1、Unit17LaughtersSoFunny?Warm-up&Lesson1WhatESA士即時檢測、單詞拼寫C11gotthejobthroughanemploymenta.作案agency2Marysexcuseforbeinglatewastotallyu.答案unbelievable匚3Its（荒唐的）thatwehavetowaitforsixweeks.答案ridiculousQ4WhatamemostwasthethoughtofMartininadress.答案amused匚5Ilefturgentmessagestohim,buttheresbeennor慳案response

2、V6Imagineasocietyinwhichalllivetogetherinh.慳案harmonyV7Itiseasytooourownfaultssoweshouldbecareful.伸案overlookL8Theteachersexplanationcthepuzzlingproblem.忤案clarified。91tsveryhottoday.Youshouldputonahatoryoumightgets忤案sunburntJ10Atthesightofthecat,themousedidntrunawaysasusual.答案|swiftly二、單句改錯V1Johnputon

3、hisovercoatandleavetheroom.答案leavefleft寰2Thepeoplearewaitinginlineatthegatearefromasmalltown.萍掉第一個are匚3Shedidntknowhowtodowiththeseapples.Accidentshappenwhensafetychecksareoverlooking.答案overlookingfoverlooked5Shewasinjuredinthefirstroundandhadtodropin.一 out匚6Theboydidntrealisewhatunhappyshewas.答案|wh

4、atfhow三、用所給單詞或短語的適當(dāng)形式填空1Atlastwegotthereplywe(expect).答案hadbeenexpectingV 2Atlastshefoundthebookshe(lookfor).答案hadbeenlookingfor匚3Webothcouldntgotosleepbecausewe(talk)toolong.答案hadbeentalkingV 4They(build)thefactorysince2007and(notcomplete)ityet.答案havebeenbuilding;haventcompletedV 5He(stay)homebefor

5、ehisfriendcalledhimyesterdaymorning.答案|hadbeenstayingV 6He(work)forawholedayandheneededtorestfromhiswork.答案hadbeenworkingC7BytheendoflastyearI(study)herefortwoyears.答案hadbeenstudying：.8Sorry,I(notlisten)whenyoutalkedaboutyoursuggestion.Wouldyoupleasesayitagain?忤案wasntlistening.9Hisbrotherisgoodatpla

6、yingtabletennis.He(play)itsincehewasten.答案hasbeenplaying四、完成句子J1他說他一直在讀莫言的小說，還沒有讀完。HesaidthathethenovelbyMoYanandhadnotfinishedityet.擠案hadbeenreading匚2當(dāng)我到達(dá)機場時，飛機已經(jīng)起飛了。WhenIgottotheairport,theplane.伸案hadtakenoff匚3在來中國之前她一直在幫助那位老人。ShethatoldmanbeforeshecametoChina.惇案hadbeenhelping匚4在我開門前她一直在外面等著。Sheou

7、tsidebeforeIopenedthedoor.答案hadbeenwaiting匚5她說她在這兒整整站了兩個小時。Shesaidthatsheherefortwohours.蘆案hadbeenstandingJ6梅杰先生突然笑了起來,同意給瑪麗一個機會。MrMajorandagreedtogiveMaryachance.仔案burstoutlaughing/burstintolaughter匚7這個男孩正在街上閑逛，一輛自行車撞了他。Theboyaroundthestreetabikehithim.答案waswandering;whenJ8我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該等到明年再決定這事。Ithinkwe

8、shouldaboutthisuntilnextyear.答案delaydeciding匚9邊開車邊聽廣播讓我很開心。ListeningtotheradiowhileImdriving.答案keeps/makesmeamusedJ10他應(yīng)我的請求而捐了100美元。Hecontributedonehundreddollarsmyrequest.答案inresponseto五、閱讀理解（導(dǎo)學(xué)號）Whatisitthatmakespeoplelaugh?MorethantwothousandyearsagotheancientGreekphilosopherAristotledefined（定義）j

