高中英语Unit1LaughterisgoodforyouSectionⅠWelcometotheunitamp教学 17页

真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 1 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading-Pre-reading Laughter can boost immunity(免疫力), lower pain, relax your muscles and add more joy or interest to your life, which helps you to lead a healthy life. But some jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else's expense. What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher (哲学家) Aristotle looked on jokes as the pleasure from a feeling of winning by showing we're better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle, showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are not usually acceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes are so popular with certain people. Besides, all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something strange or out of place because it's different from things happening around it. A good joketeller must be outgoing and humorous, and always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens, and so we laugh. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 2 Section_Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading — Prereading [原文呈现] [读文清障] Stand up for ① your health! People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humour.One favourite type of comedy is called standup ② .Standup is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage ③ by a comedian ④ talking straight to audience members ⑤ . A standup comedian may tease ⑥ an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to⑦ his or her previous ⑧ jokes. ①stand up for 支持，维护 ②standup/'stændʌp/n.单口喜剧 adj.(喜剧)单人表演的 ③stage/steIdʒ/n.舞台；阶段，时期 that 引导的定语从句，修饰 a kind of comedy。 ④comedian/kə'miːdIən/n.喜剧演员， 滑稽演员 ⑤现在分词短语 talking straight to audience members 作 后 置 定 语 ， 修 饰 a comedian。 ⑥tease/tiːz/vt.取笑；揶揄；戏弄 ⑦react to 对……作出反应 ⑧previous/'priːvIəs/adj.先前的， 以往的 欣赏单口喜剧，促进身心健康！ [第 1段译文] 人们总是爱笑，幽默无时不在。一种深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。单口喜剧 是一种由一位喜剧演员在舞台上直接与观众交流而表演的喜剧。单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位 观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众对之前的玩笑的反应随机应变，讲各种不同的笑话。 Types of standup There are a variety ⑨ of different styles ○10 of standup comedy. Some comedians tell jokes about the way people ⑨variety/və'raIətI/n.(同一事物) 不同种类；多种样式 a variety of 不同种类的，各种各样 的 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 3 behave⑪ or about daily life. For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up⑫， or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella. Other comedians rely on⑬ visual⑭ humour. Their humour may be inspired by objects. For example, one comedian uses a huge hammer⑮ to break watermelons while he makes jokes about what he is doing. Another comedian points to a video tennis game and says, ‘I've been playing tennis ⑯ every day for a month. I don't understand why I am not losing weight！’ Yet other comedians may trip ⑰ over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage in order to⑱ make people laugh. This kind of absurd humour is not very funny if you are only listening and not watching the comedian's performance ⑲ . The last kind of comedian does impressions — he or she will act or speak like a wellknown person in order to make fun of ⑳ that person. While this kind of humour may sound cruel○21， it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection○22 for or admire the person being made fun of○23 ○10style/staIl/n.风格；方式；样式 ⑪behave/bI'heIv/vi.& vt.表现 people behave 是定语从句，修饰 the way。 ⑫queue up 排队 ⑬rely on 根据；凭借；依靠 ⑭visual/'vIʒʊəl/adj.视觉的 ⑮hammer/'hæmə(r)/n.锤子，榔头 vt. 敲，捶打 ⑯I've been playing tennis ...为现 在完成进行时，此处强调“一直做……”。 ⑰trip/trIp/vi.& vt.绊，(使)绊倒 trip over 绊倒 ⑱in order to 为了；以便 ⑲performance/pə'fɔːməns/n.表演， 演出；表现，业绩 ⑳make fun of 拿……开玩笑；取笑， 嘲弄 ○21while 在此处引导让步状语从句，意 为“尽管，虽然”。 ○22affection/ə'fekʃn/n.喜爱，钟爱 have affection for 喜爱，钟爱 ○23being made fun of 为现在分词短语 作后置定语。 [第 2段译文] 单口喜剧的类型 单口喜剧有很多不同的类型。有些喜剧演员拿人们的行为方式或日常生活开玩笑。例如，他 们可能会谈论人们排队时的举动，或者可能问为什么偏偏在你忘记带雨伞时天会下雨。另外 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 4 一些喜剧演员依靠视觉幽默。他们的幽默可能是由物品激发的。例如，某个喜剧演员一边拿 着个巨大的锤子去砸西瓜，一边以此说着笑话。另一个喜剧演员指着电脑网球游戏说：“我 每天都打网球，已经一个月了。我就是搞不懂体重为什么降不下来！”还有些别的喜剧演员 可能玩这些把戏逗笑观众：被椅子绊倒，撞到了房门上，或是跌倒在舞台上。如果你只是听 而不看喜剧演员的表演，这种荒唐的幽默就不搞笑了。最后一种喜剧演员做印象模仿——他 或她的动作或说话方式都像某个名人，目的是取笑那人。这种幽默听起来可能有点刻薄，但 通常只有当喜剧演员和观众都喜欢或者崇拜这个被打趣的对象时，这种幽默才奏效。 