【2019-2020】高考英语一轮巩固达标练题Unit4Bodylanguage(含解析)新人教版必修4

1 / 8【2019-2020】高考英语一轮巩固达标练题Unit4Bodylanguage（含解析）新人教版必修4

李仕才

***阅读理解。

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the message runner like a prince

when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted

runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I

packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked

light­heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked

up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s

going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and

sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.

Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful

of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh,

that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head­cutting!

It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude

with which it’s delivered(传递). Everyone must give bad news from time to time,

and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising his patient that

she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he fails

to get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any

bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long

flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you

had your heart set on the toasted beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he

just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your

fist right on their unsympathetic faces.

sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk

sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said,

2 / 8“Oh，that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear

bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的) person is sure to

have.

【解题导语】 本文主要讲述当我们要告诉别人不好的消息的时候，要注意说话的方式和语气，还要带有同情心。

1．From “Dreams of head­cutting！”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer ．

A．was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

B．was mad at the sales agent

C．wished that the sales agent would have bad dreams

D．dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night

B 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的描述可知，“我”对售票员的态度很恼火。

2．Which of the following is true?

A．The author really appreciated the neighbor’s warning.

B．From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry.

C．If the runner brought to the pharaoh unhappy news, he would be treated like

a prince.

D．When we want to deliver any bad news, we should share the feeling of the

receiver.

D 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Big winners know, when delivering any bad

news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.”可知，当告诉别人不好的消息的时候，应该带有同情心，应该分担消息接收者不好的感觉。

3．What is the main idea of the text?

A．Receiving bad news requires great courage.

B．Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.

C．Delivering bad news with sympathy is important i

D．Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

C 解析：主旨大意题。本文主要告诉我们当我们告诉别人不好的消息的时候，要注意讲话的方式和态度，应该带有同情心，分担别人的忧愁。

4．In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ．

3 / 8A．not helpful B．not considerate

C．friendly D．warm­hearted

B 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I would have appreciated his warning.”可知，“我”认为邻居没有同情心，不能为别人考虑。故选B项。

***语法填空。

After spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight straight days,

I knew that I had to tell her just one thing. So late at night, just before she fell

asleep, I whispered __1__ in her ear. She smiled—the kind of smile __2__ made me

smile back—and she said, “When I'm seventy­five and I think about my life and __3__

it was like to be young,I hope that I can remember this very moment.”

A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The room was __4__

(peace)—almost silent.All I could hear was the soft voice of her breathing. I stayed

awake __5__ (think) about the time we __6__ (spend) together and all the choices

in our lives that made this moment possible. And at some point, I realized that it

didn't matter what we'd done or where we'd gone. Nor __7__ the future hold any

significance.

What mattered was the calmness of the moment. The moral：We must not allow the

clock, the calendar, and external pressure __8__ (rule) our lives and blind us to

the fact __9__ each individual moment of our lives is a beautiful mystery and a

miracle—__10__ (especial)those moments we spend in the presence of a loved one.