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高考维“升”素21——语言幽默
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The nurse approached him，smiling.“The labor is going great，” she said.“wouldn't you like to come in？”
“Oh，no.” The man shook his __1__.
The nurse _2__ the mother's side，and the labor progressed __3__.As the birth neared，the nurse returned to the man，now __4__ frantically in the hall.“She's doing so well，” she __5__ him.“Wouldn't you like to at least come in and see her？”
The man seemed to __6__ slightly，then shook his head again.“No，no，I couldn't do that.” He jingled car keys in his sweaty __7__ and restarted his pacing.
The nurse went back into the __8__ and coached Mom's great efforts in pushing the baby into the __9__.As the baby's head began to appear，the nurse raced to the hall，__10__ the man by his elbow，and _11__ him to the bedside saying，“You have got to see this！”
At that very moment，the baby boy was born __12__ placed on the stomach of the mother whose happy smile __13__ through her tears.The man began to __14__ openly.Turning to the nurse，he sobbed.“You were right! This is the greatest __15_ in my life！”
By now，the nurse，too，was __16__.She put her arms around him，and he rested his __17__ on her shoulder.She said，“No one should __18__ the birth of their son.”
“This isn't my son，” the man sobbed.“This isn't __19__ my wife.I've never seen her before in my life.I was just bringing the car __20__ to my fellow across the hall！”
Notes：
①frantically adv.烦躁地　②jingle vt.使发出叮当声
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇幽默故事。一位母亲正在产房生产，男子在门外徘徊。护士跑出来叫男子进产房，可是男子一次次拒绝进入。当孩子出生时，护士再也忍不住了，把男子拖进产房。可是男子告诉护士，他不是孩子的父亲，那女子也不是自己的妻子，他是来医院给同事送车钥匙的。
1．A.hand B．head C．arm D．body
答案　B　[联系空前的“Oh，no.”可知，对于护士的要求， 男子摇头拒绝了。]
2．A.approached B．returned to C．examined D．stood by
答案　B　[联系下文可知，护士离开产妇来找男子，让他到产房内，因此在男子拒绝后她又回到产妇身边。]
3．A.smoothly B．quickly C．carefully D．lately
答案　A　[联系下文的“She's doing so well”可知，产妇这边的进展很顺利。]
4．A.waiting B．pacing C．lying D．sleeping
答案　B　[联系下文可知，男子一直在大厅里等着，现在他变得很烦躁，因此他在大厅里来回走着。A有一定的干扰性，联系下文的“restarted his pacing”可以排除A。]
5．A.warned B．greeted C．examined D．assured
答案　D　[空前的“She's doing so well”是护士安慰男子的话，因此说她想让他放心，即assured him。]
6．A.smile B．wait C．hesitate D．suffer
答案　C　[联系空后的“slightly”可知，当护士让男子进入房间的时候，他对是否进去稍微犹豫了一下。]
7．A.pocket B．palm C．leg D．face
答案　B　[空前的“jingled car keys”的意思是“晃动车钥匙，使之发出叮当声”，因此此时车钥匙应是在他的掌心。]
8．A.room B．hall C．office D．house
答案　A　[联系空前的“The nurse went back into”以及空后的“coached Mom's great efforts”可知，护士又跑回了房间。]
9．A.world B．bed C．arms D．pool
答案　A　[联系空前的“pushing the baby into”可知，这位妇女在生小孩，因此说护士帮助她努力把孩子带到这个世界。]
10．A.shook B．congratulated C．grabbed D．welcomed
答案　C　[联系空后的“by his elbow”可知，此时护士着急了，她一把抓住男子的胳膊，拉他进入屋内。]
11．A.helped B．led C．moved D．dragged
答案　D　[联系上文的“grabbed the man by his elbow”可知，护士抓住他的胳膊，因此此处用dragged表达了护士的着急，也表达了不等男子说话，他就被拖进屋内的情形。]
12．A.so B．and C．but D．or
答案　B　[“was born”与“(was) placed on the stomach of the mother”为并列关系，因此用and 。]
13．A.shone B．hid C．got D．went
答案　A　[联系空前的“happy smile”和空后的“through her tears”可知，她的泪水中闪耀着幸福的微笑。]
14．A.laugh B．smile C．cry D．sob
