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 are 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 thou
A. demonstrate why people are amused
B. display what people laugh at
C. bring to light the phenomenon of laughter
D. accent what a phenomenon laughter really is
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 are 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 thou
A. People don’t like to be considered as one with no sense of humour.
B. People will give you a satisfactory answer to what humour is.
C. People would like to be a liar or a coward.
D. People can make light of other’s comment on their sense of humour.
| 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 o 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 [单项选择]
The process of recycling can give things not only a new life but, in some cases, a different one. Glass bottles, for example, can become drinking glasses. [填空题]Only American millionaires benefited from the rise of industry.
[单项选择]It was a tragic love affair that only gave rise to pain.（ ）
A. brought forward B. brought about C. brought down D. brought in [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. [单项选择]Most of those （ ） this book give a favorable review, making it more popular.
A. having read B. to have read C. who have read D. have read [填空题]Titanic was not only the largest but also the most technically advanced at her day.
[单项选择]Only when we give full play to man’s initiative can we make full use of machines to transform nature.（）
A. 只有扮演好自己角色的时候，我们才能改良机器，征服大自然。 B. 只有充分发挥人的主观能动性，才能充分利用机器改造大自然。 C. 只有充分发挥人的积极性的时候才能充分利用机器去征服自然。 D. 只有充分重视人才，我们才能最大限度地利用机器改变大自然。 E. 只有竭尽全力，我们才能真正做到物尽其用，彻底征服大自然。 [单项选择]It is the only one of the most exciting movies ______ been shown this year.
A. that has B. that have C. which has D. which have 我来回答: 提交
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