Question

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 just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps ( 處于沮喪中), 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, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with.My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine.This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy (禮貌) to speak to others that are around you.

I know of a few people that don’t 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 there without the slightest smile on their face.They don't 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 humor 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 medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.

1.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.

A. it makes people more confident

B. it can pick up people' s spirits

C. it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world

D. it can help people get on well with others

2.The phrase “busting a gut" in the third paragraph can be replaced by __________.

A. explaining carefully B. speaking loud

C. keeping silent D. laughing hard

3.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.

A. talk about his own understanding of humor

B. encourage people to be humorous in daily life

C. introduce a practical way to get through daily life

D. convince people of the power of being optimistic about life

4.What is the author' s attitude towards the present world?

A. Positive. B. Critical.

C. Satisfied. D. Indifferent.

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題解析：本文作者認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的世界有太多的悲傷，有時候甚至可以把人逼瘋，面對生活中的不如意，保持一種幽默感可以讓人覺得心情更好，在生活中大家應(yīng)該多笑笑，笑對生活中的困難和煩惱。

1.小題1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段和最后一段總結(jié)出：面對生活中的不如意，保持一種幽默感可以讓人覺得心情更好。故選B 。

2.小題2】猜測詞義題。結(jié)合上下文，本段講的是不具備幽默感的一些人在聽到很幽默的笑話后也不笑，這和那些很幽默很愛笑的人做了一個比對。故選D 。

3.小題3】寫作意圖題。通讀全文，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)作者是想讓大家在生活中多笑笑，笑對生活中的困難和煩惱。故選B。

4.小題4】作者態(tài)度題。從最后一段可以看出，作者覺得現(xiàn)在的世界有太多的悲傷，有時候甚至可以把人逼瘋，所以作者對現(xiàn)在的世界是持有一種批判的態(tài)度。A. Positive.積極的 B. Critical.批判的 C. Satisfied.滿意的 D. Indifferent.漠然的。故選B。

考點：生活態(tài)度類文章