Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ.语法单句填空1．Uptonow,theProjectHope______(help)thousandsofstudentswhowouldotherwisehavedroppedout.答案：hashelped考查动词时态。句意：截止到现在，希望工程已经帮助了成千上万的本来会辍学的学生。uptonow常和现在完成时态连用。2．Wewerefinallyabletomakethecustomers________(convince)ofthequalityoftherefrigerator.答案：convincedmakesb.convincedof“使某人相信某事”。3．ThankstotheParty'sopeningandreformpolicy,peopleinChinaaremuch________offthantheywerethirtyyearsago.答案：better考查比较级用法。welloff的比较级是betteroff。more本身就是比较级，修饰比较级用much；quite一般不用来修饰比较级。4．Wecanknowthatthenewsis________(astonisth)fromhis________(astonish)look.答案：astonishing;astonished句意：从他惊愕的表情上看，我们知道这消息令人吃惊。astonishing“(事物等)令人吃惊的”；astonished“(人等)感到吃惊的；惊愕的”。5．To________failure,hardshipisanexcuse;to________success,hardshipisgreatfortune.答案：a；a句意：对失败者来说，磨难是苟且的借口；对成功者来说，反而是宝贵的财富。failure和success在此处作可数名词用，表示“失败者/成功者”。6．I'dliketogivemythankstoallofyou________thisspecialoccasion.答案：on句意：在这个特殊的场合，我想表达我对大家的感激之情。occasion“时机；场合”；onthisoccasion“在这个场合下”，符合题意。7．—Howdidhereact________thepunishmenthewasgivenforhiscruelconduct?—Noreactionatall.Heknewunkindnessoftenreactsupontheunkindperson.答案：to考查动词短语。respondwith“答复；以……回应”；reactto“对……起反应”；respond作动词时常与to搭配，表示“对……起反应”；reactagainst“反对；反抗”。8．Ifwearenotcontent________theprogresswehavemade,wewillhavegreatersuccess.答案：with句意：如果我们不满足于我们所取得的进步，我们将会取得更大的成功。becontentwith“对……感到满意”。9．Mybrotherlikeseatingverymuchbutheisn'tveryparticular________aboutthefoodheeats.答案：about考查形容词词义。句意：我弟弟特别喜欢吃，但他不大挑食。beparticularabout“挑剔”，与句意相符。10．Thefarmersarepicking______thebestseedsfortheautumnsowing.答案：out考查动词短语。句意：农民们正在挑选最好的种子用于秋种。pickout“挑出；辨别出”，符合题意。Ⅱ.阅读理解(2013·贵州省六校联盟第一次联考)CharlieChaplinwasoneofthegreatestandwidelylovedsilentmoviestars.From“EasyStreet”(1917)to“ModernTimes”(1936),hemademanyofthefunniestandmostpopularfilmsofhistime.Hewasbestknownforhischaracter,thenaiveandlovableLittleTramp.TheLittleTramp,awellmeaningmaninaraggedysuitwithcane,alwaysfoundhimselfwobblingintoawkwardsituationsandstrangelywobblingaway.Morethananyotherfigur