1、1Unit 3 A taste of English humour李仕才【短文语法填空】As less people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a 1 (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is committed to 2 (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.Li worked as a
2、 miner for more than ten years. After 3 mine closed down, Li turned 4 housing decoration, until he 5 (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he
3、studied by 6 (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make a 7 (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with 8 (melt) brown
4、or white sugar. Craftsman 9 (normal) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆). When the sugar cools down, 10 appears is a piece of sugar art.【文章大意】本文是记叙文，讲述 38岁的李健忠回到老家继承中国传统文化，学习制作糖画的故事，文章还说明了糖画的制作。1.distant【解析】考查词性转换。空格处修饰名词 memory，形容词修饰名词作定语，故填 distant。2.keeping3.the【解析】考査冠词。
5、上文提到他做过十多年矿工，故此处表示他所在的矿井关闭以后，为特指，故填 the。4.to2【解析】考查介词。句意：他转而去做房屋装修的工作了。 turn to“转而做，转向”是固定词组。故填 to。5.was forced【解析】考查动词的时态和语态。句意：直到他因为手指受伤而被迫放弃。此处讲述过去的事情，故用一般过去时，句子的主语和 force之间是被动关系，应用被动语态，且主语和是第三人称单数。故填 was forced。6.himself【解析】考查代词。句意：由于他的村子里没有糖画手艺人，因此他自学制作糖画。by oneself固定用法，表示“独自地，全靠自己地”，故填 himself
6、。7.variety【解析】考查词性转换。句意：他很快掌握了这项技术并能制作出各种各样的糖画。a variety of“各种各样”是固定短语，故填 variety。8.melted9.normally【解析】考查词性转换。句意：手艺人们通常用糖浆在石板上画动物和花。修饰谓语动词用副词作状语，故填 normally。10.what【解析】考查主语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导主语从句，且在从句中作主语，表示“所的东西”，what 引导主语从句，作主语、宾语或者表语。故填 what。content adj.满意的，满足的n满足，满意；内容，含量vt.使满足(1)be content to do
7、sth.乐于做某事3feel/be content with.对满足/满意be content that.对满足/满意(2)content sb./oneself with sth.使某人/自己满足于某事(教材原句)He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed，so they could feel more content with their lives.在人们感到沮丧的时候，他可以使他们开怀大笑，于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。(2015四川卷)Andy is content with the toy.It is the
8、 best he has ever got.安迪对这个玩具很满意，这是他收到的最好的(礼物)。(2016天津卷)When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica(大英百科全书)，I had to create a table of contents (content) based on the topics of its articles.当计划大英百科全书时，我不得不以文章的话题为基础而列了一个目录。单句语法填空(2017全国卷)There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lo
9、wer fat content and less salt.(1)content作形容词时，通常作表语、后置定语或状语，作前置定语时要用contented，如：a contented expression 满足的表情。(2)在充当表语表示“非常满意”时用 be well content而不能用 be very content。astonish vt.使吃惊，使惊奇(1)astonish sb.with/by sth.用某事使某人惊讶be astonished at/by sth.对某事感到惊讶be astonished to do sth.惊讶地做某事(2)astonished adj.感到吃
10、惊的(3)astonishing adj.令人吃惊的(4)astonishment n惊讶to ones astonishment 使某人惊讶的是in astonishment 吃惊地(教材原句)You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.4你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞。(2016浙江卷)What brought about this astonishi
11、ng (astonish) change in me?是什么造成了我这样令人惊讶的改变？To our great astonishment (astonish)，the boss wasnt_astonished (not astonish) at the astonishing (astonish) news at all.使我们非常吃惊的是，老板对这个令人吃惊的消息一点也不吃惊。单句语法填空(2017江苏卷)Elsewhere in Asia even more astonishing (astonish) actions are being taken.convince vt.使人信服；
12、使相信(1)convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事convince sb.of sth.使某人相信某事convince sb.that.使某人相信(2)convinced adj.坚定不移的；有坚定信仰的be convinced of确信；相信be convinced that.确信(3)convincing adj.令人信服的；有说服力的(教材原句)The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!令人心悦诚服的
13、表演使你相信这是他吃过的最可口的饭菜之一了！I am_convinced (convince) that sooner or later we will succeed.我确信我们迟早会成功的。You need to convince your interviewer of your ability to master the work.你需要让你的面试官相信你有驾驭这份工作的能力。(2015陕西卷)Mr.Holden returned home from his holiday upset and convinced (convince) his pet was dead.direct vt
14、. I am going home.1.What does the author want to say in the passage?A. His dream is to come true after 47 years.B. It is a dilemma for him to return to Israel.C. He didnt live a happy life in Israel.D. It is a latest trend to fulfill everyones dream.2.The author didnt return to Israel before because
15、 .A. his children mainly held him backB. he failed to get determinedC. he didnt save enough moneyD. he hoped to finish his education3.What does the underlined part make aliyah mean in the passage?A. To return to Israel. B. To make a decision.C. To live happily. D. To catch a chance.4.It can be infer
16、red from the passage that .A. the author will be happy to meet his relatives in IsraelB. Israel is a familiar word but a strange place for the authorC. the Israeli suffered a lot in the historyD. Israel is still a place between war and chaos【文章大意】本文是一篇讲述个人经历的记叙文。1.A 【解析】主旨大意题。作者在文中叙述了自己经历了在外流浪的 47年后
17、，决定带着家人回到以色列，使自己多年的梦想得以实现的故事，由此可知答案。133.A 【解析】词义猜测题。通读全文可知，作者带着家人回到以色列的梦想马上就要实现，再结合画线词后面的I believe the time is now以及最后一段中的as I prepare to make aliyah可知画线部分指的是回到家乡以色列。4.C 【解析】推理判断题。依据倒数第二段中的we have overcome the Greeks, the Romans, the Russian killings, Hitler and the Holocaust(大屠杀).可知，以色列人在历史上遭受了很多苦难。