A famous comedian Only a few standup comedians have become famous as television and film performers○24 later on in life.One such person is Billy Crystal. Like other standup comedians who have gone on to act in films○25， Crystal still enjoys standup. People around the world enjoy watching him when he hosts the Academy○26 Awards○27.He has hosted the show nine times. Each time, he performs○28 his standup routine○29 in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live○30 on TV.One littleknown○31 fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck. He says it is because ○32 when he started practising standup as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror○33， brushing his teeth○34. ○24performer/pə'fɔːmə(r)/n.演员；表演 者 ○25go on to do sth.接着做另一件事 who 引导定语从句修饰 comedians。 ○26academy/ə'kædəmI/n.研究院，学会；专 科院校 ○27the Academy Awards 学院奖，又称奥斯 卡金像奖。 ○28perform/pə'fɔːm/vt.& vi.演出，表演； 履行；工作 ○29routine n．例行公事；常规，惯例 ○30broadcast live 现场直播 ○31littleknown/ˌlItl'nəʊn/adj.鲜为人 知的 ○32 it is because ...这是因为……， because 引导表语从句。 ○33while standing ...是状语从句的省略。 ○34brushing his teeth 为现在分词短语作 伴随状语。 [第 3段译文] 一位著名的喜剧演员 只有为数不多的单口喜剧演员在之后的生涯中成为走红的影视明星。比利·克里斯托就 是这样的一个人。与其他转向电影表演的单口喜剧演员一样，克里斯托依然热爱单口喜剧。 全世界的观众都喜爱看他主持的奥斯卡颁奖典礼。他已主持了九届奥斯卡颁奖典礼。每次他 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 5 都会通过电视直播在数百万观众面前表演他的单口喜剧节目。这里有一个鲜为人知的事实： 每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，克里斯托总要在自己的口袋里放一把牙刷以求好运。他说， 这是因为在他小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他站在镜子面前，边刷牙边给自己讲笑话。 One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking○35， and is often able to come up with○36 new jokes about the people and things around him. When Crystal was the host of the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor, who had acted in films before they had sound, gave a speech. He talked for several minutes, but there was a technical○37 problem, and no one in the audience could hear him. They could only see him standing there○38 moving his lips○39. Instead of○40 telling the joke he had planned○41， Crystal made up○42 a new one. He said，‘It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films○43！’ The audience howled○44 with laughter. Crystal is popular with○45 all age groups and has the ability to amuse○46 people all over the world. This proves that standup can be enjoyed by everyone. You can expect to hear a lot more from Billy Crystal — he has no plans to stop making films, or to stop telling jokes. He hopes to follow in the footsteps of○47 other famous comedians, such as○48 Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years old and kept ○35此处是 One/The reason (that) ... is that ...句型。that 引导的是表语从句。 ○36come up with 想出；拿出 ○37technical/'teknIkl/adj.技术的； 技能的 ○38see him standing there 为“see＋ 宾语＋宾补”结构。 ○39lip/lIp/n.嘴唇 ○40instead of 代替；而不是 ○41he had planned 为定语从句，修饰 joke。 ○42make up 编造；虚构 ○43silent film n．无声电影 it是形式主语，真正主语是 that 从句。 ○44howl/haʊl/vi.大叫，嚎叫 n．嚎叫， 喊叫声 ○45be popular with sb.受某人喜爱 ○46amuse/ə'mjuːz/vt.逗笑，逗乐；提 供(消遣)，(使)娱乐 ○47follow in the footsteps of sb. 追随某人；效仿某人 ○48such as 诸如……之类的；例如 ○49keep (on) doing sth.继续做某事； 一直做某事 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 6 working○49 until nearly the end of their lives. [第 4～5 段译文] 克里斯托之所以如此出名，原因之一就是他思维非常敏捷，常常能就身边的人或事即兴 编出笑话来。当克里斯托主持 2004 年的奥斯卡颁奖典礼时，曾在无声电影中扮演过角色的 一位很老的演员上台发言。他讲了几分钟，但由于技术故障，观众中没有人能够听见他在说 些什么。大家只能看见他站在那里，嘴唇动个不停。见此情景，克里斯托放弃了事先准备好 的笑话，编了一个新的。他说：“看来，他的确适合从无声电影起家！”观众哄堂大笑。, 克里斯托深受各年龄段人群的喜爱，他有能力让全世界的人开心。这证明，单口喜剧能得到 所有人的喜爱。你可以期待听到更多比利·克里斯托的单口喜剧——他尚无息影的打算，也 没有停止讲笑话的想法。他希望效仿像鲍勃·霍普和乔治·伯恩斯等单口喜剧明星，他们都 活到了一百岁，并且一直工作到生命的最后时期。 Laughter is good for○50 your health! Nowadays, standup comedy is popular all over the world. Doctors have been researching what effect standup and other forms of comedy have on○51 us, and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. They say this is because when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you ○52 .Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain. Maybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and George Burns.Whatever the reason○53， research shows that in the end, the English saying○54， ‘Laughter is the best medicine’， may be true after all○55. So, go and make someone laugh○56 — it just might help them (and you) live longer. ○50be good for 对……有益；对…… 有好处 ○51have (an) effect on 对……有影 响 ○52this is ... for you 为 say 的宾 语从句，because 引导表语从句，when 引 导时间状语从句，that are good for you 为 chemicals 的定语从句。 ○53Whatever the reason 为让步状语 从句 Whatever the reason is 的省略形 式。 ○54saying/'seIIŋ/n.格言，谚语，警 句 ○55after all 毕竟，终究 ○56make someone laugh 为“make＋宾语＋ 宾补”结构。 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 7 [第 6 段译文] 笑有益健康！ 如今，单口喜剧流行全世界。医务工作者们一直在研究单口喜剧和其他喜剧形式能够对 我们产生什么样的影响，并已发现经常笑的人更长寿。他们说这是因为当你笑的时候，你的 大脑会向全身传送有益健康的化学物质。笑有助于保持身体健康，甚至能够帮助你战胜疼痛。 这个说法或许能够解释像鲍勃·霍普和乔治·伯恩斯这样的人长寿的原因吧。不管是什么原 因，研究表明，那句英语格言“笑是灵丹妙药”到头来可能真的没错。所以，行动起来，让 别人笑一笑——这或许能够有助于他们 还有你自己 更长寿。 Prereading Please match the words with their proper meanings. 1．variety A．to laugh at sb.and make jokes about sth./sb. 2．tease B．to feel or show sorrow 3．previous C．the particular way in which sth. is done 4．visual D．happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about 5．style E．several different sorts of the same thing 6．mourn F．of or connected with seeing or sight 7．affection G．make sb.laugh or smile 8．amuse H．feeling of fondness 9．perform I．do things in a particular way 10．behave J．do sth. such as a piece of work, task or duty 答案：1～5 EADFC 6～10 BHGJI Leadin Who are they? Discuss the following humorists and write out what they are famous for. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 8 Whilereading Fastreading Skim the text and finish the following questions. 1 ． According to the text we can learn that the passage is about standup_and_why_people_ love_it. 2． The author's main purpose of writing this passage is to tell people that_laughter_is_the _best_medicine/laughter_is_good_for_you. Carefulreading (Ⅰ)Choose the best answers according to the text. 1．How many types of standup are mentioned in the text? A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. 2．What does a standup comedian usually do while performing? A．The comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members. B．A standup comedian may make fun of an audience member. C．The comedian might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of the audience. D．All the above. 3．Which of the statements is TRUE about Billy Crystal? A．He is a host, an actor and a lecturer. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 9 B．He is expected to live longer than Bob Hope. C．He is a continuous source of amusement to people. D．He always brings a toothbrush on stage to beautify his teeth. 4．After reading the fifth paragraph, readers can know that comedians are expected to ________. A．perform standup B．have no plans to stop work C．enjoy a very long life D．work till the end of life 5．What's the meaning of the sentence “Laughter is the best medicine”？ A.Laughter is the best kind of medicine. B．Laughter is good for your health. C．Laughter is better than medicine. D．Laughter is a kind of medicine. 答案：1～5 DDCCB (Ⅱ)Fill in each blank with no more than three words according to the text. Studyreading Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text. 1．A standup comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 10 [句式分析] [尝试翻译] 单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众对之前的玩笑 的反应随机应变，讲各种不同的笑话。 2．For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up, or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella. [句式分析] [尝试翻译] 例如，他们可能谈论人们排队时的举动，或者可能问为什么偏偏在你忘记 带雨伞时天会下雨。 3．One littleknown fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck. [句式分析] One_littleknown_fact_is→句子主干 that when Crystal is ...the Academy Awards 时间状语从句 ， he always keeps a toothbrush ...for good luck 时间状语从句对应的主句 . that 引导 的表语从句 [尝试翻译] 这里有一个鲜为人知的事实：每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，克里斯托 总要在自己的口袋里放一把牙刷以求好运。 4．He says it is because when he started practising standup as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 11 [句式分析] 本句为多重主从复合句，says 后接省略了引导词 that 的宾语从句；宾语 从句中 because 引导表语从句，该表语从句相对复杂，其结构如下： [尝试翻译] 他说，这是因为在他小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他站在镜子面前，边刷 牙边给自己讲笑话。 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Mark Twain was a great writer.He was from the USA.He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time. One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes (蚊子) in the town and told him that he'd better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn't matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don't think they will come to visit me.” After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I'm very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him. Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn't come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily. But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night. 语篇解读：文章讲述了马克·吐温到一个有很多蚊子的地方，他擅长讲笑话，结果宾馆 的服务员帮助他驱赶蚊子的小故事。 1．That day Mark Twain went to the town ________. A．to see one of his friends 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 12 B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there D．to see one of his relatives 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段“One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.”可知，马克·吐温去这个镇子是为了写作方面的事情，故 B 正 确。 2．The waiters felt sorry because ________. A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain B．their hotel was too small C．the room was not very clean D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段“... but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him.”可知，服务员感到抱歉是因为马克·吐 温的房间里面有很多蚊子，故 D 正确。 3．All the people present laughed heartily because ________. A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents D．Mark Twain made a joke 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第四段“Mark Twain, however, made a joke ... What he said made all the people present laugh heartily”说明他讲了一个笑话，别人都笑 了。故 D 正确。 4．From the story we know ________. A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据最后一段“That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.”说明那天 晚上没有蚊子来咬他，故 A 正确。 B Studies show that laughter is something that makes you feel calm or relaxed for both physical and psychological wounds though it may seem futile to laugh in the 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 13 face of pain and fear. When Dan Rather interviewed comedian Bill Cosby just one week after his son, Ennis, was killed, Cosby said, “I think it is time for me to tell people that we have to laugh. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.” Call it a flashlight for dark times: laughter just seems to adjust the attitude better than anything else. Inspirational (鼓舞人心的) speaker Steve Rizzo recalls a TV interview with an injured firefighter a few days after 9·11. The man had fallen more than 30 stories in one of the towers and had broken a leg. Everyone was crying, and the reporter asked, “How is it that you've come out of this alive？” He looked at her and without missing a beat, said, “Look, lady, I'm from New York and I'm a firefighter; that's all you need to know.” “Everyone laughed though the laughter was only a couple of seconds，” says Rizzo. “Sometimes that's all you need to catch your second breath. Laughter gives you that couple of seconds. You're sending a message to your brain, and the message is: If you can still laugh even a little among the pain, you are going to be OK.” Of course, there is a difference between laughing off a serious situation and laughing off the fear that results in. The firefighter was doing the latter, states Rizzo, the author of Becoming a Humor Being, and so should we. “If there is anything we have learnt from 9·11, it's how precious life really is，” she says.“We have to send a message that our spirit won't die. One important thing that unites us is our ability to laugh.” 语篇解读：笑对身体大有裨益，它能够帮助人们摆脱痛苦和恐惧。 5．The writer uses the examples of the comedian and the firefighter to show ________. A．laughter is a good way to get rid of pain and fear B．laughter is the best way to cure psychological wounds C．it is your attitude that decides whether you can survive the pain or not D．laughing off a serious situation is different from laughing off the fear that results in 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的内容可以看出这是文章的主旨，下面的两 个例子都是围绕着这个主旨展开的，故选 A“笑是摆脱痛苦和恐惧的一种好的方式”。 6．We can infer from the passage that Steve Rizzo is ______. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 14 A．a reporter B．a soldier C．a firefighter D．a doctor 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Steve Rizzo recalls a TV interview with an injured firefighter”可知答案。 7．The underlined word “futile” in the first paragraph means “________”． A．hopeless B．useless C．careless D．speechless 解析：选 B 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“laughter is something that makes you feel calm or relaxed”和“though”可知，futile 意为“无用的，徒劳的”，故选 B。 8．From the passage, we can know that Americans are ________. A．really inspired after 9·11 B．hardly united after 9·11 C．nearly surprised by 9·11 D．