1、核心素养拓展练素养解读 2017 版普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养” 。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面文段就是围绕“思维品质”这一学科素养展开，有助于学生学习幽默的知识，养成开口常笑的乐观性格。主题：学会幽默 学科素养：思维品质With all the wars，fighting and sadness in the world today，it s not only necessary，but also essential to have a good sense of humor j
2、ust to help us get through each and every day of our lives.Putting a smile on someones face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps，as the saying goes，makes me feel good and warms my heart.How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife，husband，child，coworkers，neighbors ，clos
3、e friends，or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh，even if I dont know the person Im joking around with.My Grandma always found humor in everything she did， even if it was the hardest job anyone could imag
4、ine.This not only relieves stress in any situation，but also is common courtesy(礼貌) to speak to others that are around you.I know of a few people that dont have a funny bone in their bodies，as they say.Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit th
5、ere without the slightest smile on their faces.They dont get the joke that makes others laugh.I am busting a gut while they just sit there，looking at me as if I were from outer space.How can people not get a really funny joke?Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control.Without hum
6、or we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems，or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy.There is too much sadness in this present world.It drives people crazy.We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives.So，I believe our best
7、medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.语篇解读 作者在本文中介绍了大笑和幽默对人们的好处，建议大家多听笑话，在日常生活中做到幽默，因为幽默和大笑是最好的药。1.According to the author，humor is useful in the aspect that .A.it makes people more confidentB.it can pick up people s spiritsC.it can help get rid of the c
8、ruelty in the worldD.it can help people get on well with others答案 B解析 推理判断题。根据第一段和最后一段可知，面对生活中的不如意，保持幽默感可以让人的心情变得更好，故选 B。2.The underlined phrase “busting a gut” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.A.explaining carefully B.speaking loudC.keeping silent D.laughing hard答案 D解析 词义猜测题。结合上下文，本段讲的
9、是一些没有幽默感的人在听到很幽默的笑话后也不会笑，这与那些很幽默很爱笑的人作了一个对比。故选 D。3.In writing the passage，the author mainly intends to .A.talk about his own understanding of humorB.encourage people to be humorous in daily lifeC.introduce a practical way to get through daily lifeD.convince people of the power of being optimistic ab
10、out life答案 B解析 推理判断题。通读全文可知，作者想让大家在生活中多笑笑，笑对生活中的困难和烦恼。故选 B。4.What is the authors attitude towards the present world?A.Positive. B.Critical.C.Satisfied. D.Indifferent.答案 B解析 观点态度题。从最后一段可以看出，作者觉得现在的世界有太多的悲伤，有时候甚至可以把人逼疯，所以作者对现在的世界持有一种批判的态度。故选 B。Notes：.高频词汇1.essential adj.基本的；极其重要的；必不可少的2.dump n.垃圾场 vt.
11、倾倒3.psychological adj.心理的；心理学的；精神上的.长难句分析Putting a smile on someones face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps，as the saying goes，makes me feel good and warms my heart.分析：这是一个主从复合句。本句的主语是动名词短语 Putting a smile on someones face；when 引导时间状语从句； they are feeling down in the dumps 是宾语从句，作动词know 的宾语；as the saying goes 是插入语；本句的谓语是 makes me feel good and warms my heart，makes 后接省略 to 的不定式作宾补。翻译：当你知道某人情绪低落时，让他们脸上带有微笑，正如谚语所说，让我感觉很好，并温暖我的心灵。
