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9．My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material．It wasn't forced on us either．He took Samuel Johnson's dictionary，Addison's essays，and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them  hilarious，even at eight o'clock in the morning．The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead，but the second time，after his explanation，I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor．The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions （典故） and irony （反讽） and hilarious moments．I learned more from him than from any other teacher．
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh．Some students found him to be funny．Many others did not．He assigned journals over a six week period，to be written every day．At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas，short stories，reactions to what we had read，and so on．Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other's journals．Mine was passed to Joe，that class clown，who always behaved in a funny or silly way．He saw it fit to make joke of and said，"This writing isn't fit to line （衬垫） the bottom of a birdcage．"Our teacher laughed at that funny remark．It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since．
So what makes the difference？Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have．It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing，or it can tear them apart．It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating．

56．The passage mainly discussesC．
A．teaching         B．literature
C．humor            D．knowledge
57．The underlined word"hilarious"in Paragraph 1probably meansA．
A．funny             B．tiring
C．inspiring         D．brilliant
58．The English teacher the writer disliked mostB．
A．was not able to make students laugh
B．hurt his students'feelings
C．didn't let his students do the grading
D．had no sense of humor．

分析 本文叙述了英语老师能从一些干瘪的材料中找出幽默，一些小说、诗和剧本经过老师的解释学生能够读出其中的幽默之处，幽默对于老师和作家是最有力的工具之一．

解答 56：C 主旨大意题．根据全文的内容可知主要谈论的是幽默的话题，故选C．
57：A 词义猜测题．根据My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material．It wasn't forced on us either．这里叙述英语老师能从干瘪的材料中找出幽默，后面是举例，所以猜出这个词是"滑稽的，可笑的"，故选A．
58：B 细节理解题．根据It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since．最不喜欢的是伤害学生的感情，故选B．

点评 本文是一篇人生感悟类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．

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