There exist cruel wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, so it’s not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in our lives. Putting a smile on someone’s face when you know they are feeling depressed, 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 corner 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 a common manner 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 avoid the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. Therefore, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
小題1:According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.
A．it can pick up people’s spirits
B．it can help people get on well with others
C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D．it makes people more confident
小題2:The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________.
A．facts and descriptionsB．evidence and argument
C．examples and conclusionD．stories and persuasion
小題3:The underlined phrase “busting a gut” in the 3rd paragraph can be replaced  by        .
A．keeping silentB．speaking loud
C．laughing hardD．explaining carefully
小題4: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
小題5:What is the author’s attitude towards the present world?
A．IndifferentB．PositiveC．SatisfiedD．Critical

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，說明了在今天的世界存在著殘酷的戰(zhàn)爭、戰(zhàn)斗和悲傷，我們不僅僅需要、而且很必要有幽默感幫助我們克服困難時期
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題，由第四段第一句話Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control.可以知道答案，故選A。
小題2:推理題，由第二段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 corner store?和This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you可以推出答案，所以選C。
小題3:推理題，由第三段第三行They don’t get the joke that makes others laugh.可以推出答案，所以選C
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題，由最后一段最后一句I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together可以知道答案，所以選B
小題5:推理題，由最后一段第三行There is too much sadness in this present world.可以推出答案，所以選D
點(diǎn)評：做細(xì)節(jié)題的關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑�(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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