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【题目】阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。

Is it true that we British people have a different sense of humor from people in other 1? Let's have a look at what we laugh at in Britain

To us British people, powerful and important people often cause laughter. It's not 2 politicians who make us laugh, but anyone whose job is to tell other people what to do and who takes 3 too seriously.

We laugh at the power, but also, pitifully, at anyone who is4badly. We know they cannot win, but if they do win sometimes. It's even5. Our clowns are often silly people doing silly things, while in America, they are often clever people doing clever things-and 6at last.

The fact that we laugh 7other people might feel hopeless is one of the strangest things to learn about British humor. We do have a strong sense of irony. After some terrible experience, we might say, "Not very 8.” And we might say in the middle of a typhoon, "It’s a bit windy today, " or " There is a tiny problem." When something has gone 9wrong. We don't like to express strong feelings, but just "keep calm and carry on".

Another thing that can make it difficult to10British humor is that we don't always laugh or even smile when we say something funny. We often keep a straight face or use an unsmiling expression when we’re making a joke.

Do you think the British sense of humor is special?

【答案】

1countries

2just

3themselves

4treated

5funnier

6winning

7when

8pleasant

9totally

10understand

【解析】

本篇讲述英国人让人难以理解的幽默方式。英国人拿来取乐的事情真的与其他国家的人们不同,他们取乐当权者和比较重要的人和事,还有太过严肃的人;英国人嘲笑权力,也嘲笑任何受到不公正对待的人;我们难以理解英国式幽默在于当别人感到绝望时,英国人会嘲笑他们,讲笑话的时候不会大笑甚至不会微笑。

1句意:我们英国人的幽默感和与来自其他国家的人们不一样吗?

从文字的表层意思推断空格指来自其他国家的人们;空格在形容词other后面,判断填名词名词复数形式;country国家,名词,以辅音+y为结尾,其复数形式要改yi,再+es;故答案为countries

2句意:让我们发笑的不仅仅是政客,还有那些以告诉人们该做什么不该做什么为工作的人,和那些太过严肃紧张的人。

根据下文“but anyone whose job is to tell other people what to do and who takes themselves too seriously”推断空格指不仅仅嘲笑政客,空格在句中,判断填副词;just仅仅,副词;故答案为just

3句意:让我们发笑的不仅仅是政客,还有那些以告诉人们该做什么不该做什么工作的人,和那些太过严肃紧张的人。

本句是定语从句,先行词anyone指人;从文字的表层意思推断空格指任何太过严肃紧张的人;take oneself too seriously太严肃的对待自己;故答案为themselves

4句意:我们嘲笑权力,但也可怜地嘲笑任何受到不公正对待的人。

空格是从句的谓语,判断填动词;从文字的表层意思推断空格指受到不公正对待的人,由此判断动词用被动语态,空格在be后面,可知填过去分词;treat对待,动词,其过去分词为规则变化,故答案为treated

5句意:我们知道他们不可能赢,但如果有时他们赢了,甚至更有趣。

由上文可知我们嘲笑权力,但也可怜地嘲笑受到不公正对待的人,由此推断下文指当这些可怜的人赢了时,人们感觉更有趣;空格在be后面,判断填形容词;空格前有修饰词even,判断填形容词比较级;funny有趣的,以辅音+y为结尾,其比较级要改yi,再加er,故答案为funnier

6句意:我们的小丑经常是傻子做傻事,而在美国,他们通常是做聪明事,最后赢得了胜利的聪明人。

根据and并列结构要一致的原则,判断空格填动名词;根据while的对比含义,上文傻人做傻事,推断下文指聪明人做聪明事并且最终胜利;win赢、获胜,动词,以重读闭音节为结尾,其动名词要双写辅音字母,再加ing;故答案为winning

7句意:当别人感到绝望时,我们却大笑的事实,是了解英国幽默最奇怪的事情之一。

空格在“we laugh”“other people might feel hopeless”之间,判断填连词;从文字的表层意思推断空格处指当别人感到绝望时,我们却大笑;when……时候;故答案为when

8句意:在经历了一些可怕的经历之后,我们可能会说不太愉快

根据上文“We do have a strong sense of irony”推断在一些可怕的经历后,他们只会轻描淡写地说不太愉快;空格在副词后,判断填形容词;pleasant令人愉快的,形容词;故答案为pleasant

9句意:当事情完全出错时,说只是一个小问题

根据上文“We do have a strong sense of irony”推断空格处指当事情完全出错时,却说只是一个小问题。空格在形容词前,判断填副词;total完全的,形容词,其副词形式为totally;故答案为totally

10句意:另一个让人很难理解英国幽默的地方是,当我们说一些有趣的事情时,我们不总是笑,甚至不微笑。

从文字的表层意思推断,说笑话的人自己却不笑,是很让人难理解;本句是固定句型动词+it+宾语补足语+不定式结构,it是形式宾语,不定式是真正宾语;understand理解,动词;故答案为understand

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