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【题目】Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.

In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.

【1】What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A. Only good jokes make people laugh

B. Many factors lead to people laughing.

C. Funny things can make people laugh

D. Laughter can make people healthy.

【2】Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.

B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.

C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.

D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.

【3】What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?

A. Annoy B. Blame

C. Look down on D. Make up to

【4】Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：在本文中作者阐述了自己的观点，快乐不能建立在取笑别人的基础之上，而是应考虑到别人的感受。

【1】B细节理解题。根据第一段中While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke一句可知作者发现有很多因素导致人们发笑，故B选项正确。

【2】D细节理解题。根据第二段That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got．一句，可知人们在感到好笑的同时，也体会到自己被认同，故答案选D。

【3】C词义猜测题。根据前面making fun of（取笑）可知此处为贬义词，故选C。look down on瞧不起。

【4】B推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文第一段一出话题，第二、三段进行举例阐述，最后一段进行总结，故答案B正确。

【学法指导】

在细节考查题中有一类事实细节题 。该题属于细节类型的阅读理解题，一般只针对某个特定的细节，题型可以多种多样。此类题型一般分两种。第一种是直接理解题，在原文中可以直接找到答案。第二种是词义转换题，正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的转换。做此类试题一定要抓住事件发生的时间、地点、人物、发展过程和结局等环节，所选答案一定要符合原文，切不可望文生义。比如第33小题D细节理解题。根据第二段That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got．一句，可知人们在感到好笑的同时，也体会到自己被认同，故答案选D。