9、okesasthepleasurethatresultsfromafeelingoftriumphbyshowingwerebetterthansomeoneelseinacertainway.AccordingtoAristotleandmanyotherphilosophers,alljokesdependmainlyonshowinginferiorityinanotherpersonorgroupofpersonsthatis,puttingitclearly,onshowingthattheyareworseoffthanourselves.Jokesraiseourgoodopin

10、ionofourselvesatsomeoneelsesexpense.Showinghowmuchbetterthanotherpeopleweareisonlyonereasonwelikejokes.Someonemayalsouseajoketoexpresstheirangerortheircrueltyoranyotherkindofactionthatisnotacceptabletous.Wefeelfreetolaughwhenwehearaboutsomeoneslidingonabananaskin.Thejokeletsusexpressthoseattitudeswh

11、ichareusuallyunacceptabletosociety.Thisisprobablythereasonwhysomeofthejokes,especiallythoseinvolvingcruelty,aresopopularwithcertainpeople.Besides,alljokesdependonourenjoymentoflaughingatsomethingthatisstrangeandoutofplacebecauseitsdifferentfromthingswhichhappenaroundit.Thesamesituationcanbeeithersad

12、orpleasant,dependingentirelyonhowstrangeandoutofplaceitis.Ifagirlwearingabathingsuitfallsintoaswimmingpool,wedontlaughbecausenothingunusualhashappened.Butifamanwearingasmartsuitfallsin,thesituationisatonceunusualinapleasantwayandwelaugh.Agoodjoke-tellerwillalwaystrytobuildupasituationinwhichonething

13、isexpecteduntilsomethingunexpectedsuddenlyhappens,andsowelaugh.1Theunderlinedwordainferiority”(inParagraph1)means.A.somethingthatisnotasgoodasanythingelseB.somethingthatisbetterthansomethingelseC.someonethatisnotasgoodasanyoneelseD.someonethatisbetterthansomeoneelse解析|從第一段中的“thatis,puttingitclearly,

14、onshowingthattheyareworseoffthanoursekes.”可知A項正確。答案|a匚2AccordingtoAristotle,alljokesdependmainlyon.A.showinginferiorityinanotherpersonorgroupB.resultinginasenseofsuccessC.havingagoodopinionofotherpeopleD.makingpeoplelaughunexpectedly觸碎第一段的第三句話可知A項正確。答案|a3WhatsthemainideaofParagraph2?A.Showingwearebe

15、tterthanotherpeopleistheonlyonereasonwhywelikejokes.B.Whenpeopleareangry,theywouldliketohearjokes.C.Peoplewholikejokesareusuallycruel.D.Toexpressthoseattitudesusuallyunacceptabletosocietyisoneofthereasonswhywelikejokes.解析|從第二段中的“Thejokeletsusexpressthoseattitudeswhichareusuallyunacceptabletosociety.

16、”可知D項正確。答案|d14Whatwillagoodjoke-telleralwaystrytodo?A.Makeasadsituationintoapleasantone.B.Makedifferentthingshappenatthesametime.C.Makeanunexpectedthinghappeninanexpectedsituation.D.Makepeoplelaughatsomethingunusualandoutofplace.面從最后一段的最后一句話可知c項正確。HUc六、完形填空Manyyearsago,IworkedinanofficeinHalifax.Weh

17、adlarge1overlookingabusystreet.Istoodbyoneofthemoneday,whenawomaninapassingcar2andmadeeyecontactwithmenaturally13.Itwasthebeginningofmakingothershappy.Whenthingswere4,Istoodbythewindowandwavedatthepassengerswholookedupandthismademesmilework5waswashedaway.Lateafternoonwasthe6time.Thestreetwasfilledwi

18、thcarsandbusesatrushhour.Afterwavingbecame7,Itriedtoimprovemyact.Imadesigns:Hi!,Hello!”,andBeHappy!”I8themonthewindowandwaved.9Dayapproached.Jobcutswereannounced.Severalco-workerswould10theirjobs.Stressreachedahighpoint.Everyonewas11.Weneededtodosomethingtobreakthetension（緊張狀態(tài)）.Whileworkingonenight,

