It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  1 was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were   2    among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got  3__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down  he was asleep. His hat was  5  down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too  6   for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes  7  out. I guessed this man was  8  and asleep, so I walked on  9  through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 10  the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took  11 to ask him to come in, 12  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his  13  and to give us the Word, _14   the doors to the church opened. In  15  the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped(喘息)and whispered and made _16  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart  17  .

There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and  18  it on his stand.

19  , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you _20_   people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”

1.A. school                           B. lecture               C. park              D. church

2.A. arguing                B. whispering          C. stating               D. speaking

3.A. closer                            B. clearer              C. lower            D. farther

4.A. even though       B. so that                C. as if               D. even if

5.A. dragged               B. pulled           C. dropped        D. pushed

6.A. big                        B. bad                          C. ugly                          D. small

7.A. reached              B. went                        C. stuck                        D. ran

8.A. homeless            B. helpless                  C. hopeless                 D. careless

9.A. out                       B. by                   C. across                      D. from

10.A. invited                        B. mentioned             C. took                         D. called

11.A. pleasure           B. measure                 C. courage                  D. trouble

12.A. except                        B. besides          C. without          D. including

13.A. turn                   B. place.                      C. time                         D. seat

14.A. when                          B. before                     C. as                    D. after

15.A. rushed                        B. hurried          C. came                       D. entered

16.A. decision            B. choices          C. faces                        D. jokes

17.A. sank                            B. fell                           C. broke                      D. failed

18.A. threw                          B. set                            C. laid                           D. folded

19.A. Brothers           B. Folks                        C. Supporters             D. Members

20.A. judge                          B. hate                         C. treat                        D. test

 

    Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is,not surprisingly,his

sense of humor. As far as I can tell,he's the first American President to have one.

    That's because the term“sense of humor,, really wasn't in common usage until the

eighteen-sixties and seventies.In the eighteen-forties and fifties,it was called“the sense of the

ridiculous," and didn't have the positive connotations(隐含意义)that“sense of humor" has

oday. Back then,what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule(讥笑).Funniness and cruelty

went hand in hand.Of course,they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well.

    Lincoln’s humor was very different because,for one thing,it was actually "humor"as what

the word meant in his time. We don't make the distinction between "wit(风趣)”and "humor”

anymore; but in the nineteenth century people did.Wit was unpleasant and offensive while

humor was pleasant and sympathetic.It’s。the difference we note now when we distinguish

between "laughing with”and“laughing at.”Lincoln was much more about "laughing with”than

"laughing at.”And when“laughing at,”it was often himself he was teasing.

    In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates,when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced,

Lincoln replied,referencing his plain looking,“Honestly,if I were two-faced,would I be

showing you this one?”And,in a way,Lincoln's face itself tells us much about his sense of

humor.

    You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians,soldiers,and the like from

Lincoln's time and not find a single smile.

    True, the long exposures(曝光)required for photographs of that time made smiling

difficult.Yet Lincoln alone,as far as I can tell,overcame that difficulty.

    Interestingly .while having a sense of humor,or at least the appearance of one provided by

comedy writers .has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time,in

the。ineteenth century,too much humor was considered。problem. -And that was the case for

Lincoln.A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take a

real personal liking to the man,owing to an inborn weakness…that he was extremely, fond of

iokes,anecdotes,and stories.”

67.We can infer from Paragraph 2 that__

    A .the American President could influence the use of English

    E. the term "sense of humor”wasn't invented until the 1860s

    C .what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else

    D .the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time

68 .The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to__.

    A. Lincoln's unattractive face

    B. Lincoln's sense of humor

    C.debate they were having

    D.cruelty that went with funniness

69 We rarely s(。people from Lincoln's time wear smile:in their photos because_.

  A. being humorous was considered inappropriate

  B. they found it quite funny to smile before camera

  C. not smiling for photographs was the fashion

  D. photography technology then was not advanced

70.What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

  A. His comment accurately reflected his time,

  B. He created a false picture of Lincoln.

  C. He was prejudiced and self-centered.

D. He was brave to point out Lincoln's weakness.

      

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