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I have heard having a good sense of humour often helps in breaking the ice. Also people remember you because of your humour. But I think I don't have a very good sense of humour. Could you suggest how to build on this? ——Radha Karnik
This is a great question that is unfortunately difficult to answer. I can only give you my views on this topic, which may or may not be correct. I know that my sense of humour developed over time.
When I was younger I was not funny at all, now I can easily make people laugh. At the same time, sometimes I say things that I think are very funny but others do not. Improving wit and humour, I believe, is an ongoing process.
Now, there are various forms of humour and everyone has their individual style. Overall, I believe being fluent in a language is very important for being witty or funny. The way we play around with words adds the “funny” tag to an otherwise normal sentence.
Also, seeing irony is very important. I think humour is often the link between two unrelated things.
In my experience, laughing frequently and appreciating other people's jokes and wit are very important. Within these, finding humour in everyday normal situations is the key.
I often notice what is going on around me and say funny things in my head and laugh to myself. That serves almost as practice for when I am in a group. I watch comedy shows and movies and I am sure that has some effect on helping me improve my sense of humour.
And last, having confidence that you are witty is important. There will always be someone wittier or funnier than you, which is fine. Just work on building your own style.
Remember, if you are trying to be funny and witty in order to break the ice at a business function, be careful.
In those situations, humour has to be mild and politically correct.
Yours,
Brad
（1）Radha Karnik's problem is that he doesn't ________.
A.have friends
B.have a good sense of humour
C.understand others' humour
D.know the functions of humour
（2）By telling his own experience, Brad tried to make Radha Karnik believe that ________.
A.a sense of humour can be developed
B.a sense of humour helps impress others
C.laughter is the best medicine
D.laughter and humour go hand in hand
（3）Which of the following would Brad agree with?
A.Everyone knows how to appreciate others' jokes.
B.Everyone is as funny and witty as others.
C.Everyone needs to laugh to themselves each day.
D.Everyone has their individual style of humour.

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）D
【解析】本篇是一篇議論文，文章由咨詢者的問題引出作者對幽默的看法。作者給咨詢者提供了很多好的建議，你看看哪一條對你有幫助。

（1）B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中But I think I don't have a very good sense of humour.可知，Radha Karnik認為自己沒有幽默感，所以答案是B。

（2）A 推理判斷題。由第二段和第三段可以看出，幽默感是可以培養(yǎng)的。故選A。

（3）D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句Now, there are various forms of humour and everyone has their individual style.可知，Brad認為有各種形式的幽默，每個人都有自己的幽默風(fēng)格。故選D。

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