19、aredjacket12myattentionusedmy13andturneditintoaSantascostume.Thenextdaymyco-workersgatheredaroundmeand14forthefirsttimeinweeks.Justthenmybosspassedby.Helookedup,sawme,shookhisheadandleft.IthoughtI15trouble.Soonmybossphonedme,“Mike,cometomyoffice!”Wheninhisofficefeltverynervous.MikeTears16inhiseyes,a

20、sIsatsilentandconfused.Whenheregained17,hesaid,“Thanks,Mike!Withthejobcuts,itsbeenhardtoenjoytheChristmas.Thanksforthelaugh;I18it.”Thatevening,andeveryeveningoftheChristmasseason,Istood19bythewindow.PeoplesmiledatthestrangeSanta.Myheartwasfilledwithjoy,20Imadethosepeoplesmileafteralongdayatwork.B.wi

21、ndows匚1A.doorsC.roomsD.restaurants解析和下文提到的答案|bwindow可知是大窗戶。匚2A.speededupB.brokedownC.lookedupD.pulledthrough解析艱據(jù)上文中的overlooking及下一段中的wholookedup可知是抬頭看。答案C匚3A.shoutedB.hidC.leftD.waved解析艱據(jù)下一段中的wavedatthepassengers可知，作者會向看過來的人揮手。答案D4A.importantB.badD.slowC.right解析咋者能夠有機會向外看，說明此時辦公室不是太忙，故選D項。答案D5A.stre

22、ssB.pleasureC.experienceD.challenge峨申心一笑,便會消除工彳的“壓力(stress)WA:O6A.bestB.hardestC.longestD.quickest解碎通高峰期是跟路人打招呼的“最佳（best）”時間。： 7A.encouragingB.embarrassingC.movingD.boring“讓人厭煩（boring）畫H下文的“想改進(jìn)我的行為”可知，老是揮手變得有些答案|dV8A.sawB.readC.postedD.painted畫做好那些符號后，作者把它們“貼（posted）”在窗戶上。答案|CV9A.LaborB.ChristmasC.T

23、hanksgivingD.National，故選B項。解析從下文的enjoytheChristmas可以推知是圣誕節(jié)到來了答案|bJ10A.loseB.seekC.finishD.take畫拙析參照下一題。答案|aJ11A.terrifiedB.satisfiedC.depressedD.exhausted解析根據(jù)裁員的語境可知要有人“失去（lose）工作，因此大家感到“沮喪(depressed)SIHc12A.relaxedB.drewC.deservedD.escaped解析出下文的turneditintoaSantascostume可知，一件紅夾克“吸引了(drew)”作者的注思力。O|

24、b：.13A.imaginationB.relationC.trickD.strategy解析要把一件紅夾克做成圣誕老人的服裝需要利用“想象力(imagination)”。SAC4A.spokeB.laughedC.actedD.returned畫因為裁員，辦公室的氣氛很壓抑，作者裝扮成圣誕老人后同事們才第一次“笑了(laughed)”。下一段中的Thanksforthelaugh也是提示。答案|b匚15A.tookB.forgotC.causedD.avoided畫乍者裝扮圣誕老人的事情被老板看到了，他認(rèn)為自己“制造了(caused)”麻煩。答案|c匚16A.fellB.formedC.dr

25、iedD.disappeared畫艮據(jù)下文老板說的話可知，他很感動，因而眼睛中出現(xiàn)了眼淚，故選formed。答案|b17A.confidenceB.balance解析柜板又開始說話答案|cC.controlD.strength,說明他“控制(control)”住了自己的情緒。C.acceptedD.chose解碎板感謝作者的行為,說明他“需要(needed)”這笑聲。WA:19A.luckilyB.eagerlyC.proudlyD.naturally理市者的行為得到了老板的認(rèn)可，他感覺到了自己的價值，所以他“驕傲地(proudly)”站在窗前。答案|C匚20A.butB.becauseC.althoughD.if解析方面的內(nèi)容是作者高興的原因，故選because。fHB七、語篇填空(導(dǎo)學(xué)號)ThewhiteenvelopehasbeenonourChristmastreefortenyears.MyhusbandMikedidntliketheoverspendingonChristmasgiftsforfriendsandfamilies,soIdecidedoneyeartofindhimsomethingspecial.Theid