Most people agree that it’s important to have a sense of humor. Having the ability to laugh can help one overcome anxiety, and make better decisions in difficult situations. People with a well-developed sense of humor appear to be happier, and some are healthier as well. This suggests that having a sense of humor is good for you. Humorless people may find themselves being treated as a fool, and become anxious and upset.
A sense of humor also plays an important role in human relationships. However, not everyone has a sense of humor. People with developmental disabilities (發(fā)展性能力喪失) can sometimes have no sense of humor, or have a very strange one.
A number of factors affect a person’s sense of humor, with the age probably being the main one. Young children are often highly amused by simple jokes or shows, while teenagers prefer to enjoy the ironic (諷刺的) events. Educational level, culture, and religious faith also affect one’s sense of humor. While Christians, for example, may have a deep appreciation of jokes about the Bible, others may find them disrespectful.
Many people believe that a sense of humor is something that develops on its own, and that you cannot teach someone to understand why jokes, certain comments, situations or events are funny. However, things can be done to enhance one’s sense of humor. Children, for example, benefit from being told jokes and encouraged to laugh, although some children’s jokes might seem rather strange to adults. If you have children, try to encourage them to tell jokes and think about what makes things funny. And it will help them develop a sense of humor.
小題1:The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A．explain what influences a person’s sense of humor
B．tell readers the importance of being healthy
C．explain how to make better decisions
D．tell readers how to understand jokes
小題2:What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 “enhance” probably mean?
A．Enjoy.B．Reduce.C．Improve.D．Prevent.
小題3:According to the passage, which of the following isn’t talked about in our passenger?
A．Culture.B．Age
C．Educational level.D．Family backgrounds.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：文章介紹幽默感的重要性，和影響幽默感的因素：年齡，教育水平和文化都會影響幽默感，
小題1:主旨題：從整篇文章和第三段的句子：A number of factors affect a person’s sense of humor,可知這篇文章講的是影響人的幽默感的因素，選A
小題2:猜詞題：從第四段的句子：Many people believe that a sense of humor is something that develops on its own,可知有人認(rèn)為幽默感是自己形成的，可是這句話的意思是：我們可以做些事情培養(yǎng)幽默感，enhance相當(dāng)于improve，選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：with the age probably being the main one. Educational level, culture, and religious faith also affect one’s sense of humor. 可知年齡，教育水平和文化都會影響幽默感，沒有說家庭背景，選D
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Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by --- the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears.
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.
小題1:Why did the boy pick all the apples on the tree?
A．he wanted to eat them
B．he needed money to buy toys
C．he liked the tree without apples
D．he wanted to share them with friends
小題2:When did the boy come back to the apple tree?
A．whenever he was happy
B．if he missed the apple tree
C．when he was in times of difficulty
D．a(chǎn)s soon as he was free
小題3:What did the boy want at last?
A．to have a house to live in
B．nothing except a place to rest
C．the root of the apple tree
D．a(chǎn)nything that the apple tree had
小題4:What can we learn from the story?
A．plant more apple treesB．learn from the boy
C．a(chǎn)lways stay at homeD．be thankful to our parents

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