Unit 2 Great minds第 6 课时 巩固与提升一、完形填空。 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Mark Twain, a famous American writer and great master of humour, enjoyed 1 others. But once a joke was played on him. One day, Mark Twain was invited to give a 2 in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle 3 laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing could make his uncle laugh or smile.“You bring your uncle to my lecture this evening,”said Mark Twain.“I’m sure I can make him 4 .” That 5 the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told a few funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. 6 , the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the man still kept 7 . Mark Twain 8 to tell his funny stories. Finally, he stopped. He was tired and quite 9 . Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend what had happened.“Oh,”said his friend,“I know that man. He’s been 10 for years.” ( )1.A.playing games with B.playing jokes on C.having fun with ( )2.A.lecture B.speech C.talk ( )3.A.sometimes B.usually C.never ( )4.A.laugh B.cry C.shout ( )5.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening ( )6.A.By the way B.In a way C.However ( )7.A.quiet B.noisy C.angry B A C A C C A ( )8.A.stopped B.continued C.began ( )9.A.excited B.annoyed C.disappointed ( )10.A.blind B.deaf C.dead B C B 二、阅读理解。 阅读下列短文,从下面每小题的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A “My finger can still move; my brain can still think; I have the dream I want to realize; I have...