2019届高三英语阅读理解考点复习题0

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吉林榆树市2018高考英语阅读理解（二轮）基础训练（7）及答案

2018高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类
Whatisfunny?Theshortansweris:Whoknows?Thejokethatcausesaburstoflaughterfromonelistenermightbemetwithapuzzledlookfromanother.
Ingeneral,youshouldavoidjokesatanybusinessorsocialgatheringwheretherearemorethantwopeopleinyourconversationalgroup.Ifthereareonlytwopeople—andtheyconsistofyouandyourbestfriend—goaheadandtellit.
Admittedly,afewpeoplepossessaperfectsenseoftiming,appropriateness,andjokedelivery.Youareprobablynotoneofthem.Youmightbequitefunnyandhavemanygreatjokes.Butthere’saplaceforjokes—overdinnerwithfamily,hikingwithfriends,butbusinessorsocialaffairswithcolleaguesandacquaintances(熟人arenotit.Ittakesawholeotherlevelofjoke-tellingabilitytoputajokeintothemoreformalconversations.
Thebestjokescomeintotheconversationsothatbythetimelistenersrealizeajokeisinprogress,thepunchlinethatproduceshumourisbeingdelivered—totheirsurpriseanddelight.
Jokesdon’ttranslatewellwhenyou’reinagroupwithmixedbackgrounds:thosewhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglish,thosewhomight


notunderstandaspecialtermoran“in”expression,youngpeoplewhowouldn’tcatchareferencetosomebitofculturefamiliartoolderpeople—andviceversa(反之亦然.
Neverjokeaboutanotherpersoninthegroup—abouttheirname,habits,hometown,profession,appearance,orpast.It’snotaquestionofwhetherthejokeischeeryorappropriate.Nooneenjoysbeingsingledoutthisway.Whenyouarethesubjectofthejoke,thelaughterdoesn’tfeelgoodnomatterhowhardyoutrytotellyourselfthey’renotlaughingatyou.Becausethat’swhatitfeelslike.
Whatdoyousayifyourealizeyourjokeupsetsomeone?Apologizeasbrieflyandassincerelyasyoucan,andhopethatsomeonechangesthesubject.Trysaying:“I’msorry.Ishouldhaveknownbetter”or“I’msorry.Iwasn’tthinking.”
Whatdoyoudoifpeopledon’tgetyourjokeordon’tappeartofinditasfunnyasyoudo?First,donotretellit,onlylouderthistime,hopingthepointofthejokewillbeseen.Second,don’ttrytopushpeopletogetit.Peopledonotlikepeoplewhosejokestheydon’tunderstand.Theyfeelstupidandneedtoblamesomeone.Ifyouwanttoleavewiththegoodwillofyourlisteners,saysomethingtomakethemfeellessfoolish.Youcouldsay:“Idon’tknowwhyItelljokeswhenI’msopooratit.”
Theworldneedslaughter,andgoodhumourisasuccesswhereveritgoes,sothiscaveat(告诫aboutjoke-tellingisnotmeanttodampenhigh


spiritsortoadvocatedullconversation.Ifyou’reagiftedstory-tellerandyouknowpeopleloveyourjokes,goforit.Weneedyourkind.Therestofuswillsaveourjokesforfamilyandclosefriends.
Accordingtothepassage,itmightbeappropriateforyoutotell【小题1】
ajokeatabusinessorsocialgatheringif______.A．thejokeiswellchosen
B．youhavecompleteconfidenceinyourlisteners’senseofhumorC．onlyyouandyourbestfriendareinvolvedintheconversationD．theaudienceconsistsofyourcolleaguesandacquaintances【小题2】Whydosomejokesfailtowork?A．Becausethepunchlineistoolongtocatch.
B．Becausethejoke-telleruseswrongwordsandexpressions.C．Becausethejoke-tellerandlistenersdon’tsharethesamebackgroundknowledge.
D．Becausethejokesarenotproperlytranslatedintothelisteners’nativelanguage.
【小题3】Howwillpeoplefeelwhentheyarejokedabout?A．Theywillfeelhappyifthejokeisapleasantone.B．Theywillbeupsetnomatterwhatkindofjokeitis.
C．Theywillenjoythejokewhenrealizingthatpeoplearenotlaughingatthem.
D．Theywillpanicbecauseitmakesthemthecenterofattention.

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