greatly hurt by 9·11 解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可以推测出，美国人因 9·11 事件受到了 巨大的伤害。所以应该选 D。 C Timetable ————————————————————————————————————— — Mondays to Fridays Oxford London Paddington Membership (会员) Card 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 15 Menu ◇French Slam® $4.29 French toast, two eggs any style, two pieces of bacon and two sausage links. ◇Sandwich with Salad or Soup $4.35 Chicken breast on bread. Served with your choice of garden salad, Caesar salad, vegetable beef or soup of the day. ◇The Classic Hamburger $4.99 Over 1/3 pound. Topped with tomato, red onions and cheese. ◇ChickenFried Steak $5.09 A southern style! Goldenfried and covered with French cheese. ◇The Super Bird ® $5.49 Thin flat pieces of chicken breast with Swiss cheese, bacon and tomato on bread. ◇Chinese Chicken Salad $5.99 Chicken breast, mushrooms, green peppers, and onions. Topped with tomatoes and fried noodles. Served with bread. 语篇解读：列车的日程安排表、会员卡、图表和菜单，各种各样的信息给我们提供了一 个原汁原味的英语学习环境。 9．Which of the following is true of the membership card? A．Its number is 10865 305305. 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 16 B．It belongs to Mr. E. M. Driscoll. C．It is valid through the year of 2010. D．It gets the owner a discount when used. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二个表格中的“When booking always ask for your Friends Discount.”可知答案。 10．If one wants to attend a business lunch in London at 12：00, the latest train that he should take at Oxford leaves at ________. A．11：45 B．11：15 C．10：35 D．10：05 解析：选 C 细节理解题。通过查看列车日程安排表可知，10：35 从牛津开出的列车 11：34 到达伦敦，符合题干要求。 11．If you would like to have some vegetable beef, what may be your choice? A．French Slam ® B．ChickenFried Steak C．The Super Bird® D．Sandwich with Salad or Soup 解析：选 D 细节理解题。查找菜单和题干中的对应信息 vegetable beef 可知选 D。 12．The chart shows that from 2005 to 2008, ________. A．the percentage of the Spanish families with a computer rose 35 points B．the percentage of the White families with a computer remained unchanged C．the number of the Black families with a computer was on the decrease D．the number of the Asian families with a computer showed the sharpest increase 解析：选 D 细节理解题。观察第三个图表中四类家庭两年的变化可知答案。 Ⅱ.阅读七选五 Life is filled with ups and downs. When you feel like you're experiencing more downs than ups, sometimes it helps to get a little tough love. That's why we put together this list of five harsh (残酷的) truths that will help you grow. Life isn't fair. Life will hand you lemons, often when you least expect it.__1__ The first step is always the hardest. Changing bad habits is tough. Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said，“__2__” So if you want to change something, start with small steps. You may be better off without some of the people you currently care about. Chances are that there's someone in your life you care about deeply who is holding 真正的价值并不在人生的舞台上,而在我们扮演的角色中。 17 you back.__3__ However, there comes a time when you need to make the tough decision to say no to people who can't help you grow. __4__ If you don't take risks you will have a hard time accomplishing what you want in life. People who truly change the world are the biggest risktakers. And they treat each failure as an opportunity to grow and get better. You are the only thing holding yourself back from greatness. Often we get so caught up hoping for the next great thing that we don't realize what's unfolding right in front of our faces.__5__ Instead, focus on the positive things you have in your life. Choose to be happy right now. A．That's not to say you should give up the people you love. B．The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. C．Don't hold yourself back with negative thoughts. D．Forget about people who don't support your goals or passions. E．You can't accomplish great things without taking great risks. F．Just remember, the truth is not always harsh. G．The sooner you accept this harsh truth, the better prepared you are to handle tough situations. 语篇解读：人生有许多起起伏伏，如果你感觉不如意，了解一些真理会帮助你成长。 1．选 G 该段小标题“生活是不公平的”与 G 项中的“this harsh truth”相对应， 而且 lemon 是酸的，也代指负面的东西，与 G 项中的“tough situations”相一致。 2．选 B B 项“千里之行始于足下”与空后的“start with small steps”(从小步开 始)的意思相符，故选 B 项。 3．选 A 上文提到你很在乎的某个人现在阻碍了你的发展，A项“那并不是说你应该与 你爱的人断绝关系”，与上文和下文中的“你需要作出艰难的决定对那些不能帮助你成长的 人说不”联系紧密，符合逻辑关系。 4．选 E 本段主要讲要勇于冒险，真正改变世界的人们都是最大的冒险者。E 项与本段 大意相吻合，故选 E。 5．选 C C 项中的“negative thoughts”与空后的“positive things”相对应，意为 “不要因为消极的思想而阻碍了你自己的发展”。