2024版高考英語復習：Humour北師大版

UNIT4HUMOURⅠ.閱讀理解AThewaywedothingsroundhereSomeyearsago,IwashiredbyanAmericanbank.IreceivedaletterfromtheheadofthePersonnelDepartmentthatstarted,“DearJohn,Iamquitepleasedthatyouhavedecidedtojoinus.”That“quite”saddenedme.Ithoughthewassaying“we’rekindofpleasedyoudecidedtojoinusalthoughIwishwehadhiredsomeoneelse.”ThenIdiscoveredthatinAmericanEnglish“quite”sometimesmeans“very”,whileinBritishEnglishitmeans“fairly”.SothefirstlessonaboutworkinginothercountriesistolearnthelanguageandbythatIdon’tjustmeanthewordspeoplespeak.Itisbodylanguage,dress,manners,ideasandsoon.Thewaypeopledothingshighlightsmanyofthedifferencesweseebetweencultures.Someofthesedifferencesmaybeonlyonthesurface—dress,foodandhoursofwork—whileothersmaybedeeperandtakelongertodealwith.Mostly,itisjustaquestionofgettingusedtothedifferencesandacceptingthem,liketheclimate,whilegettingonwithbusiness.Someofthedifferencesmaybeanimprovement.Peoplearemorepolite;theserviceisbetter;youaskforsomethingtobedoneandithappenswithouthavingtoaskagain.However,otherdifferencescanbetroubling,likepunctuality.Ifyouinvitepeopletoapartyat7o’clock,yourguestswillconsideritpolitetoturnupexactlyontimeinGermany,fiveminutesearlyintheAmericanMidwest,anhourearlyinJapan,15minutesafterwardsintheUK,uptoanhourafterwardsinItalyandsometimeintheeveninginGreece.Iprefernottousetheword“l(fā)ate”becausethereisnothingwrongwiththetimespeoplearrive.Itissimplytheacceptedthingtodointheirowncountry.1.Theauthorwasunhappyasmentionedinparagraph1becausehethought.

A.theAmericanbankdidn’tthinkmuchofhimB.theAmericanbankmighthireanotherpersonC.it’sdifficulttogetusedtoAmericancultureD.it’seasytomisunderstandAmericans2.Theword“highlights”inparagraph2probablymeans.

A.encouragesB.helpstonarrowC.increasesD.drawsattentionto3.Accordingtotheauthor,whatshouldwedowithmostculturaldifferences?A.Askthenativepeopleforhelp.B.Understandandacceptthem.C.Dothingsinourownway.D.Doin-depthresearch.4.Wheninvitedtoapartythepeoplewhoareusuallypunctualare.

