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[单项选择]Humour, which ought to give rise to only the most light-hearted and gay feelings, can often stir up vehemence and animosity. Evidently it is dearer to us than we realize. Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humour. A man will admit to being a coward or a liar or a thief or a poor mechanic or a bad swimmer, but tell him he has a dreadful sense of humour and you might as well have slandered his mother. Even if he is civilized enough to pretend to make light of your statement, he will still secretly believe that he has not only a good sense of humour but one superior to most. He has, in other words, a completely blind spot on the subject. This is all the more surprising when you consider that not one man in ten million can give you any kind of intelligent answer as to what humour is or why he laughs.
One day when I was about twelve years old, it occurred to me to wonder about the phenomenon of laughter. At first I thought it is
A. People don’t like to be considered as having no sense of humoar.
B. People will give you a satisfactory answer to what humour is.
C. People would like to be liars or a cowards.
D. People can make light of other’s comments on their sense of humour.
[单项选择]English speakers normally give only small gifts to ______ on his or her birthday.
A. a good friend
B. a new acquaintance
C. a casual friend
D. a public servant
[填空题]Only American millionaires benefited from the rise of industry.
[填空题]It is only by _____ that you see ne here. I ought to be in the office.
[填空题]Mr. Rochester ______ (give) me only one week’s holiday, but a month passed before I left Gateshead.
[填空题]Touching not only serves to give babies the feeling of comfort and security but also helps them to develop the senses of sight and taste.
[填空题]Mr. Rochester ______ (give) me only one week’’s holiday, but a month passed before I left Gateshead.
[单项选择]A result that is most likely to give a financial manager concern that his firm’s credit policy may have become too lenient is.（）
A. inventory turnover has decreased considerably.
B. accounts receivable as a percentage of sales has decreased.
C. weighted average collection period has increased.
[填空题]Titanic was not only the largest but also the most technically advanced at her day.
[填空题]Since in reality, most of us probably are only involved in three phase-set of directions, it is meaningless for the students to negotiate exhaustive directions.
