2019版高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 教材重点全程攻略 unit 3 a taste of english humour限时规范特训 新人教版必修4
Unit 3 A taste of English humour.阅读理解AI always figured that comedians were the best kind of people to hang around with as a kid. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happiness seems never to leave them. But time goes on, and we come to see these same people as clowns on the outside, but crying a river in the inside. Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives, or out of a deepseated anger they have at the world around them.Look at Richard Pryor. Need I say more? Richard seemed to have everything. For Superman ， he ended up getting more money than Christopher Reeve did. Yet he said while he was in his forties that the last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10. This guy set himself on fire, and he played that for laugh while performing live at the Sunset Strip! Comedy was his constant weapon against pain, and he never held anything back.The movie Funny People understands very well this gloomy field many comedians have to survive in. It stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a famous comedian in the movie. Simmons has it all: a beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, a swimming pool, great cars, and so on. But in his eyes, we see that he is a sad man who has come to truly look down upon himself for what he has become. All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person. But now, he hears from his doctor that he has a terminal disease and has only months left to live. Simmons reacts to this news as if someone took away his blood in the heart, and it makes him clearly see just how much he hates his life. So now he has to make every minute count. Then come a series of funny stories.Comedy_is_just_life_as_it_is,_isn't_it?篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。全文通过不同的例子说明了喜剧是喜剧演员把真实生活中深层次的痛苦和悲伤及对周围世界无法消除的愤怒进行加工和升华后所做的再创造。1What can we infer about “comedians” according to the text?AComedians like to get along with kids.BComedians' life is full of jokes.CComedians often use their sad experiences.DComedians often cry in their daily life.答案：C 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知，喜剧来自经历痛苦的人，即这些人会把这些痛苦经历转化为喜剧形式，并表达出来。故选C项。2When was the happiest moment for Richard Pryor?AWhen he played the part of Superman .BWhen he got more money than Christopher Reeve.CWhen he pretended to be a cowboy in the childhood.DWhen he performed live at the Sunset Strip.答案：C 细节理解题。由第二段第五句中的“the last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10”可直接得出答案为C项。3Why was George Simmons unhappy?AHe had no friends at all.BHe spent too much on his house.CHe wasn't accepted by the outside world.DHe was hated by all the strangers around.答案：C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第五句中的“All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers .”可知，是财富使西蒙斯和外界隔离，并且他始终对陌生人有一种防备，而其他人也没有把他看作是正常人。故选C项(因为西蒙斯不被外界接受，所以他感到不快乐)。4By saying “Comedy is just life as it is, isn't it？”， the author means_.Alife like comedy will make you happyBcomedy comes from the sadness in real lifeCthere is no happiness at all in real lifeDlife is full of comedy in reality答案：B 推理判断题。文章首段末句就明确指出喜剧来自于喜剧演员生活中的痛苦和悲伤，然后通过不同的例子来证明。作者认为生活中总是充满了痛苦，只是喜剧演员将痛苦进行了加工并以艺术形式呈现。故选B项。BKeep running into Mary RichardsWhen I was 13, I first met Mary Richards, the central character in the sitcom (situation comedy) “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. She was a single and independent career woman. As soon as I heard the show's theme song “Who can turn the world on with her smile？”， I was hooked. My friends were huge fans as well. Passing in the hallway at school, we would shout to each other, trying to imitate (模仿) Mary's accent. “Hi, Rho! See ya later, kid！”The show lasted seven years, but our fascination (着迷) faded earlier. But that wasn't the end of Mary for me. In the 1990s, when I was single, living alone in a city, a TV station began airing reruns of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” at 10 pm. I was hooked all over again. But this time was different. The way she handled her career and relationships, sending a clear message that being 30plus and single was just fine, won my respect on a whole new level.Once again, however, life moved on. I went to live in a different city, and 10 pm became the perfect time to call my mother each night. For me, talking to Mom was always a great pleasure. So when my mom passed away, it was as if the sun had gone out of the sky. That feeling seemed particularly intense at 10 pm, when I'd find myself staring at my silent phone. And then I heard the song I'd first heard at age 13, “Who can turn the world on with her smile？”. Mary Richards, of course! Thanks to the wonder of technology, Mary was now as close a