A.Italians B.GermansC.Greeks D.theBritishBSongLam,orWaiatatosomeofherNewZealandMaorifriends,arguesthatMandarinandMaorihavemuchincommon,particularlythefivevowelswhichsoundthesameinbothlanguages.AndthemythologicalfigureMauiofMaorilegendhasaChinese“twinbrother”,theMonkeyKing.Bothcouldturnthemselvesintoanyshapeorfigureatanytime.SomeacademicsclaimthatoneofthenativetribesinTaiwan,ChinaspeaksalanguagesimilartoMaori,notablyinthenamingofnumbers.Evidencegleanedbyarchaeologists(考古學家)showsanancientlinkbetweenthepeoplesofAustralasiaandTaiwan,withthenativelanguageofTaiwanhavingsimilaritiestotheprehistoricAustralasianlanguage.ConfusedbyMaoriplacenamesandcustomswhenshefirstmovedtoNewZealand,SongLamspenteightyearsresearchingandthreeyearswritingherbook,TheMaoriofNewZealand,whichisbelievedtobethefirstChinese-languagepublicationtoincludeMaoriwords,valuesandcustoms.The120book,including10pagesofphotosandmaps,describesMaorilegends,traditions,historyandfolktales.SongLamwasinspiredtowritethebookin1990whenshetriedtosignupforaneducationcourseinNewZealandandwasaskedforhercommentsonalocalhistoricalevent,whichsheknewnothingabout.SheinvolvedhertwosonsinherprojectandresearchafterexplainingtothemthestoriesbehindMaoriplacenames.Theyoungerboy,aged10,usedhisskillatdrawingtocontributeahistoricmapofMaoritribesinNewZealand.“BothChineseandMaoriliketopresentagiftwhenvisitingothersorreceivingawarmreception,”Lamsays.“MybookwillbeagoodgiftwhenIvisitaMaoricommunity.”5.AccordingtoSongLam,whatdoMandarinandMaorihaveincommon?A.Fairytalesofthesamecharacter.B.Confusingplacenamesandcustoms.C.Similarpronunciationofvowels.D.ThemagicpoweroftheMonkeyKing.6.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“gleaned”inparagraph2probablymean?A.Controlled. B.Gathered.C.Grown. D.Switched.7.WhyisSongLam’syoungersonmentionedinparagraph4?A.TotellhiscuriosityaboutMaori.B.Toprovehisuniquetalentinpainting.C.Tostresstheimportanceofeducation.D.Toshowhishelpwiththepublication.8.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A.CulturesShareLanguageBondB.TheFirstBookaboutMaoriC.AdaptationtoLifeinNewZealandD.LanguagesBridgeMisunderstandingⅡ.七選五(2022湖南長沙一模)Itcanbeveryeasytostickwithwhatyouknow,insteadoftryingtomeetpeoplewhoaredifferentfromyou.1Here’swhatyoucando:

Becomeself-aware.2Thisincludesbiasesaboutyourownculturalbackground.Itcanbeconfronting,butbydoingthisyou’llbeabletothinkabouthowthesetraitsmightimpactonyourapproachtoandunderstandingofdifferences.Youcouldtry:Thinkaboutwhatassumptionsyoumakeaboutyourfriends,peers,andpeopleyouworkwith.

Talktosomeonefromadifferentculturalbackground.Tryandgettoknowsomeonefromadifferentculturalbackgroundbetter.3You’llautomaticallyfindoutmoreabouttheirlifeandexperiences.Justbeingcuriousandopen-mindedcanbehelpful.

Bemoreaccepting.Sometimes,foronereasonoranother,it’snotallthateasytounderstandsomeculturaldifferences.4Inotherwords,youdon’thavetounderstand,orevenagreewithsomeoneinordertoacceptthem.

5Oneofthebiggestdifficultiestoovercomeinunderstandingculturaldifferencesismakingjudgmentsbasedononeopinion.Youshoulddosomeresearchtoactuallylearnaboutpeople,insteadofmakingbroad-brushassessments.Stereotyping(模式化)peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundscanimpacttheirqualityoflifeandopportunities.

A.Doyourownresearch.B.Thinkbeyondstereotypes.C.Practicebeingsympathetictowardspeople.D.Workoutyourownbeliefs,valuesandpersonalbiases.E.Insteadofaskingthemquestionsdirectly,treatthemasfriends.F.Andthebestapproachistoacknowledgepeoplearedifferentandtoacceptthat’sokay.G.However,tryingtounderstandpeoplefromothercountriescanhelpyouexperiencemore.Ⅲ.語法填空(2022安徽合肥二模)Chinaisknownasastateofetiquette(禮儀)andceremonies.Taketheexampleofaninterestingstory.Onceuponatime,amanwentonalongtour1.(visit)hisfriendwithaswanasagift.Butitescapedfromthecageonthewayandinhisefforttocatchit,hecaughtnothingbutafeather.Whenhisfriendreceivedthisunexpectedgift—theswanfeather,hewas2.(deep)movedbythesincerity.Later,thesaying“thegiftisnothingmuch,butitisthethought3.counts,”wasspreadfarandwide.

GiftsareregardedasanimportantparttoshowpolitenessinChina.4.isappropriatetogivegiftson5.(occasion)suchasfestivalsandbirthdays.Ifyouareinvited6.afamilyparty,smallgiftslikewine,teaorcandiesarewelcomed.Alsofruit,cookies,andflowersareasafe7.(choose).

