高一必修三Unit 1 Warming Up amp;amp; Reading.ppt

3. Who started the tradition of wearing masks and costumes? A. Napoleon. B. Young men. C. The hotel industry. D. The silk and lace makers. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据倒数第五段“. . . is thought to have been started by the“Stocking Companies”．These were groups of young men. . . ”可知，此传统最早由一批年轻人发起。 4. Why do the shopkeepers like the carnival time? A. Because they can make many different kinds of masks. B. Because the city is “a sea of happiness”. C. Because many people from all over the world come to Venice. D. Because they can make a lot of money during this time. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章第七段可知，店主们在狂欢节期间会赚很多钱，所以，他们都喜欢这一节日。 5. What is the main idea of the article? A. How the carnival is celebrated in Venice. B. The story of how the carnival began in Venice. C. The history of the carnival in Venice. D. What to see and do during the carnival time in Venice. ?He talks as if he knew where she was. 他说的好像他知道她在哪里似的。 ?He talks about Rome as if he had been there before. 他说起罗马来好像他以前去过似的。 Though the girl had been suffering from the blood disease, she acted as if nothing ______ to her while facing her friends and relations. ［2011南京高一检测］ A. happened B. would happen C. was happened D. had happened 【解析】选D。考查as if引导的方式状语从句中的谓语动词。happen所表示的动作发生在act所表示的动作之前，故要用had + 过去分词结构。 1. origin n. 起源，由来，起因 【原句】Today’s festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. ( P1)现在的节日有很多由来，一些是宗教上的，一些是季节性的，一些是纪念特殊的人和事件的。 ?The origins of the custom are unknown. 该风俗起源不详。 ?He is a Chinese by origin. 他原籍中国。 It’s generally believed that the ______ of the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan. A. resource B. ambition C. origin D. treasure 【解析】选C。句意：人们都认为龙舟节的起源是为了纪念伟大的诗人屈原。resource资源；ambition志向；origin起源；treasure财富。由语境可知选C。 2. starve vi. ＆vt. （使）饿死；饿得要死；渴望，极需要(=die /long) 【原句】At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter