Part IⅢ Cloze (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
The joy of laughing story is universal,probably as old as language 1___.But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny?
As one who had enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, I've made 2____ to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin America and China.I've done some serious thinking about funny stories.It has been a labor of love!
Why is it 3____several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke 4____the rest of the students 1ook as if I've just read the weather report? Obviously some people are more 5____ to humor than others.And,we recognized that some people tell jokes very well while others struggle to say 6____ We've all heard people say,“I like jokes,but I can't tell one well,and I can never remember them."some people have a better ____of humor than others just as some people have more musical talent,mathematical talent etc. than others.A truly funny person has a joke for every occasion. A_ 8 person is not likely to be the most popular person in a group,It is reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well liked ,9____is often the focus of atenton in any gathering.
Humor is alive and well, and it will persist simply because there are funny things 10____every day. Some humorous people see and hear these funny things and are able to make them into funny entertaining jokes and stories.
1-5:ADCBA 6-10:DBDAC
1.A.itself B.of it C.of its own D.himself
2.A.a decision B.an attention C.an arrangement D.an attempt
3.A.what B.when C.that D.before
4.A.When B. while C.and D. though .
5.A.sensitive B.sensible C.senseless D.sentimental
6.A.fun something B.funny something C.something fun D.something funny
7.A.feeling B.sense C. ability D.capability
8.A.humor B.humorous C.humored D.humorless
9.A.but B.or C.and D.either
10.A.happen B.happened Chappening D.being happened