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Was it by accident or by design?

  A. Was it on purpose or not?          B. Was it designed by somebody?

  C. Was it an accident?           D. Did it happen accidently?

 Did I really hear a voice or was it only my fancy? 

  A. Did I really hear a voice or was it only my image?

  B. Did I really hear a voice or was it only what I like?

  C. Did I hear a voice or someone crying in my dream?

  D. Did I notice a voice or it is not the really one?

 He is above stealing.

  A. He is good at stealing.                B. He never steals.   

C. He likes stealing.                   D. He is forced to steal.

 He is a bad actor.                    

  A. He is not good at performance.                B. He is a little good at performance.

  C. He is a very dangerous person to do anything.   D. He is not fit for being an actor.

 He is lacking animal force.             

  A. His energy is not full enough.                 B. He is as strong as an animal.

  C. He can do something with his own force.        D. He has enough energy.

 He is anything but a doctor.

  A. He is only a doctor.               B. He is not a doctor.

  C. He is somebody else.               D. What he does isn’t like a doctor.

 Anything is at your service.

  A. Your work is to serve everything.  B. You can serve everybody with your own effort.

   C. We all want to get your service.   D. You can use everything you need as you like.

68. You’ve tried three times. Tony’s been standing for two hours; let the dog see the rabbit!

  A. let the dog run after a rabbit         B. ask the dog to watch rabbits

  C. it’s Tony’s turn to do something    D. it’s your turn to do something.

What price going for a walk?

  A. What about going for a walk?       B. How much do you need for going for a walk?

  C. How much could I get for a walk?       D. What is the price you’ll pay for a walking?

 He talked and talked but never came to the point.

   A. He talked a lot on the key point.  B. He talked a lot but didn’t focus on the key point.

   C. He talked less than he need to.    D. He talked more than he really needed to.

 He began to smell a rat in the matter.

   A. feel that there was a rat near him        B. feel something not going so good

   C. feel a rat would make something wrong D. smell a rat’s smell in the matter

 John is always reasonable.               

   A. John is open-minded and easy to get along with.

   B. John always has a reason to do what he wants.

   C. John is always good at reasoning in some case.

   D. John can reason something others couldn’t.

 I must pop off now.                   

   A. I must go now.               B. My pop music life is ended now.

   C. I am not popular.                     D. I must make my corn pop.

 He doesn’t care a pin for her.           

   A. He doesn’t like a needle for her.    B. He wasn’t a pin to her.

   C. He doesn’t care about her.           D. He doesn’t want to throw a pin on her.

 You mustn’t take everything so personally.

   A. You mustn’t want to take everything as his own.  

B. You may not think of everything as yours.

C. You couldn’t gain everything which doesn’t belong to you.

D. You mustn’t think that somebody is criticizing you when he is not.

 What a peach of a room!

   A. HhHHHHHHh HhhhWhat a wonderful room which holds so many peaches!

   B. What a big peach in the room!

   C. What a big peach room it is!

   D. What a nice room it is!

 Your number comes up.

   A. Your number becomes larger and larger.        B. Your number keeps going up.

   C. You are lucky.                            D. You are unfortunate.

 Somebody’s number is up / goes up.

   A. Somebody’s number is end.        B. Somebody’s number may keeps going up.

   C. It’s time for somebody to go west.  D. It’s time for somebody to add up his number.

It feels nice and soft.   

   A. It is nice and soft.              B. It is nice but soft.    

C. It is soft except nice.              D. It feels very soft.

We see more of Blair these days.  

   A. These days we can watch more about Blair.

B. We know more about Blair these days.

   C. We have seen Blair more times these times.

D. These days found we could see Blair.

While Nick was on the bus, reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope into his hands. “Here, take this!” the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. “I’d better hand it over to the police,” he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something. “He wants the envelope,” Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick started to run, and the man began to run, too. But then, just before he got to the police station, Nick managed to lose the man in the crowds. When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to a policeman in charge. The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false money. “Clearly the man made a mistake,” the policeman said. “He thought you were one of the gang (团伙)!”

Nick felt like a hero. He could already see his name in all the papers. He could imagine an interview on television.

“However,” the policeman went on, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this. We’re trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don’t want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn’t say a word to anyone – not even your boss!”

1.The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably________.

A.Nick’s friend      B.a thief            C.the bus driver      D.a postman

2.Nick decided to give the envelope over to the police probably because_________.

A.the whole thing was strange

B.another man was waiting for it

C.he didn’t want the money inside it

D.the police station was near his office

3.As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because_________.

A.he wanted to catch Nick

B.he thought Nick was a policeman

C.he wanted to give Nick some money

D.he thought Nick was one of their gang

 

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.       

If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that?" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God." came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."

If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.

If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff(即兴的)remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.

Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.

1.To make your humor work, you should ________.

A.take advantage of different kinds of audience

B.make fun of the disorganized people.

C.address different problems to different people.

D.show sympathy for your listeners.

2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ________.

A.impolite to new arrivals.  

B.very conscious of their godlike role.

C.entitled to some privileges.  

D.very busy even during lunch hours.

3. It can be inferred from the text that public services ________.

A.have benefited many people.  

B.are the focus of public attention.

C.are an inappropriate subject for humor. 

D.have often been the laughing stock.

4.To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________.

A.in well-worded language. 

B.as awkwardly as possible.

C.in exaggerated statement.  

D.as casually as possible.

5. The best title for the text may be ________.

A.Use Humor Effectively.  

B.Various Kinds of Humor.

C.Add Humor to Speech.

D.Different Humor Strategies.

 

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