A culture’s values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by man

题文

A culture’s values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who, in “On Nature”, disliked humor, “Laughter is nothing el but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others.” He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness. However, Mordechai Gordon, Ph. D of Education, insists, “Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than rious.” I agree with Gordon. Learning to look at the world through humor is important. In the United States, every four years an election occurs. Without humor as a way to express their feelings, how el would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the way of lemming? Television shows like “The Daily Show” have become important parts of American culture. They are mothering the mass by metaphorically(隐喻地) airplane-ing politics into our mouths. They make politics fun. Of cour, politics is only one type of humor. Social humor helps people through the twists and turns of the human condition. American pop culture promotes an unhealthy lf- image. On the topic of lf-image, Hari Kondabolu stands out. He has a joke about the popular musical group “The Pussycat Dolls”, describing their hit song “Don't Cha” as a negative reprentation of women. He points out an obvious offence in American culture. A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for lecting a mating partner. Amongst other things, mates look for an outstanding funny bone in a potential partner. Of cour, humor is not always ud for good purpos. Humor can be linked to vulgarity (粗俗)and racism, but, like everything el, it has potential to unite human beings by allowing us to laugh at ourlves, our failures and our connection with one another. Though 1ife may em tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my incread wrinkles(皱纹) to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t aware of. With that in mind, remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity. 小题1:Hobbes believes that humor__________. A．was for people to view the world from another angleB．resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beingsC．had the power to mirror personal glory and national valuesD．was only a way to laugh at others to make onelf feel better小题2:The fourth paragraph is developed mainly__________. A．by comparisonB．by processC．by exampleD．by classification小题3:What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?A．The author is determined to face life with a n of humor.B．The author feels helpless and sad about getting older.C．Never be the one who laughs at other people.D．Chaplin wasn’t aware of being laughed at. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:C小题3:A

解析

试题分析: 一种文化的价值可以通过幽默来体现。然而不同的人对幽默有不同的看法。作者认为幽默是很重要的，并举例说明了自己的想法。小题1:D。细节题。根据第一段Laughter is nothing el but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others.笑声不过是突然想到比别人好得多而产生的优越感。可知Thomas Hobbes不喜欢幽默，因为他认为幽默是嘲笑别人使自己开心的一种方式，是人性狭隘的表现。故选D。小题2:C。篇章结构分析题。作者通过列举Hari Kondabolu的例子来证明自己的观点，社会幽默反应了一个时代的文化情况。故选C。小题3:A。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Though 1ife may em tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my incread wrinkles(皱纹) to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t aware of. 尽管生活有时候会很艰难并且令人沮丧，我要做的是看着镜子里自己日益增加的皱纹，告诉自己生活中总是有一些卓别林都没意识到的欢乐。可知作者支持生活中保持幽默。故选A。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“A culture’s values c.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。