2019版高三英语一轮复习 课时提能练22 Unit 2 What is happiness to you 牛津译林版选修6.docVIP

Unit 2　What is happiness to you?(对应学生用书第页)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2017年黄冈检测)On Christmas Daycrowd made for the exits.A theater employee had just finished mopping the hallway and dutifully placed the “wet floor”sign in the slippery area.No one slipped due to the wet conditions，but someone did manage to knock over the sign.And by the time Ms.Brown got to the area，the sign was lying on the floor.And shortly thereafter，so was she.Her foot got caught in the sign，in a bad way，and she fell.Unfortunately Ms.Brown had undergone a back operation，and the fall caused more damage than it otherwise would have.So she and her husband sued(提起诉讼)．(继续进行)．AMC referred to a case about a Decemberincident，where a “wet floor”sign，not in use，fell to the floor causing another trip-and-fall.In that case，Georgias Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the store，but didnt go so far as to say that“wet floor”signs couldnt give rise to legal liability(责任)in trip-and-fall accidents.In the Brown casessed by lots of customers creates an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm to the public in the form of tripping hazards(危险)．”Thats right—the safety sign(陪审团)—“a merchants selection and use of equipment designed to warn customers of one danger that has the potential to expose them to a different one”．【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍了布朗夫人在美国一家AMC影院看完电影离开时被“小心地滑”的警示牌绊倒受伤后向法院提起诉讼的原1．According to the text，Ms.Brown ．ed down by the crowd B　[考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的...Ms.Brown got to the area，the sign was lying on the floor.And shortly thereafter，so was she.Her foot got caught in the sign，in a bad way，and she fell.”可知布朗夫人被“小心地滑”的警示牌绊倒了。B项中的tripped over意为“被绊倒”与文章表述相符故选B项。C项中的knocked over意为“打翻；撞倒”不符合文意。]2．AMC mentioned the 1998 case in order to ．C．stress that it had no legal liability for the accident D．prove other customers were responsible for the accident C　[考查推理判断。根据文章第二段第一句“AMC argued that...encourage the use by not allowing Browns case to proceed(继续前行)．”可知影院认为布朗夫人的控拆不成立法院应该鼓励使用这样的警示牌接着第二句AMC影院举出1998年的案例来支持自己的观点。由此AMC影院提到这一案例是为了强调自己不应该承担