答案　D　[联系下文的“Turning to the nurse，he sobbed.”可知，男子不是笑了，而是哭了。]
15．A.day B．place C．moment D．baby
答案　C　[联系上下文可知，男子也觉得孩子的出生是他一生中最伟大的时刻]
16．A.happy B．moved C．tearful D．interested
答案　C　[联系上下文可知，护士也泪流满面。B有一定的干扰性，联系空前的too可以排除B，因为男子不是因为感动，而是因为委屈。]
17．A.hands B．head C．arms D．clothes
答案　B　[从空前的“She put her arms around him”可知，男士把头靠在护士的肩膀上。]
18．A.miss B．watch C．give D．have
答案　A　[联系上文护士的举动可知，护士觉得任何人都不应该错过看着自己儿子出生的这一刻。]
19．Aeven B．ever C．still D．yet
答案　A　[even表达程度的加深，那孩子不是“我”的儿子，甚至那女子也不是“我”的妻子。]
20．A.permits B．seats C．glass D．keys
答案　D　[联系上文“He jingled car keys in his sweaty palm”可知，他是来给朋友送钥匙的。]
维B1 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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The Davies were invited to Christmas drinks at a hotel once.They left their car in the carpark outside and went in.Mr.Davies was proud of the fact that he never got drunk，so he was careful not to drink too much，in spite of his host's attempts to press more and more on him.
During the party，Mrs.Davies found she had forgotten to bring a handkerchief，so she asked her husband to go out to the car and get her one.He did so，but on his way back，he heard a car horn blowing in the carpark.Thinking someone might be in trouble，he went over to the car from which the noise was coming.He found a small black bear sitting in the driving seat and blowing the horn.
When Mr.Davies got back to the party，he told people about the black bear，but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk.When he took them out to the carpark to show them that he was serious，he found the car with the bear in had gone.

There were so many jokes about Mr.Davies's black bear during the following days that he at last put an advertisement in the local paper，“Will anybody who saw a black bear blowing a horn in a car outside the Central Hotel at about 7 p．m. on Christmas Day please phone...”
Two days later a Mrs.Richards phoned to say she and her husband had left their pet bear in their car outside the Central Hotel for a few minutes that evening and that it was quite possible that he had been blowing the horn.Mrs.Richards did not seem to think there was anything strange about that.“It likes blowing car horns，she said，“and we don't mind as long as we are not actually driving the car.”
【语篇解读】 本文为记叙文。Davies夫妇应邀参加酒会。Davies先生出去为妻子取手帕时听见汽车喇叭在响，于是去看个究竟，发现是一只熊在按喇叭。他返回酒会后向人谈及，却被人误解为他已经喝醉，之后登广告才澄清事实，“沉冤得以昭雪”。
1．What was Mr.Davies careful of during the party?
A．Not drinking too much.
B．Not facing the black bear.
C．Not getting pressed by the host.
D．Not forgetting his wife's handkerchief.
答案　A　[细节理解题。第一段最后一句提示选A。]
2．Why did Mr.Davies go to the car from which came the noise?
A．He wanted to see the bear.
B．He thought he might help one in need.
C．He wanted to check whose bear it was.
D．He thought the bear was in trouble.
答案　B　[细节理解题。第二段第三句有“Thinking someone might be in trouble”的明确提示选B。]
3．What did Mr.Davies put the advertisement for?
A．He wanted to find the bear.
B．He wanted to prove he was not drunk.
C．He planned to make a joke.
D．He hoped to make friends with the bear.
