题目内容
4．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 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 wonderfully funny．Many others did not．He assigned journals over a six-week-period，to be written in every day．At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas，short stories and 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 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．
24．The passage mainly discussesD．
A．teaching B．literature C．knowledge D．humor
25．The underlined word"hilarious"in Paragraph 1probably meansC．
A．inspiring B．tiring C．funny D．brilliant
26．With his favorite English teacher，the writer found it most amazing thatB．
A．few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others
B．the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous
C．his teacher was very humorous
D．his teacher was very learned
27．The English teacher the writer disliked mostA．
A．hurt his students'feelings
C．was not able to make students laugh
B．had no sense of humor
D．didn't let his students do the grading．
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 24．D 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D．
25．C 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．
26．B，细节理解题．根据句子but the second time，after his explanation，I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor第二次，在他解释后，我不敢相信我没有看到幽默．也就是我看到了幽默，他们两人的作品都很幽默，所以答案选B．
27．A 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 故事类文章在阅读过程中，我们一直在某个线索的引导下，随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末，因此会感到比较轻松．命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力． 阅读故事类文章时，应注意把握主旨大意，弄清主要情节，立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据文章的情节展开合理的想象，从而达到解题的目的．