Chineseusedtocuponehandintheotherbeforethechestasasalute(致敬).Thistradition,nowadaysseldom8.(follow)exceptintheSpringFestival,hasahistoryofmorethan2,000years.Shakinghands,whichshouldbefirmandbriefbutnottoostrong,9.(consider)formalgreetingbehaviorinChina.

IfyoufollowtheusualrulesofetiquetteinChina,thereisnoneedtoworryabouttheculturalbarriers,forthewarmandfriendlyChinesewilltrytheirbesttorespectyourcustomswhen10.(communicate).

UNIT4HUMOURⅠ.【語篇導讀】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者通過自己的親身經(jīng)歷體會到的各國在文化、語言方面的差異,告訴我們一個道理:了解文化差異并且適應和接受文化的差異。1.A細節(jié)理解題。由第一段中“That‘quite’saddenedme...itmeans‘fairly’”可知,作者對于“quite”一詞的理解偏差導致心情不愉快。因為作者認為這家美國銀行并沒有器重他。故選A項。2.D詞義猜測題。由文章第二段中“Sothefirstlessonabout...manners,ideasandsoon.”可知,人們做事的方式突出了我們在不同文化之間看到的許多差異。highlight本意“強調”,此處表示“注意”。故選D項。3.B細節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段信息句“Mostly,itisjustaquestionofgettingusedtothedifferencesandacceptingthem,liketheclimate,whilegettingonwithbusiness.”可知,適應文化差異就像在外出差適應當?shù)氐臍夂蛞粯?要學會適應和接受。4.B細節(jié)理解題。由第四段信息句“Ifyouinvitepeopletoapartyat7o’clock,yourguestswillconsideritpolitetoturnupexactlyontimeinGermany”可知,在德國,如果你邀請別人7點參加聚會,你的客人會認為準時到場是禮貌的。所以德國人是準時的?！菊Z篇導讀】本文是一篇記敘文。文章通過SongLam的故事講述中國和新西蘭毛利部落在語言和文化上有很多相似之處。5.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的“SongLam,orWaiata...whichsoundthesameinbothlanguages.”可知,SongLam認為新西蘭語和普通話的共同之處是元音的發(fā)音相似。6.B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段的“EvidencegleanedbyarchaeologistsshowsanancientlinkbetweenthepeoplesofAustralasiaandTaiwan”并結合常識可知,證據(jù)是需要收集的。由此可知,畫線詞意為“收集”,與gathered同義。7.D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的“The120book,including10pagesofphotosandmaps,describesMaorilegends,traditions,historyandfolktales.”可知,SongLam出版了一本120頁的書,包括10頁的照片和地圖,描述毛利人的傳說、傳統(tǒng)、歷史和民間故事。再結合第四段的“Theyoungerboy,aged10,usedhisskillatdrawingtocontributeahistoricmapofMaoritribesinNewZealand.”可知,小男孩繪制了新西蘭毛利部落的歷史地圖。由此推知,提到小男孩是為了表明他對書本出版的幫助。8.A主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主要內容,尤其第一段可知,文章通過SongLam的故事講述中國和新西蘭毛利部落在語言和文化上有很多相似之處。故A項“文化共享語言紐帶”可以作為本文的最佳標題。Ⅱ.【語篇導讀】本文是一篇說明文。試著去理解來自其他國家的人可以幫助你體驗更多,文章對如何理解和接受不同文化背景的人提出了建議。1.G上文“Itcanbeveryeasytostickwithwhatyouknow,insteadoftryingtomeetpeoplewhoaredifferentfromyou.”和G項中的“tryingtounderstandpeoplefromothercountriescanhelpyouexperiencemore”構成轉折關系,對應G項中的However,所以G項切合文意。2.D根據(jù)下文“Thisincludesbiasesaboutyourownculturalbackground.”和上文“Becomeself-aware.”可知,此處是指對自己的文化背景、偏見等有清醒的認知,并解決它們,所以D項切合文意。