2020版高考英语新探究大一轮(课件 检测)(含2019届新题) (4)

Unit 17 Laughter

能力提升题组训练(A)

Ⅰ.阅读理解(2018广东佛山高三质检)

Imagine that you’re the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show on

television.Only it isn’t so popular yet,and your live studio audience isn’t giving

you the big laughs the show deserves.Do you film the show all over again,hoping that

this time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound

funnier than it was received?

Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! “Sweetening,” or the addition

of sound effects such as laughs,screams,and other audience-produced noises to the

audio track of a TV show,has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance,or

rather the sound,of an engaged and entertained response to a show’s ugh

tracks came into existence as not only a solution,and sometimes replacement,for an

unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an at-home audience into a

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Ⅰ 阅读理解

(2019·福建质检)When was the last time you told someone he

inspired you to go to work each morning?

Teachers at Oak Park High School in Kansas City，Missouri, did just

that this September，when they pulled individual students out of classes to

tell them just how much they appreciated them.

The students’ reactions, which were captured(捕捉) on video and shared on YouTube，a now

viral video website，ranged from shy thanks to hugs and tears.

“I have been challenged to find a student who makes me want to come to school every

day，” said one teacher in the video, “and that’s you.”

Jamie McSparin，a teacher in charge of the school’s academy program for at­risk

sophomores(二年级学生) and juniors，posed the challenge，writes ABC News.

“Initially when we pulled the kids out，they all thought they were in trouble，” McSparin

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Ⅰ 阅读理解

A

(2019·福州八县/市一中联考)If a city wants to hold the Olympics, it must submit a proposal

to the IOC. After all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes. If no city with the fewest votes

is eliminated(淘汰)，the voting continues, until a majority winner is determined. Typically, the

Games are awarded several years in advance, allowing the winning city time to prepare for the

Games.

In selecting the site of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers a number of factors, and

chiefly among them is which organizing committee seems most likely to stage the Games

effectively. The IOC also considers which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games. For

instance, Tokyo, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Beijing, that of the 2008 Games, were

chosen in part to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia. Because of the growing importance

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一、选择题

1．(2019·北京海淀区期末)法学家勒内·达维徳认为，“在19世纪，民法典在法国一直被视为核心，是法律的真正心脏。”这是因为《拿破仑法典》( )

A．摧毁了欧洲各国封建制度

B．确立了法国民主政治制度

C．巩固了拿破仑的军事独裁

D．维护了资产阶级革命成果

解析：选D。《拿破仑法典》以法律形式巩固了资产阶级革命成果，与材料中“民法典在法国一直被视为核心”相符，故D项正确。

2．(2019·辽宁省六校协作体期中)近代法国先后产生了12部宪法，1789～1875年的86年内，法国平均每7年更换一部宪法，这样频繁地更换宪法在世界各国中实属罕见。这一现象反映了法国( )

A．启蒙思想的影响不断深入

B．外国侵略势力干涉打断民主化进程

C．走向共和的历程非常艰难

D．封建残余势力复辟导致政治危机

解析：选C。在1789～1875年的86年内，经过政体的频繁演变和宪法的反复修改，最终在1875年通过了《法兰西第三共和国宪法》，确立了民主共和制政体，这表明法国走向共和的历程非常艰难，故C项正确。

3．近代法国政体屡遭变更，1875年宪法颁布后，共和政体虽不被看好，但最终却巩固下来。法国共和政体巩固的根本原因是( )

A．法国1875年宪法的颁布 B．封建保守势力日益衰落

C．资产阶级力量日益增强 D．第一次工业革命的完成

解析：选D。经济基础决定上层建筑，工业革命完成，使资产阶级力量日益增强，使法国共和政体最终巩固，故D项正确。

4．(2019·承德联校期末)法国在近代一百多年的时间里，先后出台了11部宪法。这些宪法大多寿命短暂，有的甚至“胎死腹中”。唯独1875年的法兰西第三共和国宪法得以贯穿第三共和国始终，施行长达65年。这反映出该宪法( )

A．内容非常广博 B．适应社会发展

C．实现权力制衡 D．蕴含自由观念

解析：选B。材料反映的是法国11部宪法中唯独1875年宪法长寿，不能反映1875年宪法内容广博，故A项错误；1875年宪法是工业革命推进的产物，且适应了工业革命的发展，故B项正确；民主政体都蕴含权力制衡原则，且1875年宪法参议院权力巨大，故C项错误；近代宪法都含有自由观念，故D项错误。