |
【6】__________ | 1）Loss of selling point | Hosts’ having less time for students |
2）【7】 _______________ | Students’ becoming more demanding | |
【8】___________ | Service quality improvement | (1) 【9】 _________________ |
(2) Organizing structured family activities | ||
【10】 ___________ | Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students. | |
【题目】选词填空。
根据语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每个短语仅使用一次）
rely on; dream of; break up; play jokes on; get familiar with; to be honest; be attached to; in cash; or so; pay for |
【1】I’m a stranger here, so I have to ______________ the map to find the way to the hotel.
【2】It was not until then that I realized their marriage was ____________ because they had little in common.
【3】Jim likes ______________ others, but dislikes being made fun of.
【4】____________, I don’t think highly of the school bus safety in our city.
【5】After the foreign guests _________ the Chinese traditional festivals, they liked to live in China.
【6】You have to pay ____________ in this supermarket instead of by check.
【7】When I was a kid, I always ____________ living in the sky above, although I knew that is not possible.
【8】So far as I am concerned, more importance should _____________ his health.
【9】It has not been decided how much we will ____________ the advertisement.
【10】Mr. Smith made it clear that he wanted to give up working within a year ___________.