For any person who must speak in public, to business or pleasure groups, humor is a helpful, and necessary, tool for getting your message across. Why does humor work a lot? There are several reasons.
People will enjoy what you have to say if it is presented with humor. But, more importantly, if you are in a situation where important, and perhaps controversial（有争议的）, ideas must be presented to less than open minds, humor allows those ideas to be presented in a non-threatening (无威胁的) manner. Abraham Lincoln was famous for his ability to relate humorous stories to make a point. Humor used carefully throughout a presentation will also keep the listener’s interest high. In a word, individuals learning how to use humor in their speeches can strengthen arguments, support interesting presentations and, most of all, entertain their audience in a positive and comfortable way.
While popular culture may well hold many kinds of humor, some of it has no place in presentations that are designed to educate and encourage the audience. If you want to become a professional stand-up (单人表演的) comedian whose goal is 100% entertainment, then you may be able to use some of the reference materials like The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking. They can help you develop your skills and sources of humor. To that end, your participation in this study of humor will become necessary. Hopefully, you will come to appreciate the special difficulty of entertaining the audience with good and clean humor.
1. How many reasons does the author give for using humor?
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A．Two. |
B．Three. |
C．Four. |
D．Five. |
2.What’s the purpose of stand-up comedians?
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A．To educate the audience. |
B．To encourage the audience. |
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C．To entertain the audience. |
D．To exchange with the audience. |
3.Why did the author suggest reading The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking?
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A．It was good for training one’s skills of humor. |
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B．It helped the readers relax after work. |
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C．It gave some tips on how to live a positive life. |
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D．It was a textbook for professional stand-up comedians. |
4. Which of the following has a similar meaning to the underlined word “end” in the last paragraph?
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A．Finishing. |
B．Conclusion. |
C．Stop. |
D．Result. |
5.The passage is most likely to benefit________ a lot.
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A．science researchers |
B．public speakers |
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C．dress designers |
D．sports players |
There was once a blind man, who did a lot of traveling alone. He was making his first trip to Texas and happened to be seated next to a Texan on the flight.
The Texan spent a lot of time telling him how everything was bigger and better in Texas. After the blind man reached his destination, a large resort (度假) hotel, he was very excited about being in Texas.
The long trip had worn him out a little so he decided to stop at the bar for a small soda and a light snack before going up to his room to sleep.
When the waitress set down his drink, it was in a huge cup. “Wow, I had heard everything in Texas is bigger,” he told her.
“That’s right,” she replied. The blind man ate his snack and finished his drink. After drinking such a large amount, it was natural that his next stop was to be the restroom. He asked the waitress for directions. She told him to turn left at the corner, and then take the second door on the right.
He reached the first door and continued. A few steps later he stumbled (绊倒) slightly and missed the second door and ended up going through the third door instead. Not realizing he had entered the swimming area he walked forward and immediately fell into the swimming pool.
Remembering that everything was bigger in Texas, he had his head above water and started shouting “Don’t flush(冲洗)! Don’t flush!”
1.Why was the blind man excited about being in Texas?
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A．It was the first time that he had travelled abroad. |
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B．People from Texas were very friendly than he expected. |
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C．He heard that everything was bigger and better in Texas. |
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D．The service staff in the large resort hotel was very humorous. |
2. Why did the blind man enter the swimming area?
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A．He wanted to go swimming. |
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B．He wanted to have a bath. |
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C．He stumbled and missed the restroom door. |
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D．The waitress gave him wrong directions. |
3. Why did the blind man go to the bar?
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A．To go through it on his way to his room. |
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B．To have a short rest after a long walk. |
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C．To have something to eat there. |
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D．To ask a waitress for directions. |
4. Why did the blind man shout out “Don’t flush! Don’t flush!”?
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A．He thought he was caught in a big toilet and someone was cleaning it. |
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B．He didn’t want anyone to clean the toilet at that time. |
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C．He didn’t want anyone to clean the swimming pool at that time. |
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D．He thought it was such a big swimming pool that making it clean was no use. |
5.If the passage is taken from a website, which part of the website does it belong to?
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A．Travel services. |
B．Hotel services. |
C．Funny stories. |
D．Health problems. |
Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 16 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 17 we realized we were 18 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so 19 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 20 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 21 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I 22 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 23 out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible.
My conscience( 良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t 24 over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and 25 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 26 to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream for 27 that someone would say, “ Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change 28 the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so 29 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 30 of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “ Don’t think about it...”
I have learned two things from this 31 . Maybe I was a fool for 32 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 33 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience 34 up with you.
This reflect the saying, “ A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “ 35 ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
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In organic farming, natural waste from animals are made use of ________ the fields.
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A．fertilizing |
B．to fertilize |
C．in fertilizing |
D．to fertilized |
In the examination, anyone ___________ will be punished.
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A．finding cheating |
B．found to cheat |
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C．found cheating |
D．was found cheating |
---So you are back; are all the students present at the meeting?
---Not really, nobody but Lucy and John ___________ in the meeting room.
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A．are |
B．were |
C．was |
D．is |
