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20．Imagine a stranger walking past you on a cold，rainy day．"Lovely weather，isn't it？"the stranger says．Do you laugh，or even smile？If not，you may not have a dry sense of humor．
British people，and particularly the English，are well-known for our dry sense of humor．We often say the opposite of what we mean in order to be funny，and tell jokes in a tone of voice that makes it sound like we are being completely serious．As US writer Julian Tan put it on the HuffPost Students blog："It is as if it is‘Opposite Day'every day in Britain．"
If the people of Britain are known for having a"stiff upper lip"and not showing emotion，then our dry sense of humor shows this through jokes．Often it will take a long time or several beers，to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something and get behind the wall of humorous sarcasm （諷刺） that they have in front of them．
English comedian Ricky Gervais put it like this："We play jokes on our friends．We use sarcasm as a shield （護盾） and a weapon．We avoid being serious until it's absolutely necessary．"
It can be annoying and confusing if you haven't been raised with these types of jokes："Why did he just say such a ridiculous thing？Is he making fun of me？"But it is also true that understanding this type of humor is a good way to make friends with people in the UK，even if you don't find it funny．
It's important to remember that the person telling the joke may actually be making fun of himself or herself，not you．One of the characteristics of British humor is"its strong theme of self-deprecation"（making fun of oneself），according to Tan．So don't worry-often，English people，and British people in general，just want to make fun of themselves!

60．According to the passage，we can know that someone with a dry sense of humor canD．
A．not use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon．
B．not make friends with people in the UK
C．pretend to play jokes on their friends
D．say funny things in a serious way
61．Which of the following words best describes British humor according to Julian Tan？A
A．Opposite．
B．Annoying．
C．Ridiculous．
D．Funny．
62．The underlined phrase"stiff upper lip"in Paragraph 3refers to a quality ofA．
A．remaining calm                                   
B．communicating feelings
C．taking a positive attitude                            
D．focusing attention
63．It can be inferred from the passage thatB．
A．British people are famous for being emotional
B．British people's humor is often misunderstood
C．it's a tradition for British people to make fun of each other
D．it doesn't take a long time to make friends with British people
64．The passage is mainly aboutD．
A．why British people like laughing at themselves
B．some tips on how to make British people laugh
C．the importance of humor in British culture
D．what British humor is like．

Answer 1

分析 該文章是說明文．本文主要闡述了的是英國人的幽默的特點，多是自我解嘲，但常常被誤解．

解答 60．D  61．A   62．A   63．B   64．D
60．D．考查細節(jié)辨析題．根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞someone with a dry sense of humor找到文章的對應(yīng)段落是第二段，其中的第二句We often say the opposite of what we mean in order to be funny，and tell jokes in a tone of voice that makes it sound like we are being completely serious中的關(guān)鍵詞funny，serious判斷選D．
61．A．考查細節(jié)辨析題．A．Opposite相反的；B．Annoying煩人的；C．Ridiculous可笑的；D．Funny有趣的．根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞Julian Tan和British humor找到文章的對應(yīng)段落是第二段，其中的As US writer Julian Tan put it on the HuffPost Students blog：-It is as if it is?Opposite Day‘every day in Britain．‖中的關(guān)鍵詞Opposite Day可知選A．
62．A   考查判斷推理題．A．remaining calm保持冷靜；B．communicating feelings交流感情；C．taking a positive attitude采取積極的態(tài)度；D．focusing attention集中注意力．根據(jù)文章的對應(yīng)段落是第三段的Often it will take a long time or several beers，to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something中的it will take a long time or several beers，to get a British person to tell you判斷應(yīng)是保持冷靜．故選A．
63．B  考查判斷推理題．根據(jù)文章第二段的第一句話British people，and particularly the English，are well-known for our dry sense of humor．排除A；根據(jù)文章第三段的第二句話We play jokes on our friends．We use sarcasm as a shield （護盾） and a weapon．We avoid being serious until it‘s absolutely necessary排除C；根據(jù)文章第三段的第二句話Often it will take a long time or several beers，to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something and get behind the wall of humorous sarcasm （諷刺） that they have in front of them排除D；根據(jù)文章最后一段的第一句話It‘s important to remember that the person telling the joke may actually be making fun of himself or herself，not you推斷英式幽默常常被誤解，故選B．
64．D 主旨大意題．通過本文內(nèi)容的描述可知，本文主要介紹了英國幽默的形式，通過不同幽默形式的敘述來總結(jié)英國幽默的特點．故選D．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．