3.Some people worry about being the target of laughter.These people are frightened.They suffer from an emotional disorder called gelotophobia.That long name comes from the Greek language.The word Gelos means laugh,while phobos means fear.
Victor Rubio is an expert on human behavior at the Autonomous University of Madrid.He says people laugh at others for many different reasons.He says being laughed at causes a fear response in the victim.That fear leads the victim to avoid social situations.Sadly,gelotophobia limits the way they lead their lives.
Victor Rubio was among researchers in a huge international study about laughter.The researchers wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true gelotophobia.Another goal was to measure the fear of being laughed at within different cultures.
A team from the University of Zurich led ninety-three researchers from many countries in search of answers
The researchers surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people.They used questions provided in forty-two languages.Their findings were reported in the scientific publication Humor.
Some of the people questioned said they felt unsure of themselves in social situations.But they hid their feelings.Others said they avoided social situations where they had been laughed at before.People also admitted to differing levels of fear that they themselves were the targets of other people's laughter.The researchers measured and compared all these reactions.
Fear of being laughed at,being made fun of,is a common emotion.But the researchers learned that these feelings differed from nation to nation.
For example,the study found that people in Turkmenistan and Cambodia are likely to hide insecure (不安) feelings when they are around others'laughter.But people in Iraq,Egypt and Jordan who feel they have been victims before may avoid such situations
People in Finland were the least likely to believe that people laughing in their presence were making fun of them.Only eight and a half percent of Finns said they would-compared to eighty percent of those questioned in Thailand.

64.The passage is mainly aboutD
A.a(chǎn) common emotion   B.laughter
C.shyness            D.gelotophobia
65.In which country are people most likely to avoid social situations where they have been laughed at before?B
A.Turkmenistan      B.Iraq 
C.Finland           D.Thailand
66.According to the text the following is true EXCEPT thatA
A.people suffer from gelotophobia because they are shy
B.not all the people questioned hid their feelings in social situations
C.perhaps Humor is a magazine
D.people in Finland are the least likely to suffer from gelotophobia
67.A person who suffers from gelotophobia will probablyD
A.be active in social activities
B.be easily laughed at
C.like to laugh at others
D.like to stay alone.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了恐笑癥,人們患有恐笑癥因為他們害羞不自信,害怕被人在社交場所嘲笑.

解答 64.D.主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章第一段:These people are frightened.They suffer from an emotional disorder called gelotophobia可知文章主要是關于恐笑癥的介紹;故選D.
65.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段:But people in Iraq,Egypt and Jordan who feel they have been victims before may avoid such situations可知在伊拉克,埃及和約旦的人覺得他們是受害者之前可能避免這樣的情況發(fā)生;故選B.
66.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段:The researchers wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true gelotophobia可知人們患有恐笑癥因為他們害羞;故選A.
67.D.推理判斷題.人們患有恐笑癥因為他們害羞不自信;因此他們應該會喜歡獨處;故選D.

點評 考察學生的細節(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.

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