Question

A culture’s values can be mirrored by its humor．Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes，who，in“On Nature”，disliked humor,“Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others．”He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness．

However, Mordechai Gordon，Ph. D of Education，insists，“Humor allows us to view the

world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious．”1 agree with Gordon．Learning to look

at the world through humor is important．

In the United States，every four years an election occurs．Without humor as a way to express their feelings，how else would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the

way of lemming? Television shows like“The Daily Show”have become important parts of American culture．They are mothering the masses by metaphorically(隱喻地) airplane-ing politics into our mouths．They make politics fun．

Of course, politics is only one type of humor．Social humor helps people through the twists

and turns of the human condition．American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self image．On the topic of self-image，Hari Kondabolu stands out．He has a joke about the popular musical group“The Pussycat Dolls”，describing their hit song“Don't Cha”as a negative representation of women．He points out an obvious offence in American culture．

A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner．Amongst other things，mates look for an outstanding funny

bone in a potential partner．

Of course，humor is not always used for good purposes．Humor can be linked to vulgarity

(粗俗)and racism，but，like everything else，it has potential to unite human beings by allowing

us to laugh at ourselves，our failures and our connection with one another．

Though 1ife may seem tough and depressing at times，all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles(皺紋) to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t

aware of．

With that in mind，remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity．

1.Hobbes believes that humor__________．

A．was only a way to laugh at others to make oneself feel better

B．resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beings

C．had the power to mirror personal glory and national values

D．was for people to view the world from another angle

2.What is the author’s attitude towards political humor?

A．Worried B．Disappointed

C．Curious D．Appreciative

3.The fourth paragraph is developed mainly__________．

A．by example B．by process

C．by comparison D．by classification

4.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Chaplin wasn’t aware of being laughed at

B．The author feels helpless and sad about getting older

C．Never be the one who laughs at other people

D．The author is determined to face life with a sense of humor．

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 一種文化的價(jià)值可以通過(guò)幽默來(lái)體現(xiàn)。然而不同的人對(duì)幽默有不同的看法。作者認(rèn)為幽默是很重要的，并舉例說(shuō)明了自己的想法。

1.A細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others.笑聲不過(guò)是突然想到比別人好得多而產(chǎn)生的優(yōu)越感�？芍猅homas Hobbes不喜歡幽默，因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為幽默是嘲笑別人使自己開(kāi)心的一種方式，是人性狹隘的表現(xiàn)，故選A項(xiàng)。。

2.D 推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一段話提到With that in mind，remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity考慮到這一點(diǎn)，記得微笑，故是一種欣賞的態(tài)度，故選D項(xiàng)。

3.A結(jié)構(gòu)分析題。作者通過(guò)列舉Hari Kondabolu的例子來(lái)證明自己的觀點(diǎn)，社會(huì)幽默反應(yīng)了一個(gè)時(shí)代的文化情況，故選A項(xiàng)。

4.D推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Though 1ife may seem tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t aware of. 盡管生活有時(shí)候會(huì)很艱難并且令人沮喪，我要做的是看著鏡子里自己日益增加的皺紋，告訴自己生活中總是有一些卓別林都沒(méi)意識(shí)到的歡樂(lè)�？芍�作者支持生活中保持幽默，故選D項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類閱讀。