最新高考英语一轮复习专题03AtasteofEnglishhumour押题专练新人教版必修4.doc

专题03AtasteofEnglishhumour

第一节浏览理解
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WhenDannyWallace,26,gotbored,heputanadontheWorldWideWebreadingsimply，“JoinMe.Sendapassportphoto.”AyearandahalflaterhiseastLondonflatistheheadquartersforaglobalinternet­based“club”whosememberscarryoutgooddeedsforstrangerseveryFriday.
It'snotcommonforpeopleinLondontotalktostrangers.Ifyouseesomeonestrugglingwithsomething,partofthebraingoes“Iwanttohelp”.Butthetrainedpartofthebrainsays,“Theywillthinkyouaremadorgoingtomugthem”，soyouwalkaway.
JoinMenowhasabout3,000membersaroundtheworldwhodoanactofkindnesseveryFriday.Forexample,I'musuallyoutonFridaysoIgoforoneofthestandardacts—theunexpectedcupofcoffee.Youmightbesittinginacafeandseeanoldmaninthecornerdrinkingcoffeeortea,andyouwalkupwithanothercupofwhatevertheyaredrinking,andsay,“I'veboughtyouacoffee”andwalkaway.It'sapleasuretoseethelookofsurpriseontheirfaces.Therecanbesomesuspicion,butIthinkthatwasmostlyintheearlydayswhenIdidn'tknowhowtodoitproperly.IwouldwalkupquitenervouslylikeIwasdoingsomethingwrongandIdidn'tknowwhentoleave.Intheend,Ilearnedthrough__trial_and_error__.Sometimesitworked,andothertimesitdidn't.Idiscoveredthatyouhavetowalkupwithconfidenceandhumourandnot“getintheirfaces”.Yousay,“Thisisforyou”，thenyougo.It'shit­and­runkindness.Andthereisnopointindoingithalf­heartedly.You'vegottodoitbecauseyoureallymeanit.
JoinMeiswithoutgeographicalboundaries,buttherearequiteafewmembersinLondon,andsuchstoriesaboutthingshappenontheundergroundoronthebuses.Oneladygotonthebusandputa￡10notedownandsaid,“That'sformeandthenextninepeople.”Soateverystop,anyonewhogotonwastolditwaspaidfor.Alotofpeopleweredoingthissortofthinganyway.Forthemit'sanexcuseorreasontodosomethingniceforacompletestranger,anditgivesthemtheconfidencetowalkupandstartchatting.
语篇导读
本文为记序文，简述了公益组织“JoinMe”的成立和进展，介绍了作者作为成员之一，每周五做一件善事的经历，最初说明了这一组织存在的意义。
1．WhenLondonersseesomeoneintrouble,they____________.
A．oftengiveahand B．stopandaskquestions
C．pretendnottohaveseenit D．telephonethepolice
解析C细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，伦敦人普通不和陌生人说话，遇到有困难的陌生人会假