答案　B　[推理判断题。因为被人嘲笑，不得不登广告来找到那只熊来证明自己的清白。A选项有一定的干扰性， 但找到熊不是目的而是手段。]
4．Which of the following will serve as the best title of the passage?
A．A Bear Blowing a Car Horn
B．A Christmas Party with a Bear
C．A Man Never Gets Drunk
D．A Couple in a Christmas Party
答案　A　[主旨大意题。B选项可以比较容易排除，因为该故事中的bear并未参加酒会。C选项干扰性很大，但文章的标题用A Man Never Gets Drunk只表示Davies对喝酒的自控能力，没有提及因为熊按喇叭引起的误会。D选项只指一对夫妇参加酒会的事，没有谈及酒会上的插曲。]
维B2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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Whether you depend on your bike for transportation (交通) or exercise，you'll enjoy these fun facts on this two­wheeled vehicle (车辆)．
* In 1817，Karl von Drais from Germany invented a horseless carriage that would help him get around faster.The machine became known as the “draisine”，and led to the creation of the modern bicycle.
* The term “bicycle” was not introduced until the 1860s，when it was created in France to describe a new kind of two­wheeler.
* Fred A．Birchmore circled the globe by bicycle at the age of 25 in 1935.The whole trip covered forty thousand miles.He rode about 25,000 miles and wore out seven sets of tires (轮胎)．
* There are over a half billion bicycles in China.They are the most common means of transportation.Bikes were first brought to China in the late 1800s.
* About 100 million bicycles are made worldwide each year.
* Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all city trips.Europeans bike in cities a lot more often—in Italy 5 percent of all trips are on bicycle,30 percent in the Netherlands，and seven out of eight Dutch people over age 15 have a bike.
* The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world.Established in 1903，it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance (耐久力) out of all sports.Lance Armstrong，an American cyclist，is the only man to have won seven titles (1999—2005) after surviving cancer.
* Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX)，an extreme style of bicycle track racing，became a sport in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing，China.Maris Strombergs，from Latvia，received
the gold medal for Men's BMX，and Anne Caroline Chausson，from France，took home the gold in the first Women's BMX Olympic event.
【语篇解读】 本文为说明文。自行车是我们生活中常见的交通工具。你了解有关自行车的趣事吗？
1．The passage is written mainly to ________.
A．tell an interesting story
B．tell us the history of the bicycle
C．encourage more people to ride bicycles
D．introduce some interesting facts about the bicycle
答案　D　[推理判断题。文章开篇点明了写作目的：介绍有关自行车的趣事。]
2．Who use the bicycle least according to the passage?
A．Chinese. B．Americans.
C．Italians. D．Dutch people.
答案　B　[细节理解题。根据文中所列的第四点和第六点可以看出美国人骑自行车的比例最小，不到百分之一。]
3．What can be learned from the passage?
A．Karl von Drais invented the modern bicycle.
B．Fred A．Birchmore was the first to go around the world.
C．Anne Caroline Chausson won seven titles of the Tour de France.
D．Maris Strombergs won the first Men's BMX Olympic event.
答案　D　[细节理解题。根据文中所列举的第一点、第三点和最后两点可知，Karl von Drais发明了一种叫draisine的机器，它是现代自行车的前身；Fred A．Birchmore在25岁时骑行全球，并未提到他是不是第一个环行全球的人：Maris Strombergs和Anne Caroline Chausson分别获得小轮车成为奥运会比赛项目后的第一届男女冠军：是Lance Armstrong战胜癌症后获得环法自行车赛的七个奖项，故D项正确。]
4．From the passage，we know that the author ________.
A．owns a bicycle shop
B．is good at riding a bike
C．has a rich knowledge of the bicycle
D．has taken part in the Tour de France
答案　C　[推理判断题。文章给读者介绍了许多有关自行车的趣事，由此可看出作者这方面知识丰富，故选C项。]

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