--The Smiths expressed the idea of making peace with us．
--I have no doubt they are honest．They always mean what they say．
A．what B．which C．that D．whether
A survey by an international temporary service agency found that U. S. managers believe that people with a sense of humour do better at their jobs, compared with those who have little or no sense of humour. In fact, about 96 percent of those surveyed said people with a sense of humour do better.
The survey went on to point out that the results suggest that a sense of humour may help light-hearted employees keep their jobs during tough times. And, what's more, it may push them up the corporate ladder past their humourless colleagues. Why? It seems that those with a sense of humour are better communicators and better team players.
Studies have shown that happy workers are more productive. In fact, a researcher at California State University found that humour could help the employees to release tension.
Research done by psychologist Dr. Ashton Trice at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia showed that humour helps us think. When people feel stuck on important projects, they tend to feel angry or depressed. According to Dr. Trice's research, taking time out to laugh can help us to get rid of negative feelings and allow us to return to a task or move on to another project unaffected by past defeat.
If humour is really this important, then why don't we use it more often on the job? Most likely, the main reason is that many people are unaware of the positive effects of humour in the workplace. However, it is important to realize that some humour is not suitable for the workplace, and that it is often used at wrong times.
1.Most people think a sense of humour can ________.
A. help you to do your work better
B. make you have a rich life
C. make you pleased with your work
D. help you to make more friends
2.Many people don't use humour more in the workplace because __________.
A. they like keeping silent when working
B. they don't know the positive effects of humour
C. they think they should obey the rules
D. they don't like joking or laughing
3.A person without a sense of humour is easier __________.
A. to feel surprised
B. to get along with
C. to be worried
D. to be successful
4.What is probably the best title for the article?
A. People with a Sense of Humour.
B. Humour Is Important in the Workplace.
C. Humour and Humourless.
D. Everyone Likes Humour.
A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.
The boys' mother heard that a clergyman(��ʦ) in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a booming (����) voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, "Where is God?"
The boy's mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone "Where is God?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and shouted" Where is God?"
The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked "What happened?"
The younger brother replied out of breath, "We are in big trouble this time. God is missing--and they think we did it. "
1.What were the two boys like?
A. They always made trouble.
B. They were brave.
C. They were easygoing.
D. They were honest.
2.What did their parents plan to do?
A. They gave up their children.
B. They liked their children very much.
C. They wanted the clergyman to persuade their children.
D. They helped their children to make trouble.
3.What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?
A. Happy. B. Sad.
C. Afraid. D. Surprised.
4.What do you think the underlined word "slamming" in Paragraph 5 means?
A. Open. B. Shut.
C. Knock. D. Pull.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 1economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 2a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can 3support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 4and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 5for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would 6talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 7her.
On her birthday last month, she 8her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be 9so much that she 10on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any 11clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a 12from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I 13a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be 14to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 15she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 16and angrily said to her Mum, “ 17I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well 18.
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s 19. Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 20with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
1.A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate
2.A. for B. with C. like D. as
3.A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
4.A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology
5.A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension
6.A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly
7.A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at
8.A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent
9.A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present
10.A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed
11.A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight
12.A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace
13.A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow
14.A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
15.A. how B. when C. why D. whether
16.A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic
17.A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
18.A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved
19.A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
20.A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
_______ Tom, we wouldn’t have been late for the last bus.
A. If we didn’t wait for
B. If we haven’t waited for
C. we hadn’t waited for
D. Had we not waited for
The twin brothers stand under the tree, ______ and say nothing.
A. puzzled B. puzzling
C. being puzzling D. being puzzled
