题目内容

Dr. Wiseman started the “laugh lab” project in September 2001. It is the largest study of humor. Participants are invited to log on the laugh lab website, give a few personal details, tell their favorite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.

     Their project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s funniest joke. But there is also a serious purpose. The researchers want to know what people from different nations and cultures find funny. And they want to find out the differences between male’s and female’s sense of humor. The idea is that if we want to understand each other, we have to find out what makes us laugh.

     This is a subject that has long interested psychologists (心理学家) and philosophers (哲学家). Most of the time, people are not completely honest. We do things that society expects us to and say things that help us get what we want. But laughing cannot be controlled. When we laugh, we tell the truth about ourselves.

By December 2001 over 10,000 jokes had been submitted (公认的). This gave the scientists enough evidence to make early conclusions. It seems that men and women do have different senses of humor, for example.

     “Our findings show the major differences in the ways in which males and females use humor,” said Dr Wiseman. “Males use humor to appear superior (高傲的,有优越感的) to others, while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play.”

Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor. The British enjoy what is usually called “toilet humor”. But the French like their jokes short and sharp, “You’re a high priced lawyer. Will you answer two questions for $ 500?” “Yes. What’s the second question?”

The Germans are famous for not having a sense of humor. But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality. Perhaps that proves the point. Is this joke funny? I don’t know, but let’s say yes, just to be safe.

     Dr Wiseman and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing. Perhaps this is relief (安慰). Computers already seem like they can do everything. But at least they should leave the funny things to us.

1.The scientist started the “laugh lab” project ________.

A. to find the funniest joke in European countries

B. to know what funny people are from different nations and cultures

C. to find out the differences between the male’s and female’s sense of humor

D. to get more personal details about participants

2.The writer gave the examples of the British, the French and the Germans_____.

A. to show that the French people have a better sense of humor

B. to prove the British people have a sense of “toilet humor”

C. to show people from different nations have different senses of humor

D. to prove that the Germans have no sense of humor

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The jokes by computer are less funny than those by humans.

B. The Germans cannot find the submitted jokes amusing.

C. Males are better at word play compared with women.

D. Females like to use humor to show that they are superior.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍了由Dr. Wiseman进行的一次有关幽默感的调查,调查者想了解世界上最幽默的笑话,了解来自于不同国家不同文化的人的幽默感,以及男士与女士之间幽默感的不同。同时通过对参与者的统计得出了一定的结论。

1.C细节理解题。Their project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s funniest joke.句意为:这项工程要持续一年,组织者希望找到世界上最有趣的笑话,由此可知A选项是错误的;The researchers want to know what people from different nations and cultures find funny.句意为:研究者想知道来自于不同国家不同文化的人都有什么样的乐趣,由此可知B选项是错误的;研究者的目的是搜集世界上最有趣的笑话,调查不同的人有什么不同的幽默感以及男女之间幽默感的不同,并非想得到参与者的更多的个人信息故D选项是错误的。因此答案为C。

2.C细节理解题。Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor. 句意为:调查者也想知道诸如民族幽默感这样的事情。下文通过举例说明英国,法国,德国不同的国家幽默的方式是不同的。故答案应为C。

3.A细节理解题。Dr Wiseman and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing.句意为:Dr Wiseman和他的同事也搜集了由电脑创作的笑话,但是参与研究的人中,没有人发现这些笑话很有乐趣,由此可知答案A是正确的,意思是由电脑创作的笑话没有人创造的笑话有乐趣;But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality.句意为:调查发现,德国参与者似乎比其它任何国家都有幽默感故B是错误的;“Males use humor to appear superior (高傲的,有优越感的) to others, while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play.” 句意为:男性用幽默去显示出他的优越感,而女性在语言方面更娴熟,更喜欢语言游戏,由知可知C D是错误的.

考点:社会现现象类文章的阅读理解。

 

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阅读理解。
     If you lose your wallet, how often do you think someone will be kind enough to return it to you,
with cash and credit cards?
     Some people may be greedy, and others are simply too lazy to bother with the trip to the post
office to send back a wallet to a stranger. But according to a psychology study by Dr. Richard
Wiseman, there's one thing that'll greatly increase your odds of being reunited with a lost wallet:
a photograph of a cute baby.
In the study, hundreds of wallets were scattered around the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland. The
psychologists wanted to see how many strangers would take the trouble to return them to the
addresses listed on the drivers' licenses inside-but more than that, they wanted to find out what
would make a person more likely to help out a stranger.
     To finish this, they included personal touches in most of the wallets: some included a photo of
a happy elderly couple, some contained a cute puppy, some contained a family portrait, and some
held a photo of a lovely baby. Others had receipts(发票) showing that the wallet's owner had recently
donated to a charity. Some contained no personal details.
     As the psychologists soon discovered, the sight of a smiling baby is enough to warm nearly any
heart: only one in ten of the strangers who retrieved such wallets did not return them. In contrast, the
second most successful image, the puppy, had a 53% return rate. When the wallet included no
photograph, it stood only a one in seven chance of being returned to the owner.
     The success of the baby photograph shows a human compassion for the young that's been passed
down through the ages, according to Dr. Wiseman. "The baby kicked off a caring feeling in people,
which is not surprising from an evolutionary perspective(进化的角度)," he told the Times.
     To ensure our species' survival, scientists think that we must feel empathy and compassion for our
young. Scientists say that this study supports the argument that we won't feel compassion only for our
own babies, but for any that we see-hence, the strong desire a stranger would feel to return a wallet to
the baby's parent.
     On a more basic level, the study also provides a great tip to help ensure that if your wallet is ever
lost, you're more likely to get it back. "If you want to increase the chances of your wallet being
returned if lost, obtain a photograph of the cutest baby you can find and ensure that it is clearly
displayed," said Dr. Wiseman.
1. The main purpose of the psychologists' leaving hundreds of wallets around was to find out________.
A. whether people were as honest as before
B. what made people willing to help strangers 
C. what kind of feelings could be caused by a smiling baby
D. how evolution influenced human beings
2. The underlined word "retrieved" in Para. 5 probably means "________".
A. picked up
B. spread out
C. found out
D. looked for
3. Why did people return a wallet with a photograph of a cute baby in it?
A. Because the wallet was not attractive enough to keep.
B. Because the sight of a baby could cause a caring feeling in them.
C. Because they were curious to know the parents of the baby
D. Because the sight of a cute baby reminded them of their own children.
4. If there are 30 lost wallets with a photograph of a cute baby, how many of them will probably
be returned?
A. Only 3.
B. About 15.
C. 20 or so.
D. About 27.
5. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that________.
A. humans usually have compassion for the young
B. the caring feeling in people is gone during evolution
C. scientists believed that people only feel compassion for their own babies
D. a wallet with a cute baby's picture in it cannot be lost

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